This former farmhouse was occupied by Thomas Osborne (16th C) and Thomas Walker (17th C), both Mayors of Petersfield. Dr. Harry Roberts bought it in 1918 as a bookshop and workshops run by Flora Twort and other local artists. — — Map (db m244400) HM
Cathedral Barn
The Cathedral Barn is one of the oldest secular buildings in Hereford. Archaeological investigation concludes that the wooden posts and wall plates footed the internal timber framing of a medieval aisled hall house, probably . . . — — Map (db m246260) HM
Christopher Marlowe
Born in Canterbury 1564
Died at Deptford 1593
The statuette above represents
Sir Henry Irving
Tamburlaine
The statuette above represents
Sir Johnston Forbes Robertson
Dr. Faustus
The statuette above . . . — — Map (db m129600) HM
Local secondary school students aged thirteen visited Pugin's house and church in Ramsgate to study his designs. Inspired by his work, they created these contemporary tile designs to decorate Kent Steps. The tiles were installed in 2020 and are now . . . — — Map (db m246204) HM
Dame Sybil Thorndike,
Actress,
Freeman of the City of Rochester,
and her brother,
Russell Thorndike,
author,
lived in this house from
1884 until 1892
when their father,
the Rev. A.J.W. Thorndike
was a minor canon at the Cathedral — — Map (db m150831) HM
On this site, between the years 1709-1970, stood Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School where the great actor David Garrick was a pupil in 1737. — — Map (db m239980) HM
Eastgate House
Built by the right worshipful
Sir Peter Buck 1590-1.
"Westgate House" "Pickwick Papers"
"The Nun's House" "Edwin Drood" — — Map (db m152840) HM
In Great Expectations the Guildhall is the place where Pip was bound apprentice to Joe Gargery.
"The Hall was a queer place, I thought, with higher pews in it than a church.' — — Map (db m240381) HM
Restoration House
Built in 1587. It is said that Charles II stayed here on the night of 28th May 1660 at his Restoration.
The "Satis House" of "Great Expectations" — — Map (db m147193) HM
The imposing red brick Elizabethan mansion behind you is Restoration House; it is a unique city mansion house, an amalgamation of two medieval buildings.
A recently discovered document shows that in the 1580s the owner of Restoration House . . . — — Map (db m240347) HM
This "good house" with "nice beds" described by Mr. Jingle in "Pickwick Papers", is also "The Blue Boar" in "Great Expectations". — — Map (db m240342) HM
These gardens are called The Vines because in the medieval period, the area was cultivated by monks as a vineyard.
In 1077, Gundulf was ordained Bishop of Rochester. He founded the Benedictine Priory of St Andrew the apostle, at Rochester . . . — — Map (db m240345) HM
Sir Henry Percy 'Harry Hotspur' c1364 – 1403
“...and by his light did all the chivalry of England move to do brave acts.”
William Shakespeare - Henry IV, Part II
This statue was commissioned by Alnwick Community Development . . . — — Map (db m126055) HM
This artwork marks the spot where John, Paul, George and Ringo posed for a picture that has gone on to become one of the most famous images of one of the world’s most influential bands.
Taken on Tuesday 12 September 1967 by music photographer . . . — — Map (db m123775) HM
City of Plymouth
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
1859 – 1930
Doctor, author and creator of
‘Sherlock Holmes’
In practice at 1 Durnford Street in 1882.
Lodged here with Dr Budd,
his medical partner. — — Map (db m123950) HM
Charles Dickens
Was Born In This
House On
7th February 1812
This plaque was placed here
by the Portsmouth Branch
of the Dickens Fellowship
in May 1978 — — Map (db m123273) HM
This gateway led directly to the Abbey Church. The abbey's many visitors would all pass through here, from kings and queens to humble pilgrims in search of a miracle.
Like the Abbey Gate to the north, this gateway provided an elaborate and . . . — — Map (db m246732) HM
The column was erected by public subscription in 1822 in memory of the Duchess of York who had died in 1820 having spent much of her married life at Oatlands. She was a popular local benefactress following her marriage to the Duke in 1791 and was . . . — — Map (db m235554) HM
Charles Avison 1709 – 1776
Considered to be one of the most important English concerto composers of the 18th century, Avison was born, worked and died in Newcastle and is buried in St. Andrew's churchyard, Newcastle.
An organist, . . . — — Map (db m126701) HM
53 Grey Street
José Maria de Eça de Quirós
1845 – 1900
Portuguese diplomat and novelist of
European stature. Lived in this building
from 1874 to 1879 – among
the most productive years
of his writing
career.
City of . . . — — Map (db m126694) HM
Robert Stephenson Bi-Centenary
2003
Literary & Philosophical Society
Society established 1793.
This building, designed by John
Green, opened in 1825.
Robert Stephenson was
President of the Society,
1855 – 59
City of Newcastle . . . — — Map (db m126491) HM
Broad Garth
Thomas Spence
1750 – 1814
Born Quayside, Newcastle.
Utopian writer and land reformer.
Courageous, pioneering campaigner
for the rights of men and women.
Founded a schoolroom and
debating society in Broad Garth. . . . — — Map (db m126847) HM
The Coventry Theatre
The New Hippodrome, as it was originally named, was opened on 1 November 1937. It was the third Hippodrome on this site, the first situated in Pool Meadow (1903) and the second (1907) built in what is now the lower part of Lady . . . — — Map (db m124940) HM
Jewish Holocaust refugee and expressionist artist lived in this house until her death in 1965, after she was forced to flee Austria in 1938 — — Map (db m188400) HM
Musician, lyricist & co-founder
of the band "Traffic"
first played here with local
band "The Sapphires"
Lived at 69 Battleton Road,
Fairfield, Evesham — — Map (db m233276) HM
This plaque marks the site of the former 10 High Street, where SIR EDWARD ELGAR (1857-1934) lived as boy and young man.
Here, from 1863-79, he lived in a busy household above his father's music shop, surrounded by sheet music, scores, pianos . . . — — Map (db m245488) HM
The former stoneyard of
George Walker Milburn
1844 – 1941
sculptor and carver
He worked from
these premises between
1885 and 1941 — — Map (db m125437) HM
Miles Coverdale
c.1488 – 1569
Bishop of Exeter and believed to be a native of York. He translated and published the first complete printed English Bible (1535) and revised the Great Bible of 1539, sponsored by Thomas Cromwell.
He was a . . . — — Map (db m125432) HM
St George’s Hall Cinema
The façade of the cinema which was opened in 1921 and closed in 1965. It is a rare example of cinema architecture of the 1920s. — — Map (db m125307) HM
Welcome to St Mary’s Abbey
Once the richest monastery in the north of England, sketched by Turner
JMW Turner visited York several times during his long association with Yorkshire. In 1797 during his first tour, the artist visited St . . . — — Map (db m125339) HM
