Archaeologists have discovered the foundations of a major medieval tannery at a former monastery in northern England. National Trust Image Monastic religious communities are generally perceived as ...

If you’ve ever fancied yourself as “Downton Abbey’s” Lady Mary, or have a hankering to be naughty footman Thomas Barrow, fly over the pond to Hampshire, England, and head to Highclere Castle, home of ...

If you are missing the sweeping drama and secrets of *Downton Abbey*, it's time to discover a hidden masterpiece of the genre ...

The film Downton Abbey is a delicious look back at the high life of society in early 20th-century England. The major setting is the fictional country house set among the green hills and dales of the ...

WINCHESTER, ENGLAND—The Hampshire Chronicle reports that the remains of a twelfth-century wall and some floor surfaces have been unearthed at the site of Hyde Abbey in southeastern England by HYDE900, ...

Soar over the moody, skeletal ruins of Whitby Abbey, the 7th-century Benedictine monastery that stands as a stark silhouette against the North Sea. The drone captures the Gothic arches and soaring ...

The grounds of the Medmenham Abbey in Buckinghamshire, England, could easily be the set of a romanticized period drama. Ducks bask on the riverbanks while rolling fields of green stretch off into the ...

LONDON - The late Queen Elizabeth II will be memorialized during a state funeral at Westminster Abbey in London, where she’ll join the ranks of British monarchs and other significant figures in ...

A 14-acre park whose wonders include the remnants of one of England’s most famous monasteries and an award-winning rose garden is less than a half-hour from the trio of nearby military installations.

Although today it stands in ruins, Glastonbury Abbey, in Somerset, England, is still a powerfully evocative place, shrouded in history, religion, and mythology. One story claims that Joseph of ...