A central figure in the War of the Roses, Elizabeth Woodville found herself on both the winning and losing side, as the battle between the Yorkist supporters and Lancastrians directly impacted not ...

In recent years shows like Vikings and The Last Kingdom have demonstrated an increased interest in Anglo-Saxon England, the centuries spanning from the Roman Empire abandoning England to the Norman ...

Born to Count Geoffrey of Anjou and Empress Matilda in 1133, Henry inherited his father’s duchy and became Duke of Normandy by the age of 18. At 21 he succeeded to the English throne and by 1172, the ...

The ancient seaport of Whitby, Yorkshire is a beautiful and picturesque natural harbour situated on England’s North East Coast. It is essentially a town of two parts divided by the River Esk, and ...

All modern societies owe a debt to domesticated animals. The wealth of Britain was largely established on wool and woollen products, and that is why one of the nation’s most potent symbols is still ...

Westminster Hall in all its historic grandeur has throughout several centuries played host to some of the most significant moments in British history, most recently the lying-in-state of her late ...

George IV – as a prince and then a king – would never have had an ordinary life. Yet even with this in mind, it would seem that his life was more than usually extraordinary. He was both ‘The First ...

The first and founding member of the House of Lancaster, Henry had successfully overthrown Richard II and consolidated his power to become King Henry IV of England in October 1399. The son of John of ...

Every nation has its own ‘Patron Saint’ who in times of great peril is called upon to help save the country from its enemies. St David is the patron saint of Wales, St Andrew of Scotland and St ...

The civil engineering geniuses responsible for the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct were Thomas Telford, who came up with the crazy idea, and William Jessop, the brave man who approved the design for the ...

After the execution of King Charles I in 1649, the nation embarked upon a new form of governance, a republic under the watchful eye of Oliver Cromwell. This Commonwealth experiment was to last only ...