They argue instead that the Protectorate was dynamic and progressive, even if the policies put forward were not always successful, and often created further tensions within the government and between ...

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Residents of the historic Cromwell House Care Home, birthplace of Oliver Cromwell, took a trip down memory lane right back to ...

Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, was born in Huntingdon on 25th April 1599. He was the second son of Robert Cromwell (d.1617) and his wife ...

Following the defeat of King Charles I in the English Civil Wars, and later his trial and execution, Oliver Cromwell became ‘Lord Protector’ in 1653. Cromwell was a Puritan, a strict ...

Oliver Cromwell played a major role in the execution ... Cromwell, who ruled England as Lord Protector in 1653 after the execution of Charles I, was born in Huntingdon and was MP for the town.

Like any historic city, Cambridge has its fair share of gruesome, gory, and ghostly tales. There is a tale to tell on ...

The macabre tale of Oliver Cromwell's head is a story "so strange ... the trial and execution of Charles I in 1649 and became Lord Protector in 1653. Mr Orme said: "Weeks after his death in ...

Exhibition about Oliver Cromwell's head opens in Cambridge (Image: Supplied) The Cromwell’s Head exhibit runs until March 30 during museum opening hours, Tuesday to Sunday, 10am to 3.30pm. It will be ...