Oddly with a contact address in Oxfordshire, this association does a splendid job keeping the story of the Jacobite rebellion of 1745 alive.
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National Maritime Museum
One of a trio of Greenwich museums, the others being the Royal Observatory and the Queen's House.
Group, Armed Forces, History, Museums / Libraries, Transport
Raine, Lady Dartmouth, Countess Spencer
Born as Raine McCorquodale. Mother Barbara Cartland. Worked for the preservation of ancient buildings. Her second, of three, marriages made her stepmother to Diana, soon to be, Princess of Wales. ...
Submarine War Memorial - 70th anniversary
The memorial has been maintained by the Submariners' Old Comrades, London.
Voltaire Foundation
The Voltaire Foundation is a research department in the University of Oxford, publishing in the area of the Eighteenth century, especially the French Enlightenment.
Pubs in Time
A scheme developed by The Campaign for Real Ale for erecting plaques on public houses that have featured in significant events in history.
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Wash-house foundation stone
SW1, Great Smith Street, Westminster Archives Centre
Seems likely that the F. J. Smith is the same architect as the one who built Caxton Hall with William Lee. Andrew Behan has researched s...
Sir C. Wentworth Dilke (Snr)
Art patron. Horticultural editor. Born London. 1st baronet. Known as Wentworth to distinguish him from his father of the same name. Pity this care in naming did not extend to the next generation. A...
Person, Gardens / Agriculture, Politics & Administration, Russia
General Gordon's birth place - lost plaque, blue
SE18, Woolwich Common, 29
This photo comes from Mapio. These two blue plaques are on display at Gordon's School, near Woking, on the external wall of one of the bu...
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