This looks like a very interesting initiative (well, yes, we would say that) - teachers and local history organisations might like to check this out: www.localhistoryhub.org.uk

Local History Hub@localhistoryhub.bsky.social · 14h ago

❤️ Powered by people! A huge thank you to everyone helping Local History Hub grow. We're now supported by: 👏 12+ Board and advisory members 👏 40+ volunteer Hub Leads 👏 250+ schools, heritage organisations and individuals in our network Not bad for a grassroots organisation!

‼️New #Podcast episode‼️ If you’re a motor industry enthusiast, check out our latest episode where we interviewed archivists Tom Poole and Grace Jordan about the archive collection at the British Motor Museum 🚘 Listen here 👉 hampshirearchivestrust.co.uk/stories/podc...

The British Motor Industry Heritage Trust Archive | HAT Podcast

In this episode, Daniella is joined by archivists Tom Poole and Grace Jordan from The British Motor Industry Heritage Trust Archive.

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Did you know we host a Schools Competition? 🏆 Our 2026-2027 competition is now open to schools and colleges ‼️ You can enter a project on any aspect of history in Hampshire and could win a significant cash prize 🎉 Info below ⬇️ hampshirearchivestrust.co.uk/news/launch-...

‼️New blog post‼️ Interested in #Hampshire #RailwayHistory 🚂? Learn about the latest from @rwldproject.bsky.social & the Portsmouth Area Railway Pasts project! Collaborating with the Havant Local History Group, the team have brought more stories to light⬇️ hampshirearchivestrust.co.uk/stories/blog...

Bringing past Hampshire railway workers to light - Hampshire Archive Trust

You probably won’t have heard of Joseph James Pannell – in the grand scheme of things, he didn’t play a significant part in global or national affairs in the

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Reminder, booking open! 👇 Please share #LSG2026

Landscape Survey Group@landscapesurvey.bsky.social · 2w ago

Conference Registration now open! #LSG2026 Resilient Landscapes - applying archaeological survey and understanding to holistic Nature Recovery. 6-7th November, in Pickering & the North York Moors, UK. Click poster image for details. Visit our website to book your place ➡️ landscapesurvey.org

For those who found the thread I wrote on the Norman invasion fleet of interest, I am on the new episode of The English Heritage Podcast talking about the maritime aspects of the Norman invasion in more detail. #MedievalSky podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

1066: Build up to the Battle | Episode 2

Podcast Episode · The English Heritage Podcast · 12 October · 35min

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Dr Rebecca Tyson@tyguson.bsky.social · 2w ago

1. #MedievalSky, grab a lifejacket and a seasickness bag, we’re casting off on a thread about the Norman invasion fleet in 1066! 960 years ago, the Normans landed at Pevensey and established a base at the Roman shore fort which was already succumbing to erosion from the sea on its south side. 1/20

Join our in-person workshop for the opportunity to make your own embroidery inspired by the Bayeux Tapestry! 🪡🧵 ⏰ Thursday, 12 Nov 2026 📍 Senate House, London 🎟️ £40 Spaces are limited, book your place now 👇

Making and Remaking the Bayeux Tapestry

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🚨Free public lecture on the Norman Conquest @sas-news.bsky.social @ies-sas.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social on November 12. Book now to hear Dr Mark Hagger explore the impact of 1066 on Britain. 👇 #BayeuxTapestry #YearOfTheNormans #Millenium www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

"A day of destiny for England": The Norman impact on the British Isles 1066-c. 1135

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This is fascinating because - as @timhitchcock.bsky.social, @annacusack.bsky.social & many others have shown - there were frequent well-attended public executions in 16th, 17th & 18th century England, despite gallows being at the edge of cities. Bodies/heads were often displayed within sight ...

Kenneth F. Duggan 🇨🇦@kfduggan.bsky.social · 3d ago

The information below comes from England in the 1200s. Gallows were not usually in the centre of a town. They were often erected beyond town walls or on the outskirts of villages & manors. People didn’t want to see a person being killed nor did they want to see a dead body hanging from the gallows.

