VISITS TO ENGLISH HERITAGE STORE AND EAST RIDDLESDEN HALL

 
Members of the group visited the English Heritage Archaeological Store at Helmsley on the 22nd September 2010. We had a very interesting and informative tour around the store. Pictured here are some excellent examples of medieval stonework from a few of the sites which are under the guardianship of English Heritage. As you can see the heads are heavily stylised to the point of being almost comical.

English Heritage is steward to over 400 important historical and archaeological sites, including such well know places as Stonehenge. As well as receiving over 11 million visitors to the sites English Heritage has responsibilities in conservation, planning aplication advising, registering sites and championing England's historic inheritance.

 

East Riddlesden Hall is a 17th century manor house downstream on the river Aire from Keighley, now in the care of the National Trust. The manor was renovated and extended using stone form the local area by James Murgatroyd in 1648
as an addition to his other manor houses in the West Riding of Yorkshire. James was a flamboyant royalist and this is reflected in the symbols and graffiti throughout the building including the head of King Charles 1st. Notable features of
the manor include two Yorkshire Rose windows a walled garden and the ruined Starkie wing.
 
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