The Norman Conquest of 1066, culminating in the legendary Battle of Hastings, is perhaps the greatest turning point in the history of the English nation. It was a year that changed the fate of ...

This story appears in the November 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. One day, or perhaps one night, in the late seventh century an unknown party traveled along an old Roman road that cut ...

The early Anglo-Saxons came to Britain because it had a ... But in Saxon times in my day, there weren't even any roads - apart from one or two old Roman ones in certain parts of the country ...

After the fall of the Roman Empire, Anglo-Saxons renamed parts of it, such as Wroxeter, which evolved into “Watling.” The road remained vital during medieval times and was gradually integrated ...