Yorkshire Heritage

The Henry Jenkins Inn, Kirkby Malzeard

Relief after conversion plan at historic Yorkshire Dales village pub is rejected

Gordon Shield and the new Market Weighton Canal Trail at Newport bridge.
Picture Bruce Rollinson
27 November 2023.

Discover 18th century locks, wildlife and the Land of Nod on new canal trail

The derelict former Crimea Tavern pub, on Savile Road, Castleford.

Council plans to spend £1.2m to buy then demolish derelict former pub

Researchers and authors Dr Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite and Dr Natalie Thomlinson

Yorkshire historian on women's different stances to the miners' strike

St Peter's House is the former General Post Office for Bradford

Grade II-listed General Post Office building in Bradford to close for renovation

Beechwood House in Leeds was the home of the Luptons for more than a century

Mansion that was seat of Princess of Wales' great-grandmother for sale

Barclays bank, Scarborough.

'Electronic bird deterrent' approved for Scarborough town centre

York artist Ric Liptrot who has produced his first calendar celebrating York's fantastic independent shops, pubs and cafes. Picture By Yorkshire Post Photographer, James Hardisty.

Illustrator creates calendar celebrating artful charm of York's shop fronts

Ilkey Moor, pictured, homes hundreds of examples of rock art. Picture: Bruce Rollinson, 2020.

'Yorkshire is potentially the true heartland of prehistoric activity in the UK'

A blue plaque went up to remember ticket collector Ernest Barker. Author Richard Jones now wants to do the same for two other LNER staff

Campaign to honour George Medal heroes who saved wounded soldier

The author Philippa Langley has joined forces with criminal barrister Rob Rinder to examine a Royal mystery in the Channel 4 documentary The Princes in the Tower: The New Evidence. (Photo supplied on behalf of Channel 4)

The Princes in the Tower: Has new research solved a 500-year-old mystery?

Nick Burrows, makes Coulton Mill Cyder in the Howardian Hills AONB, near Hovingham, photographed for The Yorkshire Post Magazine by Tony Johnson. His recipe follows the one written by William Lawson in Coxwold in the 1580's.

Meet the man making Yorkshire cider at an 800-year-old corn mill

Mist blows through Wensleydale near Askrigg situated in the Yorkshire Dales National Park photographed for The Yorkshire Post by Tony Johnson.

My Yorkshire: Rosebud Preserves founder on her love for Yorkshire Dales

Haworth Old School Room

How Patrick Brontë's passion for social reform helped change Haworth

Craft gin producers Gary and Victoria Ford, who set up Forged Spirits in Wakefield, after careers in the army.
Photographed for the Yorkshire Post by Jonathan Gawthorpe.

The former military couple who created their own gin distillery in Yorkshire

Debenhams in Harrogate

Debenhams building in Harrogate set to become apartments

St James' Baths closed in 2013

Developer applies to turn swimming baths into aparthotel, spa and restaurant

Athough there is no firm evidence that Top Withens was the basis for Wuthering Heights, the Bronte Society has erected a plaque at the spot

Top Withens: Why farmhouse with Bronte link will not be rebuilt despite concerns

Carl Holmes, Andy Gallacher and Sarah Linley have a chat by a WWII African desert RAF Jeep at the 1940s Weekend in Haworth

Haworth 1940s Weekend to return in 2024 with new organisers

Nature Matters is exploring environmental stories in the region. Photo: Yorkshire and North East Film Archives

Yorkshire Film Archive footage captures efforts to clean up waterways in 1980s

Dewsbury Arcade to become community-owned after £127,000 crowdfunded
Dewsbury Arcade will become the country’s first community-owned shopping centre after a Crowdfunding campaign received £127,500 in donations from 200 investors.

Dr John Wilson a trustee of Sheffield Home of Football with the maquettes ahead of new sculpture, celebrating 150 years since an FA Cup game was decided by the toss of a coin, has been commissioned by the new charity, Sheffield Home of Football. Picture By Yorkshire Post Photographer, James Hardisty

How Sheffield FC became only club to win FA Cup match thanks to coin toss

Mount Pleasant near Gunnerside in remote Swaledale is a partial ruin

Yorkshire Dales farmhouse built in 1700 set to be converted back into a home

Ilkley Manor House in winter

Visitors to dine in one of Yorkshire's oldest buildings for first time

Elsecar Heritage Centre, the site of the Fitzwilliam family's ironworks and industrial workshops

Elsecar Heritage Centre: Earl Fitzwilliam's railway station to be upgraded

Lotherton Hall at Christmas

Inside Lotherton Hall as staff spend whole week putting up Christmas decorations

High five for Reid after another successful expedition

Meet Reid - the dog trained to sniff out water voles in the Yorkshire Dales

Ellen Stokes, and the opening movement from Pafio e Mirra

'Lost' ballet music discovered by Yorkshire student after 200 years

Antiques expert Charles Hanson with the ding.

2,000-year-old Chinese cauldron found at family home could sell for £10,000

John Symons Home, in Park Row, Hull

Bid to protect two historic buildings could stop one of them being demolished

Plans for the redevelopment of the Tetley building in Leeds have been revealed.

Plans unveiled to give iconic Tetley building another '100 years of life'

Members of the public were invited to Todmorden Library, to bring their stories and objects relating to the Second World War, as part of a Digital Collection Day. Calderdale Council is taking part in the nationwide campaign organised by Their Finest Hour, a team based at the University of Oxford. Another "collection day" will take place in Halifax.

