Following the successful reopening of the open spaces at six of our sites on 13th June, English Heritage are delighted to confirm that a further forty-one of its staffed sites are about to reopen to visitors and that Whitby Abbey will reopen from Saturday 4th July. To help keep everyone safe when we reopen we’re Read More
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History, landscape & families of Grosmont Priory from 1536
New discoveries by Dr Alistair Laurence The talk lasting about 60 minutes centres on Grosmont Priory, its surrounds and uses before King Henry VIII decided to close the majority of religious houses in England, at the dissolution in the 16th century. After the dissolution the land was subsequently leased by the Crown to various persons, Read More