On calm days, its reflection in the surrounding moat creates a picturesque scene that embodies the romantic vision of English medieval castles. Originating in the 11th century, possibly on the ...

Castles have probably been more written about, especially in the twentieth century, than any other type of English historic buildings. Recent castle publications come in two strands: the popular and ...

Richard, Earl of Cornwall, subsequently built the castle at Tintagel in the 1230s. 7. Can you unscramble the names of these four English Heritage castles? ZEALOUSLY BATCHED CASH / RATTLESNAKES ...

Live like the king of your own hill in this fortress of yore. In the north of England, the 900-year-old Appleby Castle, once the palace of bona fide kings and queens, now seeks a deep-pocketed ...

Back down in the Castle Grounds and down a cobbled street, I ventured inside Rochester's Cathedral, the second oldest ...

ARUNDEL is an historic market town in West Sussex that's home to an 950-year-old castle, riverside pubs and ... lot of similarities with this southern English location. Arundel sounds like ...

Travel around England through the pages of this book, and visit a wide selection of castles around the country. These iconic symbols from the past of power, domination and wealth form some of the most ...

Historic England Photo Library. Credit Peter Dunn, Historic England English Heritage Graphics Team. There were no flushing loos in medieval times. Instead, you sat on a stone or wooden board with a ...

Professor Richard Holmes, a British military historian featured in the NOVA film "Medieval Siege," talks here about everyday life in a medieval English castle, giving a sense of how lords and ...

Following his conquest of Wales, Edward I built a formidable iron ring of castles, a days march from apart, to defend his acquisitions from Welsh rebellion. After Edward's first Welsh campaign when he ...

It was once protected by a system of ditches and drawbridges. The castle was besieged during the Second Welsh War of Independence of 1282/83 by the central English Army under the command of King ...