Editing English Heritage (section)

===English Heritage sites in Cornwall===
In 1999 a pressure group, the [[Revived Cornish Stannary Parliament]], wrote to English Heritage asking them to remove all signs bearing their name from [[Cornwall|Cornish]] sites by July 1999 as they regarded the ancient sites as Cornish heritage, not English. Over a period of eleven months members of the Cornish Stannary removed 18 signs and a letter was sent to English Heritage saying "The signs have been confiscated and held as evidence of English cultural aggression in Cornwall. Such racially motivated signs are deeply offensive and cause distress to many Cornish people". On 18 January 2002, at [[Truro Crown Court]], after the prosecution successfully applied for a Public Immunity Certificate to suppress defence evidence (these are normally issued in cases involving national security), three members of the group agreed to return the signs and pay £4,500 in compensation to English Heritage and to be bound over to keep the peace. In return, the prosecution dropped charges of conspiracy to cause criminal damage.<ref>{{cite news |title=Historic signs case trio bound over |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/1768853.stm |publisher=BBC News |date=18 January 2002 |access-date=17 March 2013}}</ref>

In 2011, Conservative MP [[George Eustice]] stated that Cornish heritage "is not English" and that there is "a growing feeling that Cornwall should have its own heritage organisation, taking over from English Heritage".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/Heritage-English-s/story-13428183-detail/story.html#axzz2Nnp3ogIv |title=Heritage is not English; it's ours |date=29 September 2011 |work=This is Cornwall |access-date=17 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207195510/http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/Heritage-English-s/story-13428183-detail/story.html#axzz2Nnp3ogIv |archive-date=7 February 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> He suggested that English Heritage be replaced "with a Cornish Heritage group, just like they have for instance in Wales and Scotland".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-15253385 |title=Cornish MP is critical of English Heritage |date=11 October 2011 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=17 March 2013}}</ref> The then Culture Secretary [[Jeremy Hunt (politician)|Jeremy Hunt]] was called upon to give cash to a new autonomous body in Cornwall by "top slicing" English Heritage's budget.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/MP-calls-Cornish-Heritage-replace-English-body/story-13529395-detail/story.html#axzz2Nnp3ogIv |title=MP calls for 'Cornish Heritage' to replace English body |date=11 October 2011 |work=This is Cornwall |access-date=17 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013015419/http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/MP-calls-Cornish-Heritage-replace-English-body/story-13529395-detail/story.html#axzz2Nnp3ogIv |archive-date=13 October 2013}}</ref> The Cornish Heritage Trust manages a number of sites on behalf of English Heritage.<ref>{{Cite web |last=SeaDogIT |date=2020-04-23 |title=The sites we protect |url=https://www.cornwallheritagetrust.org/visit/our-sites/ |access-date=2025-04-19 |website=Cornwall Heritage Trust |language=en}}</ref>