Sally Lindsay’s Posh Sleepover offers glimpse inside 900-year-old stately home Ugbrooke House

Sally Lindsay’s Posh Sleepover is offering a rare glimpse inside the 900-year-old Ugbrooke House in Devon, complete with 80 rooms, a private lake and an ancient chapel hidden behind a bookshelf.  The Channel 5 programme, which airs tonight at 7pm, follows the presenter as she visits some of the UK’s wealthiest families to learn about … Read more

Amateur archaeologist finds 900-year-old arrowhead washed up by the Thames

Amateur archaeologist finds 900-year-old arrowhead washed up by the Thames that could have been fired from the Tower of London under the reign of Richard I Monika Buttling-Smith, 33, found rare longbow arrowhead by Tower of London The 2in by 5in point was preserved by mud in the River Thames for 900 years Arrowhead may have … Read more

Metal detectorist’s 900-year-old coin of Baron who served under Henry I fetches £30,000 at auction

 An incredibly rare 900-year-old coin unearthed by a metal detectorist has sold for almost £30,000 at auction. The silver penny issued by a Yorkshire landowner was found by Rob Brown in two inches of mud in a stubble field near Pickering. It is embossed with a helmeted knight holding a sword, with the inscription ‘Eustacius’, … Read more

Ultra-rare 900-year-old coin found in a farmer’s field is set to fetch up to £7,000 at auction 

Ultra-rare 900-year-old coin found in a farmer’s field is set to fetch up to £7,000 at auction Silver penny was discovered by John Denham, 64, in Wallingford, Oxfordshire   Was issued by Henry of Anjou between 1139 and 1148 during ‘Anarchy’ civil war Been given guide price of between £6,000 to £7,000 ahead of sale … Read more