The concept of a preserved river valley park was first presented to the city of Edmonton, Alberta, in 1907 by landscape architect Frederick Gage Todd. Prior to that the river valley had been developed ...

The former St Andrew Marsh Green was (and still is) located on the south side of the main lane in this small village, with the war memorial on its western flank. It is shown here half hidden by the ...

St John the Evangelist, Broadclyst, sits towards the north-west of the Church Lane and Church Close side roads, at the north-west corner of the village. It is notable for its tower of the 1500s which ...

It was the Romans who coined the name 'Gaul' to describe the Celtic tribes of what is now France and Belgium, quite possibly based on an original form of the word 'Celt' itself (see feature link).

With the expulsion of Roman officials in AD 409 (see feature link), Britain again became independent of Rome and was not re-occupied. The fragmentation which had begun to emerge towards the end of the ...

The ancient province of Arachosia in South Asia lay largely within central areas of modern Afghanistan, and perhaps edging into western Pakistan. Prior to its late sixth century BC domination by the ...

A Bronze Age culture emerged in Central Asia around 2200-1700 BC, at the same time as city states were beginning to flourish in Anatolia (such as those of the Hatti). This was known as the ...

Situated on the valley of the Middle Euphrates some 60 kilometres north of Mari, the population of the relatively minor city of Terqa (modern Tel Ashara) was swelled upon the arrival of Amorite tribes ...

This map of Britain concentrates on British territories and kingdoms which were established during the fourth and fifth centuries, as the Saxons and Angles began their settlement of the east coast. It ...