After converting to Islam, Lord Henry Stanley closed pubs on his estate and helped restore churches.

Nathaniel Isaacs’s life defied convention. A white Jewish Englishman who came of age during the early 19th century, he spent much of his career on the outer reaches of the British Empire in Africa. In ...

The Victorian era is often remembered as an age of industrial innovation, staunch morals and hard work. When we imagine the stereotypical Victorian, we often picture stiff collars and heavy, ...

In an effort to discourage alcohol consumption during the late 19th century, British temperance groups produced and circulated "drink maps" showing where people in particular cities could buy booze.

BALTIMORE — Food historian Francine Segan will host a free virtual lecture on Tuesday, March 30 about etiquette, food and fine dining in 19th century England. The event is geared around the Bridgerton ...

Sarah Rose's For All the Tea in China tells the story of how Britain hijacked control of the 19th century tea trade by transplanting production of... The Tea Thieves: How A Drink Shaped An Empire By ...

The mid-Victorian rural diet — which consisted of locally produced vegetables, whole grains, dairy products, meat and fish — is similar to that currently recommended by public health officials.

“The Royal Pastime of Cupid, or Entertaining Game of the Snake” (1794), published by Robert Laurie and James Whittle (all photos by Antoine Bootz/©Pointed Leaf Press) Around the early 1800s, British ...

An early 19th century fort is an unlikely place for a family home, but there is one on the east coast of England looking for a buyer. With an asking price of £1.25 million (US$1.5 million), the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lord Henry Stanley, who owned land in Cheshire and Anglesey, became a Muslim in 1859 [The Stanley Family] It's nearly 200 years ...