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2 days ago3 min read

York’s Ingram Hospital – a 17th century almshouse with a Norman doorway

It turns out it was called Ingram Hospital and is one of York’s most important mid-seventeenth century buildings.

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Nov 44 min read

Fossil Footprints found at Hardraw Force turned out to be the oldest tracks from an amphibian ever found in the UK

What makes these fossil tacks so important is that previously there were no footprints of these animals of that age in the UK.

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Aug 23 min read

Hard to believe that Hippo’s once roamed around Leeds…

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

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Jun 174 min read

St. James Church in Nunburnholme with its ancient stone cross carved by Anglo Saxon and Viking sculptors

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

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Apr 124 min read

The Lilla Cross – the oldest Christian memorial in the North

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...

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Mar 253 min read

Wakefield’s Chantry Chapel - one of only 5 surviving bridge chantries in England

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

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Feb 194 min read

Goodmanham – a sacred religious site in Pagan times and a turning point in Yorkshire’s spiritual & political history

I first came across Goodmanham during lockdown when my wife and I decided to explore the Yorkshire Wolds a bit more. This less well known...

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Jan 174 min read

The Great Survivor! - Ripon Cathedral’s Ancient Saxon Crypt founded in 672

Whilst York Minster is always seen as the most important church in the North of England, little old Ripon Cathedral can say that it’s...

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Sep 8, 20235 min read

The Battle of Stamford Bridge – the end of the Viking era & its impact on the Norman Conquest

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

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