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3rd Jul 2008
Working in partnership at Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal
The World Heritage Site on your doorstep, Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal, is in the final stages of its management plan update.
2nd Jun 2008
On top of the world!
English Heritage unveil Alpine Garden featuring the world's mountain plants
16th May 2008
New exhibition of landscape paintings for Mount Grace Priory
New exhibition of landscape paintings at Mount Grace Priory
27th Mar 2008
English Heritage Unlock Doors To Previously Unseen Rooms
English Heritage unveil four fascinating new rooms ready for Brodsworth Hall's re-opening on Friday 21 March 2008
13th Dec 2007
Call For Volunteers At Brodsworth Hall
Stewards needed as English Heritage prepares to unveil four new rooms
29th Nov 2007
Study puts religion in its place in Leeds
Grade II listing for rediscovered church boasting magnificent arts and crafts interior
22nd Nov 2007
Archaeologists ponder heavyweight find
Half-tonne coffin containing Roman skeleton discovered in North Yorkshire
26th Oct 2007
Some more responses to the BURA award…
Read peoples responses to the Top national award given to the North Lincolnshire regeneration partnership
26th Oct 2007
Top national award for North Lincolnshire regeneration partnership
A £30 million regeneration scheme spearheaded by the South Humber Bank Partnership has won a prestigious national award for excellence and innovation.
15th Oct 2007
Mysterious stone may offer clues about Whitby’s bronze age past
English Heritage Dig Uncovers Carved Stone on Whitby Abbey Headland.
21st Sep 2007
Awards for the Presentation of Heritage Research 2007
English Heritage has for the sixth year partnered heritage bodies in Scotland, Wales and Ireland to encourage specialists to present the results of their heritage research to a wider public.
30th Aug 2007
Yorkshire Folk Not Always “Big Heads”
English Heritage studies have confirmed that Yorkshire men were not so much big heads - as round heads - in early medieval times.
24th Jul 2007
Report Reveals Top Historic Buildings at Risk Need £65 Million Public Funding
English Heritage Launches Buildings at Risk Register 2007
19th Jul 2007
£620,000 Lift for Medieval ‘Skyscraper’
Thornton Abbey re-opens after restoration programme
17th Jul 2007
Richmond Castle Welcomes Hoodies!
The exciting Adventures of Robin Hood are retold as the children of Richmond Castle help bring these legends to life.
6th Jul 2007
1940s Revisted with Scarborough Castle’s Wartime Weekend Spectacular
Scarborough Castle plays host to a World War II military camp, Saturday 28 & Sunday 29 July 2007
2nd Jul 2007
Extra Treats for Mind, Body and Soul at Rievaulx Abbey, Saturdays from 14 July to 22 September
A series of Pampering Saturdays are taking place at Rievaulx Abbey as both a celebration of 875 years of pilgrimage and the unique ‘marvellous freedom from the tumult of the world’ that survives today.
1st Jun 2007
Anglo-Saxon Church Reveals Its Secrets
Simon Thurley launches flagship conservation and tourism project at St Peter’s church, North Lincolnshire. The new exhibition highlights 1,000 years of life and death.
22nd May 2007
St Peter’s Church & Bones Alive!
St Peter’s is both an architectural and archaeological treasure, Major New Exhibition Opening in Barton-upon-Humber opens to the public 26 May 2007
2nd Apr 2007
Re-creation of lost Elizabethan Garden to begin after thorough research.
Work on the re-creation of the magnificent lost Elizabethan garden at Kenilworth Castle in Warwickshire will begin in late summer 2007 (subject to planning permission).
3rd Jul 2006
English Heritage Launches Viking Shield Design Competition
Local primary and secondary schools are being invited to design Viking shields to be used as markers for the Viking trail to launch this summer at Whitby Abbey.
9th May 2006
York Bunker Reveals Its Nuclear Secrets
Rare surviving example of Britain’s nuclear history is restored to its former nerve centre glory
12th Sep 2005
Heritage Keeper To Inn Keeper
English Heritage buys inn at Byland.
26th Jul 2005
Grand Opening of the Nation's Most Authentic Victorian Gardens
English Heritage is celebrating the end of a 15 year project to restore the magnificent gardens at Brodsworth Hall.
16th Jun 2005
Clifford's Tower Calls For Help for Injured Gosling
A honk for help had Clifford’s Tower staff running to the assistance of an injured gosling at the Eye of York.
24th May 2005
Ancient Herb Garden Revived at Mount Grace Priory
English Heritage has delved into medieval herb-lore to breath new life into a monk’s garden at Mount Grace Priory.

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