History in England

This blue plaque memorializes the first person to be murdered on a railway train.

Celebrating the man behind the Mangrove, a restaurant that became a crucial hub for Black activism in London.

Explore the history of mining in this museum, or in a real mine from the 1920s.

This iconic Tudor home-turned-museum offers a unique glimpse into the everyday life of a prosperous family during the early modern period.

One of the oldest and most majestic living trees in Britain, thought to be over 1,500 years old.

One of the oldest surviving buildings in Colchester dates back to the 11th century.

How did a fuel storage container become one of the most famous sights in the sporting world of cricket?

A reconstructed section of a Roman bathhouse sits next to an otherwise ordinary shopping mall.

One of the best preserved Tudor public buildings in Britain was once used for witch trials.

It may be a historic 17th-century coaching inn, but the George Inn still functions like a modern pub.

This elaborate banquet hall in Queen Victoria's summer residence is an homage to Indian architecture, including miniature models of palaces in India.

These remnants of Old London Bridge possess unique acoustics that allow for whispered conversations to carry from one side to the other.

One of England’s oldest and most haunted inns may have inspired the legend of Sweeney Todd.

One of the largest medieval barns in England and architecturally one of the finest.

In the 1930s, people used to take boats from the mainland to see this Art Deco venue.

This restored 19th-century calender, a machine used in rubber manufacturing, commemorates the town's local industry.