The History of Britain Magazine
Welcome to the History of Britain! The home nations share a varied and shared history unlike anywhere else, so we thought it only right to create a section dedicated to our mutual heritage.
The History of 10 Downing Street
10 Downing Street in London has the most famous front door in Britain. The official residence of the British Prime Minister…
The Calcutta Cup
In 1878, 270 silver rupees were melted down to create the Calcutta Cup, the trophy for the fiercely contested, annual rugby football match between Scotland and England…
Churchill’s Secret Army
The Auxiliary Units were the brainchild of Sir Winston Churchill after the evacuation of Dunkirk. Highly trained and totally secret, their job was to provide resistance to the invading German army…
Admiral Lord Nelson
In 1758 a small sickly baby boy was born, the son of the Rector of Burnham Thorpe in Norfolk. No one could have envisaged that this child would, in his lifetime, become one of England’s greatest heroes…
The Bridgewater Canal
Arguably the first truly man made canal and the first canal in Britain which did not follow the path of an existing river or tributary…
The Manchester Ship Canal
The Manchester Ship Canal linking the ports of Liverpool and Manchester
Prehistoric Britain
A short history of prehistoric Britain including the Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Ages.
The East India Company and its role in ruling India
Based on the site where the Lloyd’s building is today, East India House was the headquarters of the largest and most powerful company that the world has ever seen; The East India Company.
