Bolton Castle was built by Sir Richard le Scrope, Lord Chancellor of England to Richard II. Their licence to crenelate was granted in 1379. Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned at the Castle between 1568 and 1569 following her defeat in Scotland, and seemingly posing a threat to Queen Elizabeth I.
Bolton Castle was built by Sir Richard le Scrope, Lord Chancellor of England to Richard II. Their licence to crenelate was granted in 1379. Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned at the Castle between 1568 and 1569 following her defeat in Scotland, and seemingly posing a threat to Queen Elizabeth I.
Join us on a visit to Wentworth Woodhouse - the largest private home in the UK. The façade is the longest of any country home in Europe. At 600ft long, it is twice the length of a standard football pitch, and twice the length of Buckingham Palace. If you were to walk every inch of the mansion, it would take nearly two hours, as there are over five miles of corridors, and over three hundred rooms. No one can really agree on a true number of rooms, since some argue whether cupboards should count and the like. Don't worry - we don't expect you to cover it all!
The visit includes coach travel from central Ripon (11:00am), lunch and a talk on arrival, and then time to explore as much of the house and grounds as you can - good luck!
Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus; these are the Bloodlands - between empires, between dictators, that suffered the worst horrors of the European 20th century and are now deep in the horrors of the 21st. Lucy Beckett has written two novels set in and around this tragic part of Europe, and has for years studied its history.
100% of online ticket sales will be donated to the Disasters Emergency Committee, and so far we have raised over £700.
In the 18th century anyone who was anyone had to have a Chinese porcelain dinner service emblazoned with their coat of arms as a display of wealth, armigerous status and connection to the wider world. Scholar, lecturer and author Will Motley will examine the armorial porcelain at Markenfield, the long, expensive and sometimes hazardous process by which this porcelain was ordered, made in China and finally delivered to its owner, Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley, (1716-1789).