You can help conserve York’s archives this Christmas! We are selling our archive inspired Christmas Cards. The designs are inspired by collections of the Knowles Family papers in the archives. A pack of five cards are availble for £6. The cards are availble this week in most Explore locations

I’m researching a headstone from my local church which from what looked like a fairly straightforward family has turned out to be fascinating ( more to follow!) Had to share this though. Under occupation in the 1939 reg one of the sisters has written “Old age” I know how she felt 😜

And good news also for those looking for UK theses: "interim, metadata-only version of EThOS (E-Theses Online Service) in early 2026" with links to repositories & further worked planned. 👍

🪦 lunch with the locals 🪦

📅Mark your calendars! From Dec 1st, we’re unwrapping a new historic holiday image each day from our Special Collections. 🎄 Discover the stories behind the sparkle—scan the QR codes around campus or bookmark this link to join in! tuerchen.app/iVpnFm6YLBkk... #UWTSDlib #DigitalAdvent

Are you interested in how people thought about the past in Middle Ages? Want to understand the books they wrote about it? We have an online short course for you! Book now for January 2026 👇 #MedievalSky palaeography.uk/study/short-...

How have books shaped the way we think? In January Anna Somfai will teach an online short course on books about science and philosophy in the Middle Ages. Book now 👇 #MedievalSky @ies-sas.bsky.social @warburginstitute.bsky.social @sas-news.bsky.social palaeography.uk/study/short-...

Don't forget to book your place for the launch of the digital editions of the Norwich Hearth Tax 1671 and Norfolk Hearth Tax 1672. Includes speakers from University of East Anglia and University of Roehampton. Book at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1974981568...

Hi all! Over the next 2 weeks, I'd be delighted to hear your thoughts on how this project should move forwards. We're near 6 years in, and for the next 6 I'm keen to make it as robust as poss. If you have time, I'd be so grateful to hear what you think: forms.gle/CvGjfse7FrPk...

Llinellau cerddi Beirdd y Tywysogion yn nhrefn yr wyddor / lines from the poems of the Poets of the Princes, in alphabetical order. @yganolfangeltaidd.bsky.social www.geiriadura.cymru/post/beirdd-...

The latest issue from Midland History includes the earliest Charter of King Edward I; a scrivener tale of Coventry Priory 1532; the office of the escheator in the counties of Warwick & Leicester 1351-1500; and Birmingham's burial ground dispute of 1806-31 plus book reviews 2 articles #OpenAcess

Today is #WorldTelevisionDay – soon you will be able to view digitised film, video and audio from the Wales Broadcast Archive at Gwent Archive’s very own Clip Corner! To find out more, why not join us at our event on Monday 15 December for a morning exploring the history of Ebbw Vale Steelworks.

Ar 16 Rhagfyr, bydd cefnogwyr Jane Austen yn dathlu ei phen-blwydd. Eleni mae’n 250 mlynedd ers ei geni. I nodi’r achlysur, bydd Llyfrgell ac Archifau Roderic Bowen Prifysgol Cymru Y Drindod Dewi Sant yn arddangos trysorau Austen. www.uwtsd.ac.uk/cy/newyddion... @uwtsd.bsky.social

#DisabilityHistoryMonth starts today! The Railway Work, Life & Death project is an important resource for understanding occupational disability in the past, via the railways. Read more about just a few of the people whose life stories we've explored: www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk?s=disability

Today is #WorldChildrensDay. An interesting insight into the lives of children in Gwent, can be seen in the Usk County Gaol books with photos of children committing crimes, mostly theft of items such as clothing, food and even ducks!

It’s collections week at the Archives We’ve begun cataloguing the records of W Clarke, Masons of Llandaff. Along with administrative records of the business, the collection includes many plans and photographs. Including this one showing the unveiling of the war memorial at Llantwit Major in 1921.

Out now! 'Emlyn Hooson and the Welsh Liberal Party, 1962-1979' by @nickalito.bsky.social is the first in-depth description of the Welsh Liberal Party during a tumultuous time in Welsh politics. Find a copy in your local bookshop, or learn more on our website! 📚 www.uwp.co.uk/book/emlyn-h...

Limited places now available for this event celebrating the launch of the digital editions of the Norwich Hearth Tax 1671 and Norfolk Hearth Tax 1672. Includes speakers from University of East Anglia and University of Roehampton. Book at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1974981568...

From hospital records to family papers, collections give unique insights into health across time and place. But they don’t just have historical value. Collections have incredible potential for discovery research – and we need to unlock it. Learn more in our report: wellcome.org/insights/rep...

Only one box, sadly, put at the end of the main series of Barons' Depositions [E 133], but a cool find nonetheless (I listed these a few years ago).

#nameoftheday: Clutterbuck Crone (wriggle like a snake, waddle like a duck, that's what you do etc)

An absolutely wonderful review of my work from genealogist @chiddickstree.bsky.social ✍️🏻 It's lovely that my work strikes a chord with people. I work incredibly hard, and reviews like this make it all worthwhile 📚 ⬇️ chiddickstree.substack.com/p/the-chiddi... #Wales #History

and here we see that once it gets late enough in the day, the historian naturally reverts to the spelling conventions of the time they study

Looking at the Tavistock wills in our sample ahead of a talk I am giving there on Friday. The second earliest is the 1546 will of John Peryn, clerk of Tavistock. He leaves some nice material culture: his second best and best featherbeds, silver spoons with decorated knapps & a gilt goblet. 1/

#Museum30 #Magic, what’s better than a crystal ball?! Here’s a page from a Hans Sloane manuscript catalogue in the #archive which shows the crystal balls when they were in his collection, before it became the foundation of the British Museum. www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...

