00:03, Tue, Dec 2, 2014 But Oliver Cromwell’s gilded burial plaque ... funeral was a regal affair witnessed by thousands and drawing on all the trappings of state. After his burial at ...

A painting stored in an attic could be the first genuine portrait of Oliver Cromwell's mother, an historian said. The picture of Elizabeth Steward dates from the 17th Century and was bought in the ...

A historic bust in the UK parliament’s art collection has been moved in a bid to thwart whoever has been turning the sculpture of Oliver Cromwell to face the wall. An alarm has also been fitted ...

The story goes that during the English Civil War Oliver Cromwell beat a small detachment of Royalist troops, at a skirmish known to a few specialist historians as "Bampton-in-the-Bush".