Middleham Castle: Daunting Fortress, Luxurious Home and One Priceless Jewel!
Middleham Castle sits in the wide-open, rugged and beautiful landscape of North Yorkshire, about 230 miles north of London and…
Rievaulx Abbey & the Brutal Dissolution of the Monasteries
This blog is adapted from an ‘on-location’ interview for my podcast, The Tudor History & Travel Show, recorded at Rievaulx…
Cawood: A Cardinal’s Lamentable Treason
As the deepening chill of late autumn crept icily across the Yorkshire countryside, a cavalcade of men on horseback, headed…
Bolton Castle and the Vengeful Prisoner of Wensleydale
Cover image: Bolton Castle in Wensleydale, by kind permission of Anita Watson. In the last post, we followed in the…