Pope Gregory I, known as Gregory the Great, was one of the most important popes, and his positive legacy is still felt today ...

Every year, the world's oldest wooden church attracts about 12,000 people from all over the globe, who learn about its ...

A metal detectorist surveying a field in Leeds, England recently happened upon a medieval Saxon pendant covered in gold leaf.

The National Churches Trust says St Andrew's is the oldest wooden church in the world and the oldest stave-built timber ...

City offers fascinating historic sights from a range of eras, nestled within the medieval walls of an easygoing, walkable ...

Zofia Stryjeńska and J.R.R. Tolkien might seem worlds apart, but both found inspiration in the same source — the countryside, ...

Nearby, the York Castle Museum is an old-school, sedate Victorian home show. English memorabilia from the 18th, 19th, and ...

Catholic feminist writer Debra Maria Flint has criticised the absence of women at the forthcoming Papal Conclave and called for the creation of lay women cardinals with voting rights at future synods.

A Sutton primary school where pupils “blossom” and behaviour is described as “exemplary” could be on track to achieve an outstanding rating, following a glowing Ofsted inspection.

Inhabited by a succession of Celts, Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Scandinavians and Normans ... it stems from “St Mary at the Bourne, ...

A metal detectorist who attempted to sell rare Anglo-Saxon coins has been ordered to pay back £103,000 from the proceeds of his crimes. Roger Pilling, 77, was convicted of trying to sell the ...