Some of the properties, most of which are detached, have long narrow plots, typical of smallholdings at the time it appeared in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Finegala and in 1157 as Finyngale.

A 1,000 year old lime tree and bluebells galore hide in the woodland. It has seen hundreds of years of occupation since it was first recorded in the Domesday Book and once home to the Knights Templar.

Plans that would have seen a historic area of Nottinghamshire wiped off the map could be scrapped after ... The area is mentioned in the Domesday book and was hugely influential in the work ...

Little known to anyone other than locals, the site of the church actually marks the location of the ancient village of ...

John Vincent examines 18th century books and manuscripts which offer instructions on making elaborate meals, strange whiskies ...

The staff of The New York Times Book Review choose the year’s top fiction and nonfiction. By The New York Times Books Staff Curl up with these transporting reads. By Alida Becker The poet ...

In recent weeks there has been a rat-a-tat-tat of official denunciations: of meat-eating, milk-drinking, nicotine usage, ...

Formerly the site of Iron Age hillforts and Roman villas, Bristol was officially founded in AD 1155 - and it just keeps ...

Our columnist picks the year’s outstanding books. By Alida Becker The year’s best speculative fiction includes a fantasy novel by Kelly Link, alien epics and promising starts to series. By ...