In 1770, agriculturist Arthur Young published his diary of a six-month tour of the north of England, which included a visit to the coalfields and ironworks of the Tyne.

In 1807, the Government in Canada urged the leaders of the Five Nations to join with them in a medical revolution.

Sir William Hunter looks back over a Government committee’s plan to introduce tea cultivation to India in 1834.

The steering committee for the Great Exhibition of 1851 turned down all 245 designs submitted for the iconic venue.

After Joseph Paxton won the competition to design the venue for the Great Exhibition of 1851, he recalled how his rival had helped him.

The Bluebell line in Sussex was the first failing British Railways line to be taken over by volunteers.