diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
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--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ The `.Serialisation` namespace contains a number of custom `JsonConverter` imple
 
 ### Helpers
 
+#### Serialisation
+
 `IIIFSerialiserX` contains 2 extension methods for `JsonLdBase` that help with serialising / deserialising models. 
 
 For string serialisation these are `AsJson` and `FromJson<TTarget>`:
@@ -110,6 +112,19 @@ Manifest deserialisedManifest = streamContainingManifest.FromJsonStream<Manifest
 
 > Note: full object deserialisation is incomplete - open an issue or PR if you find an issue. 
 
+#### HTML Markup Handling
+
+`HtmlSanitiser` contains a `SanitiseHtml()` extension method on `string` to help sanitise HTML.
+
+```cs
+string original = "<p>my markup<div>invalid</div><p>";
+string safe = original.SanitiseHtml();
+```
+
+See [IIIF Presentation 3.0 docs](https://iiif.io/api/presentation/3.0/#45-html-markup-in-property-values) for details on html markup.
+
+> Note: The rules around markup differs between Presentation 2.1 and 3.0. This method uses 3.0 which permits a couple of tags not mentioned in 2.1 (`small`, `sub` and `sup`).
+
 ## Local Build
 
 The `local_build.sh` bash script will build/test/pack for ease of testing.
diff --git a/src/IIIF/IIIF.Tests/Presentation/HtmlSanitiserTests.cs b/src/IIIF/IIIF.Tests/Presentation/HtmlSanitiserTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..37b3d23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/IIIF/IIIF.Tests/Presentation/HtmlSanitiserTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,228 @@
+using System;
+using IIIF.Presentation;
+
+namespace IIIF.Tests.Presentation;
+
+public class HtmlSanitiserTests
+{
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(null)]
+    [InlineData("")]
+    public void SanitiseHtml_ReturnsGivenString_IfNullOrEmpty(string val)
+        => val.SanitiseHtml().Should().Be(val);
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void SanitiseHtml_Trims_Whitespace_FromBeginningAndEnd_IfIgnoreNonHtmlFalse()
+    {
+        const string input = " <p>valid html</p>  ";
+        const string expected = "<p>valid html</p>";
+
+        var actual = input.SanitiseHtml(false);
+
+        actual.Should().Be(expected);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void SanitiseHtml_AutoCloses_ValidTags_IfIgnoreNonHtmlFalse()
+    {
+        const string input = " <p>valid html</p><span>  ";
+        const string expected = "<p>valid html</p><span></span>";
+
+        var actual = input.SanitiseHtml(false);
+
+        actual.Should().Be(expected);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void SanitiseHtml_RemovesInvalidTags_IncludingChildElements()
+    {
+        const string input =
+            "<br><span><small><i>hi</i></small></span><div><p>child paragraph</p></div><h1>Test</h1><ul><ol><li>foo</li></ol></ul><p><script>alert('hi');</script><sub>valid</sub> <sup>paragraph</sup></p>";
+        const string expected = "<br><span><small><i>hi</i></small></span><p><sub>valid</sub> <sup>paragraph</sup></p>";
+
+        var actual = input.SanitiseHtml();
+
+        actual.Should().Be(expected);
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("http://localhost")]
+    [InlineData("https://localhost")]
+    [InlineData("mailto://test@example")]
+    public void SanitiseHtml_AllowsSpecifiedSchemesForHref(string href)
+    {
+        var input = $"<a href=\"{href}\">test</a>";
+        var expected = $"<a href=\"{href}\">test</a>";
+
+        var actual = input.SanitiseHtml();
+
+        actual.Should().Be(expected);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void SanitiseHtml_StripsInvalidSchemesFromHref()
+    {
+        var input = "<a href=\"other://foo-bar\">test</a>";
+        const string expected = "<a>test</a>";
+
+        var actual = input.SanitiseHtml();
+
+        actual.Should().Be(expected);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void SanitiseHtml_RemovesComments()
+    {
+        const string input = "<!--This will be removed--><p><!--as will this-->valid html</p>";
+        const string expected = "<p>valid html</p>";
+
+        var actual = input.SanitiseHtml();
+
+        actual.Should().Be(expected);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void SanitiseHtml_RemovesCdata()
+    {
+        const string input = "<![CDATA[This will be removed]]><p>valid html</p>";
+        const string expected = "<p>valid html</p>";
+
+        var actual = input.SanitiseHtml();
+
+        actual.Should().Be(expected);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void SanitiseHtml_RemovesProcessingInstructions()
