Campaigners seek to save 19th century house

Campaigners hope to raise £300,000 to save a historic building in Aberdeen. Westburn House, situated in the park of the same name, has fallen into a state of severe disrepair and needs urgent work to save it from falling into ruin. The house dates back to 1839 and was designed by Archibald Simpson, the Aberdeen-born…

Napoleonic fort in Guernsey sold for £1m

A 200-year-old fort in Guernsey that was used by occupying Nazis in World War Two has been sold for £1m, half the original asking price. Fort Richmond was originally built in the Napoleonic era to discourage invasion, but the barracks as it appears today was built in 1855. Continue reading on BBC News

19th Century Weekly

What’s up in Reenactment of 1789-1914 Upcoming events:  Confederate Living History Weekend at the Antietam National Battlefield Revolution on the Ohio Frontier Civil War Living History Reenactment at Fort Adams Life on Campaign, Summer Living History at Bentonville Battlefield Artillery Demonstrations at the Petersburg National Battlefield Event report: Galesburg Heritage Days 2019 Napoleonic Wars in…

How Did Medieval Peasants Light Their Homes?

Jason Kingsley OBE, the Modern Knight, investigates medieval domestic lighting. Credits: Talos, Silver, Hawkeye, The Mighty Kaiju, Professor Fawn De Pom Pom Direction, Camera, Sound, Editing Kasumi Presenter Jason Kingsley OBE Tweets by RebellionJason Tweets by ModernHistoryTV Tweets by Rebellion Music licensed from PremiumBeat.

Viking’s Weekly

What’s up in Early Medieval Reenactment Upcoming events: Häme Medieval Festival VI Grzybowski Turniej Wojów 4e Festival d’HISTOIRE Vivante De Vikingen komen! Event reports: Wikingertagen in Schleswig This week’s craftsman: Viking Merchants This week’s videos: A Wolf-Tooth Spear Head Review Medieval Shoppe Old Norse Axe by Medieval Mayhem This week’s articles: Medieval and Viking Era…

Knight’s Weekly

What’s up in Middle Ages Reenactment Upcoming events:  Kening Striid 2019 Médiévales de Rochefort en terre 2019 Bosworth Medieval Festival Templariada 2019 Camp off Medievalsace 2019 XX Jarmark i Turniej Rycerski na Zamku Chudów Fête médiévale de Puycelsi 2019 Participe au Festival Médiéval Event report: Battle for the Kornicz’s Watchtower Mercer County Fair with jousting…

Mini golf and slides in medieval cathedral in Britain

This summer, visitors to some of England’s most imposing and ancient cathedrals will find carnival rides, a mini golf course, a lunar landscape and a lifelike model of the Earth dangling from the ceiling. Inside Norwich Cathedral in the east of England, a colorful, 55-foot-tall slide — known as a helter skelter — winds past…