To take on a job as an apprentice or female domestic servant usually required living under the same roof as the employer. Not ...

For centuries, a towering, ancient wall has stood anomalously amidst fields and farmland in central Shropshire. Known as the ...

Just off the coast of Anglesey lies Ynys Llanddwyn, the ‘Island of the Church of St. Dwynwen’. On this beautiful little tidal ...

For centuries the Highlanders of Scotland had eked out a living for themselves and their families by cultivating a small stretch of land for which they paid landlords rent, a practice known as ...

During the 15th century struggle for power between the rival houses of Lancaster and York, the First Battle of St Albans marked the beginning of the Wars of the Roses. During the 15th century struggle ...

Welcome to Historic UK’s directory of museums in Britain, ranging from internationally famous national museums such as the Natural History Museum, to specialist and local interest museums. The sheer ...

26th January is the official national day of Australia and marks the arrival of the First Fleet of British ships and the raising of the Union flag at Sydney Cove. Australia continues to recognise the ...

Having failed in their attempt to gain support in England and advance on London, the Jacobites had retreated all the way back to Scotland and besieged the government forces under the command of Major ...

Shortly after the troubled 14th century truce had expired between the kingdoms of England and Scotland, the Scots decided to take advantage of the power struggle that existed between the English King ...

Although the powerful Percy family had supported the Lancastrian King Henry IV when he took the throne from Richard II in 1399, the rebellion of 1403 stemmed from the king’s failure to sufficiently ...

In a 2002 poll by the BBC, Isambard Kingdom Brunel was voted the second greatest Briton of all time, after Winston Churchill.

The Highland Clearances remain a controversial period in Scotland’s history and are still talked of with great bitterness, particularly by those families who were dispossessed of their land and even, ...