British folklore tells the story of twin brothers Hengist and Horsa, who led the Anglo-Saxon invasion of Britain. But were ...

The chance to witness a stunning sunrise slowly burning through the darkness on New Year's Day was too hard to resist for ...

England was first unified under King Aethelstan in 927AD, and this year marks 1,100 years since he was crowned the first ...

Introduced in the wake of the Norman Conquest, the murdrum fine was meant to protect Norman settlers from revenge killings.

Archaeologists believe they have discovered evidence of a large hall on land which was owned by the Anglo-Saxon King.

The Treasury is set to insure the Bayeux Tapestry against damage for an estimated £800m while it is on loan to the British ...

Cornwall has quiet holiday locations, peaceful sea and landscapes... well that's NOT how it is depicted by Urban Dictionary, ...

Prof Benjamin Pohl, a historian from the University of Bristol, has published a new paper on the history of the Bayeux ...

Constructed prior to 597 AD, it holds the distinction of being the oldest church building in Britain still in use today.

A peculiar seventh-century hoard unearthed in the English countryside could be the result of a "ritual killing," according to archaeologists.

Unlike most Anglo-Saxon gold hoards, which are typically recovered from burial contexts alongside human remains and other grave goods, these objects were found scattered across a slope with no ...