Donation of £11.2m by UK charity, the Hamish Ogston Foundation is the largest in English Heritage’s history and will underpin the programme. New scheme will save the skill of flint working from ...

English Heritage has unveiled London’s 1000th blue plaque. The latest addition to the London blue plaques scheme will mark the former London headquarters of the suffragist organisation, the Women’s ...

Forget what you think you know about knights in shining armour. In this article Historian Dr Charles Kightly breaks down the myths to reveal a brief history of medieval knights. Become an English ...

The world’s first iron bridge emerged during a time of immense change in Britain – it was the dawn of the Industrial Revolution. New technologies were being developed and the country’s rural landscape ...

A 1660 engraving showing Boscobel House (top) and White Ladies Priory (bottom left) in their original wooded landscape. The distance between the two properties, however, is much greater than suggested ...

Today, visitors approach the castle through the original guardhouse, which leads directly onto the bridge across the ditch which once extended around the castle. Look for the handgun loops in the ...

Book your day ticket to Stott Park Bobbin Mill online in advance and save at least 10%. You can book tickets online until 8.45am on the day you want to visit for the price below. You can still buy ...

Countess Joan de Valence lived at Goodrich Castle for long periods after the death of her husband, William de Valence, Earl of Pembroke, in 1296. But Goodrich was by no means the only residence of the ...

Almost nothing is known of the early life of the man who brought Christianity to medieval England. Augustine was most likely living as a monk in Rome when in 595, Pope Gregory the Great chose him to ...

Donation of £11.2m by UK charity, the Hamish Ogston Foundation is the largest in English Heritage’s history and will underpin the programme. New scheme will save the skill of flint working from ...

Learn about the rise and fall of one of England’s great Elizabethan houses with information panels, audio guide and interactive displays. Follow the ‘Tapestry Trail’ to see if you have got what it ...

Mesolithic posts, like totem poles, are raised by hunter-gatherers, to the north-west of the Stonehenge site, perhaps already marking it as an important place in the landscape. Early farming ...