Pope Gregory I, known as Gregory the Great, was one of the most important popes, and his positive legacy is still felt today ...

Greenwich’s names are steeped in heritage dating back hundreds of years - all the way from 12th century abbeys to Anglo-Saxons.

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From links with famous flowers to links with the navy, Bromley is stepped in history including the names of places in it.

Canterbury Cathedral has been a significant pilgrimage destination for over a thousand years. Despite the West’s growing secularization, there seems to be no shortage of travelers from around the ...

He thought the gold band, inlaid with triangular garnets and studded with tiny beads of gold, was an Anglo-Saxon ring. But as fellow detectorist Chris Phillips searched nearby, he hit on something ...

Every year, the world's oldest wooden church attracts about 12,000 people from all over the globe, who learn about its ...

Metal detectorists have found a rare gold and garnet raven head in southwestern England’s Wiltshire from the Anglo-Saxon period about 1,400 years ago. They have also unearthed a gold band or ...

From barbarian invaders to devout Christian missionaries, the Anglo-Saxons brought four hundred years of religious evolution and shifting political power to the British Isles. English owes much to ...