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Rich Welsh @rdwglass.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

In Manchester this week a church was demolished by the council. So were the windows. It is very easy to remove stained glass windows. Costs - a cherry picker and two/three people a day or two. Would they demolish a museum with artefacts in place, a gallery with paintings on the wall? #stainedglass

Church and stained glass being demolished

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Mark Walters @mark-walters.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

The Roman road between the forts at Forden and Caersws, Powys is showing well here as a bright linear parch mark to the west of Newtown. Google Earth imagery from this summer.

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Mark Walters @mark-walters.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Lovely Iron Age enclosure cropmark just east of Montgomery and a few metres over the border into England on the latest Google Earth imagery from summer.

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James Felton @jimmfelton.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Man in a gilet stood on platform 12 gives up on reading the display and asks ChatGPT out loud if he is on the right platform for his train. I don’t want to be dramatic about it but Eratosthenes figured out the circumference of the Earth using a stick and knowledge of a distant well.

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Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs Podcast @shipwreckspod.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Charles H. Lightoller was 2nd Officer of Titanic when it went down. He survived 3 other shipwrecks and used his own yacht to rescue 130 soldiers from Dunkirk in 1940. I spoke with Dustin Hyland, author of "Unsinkable Lights." shipwrecksandseadogs.com/138 #maritimehistory #navalhistory #Titanic

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Charles Lightoller: Titanic’s Highest-Ranking Survivor w/Dustin …

2nd officer of Titanic, Charles Herbert Lightoller survived 4 shipwrecks including the Titanic.

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Kate North @curatorkate.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I’ve seen a lot of great historic doorways…this has to be one of the best! The 12th century Prior’s Door in Ely Cathedral 🤩 There’s lots of medieval painted decoration still in the cathedral and I’m sure this would once have been brightly coloured too, really bringing that intricate detail to life 😀

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Kate North @curatorkate.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The totally stunning ceiling in the (equally stunning room) in Bishop West’s Chantry Chapel, Ely Cathedral 😍 The detail and surviving colours are amazing! West was chaplain to Henry VII and a diplomatic envoy to Henry VIII.

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Andrew Locking @andrews-walks.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Spotlight on Buttermere

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Kate North @curatorkate.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The impressive and unusual Monk’s Door in Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire 🤩

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Kate North @curatorkate.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

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

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The Norman font at Wimborne Minster in Dorset. 📸 My own. #FontsOnFriday #WimborneMinster #Dorset

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Christopher LONG @calong.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Thank you, Paul. Several of us went over to England for the inauguration. We felt the cost was worth while. We had already devoted 8 years to saving and preserving this great veteran. But it was difficult trying to explain to French and ex-pat supporters why the IWM hadn’t thought to say thank you.

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Kate North @curatorkate.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The gorgeous 14th century south porch of the Church of St. Mary in Ashwell, Hertfordshire 💕

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Christopher LONG @calong.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Did you learn why it is that the IWM doesn’t feel the need to say a little ‘thank you’ to its donors? In 2016 I gave them a 27 tonne Whale section from the 1944 floating roadway our Arromanches Mulberry Harbour here in Normandy. It’s at Duxford. Never had a word of acknowledgment. Won’t do it again!

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Gretel le Maître 🐘 @gretellemaitre.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Sherborne Abbey’s ‘East End’ which at one time housed the Headmaster of Sherborne School and now contains the Lady Chapel plus a teeny teddy wing for the children to play in on Sunday mornings. The monks lived, unusually, north of the Abbey and their relationship with the townsfolk was often poor.

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Storyteller Fran @storytellerfran.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

A recent birthday present, and an absolute joy to read. I’m glad there are people like Rachel Morley of @friendlesschurches.bsky.social to champion the causes of historic churches 💒 I’ve added a few more to my ‘must-see’ list ❤️

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The Georgian Lords @georgianlords.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Punctilious to the end, the 8th earl of Westmorland did not let a minor matter like death interrupt his regular routine. Despite being off his food, he attended dinner every day till the day he died, finally being "taken suddenly on Tuesday last as the second course was serving up"...

portrait of a man in 18th century clothes in a landscape setting. He wears a red velvet suit and a wide curled grey wig. One hand is in a pocket and the other leans on a walking stick.

