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Sweets in Ashby-de-la-Zouch: The Castle That In...

Ashby-de-la-Zouch, in Leicestershire, is home to the ruins of Ashby Castle, the setting Sir Walter Scott chose for the famous tournament scene in his 1819 novel Ivanhoe.

Sweets in Bewdley: The Severn Town Linked to a ...

Bewdley's strongest claim to fame is Stanley Baldwin, the three-time Prime Minister who took the title Earl Baldwin of Bewdley — a Georgian Severn-side town once known as a busy...

Sweets in Berkhamsted: Where William the Conque...

Berkhamsted Castle is where the English nobles and clergy formally submitted to William the Conqueror after the Battle of Hastings in 1066 — a historic Hertfordshire town without a bulk...

Sweets in Chatteris: Home to a Thousand-Year-Ol...

Chatteris in Cambridgeshire grew up around Chatteris Abbey, a Benedictine nunnery founded around 1006 and one of only a handful in the Fens.

Sweets in Saxmundham: A Market Town Recorded in...

Saxmundham's name has been recorded since the Domesday Book of 1086, making this small Suffolk market town one of the county's longest-documented settlements.

Sweets in Uppingham: A Market Town Built Around...

Uppingham, in Rutland, grew up around Uppingham School, founded in 1584 by Archdeacon Robert Johnson and still one of England's well-known independent schools.