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Mary Poppins author P. L. Travers honoured with English Heritage Blue Plaque
P. L. Travers (1899-1996), author of Mary Poppins, has been commemorated with an English Heritage Blue Plaque, the charity announced today (31 May) on London History Day.
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London Blue Plaque for Social Justice Campaigners Ellen and William Craft
The plaque marks 26 Cambridge Grove in Hammersmith, where the Crafts settled and campaigned for social justice following a daring escape from enslavement in Georgia, USA.
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Ellen and William Craft, African-American freedom fighters who made a daring escape from enslavement in Georgia, USA, and fled to Britain in the mid-19th century, have today been commemorated with an English Heritage London blue plaque. The plaque marks 26 Cambridge Grove, a mid-Victorian house in Hammersmith where the Crafts settled and raised their family, using their home as a base to campaign for abolition, radical reform and social justice.
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New blue plaque commemorates sanctuary for stranded South and East Asian women
A new English Heritage blue plaque has been unveiled at Ayahs’ Home in Hackney
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Donation of £11.2m by UK charity, the Hamish Ogston Foundation - largest in English Heritage’s history - will underpin the programme
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A ground-breaking heritage apprenticeship programme, designed to pass the dying skill of flint-working to a younger generation, was announced today by English Heritage, following a major donation of £11.2m to the charity from the Hamish Ogston Foundation. This is the largest donation ever received by English Heritage.
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CRAFT, Ellen (c.1826-c.1891) & CRAFT, William (c.1824-1900)
Ellen and William Craft were African American freedom fighters who made a daring escape from enslavement in Georgia, and in 1851 fled to Britain, where they supported anti-slavery efforts.
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CRAFT, Ellen (c.1826-c.1891) & CRAFT, William (c.1824-1900)
Ellen and William Craft were African American freedom fighters who made a daring escape from enslavement in Georgia, and in 1851 fled to Britain, where they supported anti-slavery efforts.
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Fanny Rollo Wilkinson (1855–1951) is commemorated with a blue plaque at 239–241 Shaftesbury Avenue, Bloomsbury, in the London Borough of Camden.
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LAMB, Mary (1764-1847) & LAMB, Charles (1775-1834) a.k.a. Elia
Blue Plaque commemorating writers Charles and Mary Lamb at Lamb's Cottage, Church Street, Edmonton, London N9 9DY, London Borough of Enfield.