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Blue Plaque commemorating surgeon William Marsden at 65 Lincoln's Inn Fields, Holborn, London WC2A 4LH, London Borough of Camden.
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Blue Plaque commemorating artist and writer Kate Greenaway at 39 Frognal, Hampstead, London NW3 6YD, London Borough of Camden.
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Blue Plaque commemorating surgeon William Marsden at 65 Lincoln's Inn Fields, Holborn, London WC2A 4LH, London Borough of Camden.
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The Romans built Hadrian’s Wall from AD 122 to define the north-west frontier of their empire. Black Carts was one of the many turrets built into the Wall for soldiers to shelter in and keep watch.
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History's 'Celebrity' Gardeners
Long before Alan Titchmarsh or Monty Don were on the scene, England's finest garden and landscape designers were in high demand. From the rolling parklands of Audley End House in Essex to the Arts and Crafts details at Mount Grace Priory in Yorkshire, the legacy of history's most renowned growers and landscapers can still be seen by visitors today. Here's our who's-who of English history's most illustrious gardeners, horticulturalists and designers.
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6.5 secrets from London’s forgotten landmark
For 650 years the Jewel Tower has been hiding in plain sight. A little known monument with a big history, it sits opposite the Houses of Parliament in London’s Westminster World Heritage Site – yet is often missed by tourists.
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Housing reformer and surveyor Irene Barclay is recognised with a blue plaque. In May 1922, Irene Barclay became the first woman to qualify as a chartered surveyor in Britain. 1A St Martin's House, Polygon Road marks the address of the office in Somers Town where she created models for community living and was instrumental in the building of nearly 1,000 new homes.
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Banks East is the westernmost turret on Hadrian’s Wall visible today, and the best preserved of the turrets along the section of Wall originally built from turf rather than stone.
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A Restless Reign: Harold II in 1066
Harold II’s short reign in 1066, before his death at the Battle of Hastings, saw him travelling extensively around his kingdom to defend it against successive invaders. How did his reign unfold, where did his travels take him, and did he really make a legendary 200-mile march from Yorkshire before confronting William of Normandy at Hastings?