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Hannah Booth

@hannahbooth.bsky.social

Northumbrian in the Netherlands | Writes about connections between Britain & its North Sea neighbours | Historical linguist turned writer & editor Writing: https://northseanexus.substack.com Website: https://hannahmarybooth.com

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Hannah Booth@hannahbooth.bsky.social · 3d ago

North Sea Friday Folk #13 — lives shaped by the shallow sea on our doorstep Today’s the turn of painter Adam Willaerts (1577-1664), known for his seascapes. Although associated with Utrecht, Adam was in fact born in London to a Protestant family, who had fled the Southern Netherlands like so many.

Beach with Fishermen, Adam Willaerts, 1627 (Museo del Prado).
Hannah Booth@hannahbooth.bsky.social · last wk.

North Sea Friday Folk #12 — lives shaped by the shallow sea on our doorstep Today’s the turn of geologist & palaeobotanist Clement Reid (1853-1916), one of the first to postulate a drowned land bridge across the southern North Sea 📷 Clement Reid (National Portrait Gallery, London: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0)

Photo portrait of Clement Reid by Elliott & Fry. Half-plate glass copy negative, 1910s. National Portrait Gallery, London, NPG x100343 (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0).
History and Heritage Yorkshire@handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 2w ago

As I wrote earlier Saturday is Lammas Day when traditionally the harvest would have started. The end of July/start of August would also have marked the the start of another harvest in Yorkshire, the herring season at Scarborough. As the fish moved further south the

A late Victorian black and white photograph by Frank Meadow Sutcliffe capturing a sharp contrast between working-class fisherwomen and upper-class onlookers on the quayside
History and Heritage Yorkshire@handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 2w ago

🧵3 posts. The Dutch River is a man-made waterway in the East Riding of Yorkshire. In the 1620s, King Charles I commissioned Dutch civil engineer Cornelius Vermuyden to drain the Hatfield Chase marshes and divert the River Don directly into the River Ouse. The artificial cut, completed around 1628

The photo captures a view of the Dutch River, an artificial waterway located near the town of Goole in the East Riding of Yorkshire. It is a 1620s re-engineered section of the River Don. King Charles I tasked the prominent Dutch civil engineer Cornelius Vermuyden with draining the marshlands of Hatfield Chase. Vermuyden diverted the river by 10 miles to empty into the River Ouse at Goole rather than its original path to the River Trent. This project transformed the region's agricultural landscape and laid the groundwork for the modern port town, While historically utilized by small coal barges to carry fuel from the South Yorkshire Coalfield, the modern river is highly hazardous. It connects directly to the Ouse via Ocean Lock and experiences extreme, sudden tidal surges and volatile direction shifts. Image: Steven Ruffles CC BY 2,0
Hannah Booth@hannahbooth.bsky.social · 2w ago

North Sea Friday Folk #11 — lives shaped by the shallow sea on our doorstep Today’s the turn of Dolly Peel (1782-1857), legendary fishwife of South Shields A smuggler of brandy & tobacco, she also fiercely resisted the press gang, scuppering their efforts to seize local men 📷 jim field, CC BY 3.0

Statue of Dolly Peel by Billy Gofton (b.1945), on River Drive, South Shields, Tyne and Wear (jim field: CC BY 3.0)
Ben Coates@bencoates1.bsky.social · 4w ago

I am mildly curious to know if Andy Burnham speaks Dutch? He has been married to a Dutch woman for nearly thirty years, and has half-Dutch kids, so it would be odd if he hadn’t picked up some - but he never seems to have uttered a word of it in public. Jammer!

Mark Annand@markannand.eurosky.social · 4w ago

... this was Orkney, not Kent, and they owned or had certain rights to the foreshore from high to low water. Incredulous glances were exchanged between the oil executives and beyond the window, the ghost of a norseman was heard to throw back his head and laugh.

Dr Joanne Williams@jowilliams.bsky.social · 4w ago

Casually went to look up the definition of land ownership near the UK coast with respect to tides, and there is a Whole Can Of Worms. 🤯 rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Area | RGS Geography Journal | Wiley Online Library

Despite the word ‘foreshore’ being in common usage relating to the coast, it has three distinct legal definitions in Great Britain. There are three property law regimes, English law in England and W...

rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

UHI Archaeology Institute@uhiarchaeology.bsky.social · 4w ago

Understanding how North Sea heritage is shaped during a time of rapid economic, environmental and cultural change is at the heart of a major new doctoral research initiative led by the University of Aberdeen.

Funding secured for North Sea heritage doctoral research consortium

Understanding how North Sea heritage is shaped during a time of rapid economic, environmental and cultural change is at the heart of a major new doctoral research initiative led by the University of Aberdeen.

archaeologyorkney.com

alteredcoast.bsky.social@alteredcoast.bsky.social · last mo.

Those of us who study coastal erosion and sea states are equally fascinated by artifacts that reveal histories of people who thrived as well as communities lost. All part of the ever restless, evolving history of the #northsea @hannahbooth.bsky.social

Discover Dunwich@discoverdunwich.bsky.social · last mo.

"Spectacular" increase in archeological finds in Belgian territorial waters of the North Sea - 6 finds in 2026 so far, including a wooden prawn 🦐 fishing boat. Up from 3 finds in all of 2025. Increase in finds due to laying a new North Sea cable route. www.nieuwsblad.be/regio/west-v...