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Call to help digitise Euston’s burial records

Archaeologists are looking for volunteers to help record nearly 58,000 burial records related to the recently excavated St James’s Burial Ground in Euston.

Pay a visit to Rainham Hall

A small town on the edge of East London with few attractions boasts, somewhat incongruously, a nearly 300-year old mansion house.

Blue Plaque celebrates Sir Kenneth Clark of Civilisation TV series fame

A blue plaque has been unveiled to celebrate Sir Kenneth Clark, the art historian and broadcaster best known for the landmark 1969 TV series Civilisation.

British Library puts 1 million newspaper pages online for free

The British Library project to digitise copies of newspapers from its archive is to release one million pages as a free resource.

Disused tube station – Waddesdon Manor

In the middle of empty fields, a long way from London can be found the remains of a disused London Underground station.

Rare hoard of iron age coins discovered in West London

A heavy thunderstorm over West London late last August lead to the unexpected discovery of a rare collection of iron-age coins, and one of the largest such finds of its type in the UK.

See inside the 300+ year old Newington Green Unitarian Church

Just over 300 years ago, a small meeting house was built for non-conformists escaping the religious constraints of the City of London, and it's still here, and now open for tours.

Blue Plaque for one of Britain’s first black British medical consultants

One of Britain’s first black British consultants, the pioneering neurologist James Samuel Risien Russell has been commemorated with an English Heritage London blue plaque.

See the Charterhouse’s restored Great Chamber

Just around the corner from the brutalist Barbican estate can be found a medieval monastery, with a recently restored Great Chamber that you can now visit.

A history of Little Ben – the Victoria clock tower

Just outside Victoria Station is a tall black clock tower, often nicknamed Little Ben, and while often described as a small-scale replica of the Elizabeth Tower (Big Ben) down the road, there are so many differences that it can be best be described as inspired by the design.

Win £5,000 of holidays in Landmark Trust’s restored homes

A fundraiser for a heritage houses charity is offering up to £5,000 of free weekend breaks in its homes across the UK.

200-Year old Brockwell Hall to be restored

A 200-year old mansion house that sits in the middle of Brockwell Park and is mainly used by the council park staff is to be restored and opened to the public.

60th anniversary of Wembley Stadium’s ski jump

It's May 1961 and there's a huge ski jump being built inside Wembley Stadium, on the football pitch.

Tickets Alert: Public tours of an HS2 archaeology site

It's a bit outside London, but there's a chance to visit a live archaeology site that's currently excavating a churchyard filled with around 3,000 dead people.

An archive of aerial photos of London

There's an archive of aerial photos of London held by the University of Cambridge, many of them are recent enough to look familiar, and yet ever so slightly strange.

More virtual disused tube station tours announced

With visits to the disused tube stations in person on hold, a new batch of video tours has been announced by the London Transport Museum.

Colourised film shows London during WW2

Film footage of London during WW2 is rare, thanks to the efforts of the film censor, but here's a colour film from bombed-out London.

Your chance to help archaeologists in public outreach

Whenever a building site appears, often so do the archaeologists, looking to study what may be found deep beneath the streets.

Crossbones Graveyard future secured

The long term future of the Crossbones Graveyard in Southwark has been secured after the housing development next to it signed a renewable 30-year lease with the local group, Friends of Crossbones.

London’s Brooklands Museum gets a TV series

To mark its 30th anniversary later this year, the museum of motoring and aircraft at Brooklands in southwest London is getting a 10-part TV series.

The White Horse of Poplar High Street

On a residential street to the north of Canary Wharf can be found a big wooden pole, with a white horse on top.

Docklands: The Expanding City (1988 LDDC corporate video)

Found by the Tower Hamlets archive is a promotional video from 1988 for the Canary Wharf and Docklands development.

Finding the Virginia Quay Settlers Monument

A monument to the original English settlers of the USA overlooks the Thames, but it's unlikely that you would casually walk past it.

London Bridge’s lost Nonsuch House

What is thought to be London's earliest prefab house was a grand affair, and stood on top of London Bridge as a massive gateway to the city.