Victorian and Edwardian London at the Dawn of the Steel Age
If you could put on a pair of X-Ray Specs and turn your gaze to some of London’s finest VictorianContinue Reading
Author: Historic England
We champion and protect England’s historic environment: archaeology, buildings, parks, maritime wrecks and monuments.
The Hat Industry of Luton
Luton has an industrial pedigree to be proud of and one which has shaped almost every aspect of the town.Continue Reading
The Survey of London: the Battersea Volumes
Colin Thom is a Senior Historian with the prestigious Survey of London – the nearest thing we have to an ‘official’Continue Reading
Bring Your Home’s History to Life
From the research she was able to carry out locally and online, Kate Bevan paints a fascinating story of her home,Continue Reading
Who lived in your home?
In this third installment of Kate Bevan’s Finding Your Home’s History we find out about her home’s first inhabitants and weContinue Reading
Finding your home’s history: Part II
Last month’s Finding Your Home’s History proved to be very popular among our readers. So much so that our Cataloguing Team LeaderContinue Reading
Finding Your Home’s History
Kate Bevan is the Cataloguing Team Leader for the Historic England Archive Team in Swindon and is also leading the developmentContinue Reading
‘London Hidden Interiors’ – ever fancied a peek inside Downing Street?
Before leaving English Heritage in 2011 to set up his own heritage and design consultancy, Philip Davies was the PlanningContinue Reading