A rare medieval monument, built by a
grieving king for his lost queen, won’t now be repaired until
spring next year. The Eleanor Cross at Hardingstone in
Northamptonshire will undergo restoration work from April 2019 but
campaigners have raised concerns that that will be too long to stop
more damage being done. The 13th century stone cross has been
deteriorating for some time with chunks falling…
The Manor House in Knowle, Solihull once
had Elizabeth I as an overnight guest and the house can now be
yours for the small sum of £2,000,000. The “Darnley Portrait”
of Elizabeth I of England The house is suited for quite a large
family and has on the…
Portsmouth comes from the Old English
Portesm?ða, which translates to: “mouth of the harbour called
Portus.” It was a city founded in the year 1180 by John of Gisors,
a Norman lord. Before that, it was known to have been a Saxon fort
called Portus Adurni in the…