And that's why you can't have ink in the reading room! Historic damage to a 1647 pamphlet on infant baptism by John Cotton #readers

In Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 162 years ago today, President Lincoln gave one of the most famous speeches in American history, extolling the sacrifices of the men who died in the battle there. There are five known manuscript copies of the Gettysburg Address. The Library of Congress has two of those.

We’re delighted to announce the latest recipients of Research and Innovation Grants! Congratulations to Chief Archivists in Local Government Group (within @araukie.bsky.social) & @kresenkernow.bsky.social Read more here: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec... 📷 Kresen Kernow

Now moved on to 'other interesting Tavistock wills' in the PCC collection, and Agnes Cervington, a widow who died in 1571 has caught my eye. She leaves piles of tin to many people (tin and copper were mined on Dartmoor) and describes her silver plate (basin, ewer, goblets, salt etc) in detail. 1/

Thanks to Aimey, who held our bursary place to this year's conference on 'Records at Risk,' you can read a blog on how the day went. Many thanks to all our speakers! www.britishrecordsassociation.org.uk/news/records...

The religious rights of workhouse inmates were protected when the new Poor Law of 1834 came into existence - as had been the case under the old poor law system. www.exploreyourgenealogy.co.uk/workhouse-re...

Shaun Evans tells us about what inspired him to research the Welsh 'coming of age' celebrations that were landmark events for gentry families and local society. Read the blog > buff.ly/izSJIjH @ystadaucymru.bsky.social

#MedievalSky #RenaissanceSky #BookSky

See you all soon!

We’re delighted to announce that our Honorary Fellows elected by the Fellowship for 2025 are Dr Ross Austin Burns and Professor David Olusoga OBE! www.sal.org.uk/2025/11/hon-...

Plea Roll for the Court of Common Pleas for Richard III's reign. Nothing to add, really, I just think it's cool. TNA CP 40/888 discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C3...

Our A to Z of Cornish gardens and gardening continues and for H we wanted to share one of Cornwall’s most magical of gardens – the Lost Gardens of Heligan. The Lost Gardens of Heligan were once part of a thriving Cornish estate owned by the Tremayne family of St Ewe.

Postcards of Castell Coch – Part 11 “Taffs Well is a very pretty little village not very far from here." castellcoch.com/2025/11/18/p...

Glamorgan Archives will be closed for Collections Week during the w/c 17 November. This is to allow staff to undertake essential work on the collection. The searchroom will re-open as usual on Tuesday 25 November.

I was just thinking the other day that it is mad that if this continues then the book I'm writing, about London 1560-1630, will contain basically no British Library manuscript material. Would have been unthinkable to me but there hasn't been a manuscript catalogue for two years now!

1620: seeking predictions from an angel, Richard Napier asks whether one of his clients will 'live long & prosp[er]' #earlymodern 🖖

A lovely story of an archivist reaching out for religious community support to fully understand a holy book in the collection, and that community getting a wonderful experience in return. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Good to see the problems facing our colleagues @britishlibrary.bsky.social being raised here by @hetanshah.bsky.social (of @britishacademy.bsky.social). If this had happened in France it would be considered a national problem to be urgently addressed! www.cityam.com/the-british-...

The first issue of the Chartist newspaper, the Northern Star, appeared #OnThisDay 18 November 1837. Without it, Chartism would have been a far weaker thing. www.chartistancestors.co.uk/northern-sta...

📢NOVEMBER WILL OF THE MONTH📢 This month's featured testator is a widowed clergyman from Pembrokeshire who made his will in 1786. Reverend William Thomas asked to be buried 'as remote from every other grave as conveniently may be'. 🪦✝️💀 sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcult...

The manuscript is also known for two distinctive illustrations on pages 121 and 166: a menorah and a crucifixion scene. Read more about the manuscript and view the digital images (provided by @dias-isos.bsky.social and copyright Royal Irish Academy Library): www.ria.ie/collections/...

When the Sheffield–Chesterfield line opened, it used the latest technology to run. This Telegraphic Despatch (telegram) form is from 6th January 1871. They were used for traffic related arrangements, problems and discrepancies. #Railway200

Today's #Museum30 theme is #Makers, so we're celebrating Thomas Preston, the scribe who hand wrote the Litlyngton Missal - a 14th-century service book made for the Abbey's High Altar. Thomas lived in the monastery while he worked on the missal and later became a monk at the Abbey.

Royal licence to William ap Gruffith ap Gwilym & Joan his wife to purchase from Ievan ap Cynwric ap Iorwerth ap Howel, free tenant of the township of Crewerion, 7 messuages, 37 acres of land, and the moiety appurtenant to Gavel Meibion Howel, in the said township. Dyddiad/Date: 1425 PENRH/166

Thrilled to have been invited to present my work with @ystadaucymru.bsky.social at this year's @archpbu.bsky.social's Annual Lecture. So humbled by the amount of people that joined and with whom I was also able to chat - before and after the lecture -over some great big archive maps!