2+ week, 4+ hour ago  (343+ words) A 900-year-old Anglo-Saxon place of worship has been discovered underneath a church during excavation work. St Cuthbert's in Darlington has been undergoing a "2. 5m restoration project to make it more accessible and the archaeological discovery was made while lowering the Victorian…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (364+ words) Dawley's most famous son is Captain Matthew Webb, who was the first man to swim across the English Channel. This feature was compiled with the help of the Aqueduct Historical Society. Looking at modern day Dawley, it's amazing to think…...

11+ hour, 46+ min ago  (752+ words) When Private Duncan Mac Farlane finally returned home to Scotland after World War One, his family found bullet wound scars all over his body. He had been missing in action for six months before his wife tracked him down to…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (287+ words) A well believed to date back to medieval times has been discovered by builders while working at a department store in Ripon. The structure, with a depth of 42ft (12. 8m), was found near the Marshall Way car park and is thought to…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago  (930+ words) During World War One, hundreds of injured soldiers recovered from their wounds, both physical and mental, at Normanby Hall " a 19th Century stately home in North Lincolnshire. Ahead of its inaugural Armed Forces Festival, marking its wartime role, record-keepers share the…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (786+ words) Sad, emotional, a major loss " some of the words used by a community after a disused 19th Century mill was gutted by fire. The Big Mill in Leek, Staffordshire, had stood since 1857 until it caught fire on 27 March and was then…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (373+ words) Guildford Cathedral, which has stood proudly on Stag Hill since 1961, is an impressive structure. But that is only half the story because below the serenity of the public parts of the building is a world of tunnels, crypts and sealed…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (649+ words) When metal detectorist Dean Young found an ornate gold ring with a connection to the Saxon god Woden, he "had a funny feeling this is going in a museum". Three years later, Epping Forest District Museum in Waltham Abbey is…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago  (293+ words) A permanent memorial in memory of three soldiers killed in Iraq more than 20 years ago have been unveiled to the public. Pte Leon Spicer, 26, Pte Phillip Hewett, 21, both of Tamworth, Staffordshire, and 2nd Lt Richard Shearer, 26, of Nuneaton, Warwickshire, were killed…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago  (614+ words) For more than a century, narrowboats pulled by horses and donkeys walking alongside Wiltshire's canals transported items like stone, timber, salt, beer, flour, beans and oil. But if you take a look around Melksham now, there is little evidence of…...