In England there are few records of such levies ... to almost half (48%) over the 17th century. While in Lancashire, the share of men in manufacturing work grew from 42% in 1660 to 61% in 1750 ...

Battles took place between 1642 and 1651, and Sheffield Castle prepared its walls to defend against invaders. Now, archaeologists working on excavating the castle have discovered defensive stakes ...

Samuel Browne's botanical explorations in 17th-century Madras offer insights into traditional plant uses and changing flora ...

Whittington Hall, an English national heritage site, is a grand country house that was built in the 19th century for a member ... When treasure is found in England, it legally must be turned ...

What was it like living in the 17th century? A family in late 17th-century England led a simple, not to mention laborious, life. A majority of the population lived in a one- or two-room house, which ...

This past week, beavers were legally released into the English countryside for the first time since they were hunted into ...

A witchcraft trial in England, 17th century. A suspected witch is lowered into the water to find out whether she would survive. If she did, she would be regarded as a witch. Witchcraft was a ...

the number of slaves transported on English ships would increase dramatically -- to an average of over 20,000 a year. By the end of the 17th century, England led the world in the trafficking of ...

“What makes Alain’s discovery so very important is that it provides the link between the church architecture plan used at Jamestown in 1608 and plans later in the 17th century elsewhere in ...

The rare handwritten copy of "Sonnet 116" features several additional lines, which may have been an attempt to insert British ...

I’ve never been on a team like this,” rower Leigh Dorsey says. “There was this net of trust that allowed us to pour ...