A PUBLIC block of toilets in Colchester’s city centre which have been closed for 133 days in a council move to save costs will now be ...

What people's health was like during medieval times What toilets and bathrooms were like in castles What people's teeth were like in medieval times What the plague was and how people tried to cure ...

Both private and public toilets were scarce in the Middle Ages. The inhabitants of castles used small niches in the castle walls as toilets, but such methods were also unhygienic: Excrement and ...