The History of England Magazine
Every month we present new feature articles relating to the history of this green and pleasant land. From ancient battlefields to famous people, hangings to national celebrations, we’ve got something to interest everyone.
You may also be interested in our History of Britain section covering the period from the Act of Union during Queen Anne‘s reign to the modern day.
Sir George Somers
Elizabethan privateer, MP, military leader and founder of Bermuda (The Somers Isles). The small inconvenience of being shipwrecked didn’t stop him from completing his voyage to the Virginian colony of Jamestown…
Blind Jack
Knaresborough in Yorkshire boasts not one, but two town heroes. The prophetess Mother Shipton is well known, but there was also the indomitable Blind Jack Metcalf, who despite blindness, became a prolific road builder…
Dr Robert Hooke
Dr Robert Hooke was an exceptional man. Scientist, astronomer, philosopher, architect and inventor, in collaboration with Sir Christopher Wren he designed the Monument commemorating the Great Fire of London…
Prehistoric Britain
A short history of prehistoric Britain including the Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Ages.
Caedmon, The First English Poet
Caedmon is recognised as the first English poet composing his Hymn in the 7th century at Whitby Abbey, as told by Bede in his Ecclesiastical History of the English people
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.
The Domesday Book
Residents of Hampstead might not be too pleased to learn that their exclusive London village once housed more pigs than people, but this is just one of the fascinating insights to be gained from reading the Domesday Book…
