Proper job! Why we love historic Cornwall

There’s nowhere else quite like Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. With around 14,000 sites, buildings and monuments protected on the National Heritage List for England, Cornwall offers an enormous amount of stories to discover. Here are just a few historic highlights: Attractive architecture One of the most spectacular buildings in Cornwall is the Egyptian House in Penzance, built between 1834 and 1837 for John Lavin, a mineral and fossil collector and dealer. The Egyptian style was at the heightRead more




10 brilliant historic bookshops

For World Book Day, here are some brilliant bookshops from around the country.Read more




Women in the Workforce during the Second World War: Taking on Men’s Roles

With hundreds of thousands of men away fighting during the Second World War, labour shortages became acute. Women were needed to fill men’s roles. Read more




5 reasons to love historic Shropshire

Shropshire is rich with remnants from history, from the Iron Age to the Industrial revolution.Read more




Elsecar’s Historic Past in 10 Images

Elsecar is an industrial village in South Yorkshire to the south of Barnsley. The village, its heritage centre and the surrounding landscape has been one of Historic England’s Heritage Action Zones since 2017. Read more