Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century British and Irish Studies at UB brings together faculty whose interests and scholarship focus on the literary, cultural, and political histories of modern Britain ...

Preserved when Lillicrapps Court, one of the last 'slum' courts in Okehampton, Devon, was demolished in the 1960's, it is believed to have been used communally by five families.

During the 19th century the British fought minor wars in Africa to secure British control of colonial territories. These included the: Ashanti Wars in West Africa. Matabele Wars in South Africa.