History

Druids Temple Yorkshire, is a folly built with post-war wages, home to a hermit who lived there for four years, and the site of a little-known zodiac column that almost nobody talks about. Despite...

Castle ruins in England stretch far beyond the ones on every calendar. Bodiam and Corfe are on every list. There is no argument about what they are. But the car park queue at both...

From ammonites at Saltwick Bay to Cretaceous clay at Speeton, the Yorkshire coast puts 175 million years of prehistory within reach of the tide line. Most people know Whitby for the abbey and Dracula. They...

The moor looks empty. It is not. Most people who visit Dartmoor follow the same route: Haytor, the clapper bridge at Postbridge, a look at Dartmoor Prison from the road, then back to the pub....

Wiltshire dazzles those who stray from the A303, from a Ministry of Defence-sealed ghost village to an ancient forest predating the Norman Conquest. Most people who visit Wiltshire come for Stonehenge. They queue, they photograph,...

A county that changed British history more than once—yet is barely remembered. Leicestershire, in the heart of England, appears tranquil, its landscape dotted with green fields and market towns. Yet beneath its surface lies a...

The Jurassic Coast is 95 miles long. Most visitors see about three miles of it. The Jurassic Coast became England's first natural UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2001. It runs from Exmouth in Devon to...

In the 1530s, Henry VIII dissolved over 800 monasteries. North Yorkshire was particularly affected. For centuries, abbeys influenced North Yorkshire's spiritual, economic, and social life. Cistercians farmed sheep, Augustinians ran hospitals and schools, and Carthusians...