Join us this Wednesday to celebrate history & STEM by delving into the wide-ranging @sciencemuseum.org.uk object, library and archive collections. The session will be expertly led by @astrid-esq.bsky.social & @lauragrayblair.bsky.social www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... @sas-news.bsky.social

Championing IHR Partnerships in History: Science Museum Group

IHR Research Training

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Hey #AATP26 friends, who else has a #OnePlaceStudy in #Devon? #LocalHistory 🗃️

Victoria County History@vch-home.bsky.social · 5d ago

New (draft) text now available! Thanks to Professor Nicholas Orme, we are pleased to share draft texts of around 40 medieval monastic and religious foundations in #Devon which will form part of our second volume on the county in due course. All comments/corrections gratefully received. 🗃️

#ICYMI - Anyone interested in the history of medieval #Devon, or monasticism and other medieval religious foundations should take a look. We value and appreciate any feedback - and please watch this space for further draft material. #Skystorians #MedievalSky

Victoria County History@vch-home.bsky.social · 5d ago

New (draft) text now available! Thanks to Professor Nicholas Orme, we are pleased to share draft texts of around 40 medieval monastic and religious foundations in #Devon which will form part of our second volume on the county in due course. All comments/corrections gratefully received. 🗃️

New (draft) text now available! Thanks to Professor Nicholas Orme, we are pleased to share draft texts of around 40 medieval monastic and religious foundations in #Devon which will form part of our second volume on the county in due course. All comments/corrections gratefully received. 🗃️

Devon volume II - The Medieval Church and Religious Houses to 1550

When completed, the Victoria County History of Devon, volume II will provide detailed accounts of the medieval church in Devon and the religious houses of the county.

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Yesterday, our @chppc.bsky.social team was busy at the @sasnews.bsky.social Festival of Research, showcasing our map-based project Layers of London (now more than 17,000 user-generated records!) and our new project in progress, PlaceLayers, which scales up to cover all of England, Scotland and Wales

#TeamWilliam or #TeamHarold? Yesterday we gave out stickers @sasnews.bsky.social Festival of Research as part of our new project to archive #BayeuxTapestry stories. Share yours (you don't have to have seen it!) and be part of history. Visit tinyurl.com/UoLTapestry or use the QR codes! #UoLTapestry

For a history of Ashwell (with drawings!) from 1912, see @bho.bsky.social:

Kate North@curatorkate.bsky.social · 4d ago

A small selection of some of the lovely historic buildings in Ashwell, Hertfordshire. A short photo thread…

Closing next Friday (16th): 'History and Archives in Practice' 2027. Calls for panels invited for our annual meeting of historians and archivists, with @ihr.bsky.social and TNA. HAP27 focuses on connecting past and future with sessions on advocacy & applied history bit.ly/3RGHbWy #Skystorians

'History and Archives in Practice' (HAP), 2027. Call for participation now open - Royal Historical Society

History and Archives in Practice (HAP) is an annual partnership event, co-hosted by the Royal Historical Society, The National Archives, and the Institute of Historical Research. Now in its fifth year...

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Back from limbo! the relaunch of Hosprec, the Hospital Records Database, with which I was involved for so many years www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/professional... 1/2

Re-launching HOSPREC, the Hospital Records database

Researchers Giorgia Tolfo and Laura Robson-Mainwaring reflect on the usefulness of the Hospital Records database and how we are making it more accessible.

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Available now: new draft text on some of the (very many), medieval religious foundations, including the chapel of Exeter castle; Benedictine foundations including the nuns of Polsloe; a host of hospitals, almshouses and minster churches and much, much more. #MedievalSky #Skystorians

Victoria County History@vch-home.bsky.social · 5d ago

New (draft) text now available! Thanks to Professor Nicholas Orme, we are pleased to share draft texts of around 40 medieval monastic and religious foundations in #Devon which will form part of our second volume on the county in due course. All comments/corrections gratefully received. 🗃️

New (draft) text now available! Thanks to Professor Nicholas Orme, we are pleased to share draft texts of around 40 medieval monastic and religious foundations in #Devon which will form part of our second volume on the county in due course. All comments/corrections gratefully received. 🗃️

Devon volume II - The Medieval Church and Religious Houses to 1550

When completed, the Victoria County History of Devon, volume II will provide detailed accounts of the medieval church in Devon and the religious houses of the county.

history.ac.uk

Are you studying, researching or teaching Black British histories? Try using the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH). It contains 680,000+ resources from 55 BCE to today! Watch our video 'Researching the history of race and ethnicity in BBIH' to learn more buff.ly/iXI2MwX

How to use BBIH

Learn more about using BBIH, including videos and free online reading lists.

