#RuinedPrioryFriday with Muchelney Abbey in Somerset refounded by King Athelstan in 939 on the site of a c7 monastery

We have an exciting event coming up next week. On 12 June we are having a play in the courtroom! The wonderful Don't go into the Cellar will be performing A Study in Scarlet. Do not miss this fantastic event.

Beginning this week and running to the end of the year, our new temporary exhibition… - Malmesbury and the American Connection. - www.athelstanmuseum.org.uk/event/malmes...

Send in your expression of interest if you would like to give a talk at the AGRA Conference "Land and Life" in September 2027 It will take place 11 and 12 September 2027 at the Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester.

Historic guided walks around Malmesbury are back in full swing. Next opportunity is this Thursday afternoon at 2.30pm. Tickets from the Tourist Information Centre, then meet outside Malmesbury Town Hall. #history #wiltshire #cotswolds

Also note that the lock of Napoleon's hair is temporarily on display NOW, in the museum, in the lead up to the talk next week.

Today! #Bexhill

Our next Tea Time Talk is next Wednesday, 20th May in the Rausing Building, Malmesbury. Napoleon after Waterloo & Lock of his Hair in our Museum Click for details and to book online... www.athelstanmuseum.org.uk/event/napole... #history #events #Napoleon #skystorians #19thCent

If you get a chance, take a visit to Malmesbury. Fab little town. Get a bit of Athelstan andthe unfortunate Elmer the flying monk while you're there.

Our next Tea Time Talk is next Wednesday, 20th May in the Rausing Building, Malmesbury. Napoleon after Waterloo & Lock of his Hair in our Museum Click for details and to book online... www.athelstanmuseum.org.uk/event/napole... #history #events #Napoleon #skystorians #19thCent

Malmesbury honours royal connection with Norwegian town swindonlink.com/news/malmesb...

Spring is sprung in Malmesbury

A year ago Cotswold Archaeology were digging in the garden of Malmesbury URC in looking for the home of Thomas Hobbes. On 28th March, CA will display the finds from the dig and give an illustrated talk as part of the Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury festival. Full details and tickets below.

Tickets for our next TeaTime Talk are available now online or in the Museum www.athelstanmuseum.org.uk/events/ Also available on the door #Malmesbury #Wiltshire

Details and tickets available here… www.thomashobbesofmalmesbury.org/recent-event...

Part of the upcoming Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury Festival. A special Thomas Hobbes Dinner and Performance.

THE THOMAS HOBBES FESTIVAL 2026 Friday 27th - Sunday 29th March 2026 We are hosting Malmesbury's first International Philosophy CONFERENCE on Thomas Hobbes. All welcome. There will be a DINNER & PERFORMANCE at Malmesbury Town Hall. Over the weekend, there will be TALKS, WALKS and lots more.

Malmesbury based historian and author Tony McAleavy presents an entertaining introduction to the Life and History of King Athelstan, the first King of England. This short film was made for Explore Malmesbury by students at Boom Satsuma Film School, Bristol. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcVk...

I'll be at Malmesbury Library in March!

Our annual renowned Quiz Night is coming up in February. Details below! #quiz #museum #events #Malmesbury

Look who is an answer on Pointless this evening! #Athelstan Lowest score on the board with 1 point. Shame on you all (or at least 99 of the 100 people surveyed)

Please note that our children’s History Club workshops have moved to Sundays. Here are the details of the next one this Sunday. #History #children #whatson #Malmesbury #historyofcinema

👇 Latest from Wiltshire Daniel's Well in Malmesbury is to be preserved for generations to come. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr57v1lz39po?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

We are looking forward to presenting this event, in conjunction with Malmesbury #Athelstan1100 and Wessex Week.

Listen in to @historyextra.bsky.social to hear @davidwoodman45.bsky.social talk to @djmusgrove.bsky.social about Æthelstan, the too-long overlooked first king of England:

Athelstan, son of Edward the Elder, grandson of Alfred the Great and first to claim the title REX TOTIUS BRITANNIAE (King of all Britain) died in AD 939 and was buried at Malmesbury in #Wiltshire His grave site is unknown, this cenotaph in Malmesbury Abbey dates to the 15th century #TombTuesday

A Roman roof tile from Minety #Wiltshire stamped with TPF Possibly TEGVLARIA PVBLICA FECERVNT (made by the public tile works) This in turn could suggest civic production for the nearby town of CORINIVM (Cirencester) 📷 Dec 2025 in the excellent @athelstanmuseum.bsky.social Malmesbury #FindsFriday

