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Learn about five of the amazing people with a connection to our historic sites and monuments. Then nominate your very own hero of history and tell us what makes them so great!
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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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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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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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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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Katherine Howard, Countess of Suffolk, and her daughter Frances, Countess of Somerset, rose through the ranks of the Elizabethan and Stuart courts before the dark secrets behind their power and wealth were revealed.
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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.