A recently unearthed manuscript from the National Archive has sparked a re-evaluation of cricket's origins. The document, dating back to...

Four years ago we embarked on a plan to source beautiful photographs of Broadhalfpenny Down and put them on Wikipedia, Bing, Google and...

The halfpenny was a common coin used during the reign of King George III when Broadhalfpenny Down was at the heart of cricket in England....

Cricket was unloved by 18th-century moralists. By the middle of the century, it had become a popular spectator sport. Much was drunk;...

With just 100 days to go until the 2024 season, here are some of the memories from the past 2 seasons at Broadhalfpenny Down.

It began on New Year's Day with a match played "on a plastic pitch and with a pink ball" in contrast to that first First Class game back...

Cricketing legends took part in the original first class game in 1772; the master batter, John Small, the most accurate bowler of his...

The lovely video put together by the BBC from their day at the 250th Anniversary match on 24th June 2022 including interviews with Mark...

Be part of history with your own personalised commemorative granite paving stone installed around the base of the Monument to the glory...