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Cormac MacFhionnlaoich @cormacscoast.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The Cliffs of Moher, looking out towards calm seas under a low Autumn sky. County Clare, Ireland. Cormacscoast.com walking tours

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Friends of Friendless Churches @friendlesschurches.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

After years of work, St Lawrence's, Gumfreston has reopened and we have been delighted by the wonderful comments left by visitors. 1/6

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Andy Marshall @fotofacade.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

At Deerhurst, a kitchen in the nave and a bedroom in the chancel concealed an Anglo-Saxon chapel built in 1056 by a kinsman of Edward the Confessor. Rediscovered in 1865, it had survived hidden in plain sight - a thousand-year thread absorbed into an ordinary home.

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

🧵The current Keighley Railway station was built between 1883-1885 by the Midland Railway to designs by its architect Charles Trubshaw. It replaced the nearby 1847 original station constructed by the Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway. The Grade II listed station's two

Platform 4 at Keighley Station in West Yorkshire, England, which serves as the northern terminus for the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway (KWVR), a preserved heritage steam railway.

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Christopher LONG @calong.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I do understand… I’ve been following your situation. It’s because your posts are always so fascinating that I’m responding. I ‘like’ and repost your stuff more than any other… but then I’m a soft southerner!!! Stay strong.

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Christopher LONG @calong.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

You wrote: “It was part of the main route to Wakefield and came to be known as the 'Wakefield Gate'.” So, I assumed this was the name of the road not the gateway! I live near a place called Gatefer (Normandy) which is the track you took in the C10th-C16th to extract iron ore for smelting.

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Mark Walters @mark-walters.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Nice to see the parch marks of the late Flavian fort at Caersws appearing on the latest Google Earth coverage. The inner roads and stone defence wall along with eastern road and multiple defensive ditches can all be seen. The earlier Flavian campaign fort defences also appear east of the village.

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Christopher LONG @calong.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

When you say “came to be known as” could the “Gate” in fact come from the Viking ‘gate’ meaning ‘the way to’… in which case it’s quite an old name?

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The tomb of the Venerable Bede in the 12th century Galilee Chapel at Durham Cathedral. Bede’s relics were transferred from Jarrow to Durham in 1022, and eventually placed in the Galilee Chapel during the later 14th century. 📸 My own. #TombTuesday #DurhamCathedral #Bede

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Kate Arnold @dulcimerkate.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Another reason why we must resist LLM AI. It's sold as saving us from 'work', but what if that work is the work of being human?

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Mike Gill @mikegill.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

For the #Stonehenge area, there is new imagery on Google Earth from August this year showing lots of #archaeology. Pits for missing stones at #Stonehenge plus the barrows just to the SW. Read this thread for more examples ... 1/8

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Henry Long @henrylong9.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The K4 phone box / postbox / stamp vending machine combination at Whitley Bay station. Sent to me by a friend. #PostboxSaturday

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ID @chuffnell.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Norman doorway with Epiphany chalking and dog bowl, St. Michael and All Angels, Great Tew #AdoorableThursday

A decorated Norman doorway at Great Tew church. The door stand slightly ajar.

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hush @hush-ndb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The Silver Jubilee review of the fleet by His Majesty the King, Spithead, July 16th 1935. #NavalHistory

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Royal Naval Review at Spithead.

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Christopher LONG @calong.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

They look familiar.Are these a couple of pioneer settlers in C19th USA or perhaps the couple from Joy Of Sex?

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

On 1 October 1645, the Royalist garrison at Sandal Castle surrendered to Parliamentarian forces during the First English Civil War. Long neglected and largely unoccupied by about 1600, the castle was briefly re-fortified as a Royalist garrison in 1645. Parliamentarian forces besieged it

The motte and bailey earthworks and stone ruins of Sandal Castle in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. On 1 October 1645, the Royalist garrison at Sandal Castle surrendered to Parliamentarian forces during the First English Civil War. Image: Adobe Images.

