Seven centuries' worth of historic records from Yorkshire made available online. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#OTD 1497, Elizabeth Tylney, Countess of Surrey, passed away. Elizabeth was the wife of Thomas Howard, later 2nd Duke of Norfolk. She had previously been married to Humphrey Bourchier, who had died in the Battle of Barnet.

3/3 Almost two centuries earlier than either set of glass, a 14th Century wall painting of Christ's Harrowing of Hell at North Cove, Suffolk. As was conventional, the jaws of Hell are depicted as the mouth of a great fish. www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/northcove.htm

For Women's History Month in March, I was interviewed by @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social Alumni & Supporters about the #Gloucesterwreck, women’s histories, & whose stories survive - read it here www.uea.ac.uk/about/giving...

Phoning St Oswald St Oswald, Kirk Sandall, near Doncaster, Yorkshire. This is a Grade II* redundant church now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. Its origins go back at least to Domesday, with a legend that the body of the Northumbrian king Oswald rested here after his death in 642.

Industrial Revolution: Overview Of Mr Vivian's Copper Factory In Swansea, Wales, 19th century engraving, artist unknown.

@wokestudies.bsky.social My old neighbour Margaret is involved!

By the Book The monument to Francis Catesby (d.1636) at St Mary, Hardmead, (Bucks), is naïve in execution but unusual in invention. Francis lies as a miniature recumbent effigy, while above him kneel his wife and their two children. The whole family is framed within an architecture of books.

Received in today’s post 😃 #Rhynie #Picts

Happy Trans Day of Visibility. Here is a report from my recent trip to Rome where, in ancient times, trans people were very visible indeed. www.cheryl-morgan.co...

Detail from late 16th century tomb of Thomas Hardwick (died 1577) at Leeds Minster. Thomas is depicted with his wife, Anne, and some of his children. 📸 My own. #TombTuesday #LeedsMinster

Just a few spaces left for a free guided tour of Dunblane Cathedral graveyard “Burns, Byron, and Bridgerton” on Sunday 5 April at 2pm presented by the Society of Friends of Dunblane Cathedral. Booking is essential as numbers on the tour are limited: landing.churchdesk.com/en-gb/e/4682...

Bronze Age shield found in peat bog returned to Scotland for first time in over 230 years. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

An important monument and unusually attempts to show actual appearance. But alas he probably wasn't at Towton (he'd have been nearly 70, not impossible but unlikely) - see Rhianydd Biebrach's article at www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/no...

Trying to track down a copy of Scholla, Agnes. “Early Western Limp Bindings, Report on a Study.” Care and Conservation of Manuscripts 7 (2003): 132–158. Can anyone help?

“The Labours of the Months” Stained glass. 1500-20 Probably made in the workshop of John Wattok, one of several glass makers from the Low Countries working in Norwich From the Rosemary Lane house of Thomas Pykerell (former Norwich mayor). Now Castle Museum, Norwich, Norfolk #StainedGlassSunday

🧵If churches could speak what a story the solitary, St Mary's Chapel at Lead, could tell. Now peaceful, what would it have been like on that Palm Sunday in 1461 as the bloody Battle of Towton was fought within its sight. Whilst the medieval building largely dates to the 14th-century,

The sleepy little soldiers are adorable!

In terms of the imagery I am aware of this is an unusual resurrection scene. The angels opening up the tomb and the sleeping soldiers are pretty much as expected but Jesus sitting up and swinging his legs over the side I can't recall seeing before. Clearly it fits with the space available.

A marvellous piece of industrial heritage, the Elsecar Newcomen Engine dates from 1795 & is thought to be the only 18th century atmospheric steam engine in the world to remain in its original engine house at its original location. Henry Ford attempted to purchase it but was /1

Decorative Mount https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/683963

An Unusual Treasure in Lancashire Sometimes the most ordinary churches can contain the most extraordinary things. Such is the case of Christ Church, Walmsley, Lancashire, a church built in 1839. In the south chapel is a 15th-century Netherlandish or North European predella.

Another day, another “uncovered” archive. The materials “have been stored in Cambridge University’s herbarium for nearly 200 years.” The course sounds great, but this Indiana Jones framing and erasure of archivists’ work is getting really tired.

A new book, A History of Parish Registers in England and Wales: From the Restoration to Civil Registration, has been published by AGRA Member John Wintrip. www.lutterworth.com/product/hist...

