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• Yehudi Menuhin and Claudia Jones join suffragettes Emily Wilding Davison and Princess Sophia Duleep Singh among those being commemorated by English Heritage this year
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'Real Lioness' Sister Nivedita commemorated with English Heritage Blue Plaque
English Heritage unveiled today (12 November 2017) a new blue plaque to Sister Nivedita (Margaret Noble, 1867-1911), an educationalist and campaigner for Indian Independence, at her former residence at 21A High Street, Wimbledon, Greater London. The plaque was unveiled by Madame Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister of West Bengal. Mayor of London Sadiq Khan welcomed the new plaque, describing it as the “first public recognition of Sister Nivedita in London.”
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Yehudi Menuhin and Claudia Jones join suffragettes Emily Wilding Davison and Princess Sophia Duleep Singh among those being commemorated by English Heritage in 2023.
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Record number of women to be celebrated with English Heritage blue plaques in 2024
Britain’s first female press photographer and first female neurosurgeon among those to receive plaques
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English Heritage receives £1m donation
Generous donation from the Michael Bishop Foundation for vital conservation work at four historic sites across England.
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Clifford’s Tower Revealed: York Landmark Re-roofed and Interior Transformed
This Saturday, 2 April 2022, English Heritage reopens Clifford’s Tower in York to the public, following a major £5 million project to conserve and radically transform the interior of the 800-year-old landmark. Where previously the tower was an empty shell, the charity has now installed a free-standing timber structure within it, protecting the ruin and creating a new roof deck to provide magnificent views over York. On the tower’s lost first floor, dramatic aerial walkways will open up hidden rooms for the first time since Clifford’s Tower was gutted by fire in 1684.
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Seminal Match Girls’ Strike of 1888 commemorated with English Heritage Blue Plaque in East London
One of the most important strikes in modern British history has been commemorated with an English Heritage blue plaque today. The blue plaque was unveiled at the site of the former Bryant and May match factory in East London where in early July 1888 around 1,400 of the predominantly female workforce walked out in protest at the dismissal of a number of their co-workers.
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Charity encourages public to try the polarising pairing on 8 July and share their snaps on social media #SocksandSandalsDay Free entry to Roman sites for those who wear socks and sandals on 8 July
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Barrister and women’s rights advocate Helena Normanton receives blue plaque
The trailblazing female barrister and champion of women’s rights, Helena Normanton, has today been commemorated with an English Heritage London blue plaque.
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New museum at Hailes Abbey reveals a hidden past
The new collection explores the Cistercian monastery's dramatic story as a site of Christian pilgrimage.