In celebration of #GiantBradleyDay here is an "exact pattern of the shoe sole of the late Mr William Bradley of Market Weighton" recorded by William Watson in his scrapbook along with an obituary. 📜 from DDX1445/3, c.1820s-1850s

Looking forward to these two talks by Lesley Taylor as part of our centenary celebrations. Lesley will be introducing a wide range of maps and plans made before the 1850s when Ordnance Survey maps became widely available. @wakefieldCivicSoc Wakefield Museums & Castles Experience Wakefield

Our #Webinar with Dr Amy Saunders on Charles I and Henrietta Maria in a Heritage Sites in #Hampshire has been rescheduled to Wednesday 25th September at 7pm. We hope you’re able to join us and learn about Hampshire’s #EarlyModern #LocalHistory hampshirearchivestrust.co.uk/events/charles…

Non-fiction. You can only pick one. Which one?

Women of the Day are the formidable women of the Women’s Voluntary Service (later the WRVS, when the late Queen Elizabeth II joined) because OTD in 1940, Prime Minister Winston Churchill delivered his famous wartime speech - “Never was so much owed by so many to so few" - during

#ICYMI: Join us on Thursday 5th December for our Dymond Lecture! We will be joined by Professors Craig Lambert and John McAleer, who will discuss English merchant shipping and early modern maritime communities. Find out more: balh.org.uk/dymond2024 #WeAreLocalHistory

Our latest Newsletter (August 2024) is now available on our website - catch up with news of events, publications, people, buildings and their features, and more. yvbsg.org.uk/newsheet.html

The latest edition of my HistoryFare bulletin (No 14 Aug 2024) is now available to download, along with all previous editions, from my website via the following link. historyfare.co.uk/historyfare-bu… Happy reading! #localhistory #localhistorymatters #militaryhistory #meltonmowbray

Campop blog #10: Rural to urban migration was common in the British past, but there's a pervasive idea that those who didn't move to a town stayed put in their village of birth. Kevin Schurer describes the surprising amount of intra-rural migration campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog/2024/08/2…

Devonshire Dialect Dictionary For more details and DDD words see devonassoc.org.uk/ddd-the-dictio……………………… Lambs = the flowers of the Horse Chestnut

Only one more day to visit a new exhibition to mark the 80th Anniversary of D-Day in Taunton! Learn about the top secret work of the Hydrographic Department during the Second World War, brought to light in a variety of archival documents. #WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll

Looking forward to our next talk on Wednesday September 4th 7:30 at the Quaker Hall New Earswick. Parking available on site or adjacent roads. Number 1 bus drops you off very close to the Hall. ⁦Family History Federation⁩ ⁦BALH⁩ ⁦ClementsHallHistoryG⁩ ⁦

In our latest blog, David W. Main maps out Bathgate's heritage! You can read more, plus catch up on our other blogs, here: ow.ly/Pvhi50SVBIR #WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll

Do you have a #LocalHistory you'd like to tell? Why not share it through the BALH's website! Whether it's a podcast, blog piece, 10-minute talk or other format, we have a range of ways of sharing your stories. Find out more, here: ow.ly/vJpz50LwtlN #WeAreLocalHistory

Great article written by Lewis Buckingham on tithes in the June edition of Destinations ⁦Society for One-Place Studies 1⃣🏘️🔎⁩ ⁦⁦Yorkshire Group FHS⁩ BALH⁩ ⁦UoY Borthwick Institute for Archives⁩ ⁦⁩ ⁦- this is his AI vision of tithe collection in the Bayeux Tapestry.

Calling all fans of #EarlyModern #Hampshire #LocalHistory #RoyalHistory 📢 Please join us for our upcoming #Webinar during which we’ll hear from Dr Amy Saunders all about finding Charles I and Henrietta Maria in Hampshire 👑 hampshirearchivestrust.co.uk/events/charles…

@DearMyrtle's Mondays With Myrt on August 26th included a discussion about #OnePlaceStudies and included mentions of our good selves and BALH. A recording of the chat is on YouTube; the OPS discussion starts about 20 minutes in. #OnePlaceWednesday youtube.com/watch?v=2khTCJ…

Three months until our annual Dymond Lecture! We will be joined by Professors Craig Lambert and John McAleer, who will discuss English merchant shipping and early modern maritime communities. Find out more: ow.ly/oeKZ50SE3Gy #WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll

The latest *draft* text from VCH_Somerset concerns Taunton, the county town, centre of an enormous medieval estate belonging to the Bishops of Winchester It is available for comment, correction and research purposes. history.ac.uk/research/victo…

Rather exciting few weeks ahead for Lincoln - a new Dean to be installed at the Cathedral on 14th September and then a week later the “Untold Stories” conference co-hosted by Lincoln Record Soc BALH & SALHA, tickets available: eventbrite.co.uk/e/untold-stori…