Medieval History
A hidden gem in Peterborough?s heritage has been named as one of the top 100 historic visitor attractions in the country.
Longthorpe Tower, in Thorpe Road, features in a book out this week called ?100 Places That Made Britain?.
The building is described as a ?non-descript tower? on the outside, but once visitors enter they are wowed by the 14th century paintings which are thought to be the most important examples of their kind in northern Europe.
Click here to read this article from the Peterborough Evening Telegraph
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Medieval History
Longthorpe Tower: City?s heritage has tower power
A hidden gem in Peterborough?s heritage has been named as one of the top 100 historic visitor attractions in the country.
Longthorpe Tower, in Thorpe Road, features in a book out this week called ?100 Places That Made Britain?.
The building is described as a ?non-descript tower? on the outside, but once visitors enter they are wowed by the 14th century paintings which are thought to be the most important examples of their kind in northern Europe.
Click here to read this article from the Peterborough Evening Telegraph
- Scientists Examine Medieval Painting At The Tower Of London
A medieval wall painting at the Tower of London has received some special attention from scientists at Nottingham Trent University. Dr Haida Liang and her team of researchers were invited by Historic Royal Palaces to use hi-tech equipment developed at...
- Solving The 800-year Mystery Of Pisa's Leaning Tower
All six donkeys were impeccably behaved. They?d been ridden into Pisa?s main square, the Piazza dei Miracoli, last November by vexed vets from Pisa University and ceremoniously set down beneath its Leaning Tower. In protest at government cuts across Italian...
- Fire Damages Medieval Church In England
Fire crews were called to St Mary at the Elms church in Ipswich town centre at 8.30am on Saturday. Flames were seen billowing from the tower, which is thought to date from Tudor times and includes the oldest working clock in Ipswich. Firefighters were...
- 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...
- A Mighty Norman Tower
Fingest, Buckinghamshire, originally uploaded by Vitrearum (Allan Barton).Fingest is a tiny village in the Chilterns in south Buckinghamshire. The village is dominated by the mighty Norman western tower of St Bartholomew's church. In fact the tower...