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Acclaimed novelist Barbara Pym is commemorated with a blue plaque at 108 Cambridge Street, which inspired the setting of her best-loved novel, Excellent Women.
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ABERCROMBIE, Sir Patrick (1879-1957)
Blue plaque commemorating the pioneer of town and country planning, Sir Patrick Abercrombie, at his former home Flat 1, 63 Egerton Gardens, Brompton, SW3 2BZ, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
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ABERCROMBIE, Sir Patrick (1879-1957)
Blue plaque commemorating the pioneer of town and country planning, Sir Patrick Abercrombie, at his former home Flat 1, 63 Egerton Gardens, Brompton, SW3 2BZ, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
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ABERCROMBIE, Sir Patrick (1879-1957)
Blue plaque commemorating the pioneer of town and country planning, Sir Patrick Abercrombie, at his former home Flat 1, 63 Egerton Gardens, Brompton, SW3 2BZ, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
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History of Berwick-upon-Tweed Barracks
The barracks at Berwick-upon-Tweed, also known as Ravensdowne Barracks, are the largest and finest barracks built in England in the early 18th century.
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Use this gallery to explore all the public London statues in the care of English Heritage. They represent various individuals throughout British history including monarchs, from Charles I to Edward VII, nursing heroes Edith Cavell and Florence Nightingale, and explorers Sir John Franklin and Captain Scott.
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English Heritage looks after over 40 public statues and monuments across the capital including London's oldest bronze statue of Charles I, national war memorials such as the Cenotaph and statues commemorating individuals like Florence Nightingale and Sidney Herbert. Use these pages to explore their history.
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Edith Cavell was a British nurse who, as matron of a hospital in Brussels, enabled hundreds of Allied soldiers to escape the German occupation during the First World War. She was caught, put on trial and shot executed in October 1915. Her death sparked international outrage and she became an important symbol – not only wartime sacrifice, but of forgiveness, too.
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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.
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Commissioned in 1630, the statue of King Charles I which now stands in Trafalgar Square, London, was sculpted by Hubert Le Sueur and intended for the 1st Earl of Portland’s new gardens at Mortlake Park, Roehampton. Charles I was King of England, Scotland and Ireland between 1625 and 1649. He is mostly remembered for his conflicts with parliament which led to the English Civil Wars (1642–51).