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23 July 2018
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Your help Needed to Shape Plans for The Old Grammar School, which overlooks the Batts and is a prominent landmark from the riverside. The Grammar School building was opened on the 27th September 1850 as the new Free Grammar School of the...
15 June 2018
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The Old Grammar School Project has received First Round Funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund and Architectural Heritage Fund to develop its ideas for the restoration of the building and bring it back to life as a community asset. As an...
13 June 2018
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An 18th century Richmond walled garden, with fabulous views of Richmond Castle and Culloden Tower, is opening for charity on Friday 22 June. Owners, Dennis and Marcia McLuckie are opening their Mr. Yorke’s Walled Garden to help raise...
Nominated for The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service 2018
05 June 2018
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Richmondshire Building Preservation Trust (RBPT) has been nominated for the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service 2018. The award was created by the Queen in 2002 to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the Queen's accession,...
26 February 2018
Historical
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The first mention of a grammar school in Richmond was in 1392, although it is believed it was founded earlier than this. A new school was granted a charter by Queen Elizabeth I in 1566 and built in the Churchyard of St Mary’s. It...