Welcome to the flytheflag.net History and Heritage section.
If you want to research any aspect of English and British history we hope this will assist. Listed below are various sites and links which may prove useful to you.

The Flag Institute
Centre for vexillology (the study of flags). All you need to know about flags worldwide.
www.flaginstitute.org

The National Trust

Britannia - provides a complete guide to British history
www.britannia.com/history

The comprehensive BBC history site
www.bbc.co.uk/history

Public Records Office/National Archives
www.pro.gov.uk

Imperial War Museum site
www.iwm.org.uk

Information about The Romans in Britain
www.morgue.demon.co.uk

Historic maps of Britain
www.old-maps.co.uk

The Woodland Trust

Close for Comfort Theatre Company
www.hometown.aol.com/close4comf

Great Britons
Some men and women who helped shape the destiny of these isles and their inhabitants. The list could almost extend ad infinitum but here are a few to consider (in no particular order!).

Nelson - Probably Britain's finest naval commander and the
architect of her most famous naval victory, Trafalgar 21st October 1805.
www.aboutnelson.co.uk
Guide to this great man and his times.

The Duke of Wellington - Britain's most famous general, victor of the Peninsular Wars and conqueror of Napoleon at Waterloo, 18th June 1815. He later became PM.
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0851818.html?mail-07-10
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, 1st duke of.
www.napoleonguide.com
Details of his victory at Waterloo.

Winston Churchill - Great wartime leader, statesman, politician, orator and wit.
www.winstonchurchill.org
Biography - includes speeches and quotations.

Queen Boadicea (Boudicca) - Leader of Iceni tribe. Led revolt against Romans.
www.athenapub.com
Brief history of her struggle.

Hereward the Wake - English freedom fighter. Led revolt against Norman Oppression.
www.lincolnshire-web.co.uk
Brief history.

Queen Elizabeth 1 - One of England's finest monarchs. Reigned over England's Golden Age.
www.tudorhistory.org
Brief history of her reign.

William Shakespeare - The Bard. England's most famous playwright.
www.stratford-upon-avon.co.uk
Guide to his life and times.

King Arthur - Fact or fiction? Does it matter? The legend lives on - Arthur and his knights lie sleeping ready to wake and answer the call to save these Isles in their hour of need.
A useful resource

Alfred the Great - Regarded by many as the last truly great English king. Defended England against the Vikings. Known as "the father of the English navy". A shrewd military commander and wise law-maker. He even found time to burn some cakes! A strong, powerful yet modest man.
To learn more try this site

Robin Hood - Freedom fighter and a hero of Olde England who with his "Merry Men" - "robbed the rich to feed the poor".
Read about the legend and myths

Brunel - Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Great 19th century engineer. Builder of bridges, railways and ships. Son of a Frenchman but a truly great Briton nevertheless.
Find out more

Newton - Sir Isaac Newton. Mathematical genius of the 17th and early 18th centuries.
Read about him

Charles Dickens - A literary genius blessed with a great insight into the human condition. A prolific writer and novelist. A sharp witted observer of the life and times of Victorian Britain.
Visit this site for more on this remakable man

Oliver Cromwell - Led the Parliamentary forces to victory over the Royalists in the English Civil War and for a few years in the mid 17th Century replaced the Crown as ruler of England.
www.olivercromwell.org