On the outbreak of the second world war in 1939 many of the Abbey's treasures were evacuated for safety to country houses, such as Mentmore. About 60,000 sandbags were used to protect immoveable royal ...

North Yorkshire Police said Fountains Abbey, near Ripon ... meaning considerable damage has been done to the medieval stonework, and the National Trust are working to rectify this," police ...

Pluscarden Abbey, home to a community of Catholic Benedictine monks, has marked the opening of Saint Joseph’s Guest House ...

Fountains Abbey, near Ripon, was targeted at about 23:30 GMT on Sunday, according to North Yorkshire Police. Oil-based white paint was used to write "don't steal drugs" on medieval plasterwork at ...

High above the Abbey floor, the Galleries in the beautiful 13th century triforium display our greatest treasures and tell the story of our thousand-year history. The Galleries are in a medieval space ...

In one of the most remarkable discoveries of recent times, medieval experts from the Institute ... in the library archive of the baroque Melk Abbey on the banks of the Danube in Austria’s ...

This medieval church, graced by many royal weddings and coronations, offers a magnificent peek at London's far-reaching history. Westminster Abbey is generally busy – and the staff keeps you ...