Blanche Heriot was a legendary heroine from Chertsey, Surrey, whose story was brought to a wider public in two works by the Chertsey-born early Victorian...
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from Michaelmas to Lady Day ties with the romantic local legend of Blanche Heriot, marked by a statue of her and the bell at Chertsey Bridge. Green areas...
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with Something about His Sister (1844). In 1842 Smith's first play, Blanche Heriot, or The Chertsey Curfew, based on a legend from his home town, was produced...
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September 1865. It is likely to have been based on the earlier work "Blanche Heriot. A legend of old Chertsey Church", which was published by Albert Richard...
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short story concerning the Chertsey curfew, set in 1471, and entitled "Blanche Heriot. A legend of old Chertsey Church" was published by Albert Richard Smith...
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2021. Retrieved 25 May 2022. Lally, David (24 August 2008). "Statue of Blanche Heriot". Geograph. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved...
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Pilot,' Susan in 'Kohal Cave,' Felix in the 'French Revolution,' Blanche in 'Blanche Heriot,' and Clemency in Charles Dickens's 'The Battle of Life.' She...
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Jewels of Anne of Denmark (section George Heriot)
1590s, George Heriot sold pieces to Anne of Denmark, and he was appointed goldsmith to the Queen on 17 July 1597. In August 1599 Heriot was paid £400...
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First Class of the Order of the Dannebrog 1976: Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University 1987: Royal Academician Jones, 2006. "World-renowned engineer...
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husband, King Harald V. Queen Sonja also received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 1994 Norway: Grand Cross with Collar of the Royal Norwegian...
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