THANKS to its sense of form and powers of consolidation, eighteenth-century England is one of the great eras or cultures that seem fairly possible to encompass. Civilized, urbane, we say of it; or, ...

THE fifty years which elapsed between 1765 and 1815 cover the most memorable period in modern history, if not in the history of mankind and of human civilization. This half century is one of the great ...

A piece of 18th-century English architectural history has come on the market for the first time in 25 years for an asking price of £6.25 million (US$8.2 million). The 120-acre estate on the border of ...

Drinking tea can have several health benefits. There is seemingly a brew for everything from sleep to inflammation to digestion. In 18th century England, however, drinking tea may have saved a ...

Lancelot “Capability” Brown is credited with transforming the English landscape during the 18th century. This year marks the 300th anniversary of his birth. With his trinity of design features – grass ...

Dishes from an “18th century Starbucks” found in an unused cellar at St. John’s College in Cambridge have perked up British archaeologists. More than 500 artifacts from Clapham’s — named for married ...

Aug. 10 (UPI) --Growing old has never been easy, but new research suggests that for many the prospects of old age in Georgian England were especially grim. Suicides in 18th century England are mostly ...

YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND—Teeside Live reports that a limestone kiln has been uncovered on a farm in North York Moors National Park. The structure likely dates to the eighteenth century. Limestone from a ...

THE conditions of the chief industries of the country at the date (1754) when the Society of Arts was founded were surveyed by Sir Henry Trueman Wood in an elaborate paper read by him at a meeting of ...

NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND—BBC News reports that the bones of three guenon monkeys, a species from central and western Africa, were unearthed at Nottingham Castle during an investigation carried out ahead of ...