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What happened when the Vikings came to England?
The Vikings have an important part to play in the history of England, but who were these people, where did they come from and what happened when they arrived?
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Royal Garrison Church, Portsmouth
Royal Garrison Church was built in about 1212 as part of a hospital complex. Although the nave was badly damaged in a 1941 firebomb raid on Portsmouth, the chancel remains roofed and furnished.
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Artists have long been inspired by Belsay, and there is now a strong tradition of contemporary art installations at the property. Most recently, young artists from the local area have worked with English Heritage and local arts organisations to express their own relationship with Belsay and other local heritage sites. Learn more about how heritage and art have come together at Belsay and listen to the sound art produced by local artists.
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Joan Clarke was a mathematician and code-breaker. She was the most senior of the few female cryptanalysts at Bletchley Park, where she helped cracked the German naval Enigma code. She is commemorated with a blue plaque at 193 Rosendale Road, her childhood home where she studied to become a talented mathematician.
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CUGOANO, OTTOBAH (born c 1757)
A blue plaque at 80-82 Pall Mall, London, commemorates Ottobah Cugoano, the author and anti-slavery campaigner.
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Did the Romans invent the burger?
Food historian, cook, broadcaster and writer Annie Gray specialises in the history of food and dining in Britain from the 1600’s to the present day. Here she takes us through the unlikely origins of the burger in Britain.
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Undercover SOE agent Odette Sansom survived capture and imprisonment by the Nazis during the Second World War. She is recognised by a plaque at 6 Lawrence Road, South Ealing, where she lived when the war began.
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Members' Exclusive Solstice Downloads
Celebrate the 2021 summer solstice by downloading two exclusive images of the stone circle to use as your screen wallpaper – only available to English Heritage Members. Plus, discover our most famous monument with special interviews, live streams and more.
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Originally created by Edwin Lutyens in 1919 as a temporary monument to commemorate those who lost their lives in the First World War, the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London, was replaced with the permanent memorial for Armistice Day on 11 November 1920 – and has since become a focus of national remembrance for the last 100 years.