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I'd say Henry VII, who restored peace to England, established the Tudor dynasty, left a full Treasury, and built the Henry VII Chapel at Westminster and other great buildings.  

The landlords of London have had a huge impact on its history, for instance in areas like Mayfair and Belgravia and Marylebone laid out by aristocratic landowners, and still largely owned by them.

I have a lot of favourites, but for now I'll say Canterbury, as a perfect English historic town, with one of the finest cathedrals, and our own St Augustine's Abbey.

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Saxon culture remained strong after the Norman Conquest outside of the new upper class that were brought from France. As such we can see it especially in our language, since a large proportion of modern English is still based on Saxon English rather than Norman French. William did not want to be seen as an invader, he claimed that he was the rightful heir and was simply claiming what was his. As such he was keen to emphasise continuity. As you suggest, many traditional laws continued to have an influence and the old system for organising land into hides, hundreds and shires remained even as the most important landowners were changed and some of our modern holidays, such as Easter, retain elements of the earlier celebrations. Looking to intellectual culture, some Anglo-Saxon texts continued to be copied out in monasteries and one version of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicleextended as late as 1154.

Some people objected to Jimi Hendrix getting a plaque, because he took illegal stimulants. This was slightly ironic given that the first plaque in London (in 1867) was to Lord Byron, who did much the same.

The BBC director-general Lord Reith's plaque gave his name incorrectly. It was taken down immediately and corrected. His family particular asked for this because Reith was, famously, a real stickler for accuracy.

There are a very few other plaques with spelling mistakes - for instance, the one to Thomas De Quincey put up in 1981 in Covent Garden spells his name wrong. A Greater London Council officer decided to let it stand 'as a monument to bureaucratic incompetence'!