Smuggling wasn't the romantic profession that legend may have you believe. Instead, organised gangs terrorised citizens. One such gang was the Hawkhurst Gang. Find out about them and how they were caught in this latest #voyagerofhistory post. #historyblog wp.me/pagtWm-yn

The Welsh language could have easily died out after the Act of Union with England. Henry VIII had banned Welsh but in 1588, a Welsh translation of the Bible actually helped save it. Find out more in post from the #voyagerofhistory archives. #historyblog wp.me/pagtWm-hP

Highgate Cemetery is a curious mix of different architecture styles, mixing the Gothic, Egyptian and Classical. Find out why so many people wished to be buried there in this post from the #voyagerofhistory archives. #historyblog #victorian wp.me/pagtWm-8T

In this first of a two-part series on smuggling, I discuss Thomas Johnstone, a smuggler, privateer and all-round Jack the Lad's criminal career. Find out more in this latest #voyagerofhistory post. #historyblog #criminalhistory wp.me/pagtWm-yN

In this guest post by Jo Romero from the #voyagerofhistory archives, there’s a mysterious case of a dog and a riot in the George Hotel in Reading in 1639. #historyblog #seventeenthcentury wp.me/pagtWm-9C

#OTD in 1587, Mary Queen of Scots was executed at Fotheringhay Castle in Northamptonshire.
Read more about the site of where she died in a guest post I did for @voyagerofhistory a few years ago voyagerofhistory.wordpress.com/2022/01/29/hom…

The #Priory #Church of St Bartholomew the Great in #Smithfield . | Danie Burton 🇺🇦 #London #history #medieval #restoration #voyagerofhistory buff.ly/3Ngvf7P