Records of the prison date back to the late 1400s under King Henry VII, according to Smithsonian Magazine. A parliamentarian’s servant called it “a most vile prison” where their legs were shackled and ...

Lost for 800 years, a medieval castle has been unearthed in a remoter part of the UK once home to kings and the mighty Lords ...

It sounds like a case for Sherlock Holmes: a 900-year-old medieval manor mysteriously vanishes, only to be uncovered later by British archaeologists. The ancient site has been stripped of its ...

London and Roman tradition forced cemeteries to be placed outside the old City Walls. The archeological findings of the Jewish cemetery are exactly where the maps and the accounts placed it on the ...

The tower of 700-year-old All Hallows Staining Church is raised above a 60,000 square foot excavation site as part of a ...

AN archaeological dig in a Ryedale village has unearthed secrets that could reshape our understanding of Roman and medieval life in North Yorkshire.

U.K. prosecutors claim that a woman arranged a “medieval duel” to the death between her husband and her lover to win her affection. Asta Juskauskiene, 35, had just left her husband when she met ...

The UK is home to many wonderful market towns. Some have charming cobbled high streets, others medieval stone buildings. But ...

Do England’s medieval graffiti drawings reveal a lingering devotion to paganism? As reported by the BBC, the four-year-old Lincolnshire medieval graffiti project has uncovered more than 28,000 ...

A newly discovered medieval Chinese coin, the second ever found in England, points to the possible existence of a vast medieval trade route spanning much of the Eastern hemisphere. Discovered via a ...

Faversham, an enchanting medieval market town in Kent offers everything needed for a perfect day-trip or weekend break.

Archaeologists in Pembrokeshire, Wales, have uncovered the remains of 17 skeletons in the cemetery of what they believe are the remains of the Friary of St. Saviour's, archaeologists said. "The friary ...