Please share far and wide! We've set up our new Small Grants Programme at BALH. #LocalHistory

Public service announcement that Charles Booth's 'Maps Descriptive of London Poverty, 1898-9' have been uploaded by LSE archive online to be viewed and reproduced freely. 🗃️ unsplash.com/collections/96…

Annual pre-Christmas visit to Wensleydale Creamery, Hawes. More cheese Gromit? I think so. 🧀

Waggons, by Joe Saunders. The landscape of Britain has been traversed in various ways and for many purposes as far back as any written records or archaeological evidence has shown. howtohistory.substack.com/p/waggons

What is the value of a history degree? Last sessions with my first year history undergrads tomorrow. What should they know?

Thank goodness for the end of a terrible idea.

Medieval tiles. Dore Abbey, Herefordshire

Using one of my favourite resources today, the Statistical Accounts of Scotland with wonderful insights into everyday life, language, religion and economy, history and geography of localities 1791-1845. And a healthy dose of social commentary to boot. stataccscot.ed.ac.uk/static/statacc…

This article gives a fascinating insight into how The National Archives manages to store its ever increasing archive of records. It also explains why it is necessary to store some records offsite. #Well worth a read! #genealogy blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/how-and-why-th…

Society in Early Modern England Join historian Joe Saunders at the King's Manor for this Saturday course on 8 March to explore how people in England experienced life in the 16th and 17th centuries. Find out more at tinyurl.com/mruurcc2

Understanding Title Deeds. Title Deeds, documenting the ownership of land and property, are to be found in almost all record repositories and are some of the most useful records for the family, house and local historian. buff.ly/3UdGi3p

Getting Started with Local History. This course is aimed at any local historian looking for inspiration and advice though it will especially appeal to those of you who have recently started or would like to start researching local history. buff.ly/3oDKnQu

We are looking for 1.500 word articles for our 'Doing History' feature of The Historian (magazine of The Historical Association). Please get in touch if you might like to share an aspect of historical practice with our members. Historical Assoc

Some great client work taking me to archives and libraries around the country at the moment. Get in touch if you're looking for historic research assistance in Britain. #FamiylHistory #LocalHistory josephsaundershistory.co.uk

Trade Tokens, by Anna Cusack, ‘Between about 1648 and 1673, almost no small-value coins were minted by the government’. The wealthy could use credit but everyone else who needed to do business began to rely on trade tokens. howtohistory.substack.com/p/trade-tokens

George Ray, Stationer of London 1644 intending to go with 'Sir William Waller in this present expedition’ left an ‘Adventure of Twenty Fyve poundes...in the Rebells landes in Ireland’ to his sister Susan wife of Thomas Sticestead 'resident in Russia in the partes beyond the seas’

How-to History explains events, concepts, sources and share thoughts on researching, writing and teaching history. Each ‘How-to’ is a short guide which directs you to further resources. howtohistory.substack.com

Thank you to everyone who has read and shared How-to History. We are now at around 100 posts and over 2,500 followers. We want to continue delivering in a manageable way, given time constraints on the editors, and so are moving to monthly publication. howtohistory.substack.com/p/moving-month…

1 final RT for this ... as we're going to have to update it later to reflect THE NEW DATA! C.70,000 cases being added this afternoon! 👇

Last time teaching in the wonderful King's Manor, York. What a beautiful environment to discuss history in.