History in England

More than 500 years after his death, a medieval ruler's remains were found buried under a parking lot.

The last remains of a long-demolished estate.

One of the most studied Iron Age settlements in Europe.

The walls of this village church are decorated by two unique religious works of art.

This modest site memorializes a World War II mission described without hyperbole as “the greatest raid of all.”

This place is the subject of local legends about a good witch and a Celtic God.

This public bathroom is guarded by a flyswatter-wielding army major.

A famed admiral left behind this 17th-century house key when he joined the British Navy.

One of the oldest Augustinian houses, this church is reminiscent of the rich history of England.

A public art project to commemorate a tumultuous period in Derby's history.

Almost nothing but earthworks remain of this long-lost castle.

A bronze sculpture of last Sikh maharaja of the Punjab, outside the English estate where he once lived.

On May 2, 1845, crowds gathered to watch a clown and four geese sail upstream in a bathtub. Then disaster struck.

Inside the Finchingfield Guildhall, two sticks that belonged to alleged witches in the 17th century.

Down a pint of ale where the Bishop of Ely's servants slept in 1546.

Paul McCartney, Joy Division, and many others created era-defining music at this former recording studio.