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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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Winshields Wall - Hadrian's Wall
The highest point on the Wall, in rugged country with spectacular views.
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Clifford's Tower is one of the best-loved landmarks in York. It is the largest remaining part of York Castle, once the centre of government for the north of England.
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Enjoy a landscape walk, led by our knowledgeable volunteer! Learn more about Marble Hill's historic landscape and changes made through time. Please meet outside front of house at 1pm.
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In 597, St Augustine arrived in England to convert the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity. Virtually every modern description of this mission mentions Queen Bertha of Kent. She has gone down in legend as the Christian queen who influenced her pagan husband, King Æthelberht, in Augustine’s favour. But who was Bertha?
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As Whitby Abbey is illuminated for Whitby Goth Weekend, we take a look at how far back gothic subculture can be traced through the centuries.
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Beeston Clash of Knights facebook competition T&C's
Beeston Castle Clash of Knight's Facebook Competition T&C's
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Blue plaque commemorating children's writer Enid Blyton at 207 Hook Road, Chessington KT9 1EA, Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, London.
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Blue plaque commemorating three Prime Ministers, William Pitt Earl of Chatham, Edward Geoffrey Stanley Earl of Derby and William Ewart Gladstone at 10 St James's Square, St James's, London SW1Y 4LE, City of Westminster.
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Blue plaque commemorating politician Henry Labouchere at St James Independent School for Boys, Pope's Villa, 19 Cross Deep, Twickenham TW1 4QG, London.