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Poet and… Garden Designer? Alexander Pope at Chiswick House and Marble Hill
Alexander Pope is famous for his contribution to poetry and literature, but less well known was his passion for gardens and his role as a landscape gardener. Pope was at the forefront of new ideas at the time, and proposed gardens at Chiswick House and Marble Hill in south west London.
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Log into your Members' Area to find out more about the refurbishment project at Witley Court, and watch our video to discover the how a stonemason returned the statues to their former glory.
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Blue Plaque commemorating mouintaineer Edward Whymper at 82 Waldegrave Road, Teddington TW11 8NY, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.
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Blue plaque commemorating music hall artist Marie Lloyd at 55 Graham Road, Dalston, London E8 1PB, London Borough of Hackney.
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English Heritage joins takeover day fun at Stonehenge
This Friday 20th November, as part of Takeover Day, kids will be running the show at Stonehenge as English Heritage puts children in charge at the ancient monument for the very first time in its 4,500 year old history.
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Enjoy sights, sounds and sensations from England’s past at our sites across the country this summer.
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The astronomers Walter and Annie Maunder are commemorated with a blue plaque at the house in Brockley, south-east London, where the couple lived from 1907 to 1911.