Coming up this Wednesday, our friend and colleague John Chandler, editor of the next @wiltshistory.bsky.social volume on #Chippenham will be speaking on Maud Heath, and 'her' causeway, an important Chippenham area landmark for @wiltshiremuseum.bsky.social. Online, tickets £10. #Skystorians

🚨The call for papers for the History and Archives in Practice 2026 conference #HAP26 is now live! 🚨 Along with @ihr.bsky.social @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy @royalhistsoc.org we invite you to explore 'Shaping Societies, Improving Lives: The Impact of Archives and Historical Research' ⬇️

This is - trust me - the sort of thing that I have to worry about as @vch-home.bsky.social editor. I have bookmarked this (absolutely brilliant, thank you to all concerned), Wikipedia page. Please don’t ask *how* these exclaves existed, or *why*, I’ll get a headach.

On behalf of @vch-oxon.bsky.social : On 10 October Ditchley Park will host a fundraising lecture and reception exploring the rediscovery of a lost painting by Winston Churchill, with a rare opportunity to see one of Oxfordshire’s finest country houses. 🗃️ Tickets £50, further details below.

A must-read for environmental historians, labour historians, & historians of embodiment, trade, Britain, the Thames, and more. Conceptually ambitious & a really good story with an unexpected & dramatic denouement. #envhist

🎉The call for participation for #HAP26 is now open! Alongside @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy, @royalhistsoc.org & @unisheffieldlib.bsky.social we invite you to explore the theme 'Shaping Societies, Improving Lives: The Impact of Archives and Historical Research'. Apply today: bit.ly/46VfEVY

Staffordshire History Centre www.expressandstar.com/your-world/2...

A celebratory evening marking the publication of the 250th Big Red Book of #local & #place based #history from @vch-home.bsky.social: Westmorland vol 1, from VCH Cumbria (Cumbria County History Trust). Many congratulations to Sarah Rose and her colleagues, and to all the local contributors involved.

This is a great post and a wonderful project, which features a little pub history - I'm fascinated by pubs responding to tourist opportunities in this period - and even a temperance hall. Loughborough was a decent temperance town, and you'd need somewhere to go on holiday!

This is a 1913 postcard of London Hospital Nurses Training School. The nurse's message captures the everyday pressures and joys of student life from exams to going dancing. Explore the RCN Digital Archive: https://bit.ly/3pePUx7 #ExploreYourArchive #EYAEducation #HistNursing @rcnhistory.bsky.social

A great coffee break read for #OnePlaceWednesday

On behalf of @vch-oxon.bsky.social : On 10 October Ditchley Park will host a fundraising lecture and reception exploring the rediscovery of a lost painting by Winston Churchill, with a rare opportunity to see one of Oxfordshire’s finest country houses. 🗃️ Tickets £50, further details below.

If you're starting a postgraduate course in History this autumn, please do consider joining the Royal Historical Society bit.ly/41mTuck Postgraduate Membership brings access to research funding, events, publications and networks. You'll join an international community of more than 6500 historians.

We are delighted to flag that @vch-home.bsky.social has refocused its work in #London - including all those areas now in Greater London that were once in the counties of #Middlesex, #Surrey, #Essex and #Kent under the banner of 'VCH London' - @vch-london.bsky.social. Please give them a folllow!

A tiny snapshot of a tiny community that had - as it happens - forgotten this element of its past. Working with @leicsvcht.bsky.social, the people of Nanpantan, have rediscovered its heritage as a place of leisure for the growing town of Loughborough and its labouring people. #LocalHistory 🗃️

Pamela Fisher - @leicsvcht.bsky.social - has written for the @ihr.bsky.social 'On History' blog about her recent community history project on the minute holiday resort of Nanpantan. A handful of farms, a pub, a crossroads, a leisure space for the working people of #Loughborough. #Skystorians

And if anyone is interested in what @vch-home.bsky.social has to say about our area, the links to the text can be found on our website. ilfordhistoricalsociety.weebly.com/articles--re...

VACANCY: we invite applications for a new job at the Society: Events and Academic Engagement Officer (0.6 FTE) bit.ly/3V8q5PC The post-holder will join our professional Office to help us support history and historians. £36,433 pro rata. Closing date: Sunday 5 October #Skystorians

Tomorrow! - a celebration of the publication of the VCH's 250th Big Red Book volume nationwide! - Westmorland Volume I (from Cumbria County History Trust). Plus a look back at 126 years of VCH and how the modern project is still evolving and developing: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Welcome IHR @tudorstuartseminar.bsky.social! You can find them and our other projects, seminars and people in our starter pack go.bsky.app/2AUxmcA Let me know if we've missed anyone.

History curious? You don't need to be in London (or the UK) to attend many Institute of Historical Research seminars, although if you're in Bloomsbury you'll enjoy doing so. Most are hybrid (online/in person). They're free, usually fortnightly and open to the public. Starting this week:

Our Co-General Editor, @adamchapman.bsky.social, joined us in 2013. Since then, we have published just over 40 books and Adam has edited or co-edited 37 of them. The most recent is our 250th #BigRedBook, Westmorland volume 1. Join us on Wednesday to learn more.

