Many do not know that there was a time when almost every rural British family who kept bees followed a...
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Many miners in the 19th century both in the United Kingdom and America but not only, believed in the existence...
Every Easter, children in several part of our planet rush around their homes and gardens searching for chocolate eggs and,...
The county of Norfolk, England, is home of the world’s greatest concentration of medieval churches, with over 650 scattered in...
Of Norse origin, Ceadda was a deity connected to sacred, healing and underground waters and therefore also to springs and...
Black Shuck, Old Shuck, Old Shock or simply Shuck is the name given to a ghostly black dog which is...
The island that Saint Aidan (born around 590 and died in 651), an Irish monk that restored Christianity to Northumberland,...
It is rumored that the Broomway, a 600-year-old footpath connecting the coast of Essex to Foulness Island, in the UK,...
When it comes to unusual and unappetizing-looking holiday dishes, there are few treats out there that can compete with the...
Once known as the central marketplace of Norwich, England, the name of this historic alley, Tombland, is a bit misleading,...
In some areas of England, during the late medieval and early Tudor periods, especially through the reign of King Edward...
The oldest sweet shop in England, as its name not by chance suggests, is the oldest sweet shop in England....
The ancient engine house of Saltom Pit is the first large-scale mine ever sunk below sea level. It sits at...
England’s King Henry I died aged 66 on this day, December 1, 1135 after eating what was described at the...
Inside an ancient churchyard in London an ash tree is encircled with hundreds of overlapping gravestones, placed there by classic...
Little Dunmow Church, St Mary, is one of the oldest buildings in Essex, England. The building was originally the chapel...
From Beetham village, England, a path climbs to Beetham fell and leads to the so-called Fairy Steps. The second of...
If you are lucky enough to own a castle you want to enjoy the fine views on your lands from...
This bronze age stone circle is situated in a woodland clearing high on Stanton Moor, Derbyshire England. The curious arrangement...
Guy Fawkes Day, also called Bonfire Night, is a British observance, celebrated on this day, November 5, commemorating the failure...
In America, people associate Halloween with pumpkins, costumes, candy, and spooky stories or ghosts but, around the world, it could...
At the age of 12 John boarded a ship for the first time. And that’s when the sea became his...
Every year, two chosen nurses lay a wreath on the statue of such as Edith Cavell near Trafalgar Square in...
The Bolton Strid, a narrow segment of the River Wharf in North England, is a picturesque stretch of river that...
We are in the village of Hellingly, in East Sussex, England. Here, on 20 July 1903, the Hellingly Mental Hospital...
We are in the village of Marsden in South Shields, Tyne&Wear, in Northern England. The story of Souter Lighthouse began...
From Mina Harker’s diary, Chapter 6, Dracula by Bram Stoker: “Right over the town is the ruin od Whitby Abbey,...
Since the days of the Roman empire, alum was used as a mordant or fixative that allowed textiles to be...
Vicars' Close, in Wells, Somerset, England, is claimed to be the oldest purely residential street with original buildings still intact...
The Victorian era was one of enormous transformation for British industry and architecture, popular also for its weirdnesses, including funerals...
