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BARNARDO, Thomas John (1845-1905)
Blue Plaque commemorating philanthropist Thomas John Barnardo at 32 Bow Road, Bow, London E3 4LN, London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
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Jim Henson, the creative genius behind The Muppets and Fraggle Rock, has today been commemorated with an English Heritage London blue plaque, in the lead up to what would have been his 85th birthday. The plaque marks 50 Downshire Hill in Hampstead, Henson’s London home from 1979 onwards. The property lies opposite the former ‘Jim Henson’s Creature Shop’, where the creatures of Henson’s many fantasy classics including The Dark Crystal, The Storyteller and Labyrinth were created.
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As well as being Darwin’s family home for 40 years, Down House was where he developed and tested the theories published in his book ‘On the Origin of Species’. The garden was Darwin’s ‘living laboratory’ where he could conduct hundreds of experiments on the natural world. We look at some of these garden experiments and how they informed Darwin’s world-changing ideas.
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A supply of fresh water was essential for a well defended stronghold like Carisbrooke. For hundreds of years the castle's resident donkeys have drawn up water in the well house. Visit the castle and delight in the demonstrations of the donkeys working the 16th century tread wheel.
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SASSOON, Siegfried (1886-1967)
Blue Plaque commemorating writer Siegfried Sassoon at 23 Campden Hill Square, Holland Park, London W8 7JY, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
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SASSOON, Siegfried (1886-1967)
Blue Plaque commemorating writer Siegfried Sassoon at 23 Campden Hill Square, Holland Park, London W8 7JY, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
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SASSOON, Siegfried (1886-1967)
Blue Plaque commemorating writer Siegfried Sassoon at 23 Campden Hill Square, Holland Park, London W8 7JY, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
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Blue Plaque commemorating architect John Nash at 66 Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 3BN, London Borough of Camden.
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Blue Plaque commemorating pioneer of motoring and aviation Charles Rolls at 14/15 Conduit Street, Mayfair, London W1S 2XJ, City of Westminster.
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The Suppression of Roche Abbey
How a vivid eyewitness account reveals the shocking speed and scale of destruction of Roche Abbey after the Suppression of the Monasteries – and the fragility of human goodness.