Major restoration work is under way to secure a historic harbour and quay. Historic England said essential conservation work ...

“Our skipper said ‘Have you ever dived this mark? We said, ‘No, because it’s rubbish, there’s nothing there,’” Bournemouth ...

Scientists at the University of Warwick and the University of Durham have linked the very first historical illustration of sunspots, recorded in Medieval England in 1182, with the appearance of the ...

A grave slab raised from the site of a 13th Century shipwreck has gone on display in a museum for the first time. The Mortar ...

In medieval England, peasants on some estates were entitled to a range of sick, annual and bereavement leave that could rival those of many workers in the UK today.

In this fresh and accessible slice of medieval history, Morris (The Norman Conquest) uses the architectural history of castles in Great Britain from the time of Edward the Confessor in 1051 until the ...

In the 14th century, Malmesbury Abbey was home not only to scholars and monks — but to John of Tintern, a cleric described by ...

Two people buried in early medieval England had West African ancestry, experts have revealed, in a discovery that rewrites British history. The find provides the first direct evidence of a connection ...

Bread bowls are a popular way to serve chowder, but they had to move through both Medieval history and U.S. history to become a chowder-serving staple.

On a hilltop overlooking a small Scottish village lie the buried remains of the largest settlement in medieval Britain. About 4,000 people lived within the community’s earthen ramparts during its ...

Britain may use a medieval law dating to 1351 to charge citizens with treason if they go to fight with Islamic State insurgents in Iraq and Syria, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said. Prime Minister ...