Reputations-statues in London

Reputations change over the decades and centuries.

Nevertheless, all the East of England heroes we have featured, except Hereward, can boast their own statues in the centre of London. Nelson the most famously at Trafalgar Square, Boudica facing the Houses of Parliament by London Bridge and Cromwell in front of the Houses of Parliament. We travelled down to London to find out more about how our heroes are celebrated and to learn more about the monuments.

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Museum websites

Boudica is well represented at Ipswich, Colchester and Norwich museums.

• Ipswich museum
• Colchester Castle Museum
• Norwich Castle Museum

Cromwell boasts his own museum at Huntingdon, in the school he attended, the old grammar school

• Cromwell museum Huntingdon

Hereward about whom much less is known is featured at Ely museum

• Ely museum

Nelson is well represented at the National Maritime museum and also boasts his own museum at Great Yarmouth.

• National Maritime Museum
• Norfolk Nelson Museum

About the museums-materials created by the curators

• Norfolk Nelson Museum artifacts

Faith Carpenter, curator of the Norfolk Nelson Museum describes some of her favourite items from the museum.

• Cromwell Museum

John Goldsmith, Head of Cambridgeshire's Museum Service and in charge of the Cromwell website describes some of the important items in the Cromwell museum.