The Story Behind the World’s First Telephone
WEB29 July 2022. Comments 0. Scottish-born Alexander Graham Bell (1847 to 1922), developed the world’s first working telephone, receiving a patent from the United States Patent Office 7 March 1876. Reputedly, the very first successful words using his new ‘instrument’, as Bell called it, were spoken by him to his associate Thomas Watson who ...
The Story of Welwyn Garden City – The Historic England Blog
WEBDec 4, 2020 · Residents first moved into Welwyn Garden City in December 1920. The city’s radical plan and innovative approach to living were based on new ideas formulated by the Garden City Movement, founded by Ebenezer Howard in 1899, and realised over four decades by Chief Architect and Planner, Louis de Soissons. Here we look at …
A Guide to Traditional English Buildings - The Historic England Blog
WEBAug 25, 2022 · How to identify vernacular buildings. They are usually ordinary, everyday structures, such as houses; A very broad category, they are less defined by precise architectural features than by the materials used to build them, timber, stone, cob, earth, mud or brick, though these materials are sometimes concealed
Brutal and Beautiful: The Story of London’s Barbican
WEBFeb 28, 2022 · It’s a visionary Brutalist/Modernist scheme: monumental in scale, geometric, high density, multi-level with elevated walkways and multiple entrances and exits, a car-free city within the City. Controversial when it was built, the Barbican’s design still divides opinion today. There are over 2,000 flats with more than 4,000 residents, a lake ...
10 Historic Sites to See in Margate - The Historic England Blog
WEBAug 17, 2023 · 5. The Old Town and the Tudor House. A handful of 16th and 17th-century buildings survive in Margate’s ‘Old Town’, providing a glimpse of the town before it became a seaside resort. The earliest buildings in Margate survive in the streets around the Market Place, the heart of the historic town.
Anglo-Saxon Architecture: Understated Jewels of England’s Heritage
WEBFeb 8, 2022 · The chapel of St Peter-on-the-Wall. The oldest surviving Anglo-Saxon church is believed to be St Peter-on-the-Wall, at Bradwell-on-Sea, Essex. This church is said to have been built by the Saxon Bishop Cedd, around AD 654. It sits astride the wall of a Roman fort and incorporates ‘recycled’ Roman building materials.
10 Eccentric English Customs, Traditions and Ceremonies (and …
WEBApr 28, 2021 · All over England, customs, traditions and ceremonies brighten our lives throughout the year. The Christian calendar, pre-Christian era practices and the continual cycle of the seasons have influenced many.
The Destruction and Rebirth of Coventry Cathedral
WEBAug 14, 2019 · DP082310. After the destruction of the cathedral, the idea of this chapel was conceived of by the then Provost, Richard Howard. He wanted an ecumenical space where people of all faiths could come together to pray for peace. That vision of a reconciled and reconciling cathedral open to all holds true today.
Explore England’s Hidden Past from the Air
WEBDec 6, 2021 · The long shadows cast by the low winter sun highlight the earthwork remains of medieval arable farming in Todenham, Gloucestershire. These earthworks, known as ridge and furrow, survive in fields that are now used for pasture. In places, modern ploughing has flattened the remains, but aerial photographs taken in …
4 Towns That Grew From the Mills – The Historic England Blog
WEBNov 23, 2021 · A good selection of Yorkshire and border towns like Oldham. Love to see one based in Lancashire. Perhaps one showing the beauty of the buildings themselves with all colours of terracotta brickwork perhaps.