This glossary contains the definitions of terms used within disability history. To link to the terms please click on any blue letter to see corresponding glossary entries: ...

Witches’ marks - ritual protection symbols or apotropaic marks - have been found in many historic places, from medieval churches and houses, to barns, and caves. The word 'apotropaic' comes from the ...

Black and Asian histories are a vital part of England’s story. Yet in our books, at our historic sites and in our records they're not well represented. Another England aims to better understand the ...

A collection of over 10,000 images from the Historic England Archive that have been specially selected and re-captioned for teachers to use with their pupils.

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Our Heritage at Risk programme protects and manages the historic environment. We work with owners, friends groups, developers and other stakeholders to find solutions for ‘at risk’ historic places and ...

Our advice on heritage and the planning system is there to help both professionals and owners of older buildings to understand how heritage fits into the wider planning agenda.

Your chance to have a say on advice and guidance documents we've published in draft. Your feedback will help us make our advice and guidance useful. A draft revision to Marine Geophysics Data ...

What is a Heritage Apprenticeship? Heritage apprenticeships is the term we are using to describe apprenticeship standards created specifically for the historic environment sector. They work in the ...

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