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.
Historic May
View our list of historic events that occurred in May, including just eleven days after he had his wife Anne Boleyn beheaded, King Henry VIII marries…
Historic Birthdates in July
Famous people born throughout history in July, including Emily Brontë, novelist, one of the three Bronte sisters, and…
5th Battalion Norfolk Regiment – The True Story
What really happened to the 5th battalion Norfolk Regiment at Gallipoli? Did they really disappear into a cloud of smoke?
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…
