King Cenwulf of Mercial 796 821

King Cenwulf of Mercia

This entry is part 3 of 4 in the series British Monarchs

King Cenwulf a successor of King Offa, the last of the Mercian Kings to rule over England.

King Cerdic

This entry is part 2 of 4 in the series British Monarchs

Cerdic according to the Anglo Saxon Chronicles the first King of Wessex, the same line as Alfred the Great discover his connections to British History and his famous house here. Was he a just a legendary figure, a saxon warlord?

Lord Lovat Map Maker

This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series Maps, map makers and Cartographers

In 1746 Lord Lovat made his escape into the Highlands of Scotland. The King’s soldiers were thwarted because of their lack of a detailed map.

History Pin WWI Hub

Use the History Pin WWI Hub to share your WWI project and let others connect with what you are doing. Your project may be large or small but by sharing it, many more people will be able to make links and connections with you.

The Berlin Wall a Monument

The remains of the Berlin Wall stand as a monument to a cold time, when a population of civilians who were suffering, were made to suffer more. The Soviets had their way and the wall stood from 1961 to 1989.

Mapping the London Blitz

Mapping the London Blitz is a great project which has used the collated and mapped all the census material of all the bombs dropped during the Blitz 1940 – 1941. It is a fascinating resource for family historians with a connection to WWII.

Small Scale Time Lines

Small scale or local timelines are a super way of gathering masses of data and presenting it in a simple but informative way. Local timelines are also a good way for a whole community to get involved with a local history project.

The First Anglo Saxon Laws

This entry is part 1 of 9 in the series Statutes of Law

King Ine was ruler of Wessex in the C8th and wrote what are considered to be the first Anglo Saxon laws.

Red Cross POW Records

The Red Cross POW records are now digitized and available online to search. For many family historians these records complete the story of their ancestors who served in WWI.

New DNA Studies

A new study of European DNA has revealed a third population group that make up the DNA of modern Europeans.

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