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In this blog we’re exploring the stories of five of the most brutal sieges in England’s history. Find out which northern fortress never fell to the Scots, learn about the Roundhead leader who survived a 200ft fall only to die in battle, and discover how bad weather can scupper siege weapons.
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Blue plaque commemorating the traveller, archaeologist and diplomat Gertrude Bell, at her former home at 95 Sloane Street, London SW1X 9PQ, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
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Blue plaque commemorating the traveller, archaeologist and diplomat Gertrude Bell, at her former home at 95 Sloane Street, London SW1X 9PQ, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
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The North West’s most majestic abbey ruins, now with a recreated monks’ eye view.
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Blue plaque commemorating poster artist and designer Abram Games at his former home at 41 The Vale, Golders Green, Barnet, NW11 8SE, London Borough of Barnet.
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Blue plaque commemorating poster artist and designer Abram Games at his former home at 41 The Vale, Golders Green, Barnet, NW11 8SE, London Borough of Barnet.
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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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Henrietta Howard’s Garden at Marble Hill
The garden at Marble Hill is a rare surviving example of a garden laid out in the early 18th century, a period of transition in landscape design. Discover what makes it so important and how English Heritage has restored the key elements of it.
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New research commissioned by English Heritage and conducted by the University of Kent has shown that, contrary to popular opinion, the adult imagination is not only as vivid as that of a child but even becomes more active with age.
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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.