Few buildings in England carry the weight of history quite like Winchester Cathedral. Rising above the old capital of Anglo-Saxon England, it has stood for …
Winchester Cathedral: A thousand years of faith and stone
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Bath and the art of soaking in history
There are towns where you feel the centuries in the cobblestones, and then there is Bath, where history practically runs a hot tap and invites …
Lincoln, a cathedral, a castle and a rather persistent imp
There are some places where history whispers. In Lincoln, it bellows from every cobbled street, turreted wall and medieval nook. Perched on a steep hill …
Cornwall is where England runs out of land and starts telling stories
At the far southwestern corner of England, Cornwall dangles into the sea like the last bit of land not quite ready to let go. It …
Northumberland, where England politely stops
Right at the very top of England, where the land finally throws up its hands and says that is quite enough, you find Northumberland. It …