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Welcome to Historic UK’s Living History Events Diary! One of the most enjoyable ways to experience history first hand is to attend one of the many Living History re-enactments taking place this year.

Britain is blessed with many castles, often in stunning locations, all full of history. Many of these national treasures now offer accommodation, from bed and breakfast to fully fledged hotels… some ...

The name of Newgate is notorious in the annals of London’s history. Developing out of a collection of cells in the old City Walls to the west (above the ‘New Gate’), it was begun in 1188 during the ...

Over the years we have received many requests from schools, media companies and historic venues for details of re-enactors, in order to help to bring alive the various period events that they wished ...

Welcome to our new section of articles about Post War Britain; everyday life and events in the 1950s and 1960s. For those of you who remember these days, we hope you will enjoy reminiscing! Please ...

To many people on the UK mainland and beyond, the Shetland and Orkney Islands are ‘somewhere up at the top’ of the map of Great Britain. In fact the Shetland Isles are located in the North Atlantic, ...

There have been many reincarnations of London Bridge since the original Roman crossing in AD50. The most famous and longstanding of these was the “Old” Medieval bridge, finished in 1209 during the ...

Throughout the centuries smuggling has been considered by the British people to be a very profitable way of life! “Something for nothing” has always had an attraction and during the 17th and 18th ...

Here you will find grouped together articles and features about witches, fairies and monsters in British folklore. The Pendle Witches Perhaps the most notorious witch trial of the 16th Century. In the ...

The ability to communicate through a shared language is something we all take for granted. It is part of a nation’s traditions and culture however over the centuries, some languages have come under ...

If you venture down Redcross Way, a quiet backstreet in SE1 running parallel to the busy Borough High Street, you’ll undoubtedly come across a large vacant plot of land. This is Cross Bones Graveyard, ...