http://britishhistory.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com British History GuideSite. en-us Fri, 05 Dec. 2003 07:32:50 -0500 http://z.about.com/d/lg/rss.gif http://about.com/ 88 31 http://britishhistory.about.com/b/a/047946.htm As part of British History's continued quest to bring you the best Christmas present ideas for the history buff in your life, we have another book to suggest that any fan of British History would love to have in... http://britishhistory.about.com/b/a/047944.htm An Important Iron Age find has been made in Ferrybridge, West Yorkshire. A burial chamber discovered by workmen working on the new A1 road extension is believed to include lots of important artefacts, including an Iron Age chariot, the... http://britishhistory.about.com/b/a/047939.htm In 1911, some fossilised bone was discovered in a gravel bed in Piltdown, Sussex, by a man called Charles Dawson, a solicitor and amateur geologist. The find would be hailed at the time as one of the greatest discoveries of... http://britishhistory.about.com/b/a/046351.htm Everybody loves the Vikings, the marauding hoarde in their longboats, burning and pillaging!! Of course, this is by and large a myth, but historians even today still debate the nature of the Vikings and their purpose, making the subject... http://britishhistory.about.com/b/a/046348.htm Elizabethan History has always fascinated everyone and has been the subject of numerous books and TV programs and even films. Many of you will be familiar with "Shakespeare in Love" or even the hilarious incarnation of Queen Elizabeth in... http://britishhistory.about.com/b/a/046340.htm Books are all great for learning about History, but sometimes we want something a little different, sometimes we want a bit of action. Computer games, although not entirely accurate, can give players a sense of what particular histoical periods... http://britishhistory.about.com/b/a/044797.htm This book is an excellent accompaniment to the BBC TV series of the same name, although it isn't a replacement for it! This book is different to most of the numerous texts on the Industrial Revolution because it concentrates more... http://britishhistory.about.com/b/a/044796.htm This account of British history is designed to support the BBC series of the same name. So, if you saw the series, these are the perfect companions and excellent ways to fill in the gaps. If not, they are still... http://britishhistory.about.com/b/a/043001.htm It is almost upon us yet again: the season to be merry is here. Well, for most of us as long as you don’t think about all that Christmas shopping we have to do. Trailing through the cold, wet, and... http://britishhistory.about.com/b/a/042759.htm The Family History Project is been promoted by the History Channel to encourage people to get involved with history and investigate their own family history. They provide information on how to get started researching your family tree. They are also... http://britishhistory.about.com/b/a/042755.htm World War II was so imense that it affected everyone, from those who fought in it to those who stayed at home. Even today, we all have stories or know stories about how the war impacted our own familes.... http://britishhistory.about.com/b/a/041099.htm A new website TheGlasgowStory.com has been created to tell the history of this historic and vibrant Scottish town. A consortium of Glasgow's leading museums, libraries, and archives have come together to bring Glasgow alive on the net. The history of... http://britishhistory.about.com/b/a/041103.htm BBC News recently made note of an interesting partnership between the Historic Houses Association and the Black Environment Network to encourage ethnic groups to visit historical places and monuments, groups traditionally seen as "excluded communities". So, the Historic Houses Association... http://britishhistory.about.com/b/a/041114.htm BBC NEWS: Archaeologists working in Worcester have discovered a Roman well under the site for a newly proposed footpath. It was discovered near to the surviving medieval city wall. The well was first thought to be also medieval but is... http://britishhistory.about.com/b/a/039228.htm Bonfire Night is celebrated every 5th of November in Britain. Some of you will know all about Bonfire Night and its history. Others might celebrate it but not have much idea about its significance. So, we will look at how...