We are talking about Clifford’s Tower, which has played a major part in the history of York for nearly a thousand years.

In the 1850’s workmen in Wortley near Armley Gyratory found some strange bones whilst digging clay for the local brickworks. The bones were

Nurnburnholme church cross “the finest Anglo Saxon-Viking example of its type in East Yorkshire"

High above Fylingdales Moor at a place called Lilla Howe is one of the most important crosses on the North York Moors if not the whole of...

With my tour guiding business, I often have cause to take visitors to the Hepworth Sculpture Gallery in Wakefield. From the outside car...

Either coming back from tours of Whitby or on my way to Castle Howard, I often visit the ruins of Kirkham Priory. Once home to a...

On a recent tour my corporate guests had a three hour meeting in Wakefield, so after dropping them off I had time to kill. As well as...

One of my favourite places to go fossil hunting, if I get a few days off by the coast is Saltwick Bay. After the walk down the cliffside...

When you mention Stamford Bridge to most people, they always seem to associate the name with the home of Chelsea Football Club down in...

Close to Pickering lies the historic site of Cawthorn Roman Camps. Roman Yorkshire has always fascinated me and so on a rare day off on...

In the Middle ages some important churches in England had what is now known as a Rood Loft. These structures were usually situated above...

You would think that Northern Europe’s largest Gothic cathedral and England’s second most important religious building would be home to a...

Just to the South of Huddersfield on a raised area of land near Almondsbury lies Castle Hill. Perched on top of the hill is Victoria...

Everyone seems to have heard about Boudicea, the warrior queen who led her army against the Romans. But very few people have heard about...

I’ve always had an interest in pre-history, regularly walking my dog up on Rombald’s Moor near Ilkley and exploring the cup and ring...

A real architectural gem – Saltaire’s beautiful United Reformed Church (originally Saltaire Congregationa Church) can be found in the...

York Minster is unique in the fact that it holds over 60% of all the medieval stained glass in England and the largest collection of...

Tens of thousands of people flock to Whitby every year to visit this historic fishing town on the Yorkshire Coast. Many cross the swing...

Public torture and execution was pretty common during the medieval period. Beheadings were often carried out in public and in England...

One of the strangest of York Minster’s many statues, monuments and carvings is that of the Doomstone. Sitting in the Crypt below the High...