5 Heritage Sites Saved by their Local Community
1. Hastings Pier, East Sussex Hastings Pier was built in 1872 and flourished during the Victorian seaside tourist boom. FollowingContinue Reading
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8 Interesting Facts about Signal Boxes
1. In its familiar form, a raised structure with large windows enabling signalman to maintain a look-out, the signal box evolvedContinue Reading
Heritage Highlights
I am rather excited about the new Heritage Highlights project. The first one, Landmark Listings, went down well, and IContinue Reading
Can social media help us better understand our relationship with historic buildings?
Cities are carpeted with pictures, but these pictures are not public art or the work of a subversive street artist.Continue Reading
The Survey of London: the Battersea Volumes
Colin Thom is a Senior Historian with the prestigious Survey of London – the nearest thing we have to an ‘official’Continue Reading
Why I get excited about Heritage
Beth McHattie joined English Heritage in 1996 from Sotheby’s where she had been Head of Corporate Press. As Head ofContinue Reading
How do you protect a historic garden?
Patience Trevor is a former Senior Designation Adviser and reflects on her time setting up the first Register of ParksContinue Reading
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
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
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