Ancestry wins appeal over access to scottish records

As every family historian knows only too well, researching your ancestry becomes significantly more difficult the further back you get. There are fewer records available before the 19th century, and f

The economy of Suffolk traditionally relied on agriculture and fishing, but much of its prosperity in the Middle Ages resulted from the cloth and wool trade. In fact Bury St Edmunds, Clare, Hadleigh,

Q My great great grandfather, Enoch Coates, was wounded in the Crimean War at Sebastopol. His death notice in the Lichfield Mercury, on Friday 9 December 1910, describes him as a “Crimean Veteran” and

Men and women of Ireland mobilised to fight for Irish independence with the establishment of the Irish Volunteers in 1913. The Irish Volunteers, later the Irish Republican Army (IRA), and other allied

Theatres offered something for everyone in the 19th century, presenting recitals and opera, Shakespearean plays, or lively mixed programmes of comedy, song and dance that attracted enthusiastic – and

A bucket-list sporting event that attracts fans from across the world will remain at its spiritual home until at least 2031. The five-year agreement between the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) an