The Iron Age hillfort of Malmesbury is less well known today, though it is commemorated in the excellent @athelstanmuseum.bsky.social (which you should all visit) The Saxon king Athelstan himself is buried near to where the Norman Abbey now stands 📷 Dec 2025 #HillfortsWednesday

Our joint event with #Athelstan1100 and Wessex Week, with the support of Princeton University Press. @princetonupress.bsky.social Athelstan & the Birth of a Kingdom David Woodman Professor of History at Robinson College, Cambridge Friday 16 January - 7.00pm - Malmesbury Town Hall #history

THE THOMAS HOBBES ANNUAL SUPPER 21st NOVEMBER 2025, Malmesbury Town Hall Tickets are on sale for our popular evening dinner event ending with an after dinner talk by Dr. John McCormack: Thomas Hobbes - The Executive in the Boardroom. Click for details and tickets. www.thomashobbesofmalmesbury.org

Born in #Malmesbury and died at Hardwick Hall in #Derbyshire. Fascinating life.

Aethelstan, Anglo-Saxon King of England, died on this day in 939 thefreelancehistorywriter.com/2013/07/17/a...

Halloween Countdown - Day 6 🎃🧵 The Bell, Malmesbury In the room known as the library, a portrait of a lady is thought to be the melancholy grey lady, but no one knows who she is. Some books say she was a lady forced into an unhappy marriage and she hung herself in the James Ody Room.

Event coming up soon- Lace Making Workshop 23rd October - 2 sessions - 10.30 to 12.30 & 1.30 to 3.30 Rausing Building, Malmesbury. Tickets not required (£5 donation requested) ages 5-95 (under 16s to be accompanied by an adult) #crafts #workshop #localhistory

On This Day, 8th October 1328, Malmesbury Abbey accommodated the boy King Edward III, together with his mother Queen Isabella and Roger Mortimer, in the abbey guest house (now the Old Bell Hotel). They stayed until the 10th October. #History #14thC #medievalSky #OTD

Malmesbury Wessex Week is nearly upon us once again. Here are the talks and other events for this year between the 18th and 25th of October. Tickets are still available on the website, wessex-week.org or from the Tourist Information Centre in Malmesbury Town Hall. #events #history

Our latest temporary exhibition is now open, in the Athelstan Museum, Malmesbury, until March 2026. - Malmesbury and World War Two - the exhibition features the many aspects of the war which affected everyday life in wartime Malmesbury. #History #Museumsky #WW2 #20thC #Wiltshire

The day I visited Malmesbury Abbey was blessed with a rare quality of light which allowed the pattern and iconography on the eight orders of the C12th porch to fizz into life. #thread

Æthelstan, king of the English, from his vill at Buckingham, granted land in Wiltshire to one of his thegns #OTD in 934. Acting as a witness to the charter was Causantín (II) mac Áeda, king of Alba, having been cowed by Æthelstan’s campaign against the Scots. 📸Athelstan Museum #medievalsky

Beside the Romanesque silhouette of Malmesbury Abbey #Malmesbury #MalmesburyAbbey #Christianity #Faith #Whiltshire #KingCharles #CharlesI #England #History #Royal

Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury… #thomashobbes

In 15 years #Æthelstan united the English for the first time. Yet many of the facts about the Anglo-Saxon king remain elusive. ⌛️ Last chance to read this archive article for free www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...

Earliest extant portrait of an English king: Aethelstan (r. 924–927) with St Cuthbert from the Parker Library copy of Bede's two Lives of St Cuthbert (CCCC MS 183) Prof David Woodman of @camhistory.bsky.social highlights Aethelstan's impact on England's history www.corpus.cam.ac.uk/articles/new...

Our next Tea Time Talk is coming up. - The Dauntsey Doom Painting and the Reformation. - 17 Sep 2025 | 2.30pm | Rausing Building, Malmesbury. £7 (includes tea and cake) Tickets from the Museum or online here.. www.athelstanmuseum.org.uk/event/the-da... #talk #events #history #16thC

My highlight was the talk by @holland-tom.bsky.social of @theresthistory.bsky.social about how and why King Athelstan was so important. And I admit, I nicked the bit about 927 being more important than 1066 and therefore should be better known. But you know what he's right!

On This Day, 4th September 925, Athelstan was crowned King of the Anglo-Saxons at Kingston upon Thames. #Athelstan1100 In less than 2 years from that date, in July 927, he would take control of the Viking Kingdom of York and become the first King of all England. #OTD #History #Skystorians #10thC

Going back over pics from last weekend. I like a bit of colourful local legend. In Malmesbury I enjoyed spotting references to Eilmer of Malmesbury, the 11th-century Benedictine monk famous for his early attempt at winged flight. He jumped from the Abbey and broke both legs, but still...

Malmesbury Abbey this evening