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At the start of April 2015, English Heritage separated into two different bodies. A new charity retaining the name English Heritage now looks after the National Heritage Collection - the stone circles, great castles and abbeys, historic houses and all the other unique sites that were in English Heritage's direct care.
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30 English Heritage sites you can visit from home
English Heritage offers historic sites and collections online
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The 20th century saw two world wars catalyse enormous social change across the country, including dramatic enhancements in health and education. The motor car stormed through town and country, transforming both. Britain no longer ruled a third of the planet, though its multi-racial population reflected old imperial connections.
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Enid Bagnold was a novelist and playwright. She is commemorated with a blue plaque at 29 Hyde Park Gate, where she lived and wrote.
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Conservation science research underpins the decisions we make to control light, humidity, insects, mould, pollution, temperature, vibration and cleaning methods, all of which cause objects to deteriorate.
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Prima ballerina Alicia Markova was one of the greatest dancers of the 20th century and instrumental in supporting key British ballet institutions. She is recognised by a plaque at her childhood home, 7 Cascade Avenue, Muswell Hill.
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Until 1999, when the arch was transferred to English Heritage, its history was only known in bare outline, and further research could shed light on aspects of its history and construction
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A rare orchid, closely related to those that informed Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution, has been restored to the scientist’s former garden at Down House in Kent by English Heritage. Following two years of careful conservation and management by the charity’s gardeners and volunteers, Down House’s violet helleborine orchid population has doubled in number and is currently enjoying its best flowering season in living memory.