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Mark Forrest @markforrest.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Victoria County History for Dorset volume 2 (1908), sport section: 15 pages on hunting, half a page on polo and a page on falconry ... no mention of football, rugby or cricket ... #VCHDorset

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Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre @heritagewshc.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

A fascinating, if rather grim, read! You just never know what you might find in the #archives. #ExploreYourArchive

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Victoria County History @vch-home.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

There's still time to book to join us on 15 May for @amalexathorn.bsky.social and what will be a fascinating insight into the ways history was researched and written by women in the early 20th century. 🗃️ #Skystorians

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Mark Forrest @markforrest.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

While researching the manorial descent of West Dean and East Grimstead (Wilts) I came across John Evelyn, an MP who served in five parliaments 1629-1660 ...

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Centre for the History of People, Place & Community @chppc.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

The recording of this event is now available on the @ihr.bsky.social website here www.history.ac.uk/podcasts/pla... This is a great watch for anyone interested in the possibilities of doing #place based #history research outside higher education institutions.

history.ac.uk

Place-based histories beyond the academy

Recorded on 19 March 2025

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

We are arms dealers to terrorists.

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Mark Forrest @markforrest.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Unusual (self-taught or with very basic instruction?) hand. Notes attached to the head of an account roll, from Tarrant Gunville (Dorset), mid-14th century

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Adam Chapman @adamchapman.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Want to learn more about London's history this summer? Join us @ihrlibrary.bsky.social between 14 and 18 July for our fabulous Summer School featuring Jack Cade, Punk, the rebellious pasts of Bloomsbury and much, much, more. 🗃️

history.ac.uk

The IHR London Summer School 2025: Rebels

The IHR London Summer School offers a unique opportunity to explore London’s historic places from our home at Senate House in the heart of Bloomsbury.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

'Staff at English Heritage have been shocked to discover that the cash-strapped organisation is planning up to 200 redundancies and the winter closure of various...historic sites in its care. At least 7% of the workforce could be affected, with curators being particularly targeted, it is believed.'

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English Heritage plans up to 200 redundancies and winter closures of some sites

Exclusive: At least 7% of workforce could be affected with curators targeted as part of charity’s restructuring

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Brodie Waddell @brodiewaddell.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

'Work, Authenticity and Social Identity in #EarlyModern Britain' Submit an abstract by Feb 1st and come along to Warwick on June 10-11th.🗃️ Excited to be speaking alongside @markhailwood.bsky.social, @jwhittle.bsky.social and Steve Hindle! Details here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/his...

Call for papers which begins: "We are pleased to announce that the Work, Authenticity, and Social Identity in Early Modern Britain (c.1500-1750) Conference, funded and sponsored by the Warwick Early Modern and Eighteenth Century Centre and the AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership Midlands4Cities, will take place at the University of Warwick on 10-11 June 2025.

Keynote addresses will be delivered by Professor Steve Hindle (Washington University in St Louis), Professor Jane Whittle (University of Exeter), and jointly by Dr Mark Hailwood (University of Bristol) & Dr Brodie Waddell (Birkbeck, University of London)." Further details via the link.

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Mark Forrest @markforrest.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

East Grimstead inclosure map, 1818, showing the course of the Salisbury/Southampton canal as "the old canal"

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Rachel Pope @prehistorian.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

This is the exciting paper drop. New aDNA science out of Dublin. Matrilineal descent systems demonstrated for Late Iron Age Dorset. Building on the work of Mel Giles (2012) who first spotted the potential for it in the archaeology of Middle Iron Age Yorkshire. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

nature.com

Continental influx and pervasive matrilocality in Iron Age Britain - Nature

An analysis of ancient mitochondrial and nuclear DNA shows evidence of matrilocal communities in Iron Age Britain.

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Victoria County History @vch-home.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

To buy a copy of Wem - and to support the work of VCH in Shropshire - www.vchshropshire.org/Wem.html or pop over to our friends @uolpress.bsky.social.

