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Working from Home: English Heritage Style
While English Heritage’s historic properties across the country remain closed, its curators, gardeners and conservators have gone the extra mile when it comes to working from home.
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Hurst Castle – Collapse of Section of East Wing Wall
A section of the wall on the 19th-century east wing of Hurst Castle in Hampshire collapsed on the afternoon of Friday 26 February 2021, after the sea exposed and undercut its foundations. The castle was closed to the public, the staff were evacuated and thankfully, there were no injuries. Staff from English Heritage’s engineering team were on site when the incident occurred and they are now inspecting the damaged area and identifying the immediate works necessary to stabilise the surrounding masonry.
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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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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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Part of the great hall of Winchester Palace, built in the early 13th century as the London house of the Bishops of Winchester. Most of the palace was destroyed by fire in 1814.
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This is the best-preserved remnant of the Roman wall which once formed part of the eastern defences of Roman Londinium.
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Public served a treat with Wellington's Banquet Table
A banquet table setting used by 1st Duke of Wellington will be on display at Apsley House from April