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Apsley House was the home of the Duke of Wellington and is a national shrine to the victor of Waterloo, filled with artworks from across Europe celebrating the duke’s victory against Napoleon in 1815.
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Blue Plaque commemorating Frederic Chopin's last performance after leaving the house at 4 St James's Place, St James's, London SW1A 1NP.
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Blue Plaque commemorating Frederic Chopin's last performance after leaving the house at 4 St James's Place, St James's, London SW1A 1NP.
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Blue Plaque commemorating developer of office copying machinery David Gestetner at 124 Highbury New Park, Highbury, London N5 2DR.
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Baths and Bathing in Roman Britain
English Heritage cares for the remains of over 20 Roman bath-houses and they are some the most exceptionally well-preserved, beautiful and informative buildings that survive from this time. Bathing was essential to Roman life and the bath-houses, and what took place there, reveal much about the culture and the people of Roman Britain.
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The well-marked remains of a 2nd-century fort with large granaries, built under Hadrian's rule to guard the Roman road from Brougham to Ravenglass and act as a supply base.
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The ultimate sandcastle - featuring everything you could ever want in a castle - has been built at Dover Castle, English Heritage announced (13 July) ahead of a special sandcastle building weekend at its castles across the country (21 & 22 July).
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English Heritage welcomes visitors back to its historic sites from 29 March
English Heritage will be welcoming visitors back to its historic properties and sites from 29 March 2021. Over 50 of the charity’s sites, which have been closed to the public since December 2020 as a result of the pandemic, will be opening at the end of March with more to follow provided the country successfully passes each milestone on the government’s roadmap.
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Blue Plaques to tell stories of working class experience
English Heritage will commemorate the Match Girls’ strike with a blue plaque later this year. The plaque will mark the place in Bow where around 1,400 women walked out of the Bryant and May match factory in 1888 in protest at the dismissal of three co-workers, low pay and dangerous working conditions. Working with white phosphorus, the employees were in danger of developing ‘Phossy jaw’, a disease that could cause catastrophic injuries, disfigurement and even death.
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Enid Marx to Receive Blue Plaque
Celebrated for her industrial textile designs for the London Underground, designer Enid Marx will be commemorated with a blue plaque today (5 April). English Heritage will unveil a blue plaque at number 39 Thornhill Road, the mid-nineteenth century house where Marx lived and worked for more than thirty years. Her purpose-built studio in the back garden remains in much the same condition as she left it nearly 25 years ago. Marx shared the house with her partner, Margaret Lambert and friends Eleanor Breuning and Grace Lambert. Eleanor Breuning continues to live at the house today.