Medieval History
Housing workers are travelling back in time to give a 900-year-old priory a facelift - in just two weeks. Plasters, plumbers, painters, joiners and electricians are bringing Runcorn?s medieval monastery, Norton Priory, up to date.
Claire McDade, the priory?s director, said: ?It?s amazing. Every day, something new and exciting is happening. All these skilled craftsmen are doing jobs we simply couldn?t afford. This is ?Changing Rooms? on a massive scale. Their generosity is wonderful.?
Click here to read this article from the Runcorn and Widnes World
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Medieval History
Norton Priory makeover
Housing workers are travelling back in time to give a 900-year-old priory a facelift - in just two weeks. Plasters, plumbers, painters, joiners and electricians are bringing Runcorn?s medieval monastery, Norton Priory, up to date.
Claire McDade, the priory?s director, said: ?It?s amazing. Every day, something new and exciting is happening. All these skilled craftsmen are doing jobs we simply couldn?t afford. This is ?Changing Rooms? on a massive scale. Their generosity is wonderful.?
Click here to read this article from the Runcorn and Widnes World
- Medieval Wombridge Priory Excavated
Archaeologists are due to return to a Telford church almost a year after a medieval priory was first unearthed. The remains of the building, thought to date back to the 13th Century, were found in the grounds of Wombridge Church last August. A team of...
- Remains Of Medieval Village Found In Cheshire
Construction work on a new housing development in Runcorn, Cheshire, has unearthed what are thought to be the final remains of the medieval village of Norton. Around 80 archaeological features have been found at the site near Lodge Farm, off Highgate...
- Medieval Barn Blaze Prompts Priory Fears
Urgent protection has been called for at an historic priory site after arsonists destroyed one of the region?s finest medieval barns. The 14th-century thatched and timber building at St Bartholomew?s Priory, in Clermont Avenue, Sudbury, has been lost...
- Sudbury: Loss Of Medieval Barn ?a Tragedy?
A community has been left devastated after a fire destroyed a ?beautiful? medieval barn of historic importance. The building, at the site of St Bartholomew?s Priory, in Clermont Avenue, Sudbury, has been completely lost following the blaze at about 8.50pm...
- Church Discovery Sheds Light On Medieval Mystery
A community archaeology project entirely run by volunteers has made a remarkable discovery in a remote Norfolk priory that could help to shed light upon one of British architectures greatest mysteries. The Norfolk Medieval Graffiti Survey (NMGS) was established...