Established to support the New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust in raising funds for the conservation of historical explorers' huts in the Ross Sea Region of Antarctica, and to recognise and conserve Britain’s history of exploration and scientific research.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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UK Antarctic Heritage Trust
Captain William Colbeck, 1871 - 1930, Antarctic explorer, lived in a house on...
Role on the lost expedition: Officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
Admiral. Born Staffordshire. 1740-4 circumnavigated the globe. Captured a Spanish galleon loaded with gold and silver (aren't they all?) and returned home a wealthy man. Died at home, Moor Par...
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that manages over 400 historic monuments, buildings and places. These include prehistoric sites, medieval castles, Roman forts,...
Founded by Edward VI in the remains of Greyfriars Monastery for the education of poor children. The first pupils arrived in November 1552. In 1682 Sir Robert Clayton erected much of the building, d...
First proposed in 1848, the gestation of the NT is complex (see the NT's own site). The first site for the NT was acquired in 1913, immediately behind the British Museum, at the corner of Gower Str...
The ancient parish of St Margaret's was divided into St Margaret's and St John's in 1727 but it was still run as a single vestry. In 1855 the two parishes were reformed into the Westminster Distric...
Used to meet at The Coal Hole in the Strand. In about 1826 Edmund Kean was a leading founder member. Qualification for membership: being forbidden by your wife to sing in the bath. So the club ch...
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