History & Culture in England

This building contains a door only used by members of the royal family.

One of the best-preserved examples of an old town lock-up in the country.

Inspired by Thomas Stothard's painting of the "Journey to Canterbury," albeit with Canterbury natives.

Several Iron Age artifacts were discovered during excavations of this ancient site.

Before becoming a poet John Keats studied here to become a surgeon.

One of America's founding fathers lived in this London lodging between 1757 and 1775.

A 12th-century church that houses a dark creature.

A prison with a more than 200-year history.

According to legend, this is the site where a blind horse killed a local witch.

Successful single-handed, non-stop circumnavigation of the world in a sailing boat was a wish said to be granted at the well.

A giant dish used in this village's long tradition of baking absurdly large meat pies now serves as a flowerbed.

Sitting among the tombstones and trees, this anvil tells a story of crowns, conflicts, and craftsmanship.

This cathedral's stained-glass patchwork of psychedelic colors and shapes was put in place long before the swinging 60s.

A late 18th-century jail.

The sole surviving medieval street cross in Scarborough.

These steps were uniquely crafted so Bishop Richard Fox could travel between his home and town.