+    {
+        const string input = "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?><p>valid html</p>";
+        const string expected = "<p>valid html</p>";
+
+        var actual = input.SanitiseHtml();
+
+        actual.Should().Be(expected);
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("<p>html")]
+    [InlineData("<p>html</p")]
+    [InlineData("p>html</p>")]
+    [InlineData("html</p>")]
+    [InlineData(" <p>valid html</p>  ")]
+    public void SanitiseHtml_ReturnsInvalidHtml_IfIgnoreNonHtmlTrue(string input)
+    {
+        var actual = input.SanitiseHtml();
+
+        actual.Should().Be(input);
+    }
+    
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("html", "<span>html</span>")]
+    [InlineData(" html ", "<span>html</span>")]
+    [InlineData("<p>html", "<p>html</p>")]
+    [InlineData("<p>html</p", "<p>html</p>")]
+    [InlineData("p>html</p>", "<span>p&gt;html<p></p></span>")]
+    [InlineData("html</p>", "<span>html<p></p></span>")]
+    public void SanitiseHtml_HandlesInvalidHtml_IfIgnoreNonHtmlFalse(string input, string expected)
+    {
+        var actual = input.SanitiseHtml(false);
+
+        actual.Should().Be(expected);
+    }
+    
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("html", "<p>html</p>")]
+    [InlineData(" html ", "<p>html</p>")]
+    [InlineData("<p>html", "<p>html</p>")]
+    [InlineData("<p>html</p", "<p>html</p>")]
+    [InlineData("p>html</p>", "<p>p&gt;html</p><p></p><p></p>")]
+    [InlineData("html</p>", "<p>html</p><p></p><p></p>")]
+    public void SanitiseHtml_HandlesInvalidHtml_WithCustomWrapperTag(string input, string expected)
+    {
+        var actual = input.SanitiseHtml(false, "p");
+
+        actual.Should().Be(expected);
+    }
+    
+    [Fact]
+    public void SanitiseHtml_Throws_IfCustomWrapperTagNotAllowed()
+    {
+        Action action = () => "html".SanitiseHtml(false, "div");
+
+        action.Should()
+            .ThrowExactly<ArgumentException>()
+            .WithMessage("Tag provided is not allowed. Must be one of: a,b,br,i,img,p,small,span,sub,sup (Parameter 'nonHtmlWrappingTag')");
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("a")]
+    [InlineData("b")]
+    [InlineData("i")]
+    [InlineData("p")]
+    [InlineData("small")]
+    [InlineData("span")]
+    [InlineData("sub")]
+    [InlineData("sup")]
+    public void SanitiseHtml_RemovesSrcAndAltAttributes_FromNonImgTag(string tag)
+    {
+        var input = $"<{tag} alt=\"alt\" src=\"http://foo\">x</{tag}>";
+        var expected = $"<{tag}>x</{tag}>";
+        
+        var actual = input.SanitiseHtml();
+
+        actual.Should().Be(expected);
+    }
+    
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("b")]
+    [InlineData("i")]
+    [InlineData("p")]
+    [InlineData("small")]
+    [InlineData("span")]
+    [InlineData("sub")]
+    [InlineData("sup")]
+    public void SanitiseHtml_RemovesHrefAttribute_FromNonAnchorTag(string tag)
+    {
+        var input = $"<{tag} href=\"http://foo\">x</{tag}>";
+        var expected = $"<{tag}>x</{tag}>";
+        
+        var actual = input.SanitiseHtml();
+
+        actual.Should().Be(expected);
+    }
+    
+    [Fact]
+    public void SanitiseHtml_RemovesHrefAttribute_FromImageTag()
+    {
+        // NOTE: this is excluded from above as it has no closing tag so avoids logic in tests
+        const string input = "<img href=\"http://foo\">";
+        const string expected = "<img>";
+        
+        var actual = input.SanitiseHtml();
+
+        actual.Should().Be(expected);
+    }
+    
+    [Fact]
+    public void SanitiseHtml_RemovesHref_Src_AndAltAttributes_FromLineBreak()
+    {
+        // NOTE: this is excluded from above as it has no closing tag so avoids logic in tests
+        const string input = "<br alt=\"alt\" src=\"http://foo\" href=\"http://foo\">";
+        const string expected = "<br>";
+        
+        var actual = input.SanitiseHtml();
+
+        actual.Should().Be(expected);
+    }
+    
+    [Fact]
+    public void SanitiseHtml_AllowsSrcAndAltAttributes_OnImgTag()
+    {
+        const string input = "<img alt=\"alt\" src=\"http://img.jpg\">";
+        const string expected = "<img alt=\"alt\" src=\"http://img.jpg\">";
+        
+        var actual = input.SanitiseHtml();
+
+        actual.Should().Be(expected);
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/IIIF/IIIF/IIIF.csproj b/src/IIIF/IIIF/IIIF.csproj
index 6e86e84..d8cb475 100644
--- a/src/IIIF/IIIF/IIIF.csproj
+++ b/src/IIIF/IIIF/IIIF.csproj
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     </PropertyGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