29th March is Palm Sunday: the Entry into Jerusalem #PalmSunday BL Add 18851; 'The Breviary of Queen Isabella of Castille'; Bruges; c.1497 CE; f.96r @blmedieval.bsky.social

Each spring, blossom makes our local neighbourhoods that little bit brighter and remind us that sunnier days are on the horizon. As #BlossomWatch gets underway, save our bingo board and see how many varieties you spot. 🌸

A panel carved with a two-wheeled, horse-drawn carriage and crouching archer was among the Pictish stones lost when Meigle Parish Church went up in flames #OTD in 1869. #medievalsky

Rest in Peace, athlete, Mary Rand who has died age 86. She won long jump gold at the 1964 Olympics. Rand became the first British woman to top the podium in track and field at the Games. She held the long jump world record of 6.76m – set at the Olympics, for four years /1 😢

🚀 Speaker Callout! 🚢 We need an engaging speaker for Saga’s Spirit of Adventure! April 30 – May 7 (Aarhus to Portsmouth) 🎤 5 talks (Popular appeal/engaging style) Fee: £1,000 Seeking experts in: * Adventure & Media * Science & History * Military, Aviation 📧 Apply: [email protected]

Society for the Study of Early Modern Women & Gender welcomes award nominations for the 2026 Book Awards, Editions Award(s) & Collaborative Project Award For more info &/or to nominate a work, see docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Deadline: May 25, 2026

Early modernists! Anyone seen the word 'gossip' applied to a man before? Got a will here that appoints 'my good and loving gossip Mr Henry Ireton' (yes, that Henry Ireton) as overseer. Dates to 1648.

From tournament champion to royal regent 👑⚔️ Discover how William Marshal shaped medieval England. medievalstudies.thinkific.com/courses/mars... #MedievalKnights

#Pocahontas’s story of captivity, salvation and conversion became a tool to justify English imperialism in North America. ⌛️ Last chance to read this archive article for free www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...

Viking High Seat Recreated in Norway for Museum Exhibition www.medievalists.net/2026/03/viki... #vikings #museums

KCC is pressing ahead with Folkestone Library’s move to Sandgate Road while putting Grace Hill on the disposal track. Our latest piece follows the paper trail, the fight to save the old library, and a council that knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. tinyurl.com/ynjzsp22

From now until 27 May, you can see loans from our collections in the Courtauld's display The Painted Tower: Conservation in Context at Longthorpe. This display offers an insight into the Courtauld’s collaboration with English Heritage to conserve the 14th-C wall paintings in Longthorpe Tower.

I've been absent a bit, but wanted to share the first rose bloom of the season! 🌹 🌱 Olivia Rose Austin

"Musketeer d'Artagnan's remains believed found under Dutch church" Note the use of the word "believed". Some headlines are claiming the body is him but the DNA results haven't returned yet. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Cache of stone #grenades recovered from the Great Wall of China www.futura-sciences.com/en/a-600-yea...

Studying 3 royal #Vietnamese #cannon vietnamnet.vn/en/three-nat...

Investigating a mysterious 18th century shipwreck- Ánimas de la Victoria, lost off #Yucatan www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2026/03/t...

Thanks Jennifer, glad you enjoyed the talk!

#earlymodern #art #French #C18th Fantastic research opportunity: Burlington Magazine Scholarship | French 18th-Century Art enfilade18thc.com/2026/03/24/b...

Repairs proposed for Grade 1 listed St. Anthony's Hall, Peasholme Green, York which was built as a religious guildhall in the mid 15th century. The building has been a prison, workhouse, hospital & armoury. It was also the site of York's Blue Coat's School. 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A Single Body The monument to Rowland and Katherine Berkeley (d. 1611 and 1629/30) at All Saints, Spetchley (Worcestershire), is attributed to Samuel Baldwin and erected in 1614 by their son Robert. Effigies of the couple lie beneath a delicate canopy, his feet on a bear, hers on a pet dog.

Dürer's canonical cannon & Constable's commendable copy. open.substack.com/pub/jpstonar...

Also here on the magnificent Rudhall tomb in Ross-on-Wye

For the feast of the Annunciation, here is the scene on the tomb of Gwladus Ddu and William ap Thomas at Abergavenny (detailed discussion at pure.southwales.ac.uk/en/publicati... )

Medieval Knight with Rare Genetic Disorder Identified in Spain www.medievalists.net/2026/03/medi... #medieval