spanning one of the most turbulent periods in English history as the country was successfully invaded for the last time during the Norman Conquest. One coin, the oldest in the hoard, depicts King ...

This is known as the Norman Conquest. The Normans, or 'North-men', were originally Vikings who settled in northern France in AD900. Edward 'the Confessor' was an important Anglo-Saxon king.

The small lead bundle is barely bigger than a Cornish pasty and has been affectionately nicknamed "the pasty" by the ...

Archaeologists are hoping to uncover rare evidence of the Norman conquest of Cumbria. A dig will be carried out north of Lowther Castle, near Penrith, in the first excavation of the site.

I got hooked on history when I was in Prep 4, learning about Roman England, the Norman Conquest, the War of the Roses and – ...