2+ hour, 22+ min ago  (790+ words) It is an unassuming building in the middle of a row of everyday shops - but it hides a grisly past. In the 17th Century, "priest hunters" would comb the towns and villages of Wales and England looking for people worshipping the…...

3+ hour, 49+ min ago  (361+ words) Vintage recordings of JRR Tolkien's novel The Hobbit have been unearthed on a railway line. The cassettes featuring a BBC radio drama were found buried at the base of an overhead line mast on the Tyne and Wear Metro in…...

8+ hour, 8+ min ago  (335+ words) A metal detectorist, who uncovered a hoard of sunken relics, one of which was a rare sinister note found at the boundary of a graveyard, has said "there is history under your feet". Alex Farrow from Lancashire was doing some…...

8+ hour, 26+ min ago  (424+ words) Two medieval silver coins - believed to be more than 800 years old - have been ruled as treasure at an inquest after they were unearthed by a metal detectorist. Chris Revill, who has been a detectorist for four decades, was searching the…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (433+ words) A sinkhole that opened up on a golf course has exposed an abandoned wine cellar believed to have been sealed for more than 100 years. Staff at Davyhulme Park Golf Club in Trafford, Greater Manchester, found the brick cellar filled with…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago  (598+ words) A hidden vault discovered under a public square in Canterbury could be the resting place of an 18th Century vicar and poet, experts have said. The brick'lined chamber, found during improvement works at St Mary Bredman Square, may belong to the…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago  (12+ words) Welsh lady tattoos give a modern slant on a centuries-old image'BBC...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago  (353+ words) The owner of a jewellery shop in Lancashire has said he would be "over the moon" to get a 140-year-old football medal, which was brought in by a customer, back to where it belongs. John Birtles, director of Longridge Goldsmiths,…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago  (469+ words) The history of writing down thoughts and feelings could be tens of thousands of years older than previously believed, surprising archaeologists who made the discovery. The researchers discerned patterns of meaning in lines, notches, dots, and crosses on objects like…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago  (458+ words) Metal detectorists have discovered two "exceptionally rare" lead blocks on farmland in west Wales. The ingots date back almost 2,000 years to AD87, based on lettering written on the objects, which refers to the Emperor Domitian, who was known for his empire…...