Shortly after invading England in 1066, William the Conqueror began consolidating power. Building castles was a primary means of asserting dominance and over the proceeding 150 years William and his ...
An "astonishing" collection of historic graffiti made by soldiers in the 18th and 19th centuries has been discovered on the door of a castle in England. The door features around 50 examples of carved ...
A luxurious tower built for Henry I—William the Conqueror’s son—is opening to the public for the first time in nearly four centuries. Constructed around 1107, the royal residence is located within the ...
English Heritage is a charity which manages hundreds of buildings and monuments across the country, and Yorkshire is no ...
At the sight of Highclere Castle near London, many people do a double take: Isn’t that Downton Abbey, the estate from the ...
A DECAYING tower in a North Yorkshire village has been added to a register of historic sites deemed to be 'at risk'. The ruined 15th century 'New Tower' on Church Hill in Crayke, near Easingwold, next ...
The approval of plans to turn the area below Clifford’s Tower into a park and play space mark the latest chapter in the history of the former ...