Traces of York’s First Railway Station Uncovered During Construction Work on A New Housing Development in York’s historic English city, crews uncovered the remains of the very first railway station in the city. According to Minster FM, a team from LS Archaeology, along with workers from Squibb Demolition, oversaw excavation of a layer of the site …

A 4,000-Year-Old skeleton discovered in Northern England Builders working on a H๏τel in rural Northumberland have discovered human remains thought to be about 4,000 years old.  The Tankerville Arms in Wooler was undergoing renovation work when they unearthed a Bronze Age stone burial chamber – or cist. A digger driver was laying drainage pipes when he …

The rare 13th century King John Royal Charter found in British Ushaw College Library A rare original royal charter from the first year of King John’s reign has been discovered in Durham. The document carries John’s seal, who reigned from 1199 to 1216, and was issued on March 26, 1200 in York — exactly 819 …