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History of Temple Church, Bristol
Bristol’s Temple Church is so called because the original church was built by the Knights Templar, perhaps the most famous of the medieval military orders. Their round church here was later replaced with a larger, more conventional rectangular church, whose leaning tower and walls survived bombing in the Second World War.
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Lambert Simnel and Piel Island
How a Yorkist claimant to the English throne failed to usurp Henry VII in the final chapter of the Wars of the Roses – but gave the people of Piel in Cumbria their most enduring legend in the process.
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The new plans to regenerate York’s Castle Gateway area combined with the deep attachment many have for the mound at Clifford’s Tower means that English Heritage has decided not to proceed with the proposed visitor building at the base of the mound.
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First World War Graffiti Saved
Graffiti by Conscientious Objectors imprisoned at Richmond Castle to be conserved by English Heritage
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Significance of Chesters Roman Fort
Chesters is one of the most spectacular of excavated Roman forts, significant for the outstanding richness of its remains and state of preservation, in particular the bath building.
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Six new blue plaques for women
1 April 2021 – The crystallographer and peace campaigner, Kathleen Lonsdale has today been celebrated with an English Heritage London Blue Plaque, on the 50th anniversary of her death. Kathleen Lonsdale is the first of six illustrious women to be commemorated by English Heritage with a London Blue Plaque in 2021. Other recipients include social reformer Caroline Norton, designer Jean Muir, former slave and campaigner Ellen Craft, barrister Helena Normanton and Diana, Princess of Wales.
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English Heritage announces six more blue plaques to women for 2021
1 April 2021 – The crystallographer and peace campaigner, Kathleen Lonsdale has today been celebrated with an English Heritage London Blue Plaque, on the 50th anniversary of her death. Kathleen Lonsdale is the first of six illustrious women to be commemorated by English Heritage with a London Blue Plaque in 2021. Other recipients include social reformer Caroline Norton, designer Jean Muir, former slave and campaigner Ellen Craft, barrister Helena Normanton and Diana, Princess of Wales.
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Blue plaque commemorating jazz musician and raconteur Ronnie Scott at the site of his former jazz club at 39 Gerrard Street, London, City of Westminster.