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Heritage Hunters: young people help open up Auckland Castle thanks to Lottery funding Aerial view of Auckland Castle 02/02/2015 The Heritage Hunters, a group of young people from in and around Bishop Auckland, have been actively involved with the project …

£7.8M HLF grant to open up Northumberland's finest landscapes A visual of the final design concepts for the Sill, produced by architects Jane Darbyshire and David Kendall 02/02/2015 Located in the heart of the Hadrian’s Wall World Heritage Site in …

Constable’s Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows goes to Constable country for the first time John Constable’s Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows, exhibited 1831 John Constable’s Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows, exhibited 1831 30/01/2015 This major …

Conservation of historic Narborough bone mill to go ahead Site owner and project organisers at the bone mill 30/01/2015 The grant will be used to repair and conserve the remains and tell the stories behind its historic significance in the areas …

Bangor to become spiritual haven Bangor Abbey which will feature on the St Columbanus heritage trail. 13/01/2015 St Columbanus is regarded in much of Europe, including France and Italy as Ireland’s greatest saint. St Patrick called the area 'The Valley of …

Benburb priory's rare book collection to be opened to the public Benburb Priory book collection to be opened up in new Library 21/01/2015 The Servite Priory in Benburb contains around 20,000 manuscripts, books and archive items, consisting of a number of …

HLF investment in places of worship reaches £26million in NI St Thomas Church Rathlin Island one of the many churches restored across Northern Ireland 25/12/2014 A pair of Northern Ireland’s historic churches have an extra reason to celebrate Christmas …

Historic Ballachulish slate arch project gets underway Ballachulish Community Committee members and Highland outside the Ballachulish arch 28/01/2015 The £277,000 project will not only consolidate the slate arch structure but also enable the local …

Pupils research ex-student killed in the First World War Water Street Primary students working with Library staff to conduct research into ex-students killed during the war 27/01/2015 Following a visit to the cenotaph to record the names of former Water …

Inspired Futures for historic North East churches St Thomas's Haymarket, Newcastle 26/01/2015 An initiative of Inspired North East – a support scheme set up by the Church of England Dioceses of Newcastle and Durham – Inspired Futures will demonstrate new …