Brutal & Beautiful: A Major Year for Post-War Listing
From cathedrals to private houses, war memorials to sculptures, we celebrates the post-war era and its best listed buildings. Elain Harwood, Senior ArchitecturalContinue Reading
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Oceanic Climate Change and Underwater Archaeology
Mark Dunkley is a marine archaeologist within English Heritage’s Designation Department and is responsible for the protection of underwater archaeologicalContinue Reading
Who lived in your home?
In this third installment of Kate Bevan’s Finding Your Home’s History we find out about her home’s first inhabitants and weContinue Reading
Women Celebrated by Registered Parks and Gardens
Carrie Cowan is an archaeologist in the Designation Department. She took a diploma in Garden History at Birkbeck University andContinue Reading
English seaside resorts through the Aerofilms lens
Regina Papachlimitzou is the Activity Team Support Officer for Britain from Above. The project is a four year Heritage Lottery FundContinue Reading
Uncovering England’s Shipwrecks
Serena Cant works as the specialist maritime data officer, maintaining a database of over 37,000 wrecks to help inform English Heritage’sContinue Reading
Finding your home’s history: Part II
Last month’s Finding Your Home’s History proved to be very popular among our readers. So much so that our Cataloguing Team LeaderContinue Reading
Looking inside: Investigation of marine archaeological artefacts
Angela Middleton holds a degree in archaeological conservation from the University of Applied Sciences, Berlin/ Germany and an MSc inContinue Reading
The Changing Face of the High Street: Decline and Revival
A new report demonstrates that embracing historic character makes for a popular high street, Tim Brennan, our Senior Regeneration Advisor,Continue Reading
Historic Window Glass: The Use of Chemical Analysis to Date Manufacture
David Dungworth works for the Heritage Protection Department and is part of the team that provides English Heritage with specialistContinue Reading