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History of Benwell Roman Temple

A history of Benwell Roman Temple, which lay within the civilian settlement outside the fort at Benwell on Hadrian’s Wall.

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ENGLISH HERITAGE WANT MORE BLUE PLAQUES FOR WOMEN

English Heritage wants to address the imbalance of men and women represented in its London blue plaques scheme.

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Graphic designer Abram Games commemorated with London blue plaque

English Heritage unveils a blue plaque to the graphic artist ahead of a major retrospective at the National Army Museum.

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New sound installation tells prisoners' stories at Portchester Castle

A new sound installation at Portchester Castle will bring to life the stories of French and French-Carribean prisoners.

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Enid Marx to Receive Blue Plaque

Celebrated for her industrial textile designs for the London Underground, designer Enid Marx will be commemorated with a blue plaque today (5 April). English Heritage will unveil a blue plaque at number 39 Thornhill Road, the mid-nineteenth century house where Marx lived and worked for more than thirty years. Her purpose-built studio in the back garden remains in much the same condition as she left it nearly 25 years ago. Marx shared the house with her partner, Margaret Lambert and friends Eleanor Breuning and Grace Lambert. Eleanor Breuning continues to live at the house today.

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Blue Plaque for Daniel O'Connell

The 19th-century Irish political leader, Daniel O'Connell, has been honoured with an English Heritage blue plaque at his former home in London.

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PR Amelia Edwards receives English Heritage Blue Plaque

Amelia Edwards (1831-1892), pioneering Egyptologist, writer, and co-founder of the influential Egypt Exploration Fund, has been honoured with an English Heritage blue plaque at her former home in Islington, London.

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A new footbridge for Tintagel Castle

A competition to design a new footbridge at Tintagel Castle has been launched today (Thursday, 18 June 2015) by English Heritage.

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Blue Plaque for Osbert Lancaster

Osbert Lancaster, the great comic artist who lampooned architectural styles and coined such phrases as 'Stockbrokers' Tudor' and 'Banker's Georgian', has been honoured with an English Heritage Blue Plaque on the Notting Hill house in which he was born.

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Rabbits, Warreners and Thetford Warren Lodge

How a fine tower in a remote part of East Anglia reveals how highly medieval rabbit farms were valued.