Historic England’s ‘Heritage at Risk Capital Fund is a special 1-year, £15 million, fund to give grants to heritage at risk, helping people to save the historic sites in England that are most important to them. Designed to be spent in areas with an index of Multiple Deprivation of 1, 2, or 3, this funding…
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Heritage Counts Survey
Government Urged to Rethink Refusal to List One of Manchester’s Oldest Surviving Textile Mills
The Georgian Group, SAVE Britain’s Heritage and The Council for British Archaeology have joined together to challenge the Department for Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS)’s decision not to list one of Manchester’s earliest surviving cotton mills, Medlock Mill. In a highly unusual move, Lisa Nandy rejected the advice of Historic England, the government’s statutory adviser…
‘Deep Roots, Dark Earth: Freeminers of the Forest of Dean’ -New Video From Forestry England
A new documentary from Forestry England delves into the life of the freeminers of the Forest of Dean. For centuries, the freeminers of the Forest of Dean have held a rare and ancient right, to mine coal wherever they find it beneath the forest floor. Freemining in the Forest of Dean was formally granted by…
‘Mills Transformed – Stories of Mill Regeneration’ Book Launched
A new book has been published on the regeneration and restoration of historic textile mills. Entitled ‘Mills Transformed – Stories of Mill Regeneration’ https://johnhudsonpublishing.com/mills-transformed/. it is written by Neil Horsley with a forward by Charles Smith (Policy Director, Historic England). The volume looks at the regeneration of textile mills in northern England and is richly…
Severn Valley Railway Launch Fund Raising Appeal to Repair Landslip
Around 30m (32yds) of the Severn Valley Railway (SVR) track and track bed was damaged in a landslip on 30 January. A section of the track is impassable after the embankment collapsed about 300m (328yds) north of Sterns on the Shropshire section of the line. The affected area lies between SVR’s northern terminus station at…
Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings to Join English Heritage
Historic England have annoucned that they will be handing over the visitor attraction at Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings to the care of English Heritage from the 1st April 2025. The visitor experience at Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings will become part of the charity’s 400-strong portfolio of historic attractions, welcoming thousands of potential new visitors. It will sit…
Industrial Heritage Sites Benefit From Final Round of UK Government Community Ownership Fund
The UK Government announced the recipients of the final round of the Community Ownership Fund (COF) at the very end of 2024. Amongst the 85 sites and groups receiving £36 million in grants are several industrial heritage sites, including the East Lancashire Railway and the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway. More than £1m will go…
Association for Industrial Archaeology Grants & Awards Deadlines in 2025
The deadlines for the 2025 Association for Industrial Archaeology grants and awards are fast approaching (31 January and 31 March 2025), but there is still time to consider applying for a restoration or research grant, or nominating a book or thesis for an award. Recent winners have included Wayne Cocroft and Paul Stamper for their book Legacies…
Historic England & English Heritage Update Their Climate Change Adaptation Report for 2024
Historic England and the English Heritage Trust have updated their ‘Climate Change Adaptation Report’, a document written in response to the Government’s Fourth Adaptation Reporting Power (ARP4) call under provisions in Part 4, Section 62 of the Climate Change Act 2008. This latest edition builds on the Third Adaptation Reporting Power (ARP3) report submitted jointly…
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