Celebrating 17 historic gems that were examined, protected and added to the National Heritage List for England in 2024.

Witches’ marks - ritual protection symbols or apotropaic marks - have been found in many historic places, from medieval churches and houses, to barns, and caves. The word 'apotropaic' comes from the ...

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During the medieval period, leprosy's disabling consequences became very visible in all communities across England - rural and urban, rich and poor. Its impact would change both the landscape of the ...

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Your chance to have a say on advice and guidance documents we've published in draft. Your feedback will help us make our advice and guidance useful. A draft revision to Marine Geophysics Data ...

Disability in Time and Place reveals how disabled people's lives are integral to the heritage all around us. From leper chapels built in the 1100s to protests about accessibility in the 1980s, the ...

A 3-year project that recorded the stories and communities behind England's shopfronts to create a contemporary collection of high street photographs. Picturing High Streets involved artists and the ...

Dido Elizabeth Belle grew up at Kenwood House, Hampstead, London NW3, (now an English Heritage property, 020 8348 1286). She was the great-niece of William Murray, The First Earl of Mansfield, who as ...

Heritage crime is any offence which harms the value of heritage assets and their settings. Some heritage assets are protected by specific legislation to prevent harm caused by damage or unlicensed ...

In the latter half of the 18th century England had a Black population of around 15,000 people. They lived mostly in major port cities - London, Liverpool and Bristol - but also in market towns and ...