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 ...

Never before, or since, has a king met such an untimely end like Charles I. He was proclaimed king in 1625 upon his father’s death and spent the entirety of his reign in conflict with his parliament.

The last major engagement of the Wars of the Roses took place at the Battle of Stoke Field, near the town Newark in Nottinghamshire. Although the Yorkist King Richard III had been killed at the Battle ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

With the town under siege, Sir Thomas Fairfax marched to its rescue ahead of a 5,000 strong force of Lincolnshire men. Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron On the 25th January the ...

The chimney sweep, or climbing boys as they were often called, was a harsh profession to be in and most likely one that would severely cut your life short. Those employed were often orphans or from ...