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English Heritage announces six more blue plaques to women for 2021

1 April 2021 – The crystallographer and peace campaigner, Kathleen Lonsdale has today been celebrated with an English Heritage London Blue Plaque, on the 50th anniversary of her death. Kathleen Lonsdale is the first of six illustrious women to be commemorated by English Heritage with a London Blue Plaque in 2021. Other recipients include social reformer Caroline Norton, designer Jean Muir, former slave and campaigner Ellen Craft, barrister Helena Normanton and Diana, Princess of Wales.

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Clifford’s Tower Revealed: York Landmark Re-roofed and Interior Transformed

This Saturday, 2 April 2022, English Heritage reopens Clifford’s Tower in York to the public, following a major £5 million project to conserve and radically transform the interior of the 800-year-old landmark. Where previously the tower was an empty shell, the charity has now installed a free-standing timber structure within it, protecting the ruin and creating a new roof deck to provide magnificent views over York. On the tower’s lost first floor, dramatic aerial walkways will open up hidden rooms for the first time since Clifford’s Tower was gutted by fire in 1684.

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New blue plaque commemorates sanctuary for stranded South and East Asian women

A new English Heritage blue plaque has been unveiled at Ayahs’ Home in Hackney

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Have you seen this plaque? English Heritage calls on public to help find 'lost' London plaques

Pioneer of antiseptic surgery, Joseph Lister, to receive replacement for missing plaque. However, around 50 plaques have been lost to demolition since 1866; English Heritage calls on public to help determine if 'lost' London plaques survive

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Consultation seeks public views on Tintagel Castle Bridge proposals

Special display to show the new designs and gather local public opinion Visitors will have the opportunity to meet experts and learn more about the project Feedback is sought via tintagel.bridge@english-heritage.org.uk

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Public served a treat with Wellington's Banquet Table

A banquet table setting used by 1st Duke of Wellington will be on display at Apsley House from April

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Planning application submitted for Footbridge at Tintagel Castle

English Heritage’s proposals for a new footbridge at Tintagel Castle have been submitted to Cornwall Council, it has been announced.

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Blue plaque for viola virtuoso lionel tertis

Lionel Tertis, the greatest viola player of the 20th century, has been honoured with an English Heritage Blue Plaque at his former flat in Wimbledon.

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Blue plaque for victor horsley

Victor Horsley (1857-1917), pioneering neurosurgeon and social reformer – who also took a leading role in the successful efforts to eradicate rabies from the UK – has been honoured with an English Heritage Blue Plaque at his former home in Bloomsbury, London.

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Blue Plaque for Animal Welfare campaigner, Maria Dickin

Maria Dickin, the pioneer of free treatment for sick animals whose owners could not afford to pay for it, has been honoured with an English Heritage Blue Plaque on the Hackney house in which she was born and close to the area of London in which she first started her work.