It's hard not to be moved, on visiting Castle Howard in North Yorkshire, by the row of gutted state rooms along the South Front, destroyed by fire in 1940. At the time, the building housed the ...
Castle Howard is regarded as Yorkshire's finest stately home. Much ink has been spilt, justifiably, about how old, opulent, busy and famous this North Yorkshire palace is. It has been on the telly ...
As we enter into the first phase of spring, we have taken a look at photos in our archive of what Yorkshire looked like in ...
As we enter into the first phase of spring, we have taken a look at photos in our archive of what Yorkshire looked like in March during the 1900s.
Richard Spruce was born on the 10th of September 1817 at Ganthorpe, near Castle Howard, in Yorkshire. He was educated by his father, who was a teacher. Spruce's interest in natural history dated back ...