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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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Test your knowledge of the Battle of Hastings with our 20 Questions Quiz.
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English Heritage needs your Christmas Kisses
English Heritage is reviving a well-known Christmas tradition this festive season and bringing it into the digital age, with an online challenge to capture one thousand kisses under the mistletoe at four attractions in the North of England.
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This year we’re marking 80 years since the incredible rescue of more than 330,000 British and Allied troops from Dunkirk, coordinated from Royal Navy headquarters deep under Dover Castle in May 1940. Test your knowledge of the First and Second World Wars with our 20-question quiz.
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English Heritage Highlights Ten Key 2018 Anniversaries
The end of the First World War, women getting the vote and the donation of Stonehenge to the nation are amongst the top ten historical anniversaries in 2018, according to English Heritage.
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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 children's writer Enid Blyton at 207 Hook Road, Chessington KT9 1EA, Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, London.
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Watch our past Members' lectures, covering topics including monastic Christmas, prehistory and the imagination, the Battle of Hastings, life and death in a medieval castle and much more besides.
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The history of Osborne myrtle in royal weddings
Will Meghan Markle will follow royal tradition and carry a sprig of myrtle from Osborne, like her new family have since the reign of Queen Victoria?
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Now that the temperature has dropped, lift the spirit throughout November with stargazing events, autumn walks, enchanting gardens and even ghost tours.