Todays photo shows a closer view of part of the moat and motte at Bransholme Castle.Over the centuries a gradually more comprehensive network of drains across Holderness will have resulted in the boulder clays of Holderness in the moats drying more quickly than before and this will have affected water levels in historic moats unless […]

The photo above shows a location just beyond the east Hull/Sutton boundary known as Swine Castle or Bransholme Castle. It stands beside the disused Hull – Hornsea rail line, now a public right of way and cycle way. Below the shrubs in the middle ground is a moat that appears to have defended a central

Molly standing in front of a bed of ladies bedstraw.The third property at risk in Cottingham according to English Heritage Heritage at Risk Register is a detached property on the north side of Thwaite St. called Thwaite Hall. In Pevsner (s.p.b.) it is described as ‘early 19th century’ whereas the Register dates it to the

Despite my last sentence in the last blog I have decided to stick with the above title for now, covering the Humberside region, and come back to Beverley Road, Hull at a later date.Three of the posts on the English Heritage ‘Heritage at Risk Register’ are for Cottingham, although one is just outside the parish

Yesterday’s photo and today’s was of the network of rail lines feeding into and out of St. Andrew’s Dock when the fishing industry was at its height, probably 1950s. This because I didn’t have a more appropriate photo on hand.The other unsurprising Heritage at Risk area in Hull (s.p.b.) is the Beverley Road Conservation Area.

I recently had my attention directed to the Historic England Heritage at Risk Register which is up-dated every few years. I accessed the site by googling the above and then using the interactive map to click on sites which are shown as red dots across the national map. This brings-up a short summary for each