Today, March 29th, should be a significant and melancholy date in the English calendar, known and marked by all schoolchildren. For on Palm Sunday, March 29th 1461, as church bells rang out across the ...

These Skeletons Reveal Horrific Injuries From The Battle of Towton' The Battle of Towton in 1461 has long held the distinction of being the largest and bloodiest battle on English soil. A decisive ...

For those gripped by the drama of the bloody, dynastic contortions of the Wars of the Roses, there’s always Shakespeare’s Henry VI and Richard III. These four sequences of plays cover the life and ...

Archaeologists claim to have found the remains of a chapel built by Richard III after a 16-year search. The chapel, to commemorate the Battle of Towton (1461), was begun by Richard in 1483 but his ...

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Villagers on the site of some of the bloodiest fighting on English soil are facing a new conflict as travellers try to set up a permanent settlement on the battlefield. Residents of Towton, where the ...

FRAGMENTS of what could be the earliest known battlefield guns have been unearthed by treasure hunters near Tadcaster. The find has been described as being of “genuine historical importance” and comes ...

The protected area recognised as the site on which the Battle of Towton was fought has been extended. The battle in 1461 during the Wars of the Roses is reputed to have been the largest and bloodiest ...

Towton is regarded by historians as one of the bloodiest battles on British soil Archaeologists claim to have found the remains of a chapel built by Richard III after a 16-year search. The chapel, to ...

FRAGMENTS of what could be the earliest known battlefield guns have been unearthed by treasure hunters near Tadcaster. The find has been described as being of “genuine historical importance” and comes ...