History in England

Inside this magnificent 12th-century church is one of the finest carved wagon-roofs in all of England.

This former lifeboat house now used by a funeral service was the site of a 19th-century boating tragedy.

This library dates back to the late 17th century and was one of the first public lending libraries in England.

The oldest standing concrete bridge in England was also constructed as a work of art.

This century-old cinema is complete with musical interludes and boasts a rare projection system.

This tiny shoe shop claims to be the smallest store of its kind in Britain.

The 2,000-year-old pieces of metal are an ancient soldier's military discharge papers.

Legend says this public grazing area hasn't been plowed for thousands of years.

This police call box harkens back to an era of pre-radio communications, and has a rather unique feature.

This former Victorian bathhouse was all the rage during the mid-19th century and put Woodhall on the map.

Centuries later, the victims of Great Britain's greatest hysteria are finally being remembered.

The ruined abbey includes a rare surviving example of a monastic latrine.

This open-air heritage museum illuminates centuries of historic English life from a West Sussex village.

Scars from the English Civil War mar this medieval sanctuary.

A little piece of Oxford's overlooked industrial heritage.

A medieval cave used to shelter local hermits now holds nearly 200 old Quaker gravestones.