Come and join us on Wednesday to learn more about our 250th Red Book (and something of the 249 before that!).

Join us online on 24 Sept to celebrate the 250th VCH Big Red Book! Founded in 1899, @vchlondon.bsky.social is writing the #history of every place in #England, with partners across the country. We'll also celebrate #LocalHistory, #communityhistory & #place based history more widely. All welcome!

We're in the midst of Birmingham Heritage Week- a fantastic programme of walks, talks and other delights. What have you attended so far, and what do you have coming up? #BHW25

My history of Langley Burrell, Wilts was recently launched here at Langley House (yes, by the pool). It was fun. One story it contains is the shenanigans that took place at the previous house 🫣 #oneplacewednesday Thanks to @vchlondon.bsky.social & local PC! 😀 www.hobnobpress.co.uk/books/p/lang...

GLC flood risk materials were plentiful in the 1970s given the Authority’s responsibilities in this regard. However, the volume of public facing communications reduced somewhat when the Thames Barrier - that great GLC project - became operational in the 1980s. Two examples here:

From one producer of Big Red Books... to another - the Records of Early English Drama are a fabulous resource!

And also the hall at Harlow New Town, William Charles, Salvation Army Architects Department, 1962

A wonderful milestone for the Victoria County History - and this event will be a joyful celebration and fascinating conversation for anyone interested in #LocalHistory, #place histories, #CommunityHistory and #heritage. Book your free place via the link below. #skystorians

Join us online on 24 Sept to celebrate the 250th VCH Big Red Book! Founded in 1899, @vchlondon.bsky.social is writing the #history of every place in #England, with partners across the country. We'll also celebrate #LocalHistory, #communityhistory & #place based history more widely. All welcome!

1 week left to submit an abstract for our symposium on Pollution in the Archive!

You can now fully search Exchequer depositions for the reign of Victoria [1837-1841] online. Plaintiffs, defendants, subject, county, dates of commission, the whole shebang. Enjoy! discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/C...

Interested in London trades in the 16th Century? Court of Requests proceedings in REQ 2 have you covered. One way to find a bunch of cases (over 500) is to search REQ 2 for "citizen and". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_a...

This looks like an amazing opportunity for someone to write for VCH Herefordshire! 📕

You want context? We can provide that (with the pedantic note that you would be unlikely to find a turnip in 11th century England):

Peek Bluesky archaeo-nerdery in the replies here 😍

New #Skystorians job alert! The impressive VCH Herefordshire project have been fundraising hard for some time and are now able to advertise two contributing editor roles which will work towards completing work histories of Ledbury and the Malvern Hills. Details in the link below. 1/2

Our friends at VCH Herefordshire are pleased to advertise two consultant editorial and research roles which will contribute to the completion of existing work around Ledbury and the Malvern Hills. The roles combine editing & primary research. For more details, see below. #Skystorians #HistoryJob

We always love seeing shelves full of our volumes (that aren't in our office - though we love them there, too).

Why the @somersetccc.bsky.social museum? As we'll show in a forthcoming #BigRedBook, the county cricket ground in #Taunton occupies the last surviving structure from the town's medieval priory complex.

@vchlondon.bsky.social @wiltshistory.bsky.social @municipaldreams.bsky.social Crittall Windows's *Company Town* Silver End, Essex. Elizabeth Crittall, one of the most important *VCH* 20thC editors, being granddaughter, daughter & sister of the founder & creators of a major English company.

Niche VCH research questions, one of a series:

*VISIT - LYME REGIS: TOWN MILL AND HISTORIC SEAPORT* Organised by the SANHS Historic Buildings Committee Thursday 11th September 11am - 4pm Places are limited - please book via email [email protected] or call 01823 272429 Cost: £7 to pay at the mill Please see www.sanhs.org/events for details

Don't forget! There are still two days to apply for our vacancy (12 months at 0.5 FTE). Details linked below. #Skystorians #HistoryJob

Unusual Saints? Part of @leicsvcht.bsky.social work towards new histories of #Loughborough. The first fruit of this work, a Partnership Publication on the modern social history and expansion of the town is currently being prepared for publication. #WatchThisSpace for more, soon! #Skystorians

Loughborough 1678 and an unusual request in a will - That my Body be buried in my Garden (and it may have been, as there's no burial in the parish registers)

On a @vchlondon.bsky.social field trip to my next @wiltshistory.bsky.social parish #Grimstead. Here at East Grimstead the church, old chapel & pub. And the site of the maypole which fell in 1885 and no one could be bothered to put up again.

Join us on Weds 1 October to re-discover the #history of #London - from Annus Mirabilis to Bum-Fodder and much more... The evening will also be an opportunity to learn about the work of @vchlondon.bsky.social in London and how you can get involved, with me & Dr Francis Boorman. Book via the QR code.