Every day, hundreds of people up and down the country help us to tell the story of England. Our volunteers plant bulbs in formal gardens, run craft workshops for families, answer questions from curious visitors, help research the history of our sites - and much more besides.
With 2017 just aroun...
Throughout 2016, we've been posting from eight different Twitter channels, each representing different areas of medieval society. You can look back on the action by searching for #Battle1066, or read a month-by-month round up starting here in January.
Some of our characters met their fate on 14th...
People have always told stories about the past to help them understand the present. During the medieval period poems, songs and even Saints’ Lives gave the public a window onto past events in the way a Hollywood movie ‘based on a true story’ can today.
Just like a film, these accounts could...
Last Sunday, a group of intrepid 1066 re-enactors left Clifford’s Tower in York to embark on an epic 300 mile journey inspired by the one taken by King Harold to the Battle of Hastings, 950 years ago.
Over the last week, they have steadfastly marched south out of Yorkshire and across Lincoln...
An epic re-enactment march to rival any Hollywood movie kicks off this weekend to mark the milestone 950th anniversary of the Norman Conquest and the Battle of Hastings.
A band of 1066 warriors, dressed in authentic costume, will travel down from York to Battle on foot and horseback, following...
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