Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water GardenJervaulx AbbeyLightwater ValleyMarkenfield HallNewby Hall and GardensNorton Conyers House and GardensRipon CathedralRipon Prison and Police MuseumThe Black Sheep Brewery Vistor CentreThe Courthouse MuseumThe Workhouse Museum
The museum is housed in the former Quarter Sessions Courthouse built in 1830 to replace its mediaeval predecessor and the interior of the courtroom has not changed much since then. After Quarter Sessions ceased in 1953 the court continued as a Magist...
The museum is housed in a building which formed part of the former House of Correction and Liberty Gaol and which is now an integral part of the overall attraction of the museum. The building's origins go back to the late 17th Century but the part no...
'Hush-a-bye baby, on a tree top. When you grow old, your wages will stop. When you have spent the little you made. First to the poorhouse and then to the grave.'
This rhyme tells the story of many a working man's life in the 19th Century. The rath...
