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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.
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The Suppression of Roche Abbey
How a vivid eyewitness account reveals the shocking speed and scale of destruction of Roche Abbey after the Suppression of the Monasteries – and the fragility of human goodness.
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Henry V and His ‘Pleasance in the Marsh’
How Henry V escaped the burdens of kingship with the help of a secluded lodge across the mere at Kenilworth Castle, Warwickshire.
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A brief history and description of Creake Abbey, a prosperous abbey that was devastated by the plague in the early 16th century.
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A brief history and description of Coombe Conduit, part of the system which for 350 years brought fresh water to Hampton Court Palace.
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There are three main points of interest: the Iron Age hillfort earthworks, the stronghold of the Norman castle on the motte and the remains of the cathedral within the north-west part of the hillfort.
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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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Stonehenge exhibition reveals unique memories of 1930s childhood at the stones
The unique childhood of a 91 year old now living in Melbourne, Australia is one of the new stories revealed by English Heritage as the charity extends the Your Stonehenge photographic exhibition at the ancient site this Autumn.