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From the glories of Waterloo to the glamour of 1930s Art Deco, these English Heritage properties in London are perfect for groups.
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In the 700th year since the Battle of Byland, Dr Charles Kightly investigates the fall of Edward II of England at the hands of the Scots.
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Use this timeline to trace the evolution of gardens in England, from the Romans to the 20th century and explore some of the distinctive features that help define each period of garden design.
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RUSSELL, Fred (1862-1957) a.k.a. Thomas Frederick Parnell
Blue Plaque commemorating ventriloquist Fred Russell A.K.A Thomas Frederick Parnell at 71 Kenilworth Court, Lower Richmond Road, Putney, London SW15 1EN, London Borough of Wandsworth.
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SITWELL, Dame Edith (1887–1964)
Blue Plaque commemorating poet Dame Edith Sitwell at Greenhill, Hampstead High Street, Hampstead, London NW3 5TY, London Borough of Camden.
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John Thelwall honoured with English Heritage blue plaque
John Thelwall (1764-1834), political orator, writer and elocutionist, has today (24 May) been commemorated with an English Heritage Blue Plaque.
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9500 people celebrate at Stonehenge for longest day of the year
Stonehenge once again attracted a large crowd to watch the sunrise on the longest day of the year
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John Osborne, the revolutionary post-war playwright, has today been awarded an English Heritage London Blue Plaque, exactly 65 years after his seminal play Look Back in Anger was first performed at the Royal Court Theatre on 8 May 1956. The plaque marks 53 Caithness Road in Hammersmith, the terraced red-brick property which was his London base at the time he wrote Look Back in Anger, arguably his best-known work and inspired by his life with his wife, actress Pamela Lane, in the very same building.
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Sir Arthur Harris was a senior officer throughout the Second World War, most notably in charge of the RAF’s Bomber Command (1942–6). Faith Winter’s statue of Harris was erected outside St Clement Danes Church in 1992 as a memorial to him and over 55,000 men of Bomber Command who lost their lives in the war.