Medieval History
English Heritage has published its annual Heritage at Risk Register today, which shows a significant slow-down in the number of historic buildings being saved from neglect and decay prompting fears that England might lose the very thing which makes it most special in the eyes of the world and could help to underpin economic recovery. They include a number of sites dating back to the Middle Ages....
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- Hexham Abbey Receives £1.8m To Restore Medieval Buildings
Hexham Abbey in northeast England has been granted £1.8m from the Heritage Lottery Fund for a restoration of the Abbey?s medieval monastery buildings. The restoration project includes the creation of a state-of-the-art visitor centre and community...
- Medieval Harmondsworth Barn To Be Preserved By English Heritage
English Heritage has purchased a medieval barn in west London, once described as the ?Cathedral of Middlesex? for £20,000. Harmondsworth Barn is listed as a Grade I building, placing it alongside the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey and Buckingham...
- World Monuments Fund Lists 67 Heritage Sites ?most At-risk?
The World Monuments Fund?s President Bonnie Burnham has announced the 2012 World Monuments Watch. Since 1996, the biennial Watch has drawn international attention to cultural-heritage sites in need of assistance, helping to save some of the world?s most...
- Conservation Plans Outlined To Save Deserted Medieval Village
Proposals to carry out much-needed conservation work to three structures at a deserted medieval village in Teesdale, County Durham, England were outlined last week at an event hosted by Natural England. Natural England has stepped in to offer help to...
- Restoration Work Begins On Two Medieval Sites In Northern England
Ninebanks Tower in Northumberland and Muggleswick Grange in Durham are among four historic sites in northern England which are starting to receive restoration work. Now as part of the North Pennines AONB Partnership's Living North Pennines project...
Medieval History
Recession hurts efforts to preserve heritage buildings in England
English Heritage has published its annual Heritage at Risk Register today, which shows a significant slow-down in the number of historic buildings being saved from neglect and decay prompting fears that England might lose the very thing which makes it most special in the eyes of the world and could help to underpin economic recovery. They include a number of sites dating back to the Middle Ages....
Click here to read the full article on Medievalists.net
- Hexham Abbey Receives £1.8m To Restore Medieval Buildings
Hexham Abbey in northeast England has been granted £1.8m from the Heritage Lottery Fund for a restoration of the Abbey?s medieval monastery buildings. The restoration project includes the creation of a state-of-the-art visitor centre and community...
- Medieval Harmondsworth Barn To Be Preserved By English Heritage
English Heritage has purchased a medieval barn in west London, once described as the ?Cathedral of Middlesex? for £20,000. Harmondsworth Barn is listed as a Grade I building, placing it alongside the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey and Buckingham...
- World Monuments Fund Lists 67 Heritage Sites ?most At-risk?
The World Monuments Fund?s President Bonnie Burnham has announced the 2012 World Monuments Watch. Since 1996, the biennial Watch has drawn international attention to cultural-heritage sites in need of assistance, helping to save some of the world?s most...
- Conservation Plans Outlined To Save Deserted Medieval Village
Proposals to carry out much-needed conservation work to three structures at a deserted medieval village in Teesdale, County Durham, England were outlined last week at an event hosted by Natural England. Natural England has stepped in to offer help to...
- Restoration Work Begins On Two Medieval Sites In Northern England
Ninebanks Tower in Northumberland and Muggleswick Grange in Durham are among four historic sites in northern England which are starting to receive restoration work. Now as part of the North Pennines AONB Partnership's Living North Pennines project...