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Final trustee to English Heritage appointed
Sir Laurie Magnus, Chairman of the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England, has announced the appointment of Charles Gurassa as a trustee to the English Heritage Trust.
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Discover how the future king hid at Boscobel House and escaped Parliamentarian forces during the Civil War in 1651 – giving English history one of its greatest adventure stories, and several hundred pubs a name, in the process.
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Past lives: Howard Carter’s blue plaque
We look at the blue plaque that honours Egyptologist Howard Carter, who discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen
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The role of the Blue Plaques Panel is to advise and support staff working on the English Heritage blue plaques scheme. Recommendations for figures suitable for commemoration are considered by the panel when they meet three times a year. Meet the panel members here.
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The role of the Blue Plaques Panel is to advise and support staff working on the English Heritage blue plaques scheme. Recommendations for figures suitable for commemoration are considered by the panel when they meet three times a year. Meet the panel members here.
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The Water Carriers: New Blue Plaque Unveiled for the Lindley family
Blue Plaque Unveiled for the Lindley family – who were father and son, two of the prolific designers and builders of water supplies and drainage systems.
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The Somerset v Stewart ruling in 1772 was a landmark case in the progress towards the abolition of slavery in England, and brought the injustice of the slave trade and slavery to the attention of the British public.
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Discover Belsay’s fascinating history, from its medieval castle and Greek Revival mansion to the outstanding garden which links the two buildings.
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How Bram Stoker’s visit to the harbour town of Whitby on the Yorkshire coast in 1890 provided him with atmospheric locations for a Gothic novel – and a name for his famous vampire.
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Robert Clive, later Baron Clive of Plassey, played an early part in the establishment of British imperial control of India. He became the effective ruler of Bengal, and was a controversial figure in his own time. As a founder of the Empire in India he came to be lionised by many in Britain as a hero, a view of him that has been called into question in more recent years.