A Guide to Traditional English Buildings
Traditional buildings, known as vernacular, originally made up the vast majority of the structures that ordinary people lived and worked in.
Category: Your Home’s History
The Story of LGBTQ+ Activism in Lancaster and Morecambe
The towns of Lancaster and Morecambe have been forerunners in LGBTQ+ activism and recreation in the North of England since the 1970s.
6 Steps to Finding Out Your Home’s History Online
You can trace the architectural history of your house through old maps, photographs and written records, and many of these useful resources are online.
7 Reasons to love historic Norwich
Norwich is the only English city in a National Park (the Norfolk Broads) and until the Industrial Revolution was the second largest city in the country.
8 ways Yorkshire has changed the world
In the 19th and 20th centuries many of the biggest social and political changes originated or gained unstoppable momentum in Yorkshire.
5 Things You Didn’t Know About Prefabs
Prefabs were temporary homes built to rehouse those who had lost their homes during the Blitz.
The Great Fire of Sunderland
On 18 July 1898, a catastrophic fire broke out in the commercial heart of Sunderland.
In Suburbia: Cottage Exhibitions
Discover how houses were once built for temporary exhibitions.
5 Innovative Ways of Living
How we create our homes and the spaces around them reflects our constantly evolving lifestyles, needs and social trends.
6 Evocative Literary Locations
Many authors and the characters they created have lived in and loved England, evoking streetscapes, landscapes and buildings throughout their work.