Yorkshire Post

A winter walk that ends at Middleham….

Aug 2, 2022

buildings, religion, television reviews, travel

BBC4, Coverdale, Jervaulx Abbey, Kate Bottley, Middleham Castle, Wensleydale, Winter Walks, Yorkshire, Yorkshire Post

“….In tonight’s episode, Kate Bottley, a part-time Church of England priest from Sheffield, will take a historic hike through the ruins and snow-covered landscape of Wensleydale and Coverdale. As she sets off on her winter walk, the sun rises over the ruins of Jervaulx Abbey and with just a 360-degree camera in her hand, Kate walks along the banks…
A secret passage beneath York’s Guildhall….

May 10, 2020

buildings

Common Lane, Ouse, Roman routes, secret passages, Tower of London, Traitor’s Gate, York Guildhall, Yorkshire Post

“….The 15th-century Guildhall [in York] was built over a medieval road that led to and from the Ouse wharves. Common Hall Lane remains beneath the building as an enclosed passageway prone to flooding, but historians believe it was laid on top of what was originally a Roman route….” How intriguing. As indicated in the…
Medieval jewels have been found, but my emerald has gone forever….

Feb 8, 2020

archaeology, art, battles

Battle of Bosworth, Green Hammerton Ring, Harrogate Museum, jewellery, metal detecting, Middleham Jewel, rings, Yorkshire, Yorkshire Post

This illustration is from the Yorkshire Post and has been chosen to illustrate the sort of wonderful finds that have been made by detectorists. There has been a positive rash of such discoveries, and each time I am reminded again of how dreadful it must have been, way back when, to lose something as valuable…

Yorkshire Post

A winter walk that ends at Middleham….

A secret passage beneath York’s Guildhall….

Medieval jewels have been found, but my emerald has gone forever….