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Knaresborough Heritage Centre has announced it plans to open this month. The centre, which celebrates and showcases Knaresborough's rich history, will open on April 27 at 12 High Street. It will offer gallery exhibitions, heritage information, children's activities,...
If you’re a Knaresborough resident, you’ll almost certainly have heard about Blind Jack, but his influence can be felt much further than the small Yorkshire town. A civil engineer, local guide, horse trader, businessman and a musician, Jack can sometimes be...
With the clock ticking down to the 80th anniversary of D-Day, an army of Ripon volunteers has spent thousands of hours engaged in a military-style operation as the city prepares for the landmark celebration and commemoration. On June 6 and in the weeks running up to...
(Image: Gyles Rocholl) Taking the local area for granted is something many of us can be guilty of - especially if you’re a North Yorkshire resident. History can be found round every corner but can often be sidelined as just a small thread within the wider tapestry of...
With its history, heritage attractions, magnificent cathedral, traditions, customs, rivers, canal and garden racecourse, Ripon has many reasons to blow its own horn. It will be doing just that later this month when Allison Clark, a member of the city's hornblower...
Homes England's suggestion that extremely rare military buildings on the Ripon barracks site could be demolished and replaced with replicas, was greeted with derision at last night's city council meeting. Council leader Andrew Williams drew laughter from fellow...
The final henge of a 5,000-year site near Ripon known as the 'Stonehenge of the north' has been sold to English Heritage. The Thornborough Henges complex includes three large circular earthworks each more than 200 metres in diameter dating from 3,000 to 2,500 BC....
A historic solid silver model of Harrogate’s Royal Pump Room has gone on display in the town centre. The model, which was created in Ogden of Harrogate jeweller’s workshop in 1927, has been hidden from view, stored as part of the council’s civic collection. But it has...
Homes England — the government housing agency behind the 1,300-home Clotherholme development — has been urged to listen to Ripon people's concerns and protect the city's rich military heritage, Last year Ripon City Council unanimously supported Ripon Military Heritage...
