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English Heritage Restores 18th Century Statues Adorning the Gardens at Wrest Park
Expert conservators have begun work to restore a series of 18th century statues which can be found among the colourful flower beds in the French style parterre garden at Wrest Park in Bedfordshire. The 90-acre gardens, in the care of English Heritage, showcase three centuries of garden design, and the restoration of two statues – each over 3 metres tall, marks the start of a wider conservation project restoring statues in the famous parterre gardens which make up some of the 70 plus statues in the garden estate.
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Description of Rochester Castle
A description of Rochester Castle, which is dominated by its impressive and well-preserved Norman keep, begun in the 1120s
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Featured Object: The ‘Grape Cup’
This pottery cup was found buried among other precious grave goods with a person buried in a round barrow near Stonehenge. But what is it, and what was it for?
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Fancy Dress Competition - Terms & Conditions
Terms and conditions for Fancy dress competition on Whitby Abbey and North York Moors Railway
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English Heritage properties have some important historical highlights in 2015
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Judi Dench Backs English Heritage’s 'Plaques for Women' Campaign
Dame Judi Dench has urged the public to "nominate the women you admire" for blue plaques, English Heritage announced today (21 November) as the charity unveiled a blue plaque to Margaret Lockwood (1916-1990), star of Alfred Hitchcock’s The Lady Vanishes. The plaque celebrating the popular film actress of the 1930s and 1940s was installed at 14 Highland Road in Upper Norwood, her first home after moving to London as a child in the early 1920s.
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Walking Guide: Stott Park Bobbin Mill, High Dam and Lakeside
Walking guide: Stott Park Bobbin Mill, High Dam and Lakeside
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A short history of the Cold War told through English Heritage properties and people commemorated by blue plaques.