There are dragons & other mythical beasts in Wells cathedral atm. It reminds me of the enquiries made by John Aubrey in the c17…

Dr Louise Ryland-Epton@lrylandepton.bsky.social · 6d ago

Are dragons real? In his Natural History John Aubrey tested one dragon story and watched another grow. An updated blog. 🐉 www.louiserylandepton.co.uk/blog/john-au...

Being a freelancer and taking a week off makes me feel guilty sometimes but it is easier when you have a view like this.

Are dragons real? In his Natural History John Aubrey tested one dragon story and watched another grow. An updated blog. 🐉 www.louiserylandepton.co.uk/blog/john-au...

John Aubrey’s Natural History, Part 3: Are Dragons Real? — Louise Ryland-Epton

Are dragons real? John Aubrey was curious about the supernatural yet sceptical of wyverns. In the Natural History, he tested one dragon story and watched another grow.

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Are dragons real? In his Natural History John Aubrey tested one dragon story and watched another grow. An updated blog. 🐉 www.louiserylandepton.co.uk/blog/john-au...

John Aubrey’s Natural History, Part 3: Are Dragons Real? — Louise Ryland-Epton

Are dragons real? John Aubrey was curious about the supernatural yet sceptical of wyverns. In the Natural History, he tested one dragon story and watched another grow.

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Looking for something to do over the summer? My co-curated exhibition on #JohnAubrey runs until 19 September @chippenhammuseum.bsky.social, Wilts. www.chippenham.gov.uk/exhibition-w...

One day, one day... all reasonably substantial offers of financial support considered.

I absolutely love the church of Minster, Boscastle in north Cornwall. A beautiful walk through woodland from Boscastle. Hidden, wild & an SSSI. I would love to do @vch-home.bsky.social research here, but the county project is sadly presently suspended. 😖

Blackberries out already! 🫢

The latest preview of work towards the first of what we call a 'Topographical' #BigRedBook for the county of Herefordshire. #Skystorians #LocalHistory #Ledbury

Dr Louise Ryland-Epton@lrylandepton.bsky.social · 3w ago

In the early 18th century, a strange chain of events made a farmer's wife from Dymock in Glos the lord of the manor of Ledbury, Heref. From my current research for @vch-home.bsky.social Heref not yet completed but decided to write up anyway. www.louiserylandepton.co.uk/blog/anne-dr...

Long before England had World Cup fever, Wiltshire had stobball fever. Admittedly it was extremely localised & everything we know comes from John Aubrey… www.louiserylandepton.co.uk/blog/john-au...

John Aubrey’s Natural History, Part 12: Stobball — Louise Ryland-Epton

On the high limestone plateau above the village of Colerne in north Wiltshire, something remarkable used to happen.

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In the early 18th century, a strange chain of events made a farmer's wife from Dymock in Glos the lord of the manor of Ledbury, Heref. From my current research for @vch-home.bsky.social Heref not yet completed but decided to write up anyway. www.louiserylandepton.co.uk/blog/anne-dr...

Anne Drew: the Forgotten Lord of the Manor of Ledbury — Louise Ryland-Epton

In the early 18th century, a strange chain of events made a farmer's wife from Dymock in Gloucestershire the lord of the manor of Ledbury.

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A beast, a mathematician- rector with an obsession with the occult & a giant maggot. The mystery carved over a Wiltshire church door. www.louiserylandepton.co.uk/blog/lancelo...

Lancelot Morehouse & the Beast of Little Langford — Louise Ryland-Epton

What is the strange beast carved over the door of a tiny south Wiltshire church? In the 1660s, mathematician and clergyman Lancelot Morehouse — friend of John Aubrey — set out to find the answer. He r...

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Barberry bushes planted by nuns at St Mary’s priory, Kington St Michael, Wilts before the Reformation & observed by John Aubrey in the c17 are still growing in the hedges today. www.louiserylandepton.co.uk/blog/john-au...

John Aubrey’s Natural History, Part 13: Barberry & Memory — Louise Ryland-Epton

Barberry still grows in the hedges of St Mary's Priory, Kington St Michael — planted by nuns before the Reformation, according to John Aubrey, and recorded by him well over a century later. It was sti...

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Struggling writing highly detailed @vch-home.bsky.social text in the heat. My brain can’t comprehend that a John Skynner and a John Skypp were two separate men living at the same time and I keep muddling them 😖

Really pleased to finally lay hands on this marvellous volume from @wiltshistory.bsky.social - huge thanks to @johnhchandler.bsky.social, @lrylandepton.bsky.social and others as well as the staff of @heritagewshc.bsky.social for all their hard work and help! 🗃️

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

We have finally braved the heat and retrieved our copy of our latest #BigRedBook! Wiltshire vol. 20, Chippenham and Environs will soon be available from @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social and a copy is already available @ihrlibrary.bsky.social. #Skystorians

We have finally braved the heat and retrieved our copy of our latest #BigRedBook! Wiltshire vol. 20, Chippenham and Environs will soon be available from @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social and a copy is already available @ihrlibrary.bsky.social. #Skystorians

