You may not have heard of Malmesbury in Wiltshire but it has been around for a very long time. Its origins date back to the middle of the sixth century, after the Saxons wrested final control ...

Alfred's grandson, Athelstan, pushed English power north as far as Scotland and was the first king to claim to be ‘King of all England’. One story tells how King Cnut stood on the shore and ...

But Malmsebury's claim to being the first capital of England, before London and even before Winchester, rests on its special ...

Alfred's grandson, Athelstan, pushed English power north as far as Scotland and was the first king to claim to be ‘King of all England’. One story tells how King Cnut stood on the shore and ...