Said to be one of the most attractive late 1800s churches in Cornwall, it is very un-Cornish in appearance. Under its steep ...

The Cucuteni-Tripolye culture flourished between about 5200-3000 BC. At its apogee between about 4000-3500 BC, its people had ...

With the expulsion of Roman officials in AD 409 (see feature link), Britain again became independent of Rome and was not re-occupied. The fragmentation which had begun to emerge towards the end of the ...

Situated around modern Durham and Northumberland, the kingdom was based on one called Bernaccia which seems to have been founded during the break-up of Romano-British administration in fifth century ...

It was the Romans who coined the name 'Gaul' to describe the Celtic tribes of what is now France and Belgium, quite possibly based on an original form of the word 'Celt' itself (see feature link).

South of the Chilterns, and cutting a line westwards through southern England from Londinium to the Goring Gap (near East Wansdyke), the Thames Valley proved to be the location of one of the earliest ...

Incorporating the Brigantes Coriondi, Erainn, Hiberni/Iverni, Luceni, Usdiae, Uterni, Velabri/Vellabori, & Vodii Toirdelbach O'Brien's death sees Munster divided for his sons, Tadc, Muirchertach and ...

This map depicts Europe when the ice sheets were not at their fullest extent, but when conditions were colder than those of the present day. Features to be noted are the extension of the coastal ...

Not being especially interested in becoming involved in the politics of government, in 1719 the Maratha emperor Shahu appointed a Peshwa (chief minister) as head of state with certain conditions that ...

The Roman administration of Britannia officially came to an end in AD 410, although in practise the Romano-British had governed themselves for some time and had expelled that administration in 409 ...