It’s been an amazing week the @vch-home.bsky.social volume I have worked on since 2018 is in my hands, the exhibition @chippenhammuseum.bsky.social I curated with @anecdotalksb.bsky.social has launched, I’ve recorded a women’s history podcast & shot a video with @paulwhitewick.bsky.social! 😁

Dr Louise Ryland-Epton@lrylandepton.bsky.social · 2mo ago

OMG look at what has just been delivered @wiltshistory.bsky.social & @vch-home.bsky.social 🥳

OMG look at what has just been delivered @wiltshistory.bsky.social & @vch-home.bsky.social 🥳

So proud to have been on the team that produced 👇. It is a great exhibition even if I say so myself. 😁

So proud to have been on the team that produced 👇. It is a great exhibition even if I say so myself. 😁

On the high limestone plateau above the village of Colerne in Wiltshire, something remarkable used to happen. Thankfully John Aubrey recorded it before it passed out of memory. www.louiserylandepton.co.uk/blog/john-au...

John Aubrey’s Natural History, Part 12: Stobball — Louise Ryland-Epton

On the high limestone plateau above the village of Colerne in north Wiltshire, something remarkable used to happen.

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Thanks for taking part in today's #OnlineArtExchange 🥅 Next week's theme is 'discovery' for Wiltshire and the World: John Aubrey and the Quest for Knowledge at Chippenham Museum 'Football Crowd' by Darren Baker (b.1976) © the artist. 📷 Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

This is a great read

Dr Louise Ryland-Epton@lrylandepton.bsky.social · 2mo ago

In the 1680s a man in landlocked Wiltshire looked at a stone shaped like a shell and concluded the Bible’s account of creation didn’t work. He was John Aubrey. His extraordinary life & work is explored in a new exhibition at @chippenhammuseum.bsky.social www.louiserylandepton.co.uk/blog/john-au...

In the 1680s a man in landlocked Wiltshire looked at a stone shaped like a shell and concluded the Bible’s account of creation didn’t work. He was John Aubrey. His extraordinary life & work is explored in a new exhibition at @chippenhammuseum.bsky.social www.louiserylandepton.co.uk/blog/john-au...

John Aubrey & the Hypothesis of the Terraqueous Globe — Louise Ryland-Epton

John Aubrey's radical vision of earth history, four hundred years on 'a direct path to the right understanding of the primitive world'

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A medieval beast, a mathematician- rector & a giant maggot 🐛that ate nuts. The mystery carved over a Wiltshire church door. And maybe a connection to John Aubrey too. www.louiserylandepton.co.uk/blog/lancelo...

Lancelot Morehouse & the Beast of Little Langford — Louise Ryland-Epton

What is the strange beast carved over the door of a tiny south Wiltshire church? In the 1660s, mathematician and clergyman Lancelot Morehouse — friend of John Aubrey — set out to find the answer. He r...

louiserylandepton.co.uk

A medieval beast, a mathematician- rector & a giant maggot 🐛that ate nuts. The mystery carved over a Wiltshire church door. And maybe a connection to John Aubrey too. www.louiserylandepton.co.uk/blog/lancelo...

Lancelot Morehouse & the Beast of Little Langford — Louise Ryland-Epton

What is the strange beast carved over the door of a tiny south Wiltshire church? In the 1660s, mathematician and clergyman Lancelot Morehouse — friend of John Aubrey — set out to find the answer. He r...

louiserylandepton.co.uk

To mark the 400th anniversary of the birth of natural philosopher John Aubrey FRS, and accompanying exhibition at Chippenham Museum, guest blogger Louise Ryland-Epton explores the radical ideas contained in his long-unpublished 'Natural History of Wiltshire'. Read more: https://bit.ly/43Tti9U

Delighted that my blog on John Aubrey has been published by @royalsociety.org exploring the science of this early Fellow. An exhibition opens on Saturday @chippenhammuseum.bsky.social with items from the Society’s collection. royalsociety.org/blog/2026/06...

Wiltshire and the world | Royal Society

To mark the 400th anniversary of his birth, guest blogger Louise Ryland-Epton explores the radical ideas contained in John Aubrey's long-unpublished 'Natural History of Wiltshire'.

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Delighted to be talking about #JohnAubrey so near his birthplace this Saturday in his 400th anniversary year. 😁 On the menu 🐉🐚👻🌍🌱💍🧙‍♀️🌩️

Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre@heritagewshc.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Still time to book your place on a journey through the amazing world of Wiltshire-born scientist, writer & antiquarian #JohnAubrey with historian & author @lrylandepton.bsky.social Saturday, 6 June at 2pm. 👉Reserve your place by email - archives@wiltshire.gov.uk 🎟️Tickets £10, payable on the day.

Delighted to be talking about #JohnAubrey so near his birthplace this Saturday in his 400th anniversary year. 😁 On the menu 🐉🐚👻🌍🌱💍🧙‍♀️🌩️

Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre@heritagewshc.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Still time to book your place on a journey through the amazing world of Wiltshire-born scientist, writer & antiquarian #JohnAubrey with historian & author @lrylandepton.bsky.social Saturday, 6 June at 2pm. 👉Reserve your place by email - archives@wiltshire.gov.uk 🎟️Tickets £10, payable on the day.