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A chance to encounter vice and virtue across North Yorkshire is on offer to visitors to the County Record Office in Northallerton next month.

The abbey ruins at Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden, North Yorkshire National Trust Images/David Goacher Mark Newman is one of our archaeologists, based in the North of England. In this blog, Mark looks back at his work with the National Trust, and in particular, at the World Heritage Site at Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden in North Yorkshire. Discover the past, present and what the future of Fountains Abbey holds, as Mark takes us o...

Last modified on Wed 13 Jan 2021 02.37 EST Fountains Abbey, near Ripon, North Yorkshire, was originally set up by 13 Benedictine monks seeking refuge from the more extravagant, rowdy monks in York. Eight hundred years later, the abbey ruins and its gardens face another threat: the climate crisis. The Skell Valley, where the ruins stand, has been flooded several times in recent years, raising fears that the UK’s largest monastic ruins are at risk of irreparable damage. Now a £2.5m National Tr...

A PIONEERING project to revive an historic river valley and protect a significant cultural landmark from flooding has been given the green light…

A £2.5 million project to protect an historic river valley, which includes the famous Fountains Abbey, from the effects of climate change has been given the go-ahead. Work to revive 12 miles of the River Skell in North Yorkshire to reduce flooding will get under way after the scheme secured a £1.4 million grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. The project, spearheaded by the National Trust and Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), includes planting trees and creating m...

A PIONEERING project to revive an historic river valley and protect a significant cultural landmark from flooding has been given the green light…

The £2.5m scheme aims to reduce flooding and improve the habitat for wildlife around Fountains Abbey.