While guidebooks and tour buses often direct visitors to the quaint villages perched above Cirencester in the Cotswolds, ...

It's 40 minutes on a good day from the centre of Bristol to Malmesbury - the town is just 25 miles from Cabot Circus. The ...

Cyning Meadowcroft built his dream home in Happy Valley near Cheyenne using a near-extinct construction method called a ...

Discover the enchanting ancient city that once held the crown as England's capital, where houses are double the average price ...

It takes place between 887 and 896, just after Alfred declared himself king not only of Wessex but of all Anglo-Saxons with a vision of creating a strong, united England to replace the current ...

In January 878 AD, Alfred, king of Wessex, was on the verge of disaster. He had been ambushed and nearly killed by one of the most brutal armies ever to invade Britain: the Vikings. Within months ...

King Alfred the Great ruled over the emerging kingdom of Wessex in 871 CE. His kingdom expanded under his decedents to cover most of modern-day England. The royal throne and position he created ...

Wessex Women of Winchester, at P&G Wells (Image: Garry Honey) The queens featured include Aethelflaed, the daughter of King Alfred and Lady of the Mercians; Elfrida, wife of Alfred’s great ...

After Alfred, Anglo-Saxon kings took the Danelaw ... chose Earl Harold of Wessex as the next king. The Normans took over all of England, including the Danelaw. Duke William of Normandy and Harald ...

Boudica died after her final battle in AD 61, possibly by poisoning to avoid capture, and her tomb is rumored to be in Hampstead or beneath a train platform at King’s Cross station. Alfred the Great ...