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Wiltshire VCH @wiltshistory.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Our next Local History How-To session is on 'Ownership and Government' on 13th Jan with @markforrest.bsky.social, Francis Boorman, John Chandler, and @lrylandepton.bsky.social. It will feature a fun reenactment of a manor court. Check out wvch.squarespace.com/config/

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nickkingsley.bsky.social @nickkingsley.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

My first blog post of 2025 concerns the families of the super-rich newspaper tycoons, the Viscounts Camrose and Kemsley, and their many houses, only one of which remains in their possession today: landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2025/01/594-...

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British Association for Local History @balhnews.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Tonight is the night! For this year's Dymond lecture, we're joined by Professors @Medievalmariner and John McAleer, who will discuss English merchant shipping and early modern maritime communities. Find out more: ow.ly/j2Kb50SE3Pj #WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll

This image shows historic ships on a body of water in a drawing; the title of the talk is overlaid in black writing

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Mark Forrest @markforrest.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Looking forward to co-hosting the Working with Documents session tomorrow in the Local History Workshops series at the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre with colleagues from @wiltshistory.bsky.social wshc.org.uk/events/

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Joe Saunders @joesaunders1.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

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/...

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Mark Forrest @markforrest.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

It seems that fussy silverfish don't like ink, so they graze around it and only eat the unprinted paper ...

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Mark Forrest @markforrest.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

File in which General Pitt-Rivers recommends the Roman-British quarry site at Pen Pits (with an over lying motte and bailey castle) should *not* be scheduled as an ancient monument

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Richard Bradford @dorsetandbeyond.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Floodplains at work by East Stoke. The banks of the Dorset Frome can be seen in a few places but most of the excess water is now moving across the floodplains and will return to the river downstream. Not uncommon at this time of year.

Fields under floodwater in the foreground reflect the blue sky. The banks of the Dorset Frome can be seen in a few places. Leafless trees in the background.

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Mark Forrest @markforrest.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Ministry of Agriculture farm survey 1942. This farm downgraded from A to B due to 'personal failings' because the farmer 'lacks initiative' ... probably too soon to identify them in my text ...

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Mark Forrest @markforrest.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

History TV series proposal: When Transcripts Go Bad - transcripts that are far more difficult to read than the original documents

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Mark Forrest @markforrest.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

This little red symbol has been placed above the descriptions of all former demesne lands that had been incorporated into peasant tenements in 1518. Well done Glastonbury Abbey scribe!

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Mark Forrest @markforrest.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Uncut pages come with such a weight of responsibility ... fear, excitement, self doubt, anticipation ...

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Altmetric @altmetric.com · 18/11/2024

We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how: docs.bsky.app/docs/advance... #AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics

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Action Intent Links | Bluesky

Authors, websites, and apps can use action intent links to implement "Share on Bluesky" buttons, or similar in-app actions. Logged-in users will be directed to the corresponding action view in the Blu...

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Isabel Churcher @isabelchurcher.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Calling all archives and people who use archives: we are consulting on a new strategic vision and would love to hear your views: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...

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Strategic vision for archives - Archives sector

Read the response to the consultation on a strategic vision for archives.

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Mark Forrest @markforrest.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

This beaver tailed 'S' has a particularly fancy beehive (Monkton Up Wimborne, c.1290) #fashion

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Mark Forrest @markforrest.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

9750 white plants purchased for the garden at Kington St Michael c.1550 #medieval #tudor #gardening @wiltshistory.bsky.social

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Andy Whiting @awdorset.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

The Water Gate, St Clements Lane. Tucked away behind Hotel Du Vin is the only visible remains of Poole’s 15th century town wall. It’s believed this is the Water Gate which provided access from a merchant’s house through to the shoreline. #Poole #Dorset #LocalHistory

A portion of Poole's town wall from the 15th century is still visible.

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Mark Forrest @markforrest.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

The Weymouth and Melcombe Regis war book, home front plans, instructions and schedules compiled during the Second World War, with leather patches and a corduroy cover!

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Mark Forrest @markforrest.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

No matter how long you work with archives the thrill of opening a box and finding documents that nobody's looked at for years never goes away ...

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Mark Forrest @markforrest.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

When selecting a heraldic animal you can't get much better than a rabbit

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Dr Louise Ryland-Epton @lrylandepton.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

With my publishers hat on, I am super proud to have a first copy of this. It is a tour de force of academic local history. The result of years of research & lots of love. It will be out on 22/11 & on Hobnob website soon. #locslhistory #avebury

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