People invited to bring WW2 artefacts to library for online archive project
Calderdale Council is taking part in a national programme to preserve historic objects from the Second World War, and is inviting people to bring their artefacts to be added to a digital collection at libraries in the borough.

Krampus. (Pic credit: Angela Harper / Route YC)

Christmas events on Yorkshire coast: Unique things to do along the coast

Hilary Holmes a Stained Glass Designer and Maker based at Harrogate will be one of the many artist displaying their works at The Hepworth Wakefield, Festival Market, held on Sat 25th & Sun 26th Nov - Sat 2nd Sun 3rd Dec - 10am - 4pm. Picture By Yorkshire Post Photographer, James Hardisty.

Inside the studio of a stained glass artist getting ready for Christmas markets

Leeds Fine Artists' exhibition at Dean Clough Gallery, Halifax, celebrating their 150th anniversary. Pictured Artists Sharron Astbury-Petit, Mark Butler, Roger Gardner, Catherine Morris, and Ann McCall. Picture By Yorkshire Post Photographer, James Hardisty.

Marking 150 years of the group which celebrates the best of Leeds artistry

Tony de Mulder

Tony de Mulder on growing up during the war and running a £200m business

Barrans Fountain in Roundhay Park

The lavish fountain gifted to Leeds by the man who bought Roundhay Park

The Old York Tea Room

Owners who painted cafe name on 14th Century building to fight council decision

Cozy Cottage is close to Sid's Cafe in Holmfirth

Woman researching holiday cottage discovers it was scene of Victorian murder

Matthew Gibson, a leading scholar on Bram Stoker and the Gothic.

Bram Stoker scholar on Whitby's link to Dracula

Dobson & Robinson's premises are now up for rent

One of Yorkshire's last independent sports shops closes after a century

Plea over Empress Josephine’s missing jewels - Robert Ogden and brother Ben outside Ogden of Harrogate jewellery store which was first established in 1893. (Picture Simon Hulme)

The Yorkshire shop involved in mystery of Napoleon's wife's missing jewellery

Re-enactor Hannah Blaine at Chatsworth House, transformed into the Palace of Advent, with 24 rooms filled with Christmas decorations, photographed for The Yorkshire Post by Tony Johnson.

Festive countdown begins as Chatsworth is transformed into The Palace of Advent

Robert Ogden (right) with his brother Ben outside Ogden of Harrogate jewellers. (Picture by Simon Hulme/National World)

Jewellers seek to find out what happened to Empress Josephine's treasures

Christmas at Burton Agnes Hall. Olivia Cunliffe-Lister pictured in the Great Hall. Picture taken by Yorkshire Post Photographer Simon Hulme

Burton Agnes Hall: Hand-made decorations at the heart of festive celebrations

A gateway of Yorkshire, over The Howardian Hills an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in North Yorkshire in the direction of the Vale of York from the top of Terrington Bank.

New name for stunning landscapes of Howardian Hills and Nidderdale

John Pybus the landlord of the Blue Bell, York's smallest pub and one of England's.

Autumn budget: Tax reform needed to support pubs says York landlord

Harrogate’s Jeremy Wood Beaumont has become a viral sensation by keeping his posts on TikTok about Rhodes Wood Bespoke Tailors shop informative and helpful. (Picture contributed)

How a simple Windsor knot led to old-fashioned Yorkshire store going viral

Juliane Schaub, puts the finishing touches to a display at the Christmas in Neverland at Castle Howard, near York. Picture Jonathan Gawthorpe

Christmas in Neverland: Castle Howard inspired by Peter Pan

Kingfisher chicks hatching

The Yorkshire artist who gives a rare glimpse into the secret worlds of animals

The stories of Dr Arnab Seal and Dr Sunita Seal feature in the exhibition. Photo: Christian Sinibaldi

New exhibition shines light on vital role of migrants in NHS

York professor's book on enduring appeal of Amazing Grace hymn

Alexa Buffey, Collections & House Manager decorating the casade of flowers in the Queens Room. Picture By Yorkshire Post Photographer, James Hardisty.

Celebrating the travels of the man who transformed Treasurer’s House in York

Youngsters from Settrington All Saint's Primary School Lily Allen, 8, Digby Crockett, 10, and Harry Allen, 10, with Paul Emberley, Trustee & Project Development Lead for the Wesley Centre and Mayor of Malton Cllr Ian Conlan. Picture By Yorkshire Post Photographer, James Hardisty.

Grade II*-listed Wesley Centre restoration marked by burying time capsule

Lister Mills pictured above the houses of Manningham, Bradford

Solar panel plan to 'future-proof' historic Grade II*-listed mill in Yorkshire

The National Trust sign at Malham Tarn, Yorkshire Dales National Park

National Trust climate scientists to move into 18th-century Yorkshire mansion

Harewood's Great Time Travelling Christmas.
Picture by Bruce Rollinson

Harewood House: A nostalgic vision of Christmases past

US President-elect John Fitzgerald Kennedy alongside first lady Jacqueline Kennedy delivers his victory speech, on November 9, 1960 at the National Guard Armory in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

John F Kennedy assassination: Memories of a dark day in Dallas linger

Ernest Whiteley & Co family drapers, which Ann Clough had run since 1960, was a relic of a vanished world and did not take card payments

Owner of famous Bridlington haberdashery store dies at 90

Myrtle Grove, with stables and coach-house

Bingley: Grade II-listed mill owner's mansion could be converted into hotel