There have been many dictators in history, and a few have been considered somewhat benevolent, others total despots. If you ...

The macabre tale of Oliver Cromwell's head is a story "so strange that you couldn't possibly make it up". It is the subject of an exhibition at the Cromwell Museum in Huntingdon, which is ...

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 of Charles I A museum chronicling the history of Civil War leader Oliver Cromwell has broken its own record, "enjoying its highest visitor ...

There is a tale to tell on practically every corner – some requiring a bit of imagination to believe and others passed down in history books ... by the site where Oliver Cromwell's head found ...

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 ...