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Christopher LONG @calong.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Base yourself in delightful Hingham and explore delicious simple rural Norfolk churches in an ever-increasing spiral all around.

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Christopher LONG @calong.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

They look familiar.Are these a couple of pioneer settlers in C19th USA or perhaps the couple from Joy Of Sex?

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Velour Shirt @object.works · 29/09/2026

This is a metaphor for so many things these days that I couldn't choose

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Kate North @curatorkate.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The stunning 15th century roof structure of the Church of All Saints, Saltfleetby, Lincolnshire 🤩

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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#StandingStoneSunday A flying visit today to the stunning C9th-10th AD Nevern high cross, very likely standing on or close to its original spot on an early Christian site. One the great treasures of Pembrokeshire 🤩 📷 My own

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Simon Knott @simonknott.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Whitby's a good example of the typical protestant practice of the pre-Victorian Church of England. The entire church was focused on the pulpit rather than on an altar. Communion was only celebrated twice a year in most C of E churches, and even then most parishioners did not receive communion. 🧵

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Steve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#NewcastleUponTyne Photographed 12th September 2026 the Jacobean style oak pulpit of St John the Baptist Newcastle upon Tyne. Dating from 1620 and with changes to the pedestal and stairs by Dykes Bower between 1965 and 1972.

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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Originally recorded in archives in 1595, the Kirbister Farmhouse, located in Birsay, Orkney is the last un-restored traditional 'firehoose' (firehouse) in Northern Europe. #medieval #scotland #history IG: @graenwulf www.instagram.com/graenwulf?st...

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Kate North @curatorkate.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A revisit to my all-time favourite church, today - St. Margaret of Antioch, Knotting, Bedfordshire. It’s just a perfect little place and I love it ❤️

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The form of Milber Down Iron Age hillfort in #Devon can today be difficult to appreciate, with a road cutting through it and one half covered by trees LiDAR helps resolve this 🤩 📷 © HE Archive 33541_039 🛩 © Environment Agency / Devon CC See: www.devon.gov.uk/historicenvi... #HillfortsWednesday

Aerial photograph showing two halves of an Iron Age hillfort, one covered in grass, with ploughed fields around, the other covered in trees, with a linear road running through the middle

LiDAR plot in black and white, showing the extent Iron Age hillfort ramparts covered in trees

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Allan T Adams @allantadams.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

A rare survival from the 1940s, an Austin K2 "Katie" ambulance. They were the standard British wartime ambulance vehicle with room inside for 4 stretchers and an attendant. #Pencil #drawing #ArtShare

Pencil drawing of a Second World War era ambulance.

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Edward the Martyr (975-78) was the 2nd English king called *Edward*, Edward the Elder (889-924) being the 1st and Edward the Confessor (1042-66) the 3rd That makes king Edward I (1272–1307) Edward IV whilst Edward V (who wasn't crowned) Edward VIII and Edward VIII (ditto) Edward XI History eh? 🤯

Stained glass window depicting Edward the Martyr (or Edward II depending on whether or not you can:

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b) prefer the bloodline of William I (or William the Bastard)

c) have any interest in Royal History)

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Eight Days in September 1066 - 3. The Journey North 🧵Harold Godwineson could not afford to leave Yorkshire in Norwegian hands. On hearing of the defeat at Fulford, he acted with remarkable speed. The traditional and widely held account is that Harold and his army made a remarkable forced march

13th-century version of Harold's crowning, from an anonymous Life of King Edward the Confessor in Cambridge University Library Public Domain.

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Christopher LONG @calong.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Extraordinary how the lovely simplicity of Norfolk country churches can also throw up wonderful little surprises - as here in East Tuddenham.

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Andy Marshall @fotofacade.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I still find it remarkable how much of Offa’s Dyke survives here on the approach to Montgomery - an earthwork more than 1,200 years old, still threading through the landscape. Have walked 50 miles of Offa’s Dyke path so far this week.

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