No matter where you are, you’re unlikely to be too far away from a pillbox. Thousands of these defences were built across the UK after the First World War and hundreds still survive today. The name comes from hexagonal boxes in which pills were dispensed in, hence the name pillboxes. An estimated 28,000 were built…
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We all know Easter as a Christian holiday celebrating the resurrection of Christ. However it is believed its customs originate in ancient paganism that the Saxons worshipped, with eggs symbolizing new life at the dawn of spring. The word Easter derives from the pagan goddess of spring; ‘Eastre’. Of course they also came to originate…
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Coryton was home to an explosives factory in the turn of the 20th Century which you can read about and see the remains of in our in-depth article here. Kynochtown was the name given to the village for employees. The factory was built by the well-known ammunition firm ‘Kynoch’ in 1895 and it opened two…
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Directly north of the Tower of London stands the best remaining segment of the Roman Wall which one circulated the city of London. What would have been a 2.5 mile-long wall, is estimated to have been built between 190 and 225 A.D. Archaeologists have managed to date it from excavated coins. The wall would have…
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Home to one of the largest collections of railway memorabilia and relics, this privately owned museum features a huge range of equipment ranging from hundreds of former station signs to over 80 tube and train carriages and wagons. Run by volunteers, Mangapps Railway Museum
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