A “very rare” English Civil War sword, which belonged to one of the royalist leaders at the Siege of Colchester in the summer of 1648, is set to fetch about £5,000 at auction.

A “very rare” English Civil War sword, which belonged to one of the royalist leaders at the Siege of Colchester in the summer of 1648, sold for more than £18,000 at auction yesterday.

The Siege of Colchester would last 11 weeks. "You know with the letter from Fairfax in February of 1648 that four or five months later the Siege of Colchester happens and it was a terrible time ...

The team believe this horseshoe dates to 1648 as a result of its age and its position embedded in the river bank The first underwater excavation at the site of an English Civil War siege has found ...

The Siege of Colchester would last 11 weeks. "You know with the letter from Fairfax in February of 1648 that four or five months later the Siege of Colchester happens and it was a terrible time ...

Dr Sarah Demelo was helping a researcher when she came across a handwritten letter pasted into a book. The letter was penned by Sir Thomas Fairfax, the Parliamentarians' commander-in-chief during ...