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Interesting #LocalHistory resource here - mapping historical data is something we're very interested in (watch this space for more), and this is a great way of visualising defensive monuments and their distribution.

Adam Chapman@adamchapman.bsky.social · 7d ago

A resource I hadn't come across (but based on the excellent Defence of Britain data - which recorded civil defence and anti-invasion structures from both World Wars), an interactive map of the data maintained by Steve Thompson. (to whom many thanks!):

We're really excited to share updates on our exciting new projects in #Devon, #Dorset, #Kent , #Lincolnshire an #London in our latest blog with @ihr.bsky.social, part of our wonderful community of projects. Please take a look! #Skystorians

Updates from the Victoria County History’s Five New Projects   - On History

This blog post was written by Dr Ruth Slatter and Dr Adam Chapman, Co-General Editors of the VCH.   Following the announcement of four new VCH projects in 2025, in this blog post Ruth Slatter and Adam...

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Such a privilege to work with the fantastic researchers involved in these projects. They are full of community spirit & rigorous research, and all demonstrate the value of studying places throughout time, their landscapes & communities. Long live the @vch-home.bsky.social

Victoria County History@vch-home.bsky.social · last wk.

We're really excited to share updates on our exciting new projects in #Devon, #Dorset, #Kent , #Lincolnshire an #London in our latest blog with @ihr.bsky.social, part of our wonderful community of projects. Please take a look! #Skystorians

This is indeed exciting. I remember when I was in grad school and working on an exhibition at the BL, one of the curators introduced me to the shelf of red VCH books, a resource I’d not been introduced to. Was so valuable for my research. And continues to be.

Adam Chapman@adamchapman.bsky.social · last wk.

So exciting to be able to share thee updates on new VCH projects (@vch-home.bsky.social might be over 125 years old, but it's always doing something *new*), from medieval religious houses, via the streets of Soho, the Isle of Purbeck and much, much more. 🗃️

So exciting to be able to share thee updates on new VCH projects (@vch-home.bsky.social might be over 125 years old, but it's always doing something *new*), from medieval religious houses, via the streets of Soho, the Isle of Purbeck and much, much more. 🗃️

Victoria County History@vch-home.bsky.social · last wk.

We're really excited to share updates on our exciting new projects in #Devon, #Dorset, #Kent , #Lincolnshire an #London in our latest blog with @ihr.bsky.social, part of our wonderful community of projects. Please take a look! #Skystorians

We're really excited to share updates on our exciting new projects in #Devon, #Dorset, #Kent , #Lincolnshire an #London in our latest blog with @ihr.bsky.social, part of our wonderful community of projects. Please take a look! #Skystorians

Updates from the Victoria County History’s Five New Projects   - On History

This blog post was written by Dr Ruth Slatter and Dr Adam Chapman, Co-General Editors of the VCH.   Following the announcement of four new VCH projects in 2025, in this blog post Ruth Slatter and Adam...

blog.history.ac.uk

Our #ArchiveOfTheWeek, this fascinating notebook, shows that if you were travelling from Chesterfield to London in 1840 you would have changed coach 17 times and have needed 65 horses in total! The 158 mile journey would have taken 7 hours and 45 minutes. #EYAConnections

Next month it's Buckinghamshire History Festival! We'll be celebrating all of the fantastic heritage that our county has to offer. We've got lots of fantastic events booked in for you running throughout the whole month, all around the county. Interested? Learn more at histfestbucks.co.uk

For more #Palaeography resources, our friends @sas-news.bsky.social are building a library of resources and tools to help! 🗃️

Palaeography

Visit the post for more.

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