History Category

26/10/2018

Queen Boudica (or Boadicea)

Queen Boudica (the exact spelling is uncertain) was born in 30AD and died just 31 years later.…

22/10/2018

Mary, Queen of Scots

Mary, Queen of Scots (Mary Stuart, 1542-87) had a most unfortunate, tragic life. She became Queen of…

19/10/2018

Samuel Pepys’s Diary

Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) was born and lived most of his life in London and began writing his…

18/10/2018

The English Civil War

The English Civil War took place in the middle of the 17th century and was a struggle…

16/10/2018

Hadrian’s Wall

Hadrian’s Wall was constructed in the 2nd century and stretched 73 miles coast-to-coast in northern England. It…

15/10/2018

1066 and King Harold II

1066 was an extraordinary year for King Harold II (c.1020/22-66), the last of the Saxon kings. In…