Local Interest, Family History & Nostalgia

Considerable work has been expended by academics and historians on the history of the great abbeys and monasteries that covered the English landsca...

Its farming and fishing industries yield an impressive harvest of ingredients, so it is no surprise to discover that Sussex also boasts a rich culi...

Thicket Priory was founded before 1180, possibly as early as 1162, and survived until it was dissolved by Henry VIII in 1539. The story of this pri...

Liverpool has always been an impressive city filled with life and culture, and teeming with hidden historical gems dotted around the place.Whether ...

Stories from survivors of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wildernesss epochal weather disaster   On July 4, 1999, in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area...

In this fully revised and up-dated edition of The Cornish Overseas, Philip Payton draws upon almost two decades of additional research undertaken b...

Challenges the romantic portrayal of Spanish missionsSites of slavery and spiritual conquest, the California missions played a central role in the ...

I salute him with the most heartfelt respect and admiration PHILIP PULLMAN One of Britains greatest writers FINANCIAL TIMES ...

In May 1830, the United States launched an unprecedented campaign to expel 80,000 Native Americans from their eastern homelands to territories west...

'Remarkable.' THE TIMES'Wonderful.' GUARDIAN'Fascinating.' DAILY TELEGRAPH'As a portrait of a place, it's hard to better.' COUNTRY LIFE'A thrill ak...

Honorable Mention for the 2024 OAH Frederick Jackson Turner Award Californias wine country conjures images of pastoral vineyards and cellars lined ...

St Albans has a long and fascinating history from its pre-Roman settlement as Verlamion, through the Roman municipium of Verulamium, the Benedictin...

Bounded by the River Dee and Wales on one side and the River Mersey and Liverpool on the other, the Wirral Peninsula has its own special history. T...