Albeit the king's Majesty justly and rightfully is and ought to be the supreme head of the Church of England, and so is recognized by the clergy of this realm in their convocations, yet nevertheless, ...

The Domesday Book offers great insight into life at the time of the Norman Conquest. When you read through the records contained in the Domesday Book, you run across a great many terms which may be ...

Tea, that most quintessential of English drinks, is a relative latecomer to British shores. Although the custom of drinking tea dates back to the third millennium BC in China, it was not until the mid ...

Alfred the Great effectively saved Anglo-Saxon England from being completely overwhelmed by the Danes. Yet Alfred was wise enough to realise that his military successes were only temporary. A more ...

The Stable pet friendly self catering holiday cottage in Llandysul, Ceredigion, sleeping 4 people, from £350 per week. Part of the Britain Express travel guide to Dyfed.

Information on St Mary Magdalene Church, Cobham, Kent, home of the superb Cobham Brasses, with a church history, beautiful ...

Information on the medieval church of St Helen, Cliffe, Kent, with a church history, beautiful photos, what to see, and ...

Information on the Iron Age hill fort of Badbury Clump, near Faringdon, Oxfordshire, with a site history, what to see, ...

Towards the end of Henry VIII's reign very little building occurred in England. The debts run up by the spendthrift Henry meant that the country verged on bankruptcy. The wool trade, which had carried ...

Find out much more about English Castles and stately homes ...

Our look at the lives of people in the fields of art, architecture, science, and literature throughout British history. From Geoffrey Chaucer to William Morris, Christopher Wren to Isaac Newton.

Elizabethan theatre and the name of William Shakespeare are inextricably bound together, yet there were others writing plays at the same time as the Bard of Avon. One of the most successful was ...