This family dates back to the 17th century in England and claims that one of their own was entombed under the London Bridge as an alleged human immurement sacrifice.

There have been many London Bridges. The current, concrete span dates from only the 1970s. It replaced a 19th century bridge that was famously sold to an American businessman — much of that ...

The new Pamban Bridge, India's first vertical lift railway sea bridge, connects Rameswaram Island to the mainland. With an estimated lifespan of 38 to 58 years, it introduces modern engineering ...

LAKE HAVASU CITY, Arizona -- London Bridge, sinking slowly into the Thames under the weight of 20th century traffic, will be moved block by bloc to a new home on a man-made lake on the Arizona ...

A full-sized replica of a 17th-century Spanish merchant ship is due to arrive in London. Tower Bridge will be opened to let the 500-ton Galeon Andalucia pass through, before it arrives at St ...

The later bridge of John Rennie's design (1831-1970) was built beside it. The Southwark Needle is not, as many have surmised, a memorial to the heads spiked on old London Bridge, but a marker for ...

My regular readers will know that I love history. I also love a well-researched novel about British royalty and the Tudor ...

Airbrushing and beauty filters may feel like a modern phenomenon, but conservation work to a portrait painted in the 17th century has revealed that touch-ups to images are nothing new.

In 17th-century Europe, the dead were a constant threat to rise again and bedevil the living. Now archaeologists have found the remains of a suspected child revenant.

Old York acquires rare 17th-century chest of drawers. Special to York Weekly. ... Ralph Mason (1599–1679) and Henry Messinger (died 1681) were London-trained joiners ...

Drawing of how the old London Bridge looked in the early 17th century. Rennie’s bridge was constructed in 1825-31 with five arches varying from 130 feet to 152 feet and was 56 feet wide originally but ...

A full-sized replica of a 17th-century Spanish merchant ship is due to arrive in London. Tower Bridge will be opened to let the 500-ton Galeon Andalucia pass through, before it arrives at St ...