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We have New York, but England has old York, one of the country’s top tourist destinations outside of London. The town offers ...

The town hall at the centre of Barrow-in-Furness is an extravagant piece of Gothic architecture, crowned by a 164ft clock ...

Britain is home to some of the most picturesque and affluent towns in the world - and a Somerset town is on the list ...

Despite its year-round sun, rich history and gourmet restaurants, Djerba remains mysteriously absent from UK tourists’ radars ...

ARCHAEOLOGISTS have uncovered a grisly treasure trove dating back 300 years hidden beneath an abandoned Debenhams. The ...

A Leicestershire bakery is officially among the UK's very best - but news of the achievement came as a surprise to its ...

Archaeologists can finally publicly discuss the Melsonby Hoard, a collection of Iron Age artifacts that they have been ...

From 6000 BC, the Chinese harvested salt crystals from Lake Yungchen which partially dried in the summer sun. Many other ...

BENEATH the grey waters off southern England, 400 million mussels cling to ropes dangling from buoys spread across an area ...

Each week, the Journal invites readers to test their local knowledge by identifying a historic location from the past. Last ...

THE INSTALLATION of a cattle grid on Westwood Drive in Ilkley in 1958 not only helped keep sheep out of the town’s well manicured gardens but ...