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Holiday cottages in the countryside
A range of English Heritage holiday cottages located in the countryside in historical locations.
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Shadows of the Abbey: A Halloween History Tour at St Augustine's Abbey
Step into the twilight on Saturday 31 October (Halloween) and Sunday 1 November (All Saints Day) and uncover centuries of stories that linger within St Augustine’s Abbey.
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BEECHAM, Sir Thomas, C.H. (1879-1961)
Blue Plaque commemorating conductor and impressario Sir Thomas Beecham at 31 Grove End Road, St John's Wood, London NW8 9NG, City of Westminster
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BEECHAM, Sir Thomas, C.H. (1879-1961)
Blue Plaque commemorating conductor and impressario Sir Thomas Beecham at 31 Grove End Road, St John's Wood, London NW8 9NG, City of Westminster
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Sir Arthur Pearson Receives English Heritage Blue Plaque
Sir Arthur Pearson, newspaper publisher and founder of St Dunstan’s (Blind Veterans UK), has been commemorated with a blue plaque today (26 June). The plaque marks the Grade II* listed house on Portland Place in Marylebone where he lived with his wife and some of the blinded servicemen supported by St Dunstan’s in the later years of the First World War and just afterwards.
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Audio Tour of Bishop’s Waltham Palace
Accompany historian, Dr Steven Brindle on a trip round Bishop's Waltham Palace, home to some of the richest and most powerful men in Medieval England. This audio tour lasts a little over 20 minutes.
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Grime's Graves Neolithic Flint Mine Opens to the Public
Visit Grime's Graves and you can descend into the oldest human-made underground space in England. A brand new entrance provides access to this subterranean world. And a new exhibition with Neolithic tools tells the story of people from 4,500 years ago.
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Kit's Coty House and Little Kit's Coty House
The remains of two megalithic 'dolmen' burial chambers. Impressive Kit's Coty has three uprights and a massive capstone, while Little Kit's Coty, alias the Countless Stones, is now a jumble of sarsens.
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As home to one of history’s most celebrated scientists, Down House has aroused much interest from both scientists and social historians