+        <PackageReference Include="HtmlSanitizer" Version="8.0.746" />
         <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.2"/>
         <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub" Version="1.1.1" PrivateAssets="All"/>
     </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/IIIF/IIIF/Presentation/HtmlSanitiser.cs b/src/IIIF/IIIF/Presentation/HtmlSanitiser.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a4ab7b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/IIIF/IIIF/Presentation/HtmlSanitiser.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Ganss.Xss;
+
+namespace IIIF.Presentation;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Class to help in sanitising HTML markup for use in IIIF property values 
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>See https://iiif.io/api/presentation/3.0/#45-html-markup-in-property-values</remarks>
+public static class HtmlSanitiser
+{
+    private static readonly HtmlSanitizerOptions HtmlSanitizerOptions = new()
+    {
+        AllowedTags = new HashSet<string> { "a", "b", "br", "i", "img", "p", "small", "span", "sub", "sup" },
+        AllowedAttributes = new HashSet<string>(0),
+        AllowedSchemes = new HashSet<string> { "http", "https", "mailto" },
+        UriAttributes = new HashSet<string> { "href" }
+    };
+    
+    private static readonly HtmlSanitizer Sanitizer = new(HtmlSanitizerOptions);
+    
+    private static readonly Dictionary<string, ISet<string>> ValidAttributesPerTag
+        = new()
+        {
+            ["a"] = new HashSet<string> { "href" },
+            ["img"] = new HashSet<string> { "src", "alt" },
+        };
+
+    static HtmlSanitiser()
+    {
+        // NOTE - used HTML sanitiser lib doesn't allow tag-specific attributes so subscribe to RemovingAttribute
+        // events and cancel those that should be allowed
+        Sanitizer.RemovingAttribute += (sender, args) =>
+        {
+            // Attribute can also be removed if scheme isn't allowed 
+            if (args.Reason != RemoveReason.NotAllowedAttribute) return;
+            args.Cancel = ValidAttributesPerTag.TryGetValue(args.Tag.TagName.ToLower(), out var allowedAttributes)
+                          && allowedAttributes.Contains(args.Attribute.Name.ToLower());
+        };
+    }
+    
+    
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Sanitise markup to meet requirements in IIIF spec. This will
+    ///
+    ///  * Remove all tags except: a, b, br, i, img, p, small, span, sub and sup
+    ///  * Remove all attributes other than href on the a tag, src and alt on the img tag
+    ///  * Remove all href attributes that start with the strings other than “http:”, “https:”, and “mailto:”
+    ///  * CData sections
+    ///  * XML comments
+    ///  * Processing instructions
+    ///  * Strip whitespace from either side of HTML string
+    ///
+    /// see https://iiif.io/api/presentation/3.0/#45-html-markup-in-property-values
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="propertyValue">Value to be sanitised</param>
+    /// <param name="ignoreNonHtml">
+    /// If true, any strings that don't start/end with &lt;/&gt; are returned as-is. If false non-html strings will be
+    /// wrapped
+    /// </param>
+    /// <param name="nonHtmlWrappingTag">
+    /// Tag to wrap value in if it is not currently an HTML string (starts with &lt; and ends with &gt;). Only used if
+    /// <see cref="ignoreNonHtml"/> is true
+    /// </param>
+    /// <returns>Sanitised markup value</returns>
+    public static string SanitiseHtml(this string propertyValue, bool ignoreNonHtml = true,
+        string nonHtmlWrappingTag = "span") 
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(propertyValue)) return propertyValue;
+        if (ignoreNonHtml && !IsHtmlString(propertyValue)) return propertyValue;
+
+        var workingString = Sanitizer.Sanitize(propertyValue.Trim());
+
+        if (IsHtmlString(workingString)) return workingString;
+        
+        if (!HtmlSanitizerOptions.AllowedTags.Contains(nonHtmlWrappingTag))
+        {
+            throw new ArgumentException(
+                $"Tag provided is not allowed. Must be one of: {string.Join(",", HtmlSanitizerOptions.AllowedTags)}",
+                nameof(nonHtmlWrappingTag));
+        }
+        workingString = $"<{nonHtmlWrappingTag}>{workingString}</{nonHtmlWrappingTag}>";
+
+        return Sanitizer.Sanitize(workingString);
+    }
+
+    private static bool IsHtmlString(string candidate) => candidate[0] == '<' && candidate[^1] == '>';
+}
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