An introduction to medieval records for the genealogist & local historian 1066-1485

Before the introduction of civil registration of births, marriages and deaths in England and Wales in 1837, it is the parochial registers recording the baptisms, marriages and burials of our ancestors

Horses were involved in King Harold’s defeat at Hastings – but also in the demise of his Norman conqueror It’s one of the most famous of all medieval images. Harold II stands upon the battlefield at H

Fluctuating weather patterns, the future of agri-environmental schemes and a step back in time provide much to reflect on for Joe Stanley this month

“Hands of Saint Dominic” by Albrecht Dürer, 1506; ...

Different ways of dying across the British Isles

How Chaucer reshaped English poetry