#WhatsOn this week at @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social BUSY! 𝐙𝐨𝐨𝐦 🚩My Ancestor Left a Will 🚩 Britsh Widows of WWI with @historylass.bsky.social 🚩FHSC Annual #Quiz 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐆𝐩𝐬 🚩MAC users 🚩Family Historian 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐤𝐬 #Chester #Wallasey 𝐅𝟐𝐅 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 #Congleton Details 👉 fhsc.uk/events/upcom...

Happy Decimal Day everyone

Zoo gains botanical garden status in UK first Find out more 👉 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🧠✨ Quiz o’clock is approaching! 🎉 Have you registered yet for our Annual Quiz on 19 Feb? Join us for an evening of questions, teamwork, and good-natured groans (and cheers!) Just register in advance, log in on the night, and we’ll do the rest. Link to register 👉 fhsc.uk/events/upcom...

. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp New Historical Records from 32 Countries The February 2026 Update from FamilySearch Link to blog with full details 👉 www.familysearch.org/en/blog/new-...

. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp Nothing for #Cheshire again at the BNA this week - sigh 😟 List of updates in the screenshot below with #AltText as usual

. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp New records at @findmypast.bsky.social this week 🚩𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 262,466 new records from 19th/20th centuries 🚩𝐘𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 4,986 additions covering 1883-1926 Link to blog with full details 👉 www.findmypast.co.uk/blog/new/man...

I am starting a campaign to bring back these genius little things - Tie Pockets! Ladies - we all love a pocket. If your outfit is lacking, try one of these beauties 😍 #Pockets #IWantOne www.vam.ac.uk/articles/wom...

“The farmer is sowing his corn in the large field that has been ploughed and harrowed” ‘What to Look for in Winter’, 1959 Artist: CF Tunnicliffe Writer: EL Grant Watson

The study points to using libraries and visiting museums as bringing these enormous brain health benefits ... who would have thought? Well, librarians and museum folk for a start ... www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Food has a way of anchoring memories. Childhood meals, family habits and changing tastes as glimpses of domestic life in the past. #FamilyHistory #FoodMemories funnywherelifetakesyou.org/2026/02/11/a...

You asked - we listened Thank you to @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social members who have continued to be proactive offering constructive comments as we continue [I say we, I of course mean our webmaster!] to make adjustments to the website Not everything is possible of course, but we do our best!

A painted panel of George Cordell from the 1600's who served in the royal households of 3 monarchs which was stolen in 1996 has been returned to St. Leonard's Church, Flamstead, Hertfordshire. 👇 BBC News - Stolen art returned to Hertfordshire church 30 years later www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The British Museum has successfully raised £3.5m to keep a gold pendant linked to King Henry VIII's marriage to his first wife, Katherine (also Catherine) of Aragon. 👉 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Old postcard of Oak Lea, Kerridge, Cheshire in the 1930s, for sale in our store here www.ebay.co.uk/itm/11681759...

Grade 2 listed St. Mary the Virgin church, Turville, Buckinghamshire parts of which dates back to the 12th century & was used in The Vicar of Dibley wins award.👇 BBC News - Architect helps restore Turville church used in Vicar of Dibley - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#WhatsOn this week at @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social Helpdesks: #Chester #Macclesfield #Wallasey Zoom: The Real Downton Abbey: #Crewe Grp #ComputerClub Meeting F2F meetings: Bring some Ancestral: #Northwich Open Forum on Occupations: #Sale Details of our events 👉 www.fhsc.org.uk/events.html

Little Moreton Hall #Cheshire

Brunner Guild Hall could get new lease of life after plans approved Link to read more 👉 www.northwichguardian.co.uk/news/2583347...

"The Octagonal Sandstone Tower of St Mary's Church Nantwich in Cheshire" is also also available on printed-to-your-order options at: www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1774... Thanks! Sam aka LymphomaLass xx #nantwich #StMarysNantwich #OctagonalSandstoneTower #cheshire #CathedralOfSouthCheshire #church

#lowgeardays shares a #bikeridevlog to & around the ancient city of #Chester on his #runerufusstone . You get to see #jodrellbank observatory on the way. I like riding past there. One day I hope to see this bike rider on the trails in #cheshire #runecycles 🚲♥️

Two diplomas have been found in #Cheshire: one near #Malpas romaninscriptionsofbritain.org/inscriptions... for Reburrus, son of Severus, from Spain, decurion of Ala I Pannoniorum Tampiana and one at #Middlewich romaninscriptionsofbritain.org/inscriptions... for an unknown trooper of Ala Classiana.

Artist Andy Goldsworthy who trained at the Bradford College of Art is collaborating with 108 cemeteries in Dumfries & Galloway for his latest project, Gravestones in the Lowther Hills. 👇 BBC News - Artist Andy Goldsworthy on gathering gravestones www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp Nothing new for #Cheshire at the BNA this week 😔😔 Full list of updates in the screenshot below, with #AltText as always

. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp Good news for those members with roots in #EastRiding, with the release of a tranche of baptisms, marriages and burials from Ancestry this week Also records from France, Germany and the US Full details in the screenshot below, with #AltText as always

. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp At @findmypast.bsky.social this week new records relating to 🚩 #Suffolk Hearth Tax Lists 1662-1675 🚩 #Essex Marriages & Banns 1537-1935 Link to blog with full details 👉 www.findmypast.co.uk/blog/new/suf...

'VERA' has been at it again. And her identity is being teased in this Christmas edition. More on the beauty contest next week when we find out who won the holiday to Switzerland! Exciting stuff! judewilde.substack.com/p/vera-for-i...

Slight change of plans for our February Seminar, our speaker is Andrea Hetherington with 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐖𝐢𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐖𝐚𝐫- 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧 based on her book of the same name Find out more about the talk and how to register 👉 fhsc.uk/events/upcom... Andrea's website 👉 historylass.co.uk

Ever wondered what secrets lie in a map? 🗺️ Join us for a day dedicated to all things cartographic. Get a behind-the-scenes look at our map collections, attend talks, and get hands-on with our drop-in activities! 📅 6 February 2026 ⏰ 10:30am-4:00pm Plan your visit > www.nls.uk/whats-on/map...

Rest in Peace, Elizabeth Kelly who played Edie Burgess in Coronation Street & Nellie Ellis in EastEnders, who has died age 104. 👇 BBC News - Former EastEnders star Elizabeth Kelly dies at the age of 104 - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#WhatsOn this week @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social Helpdesks: #Chester #Tameside #Wallasey Discussion Groups: Historical Newspapers Research Centres: #Crewe [Mon/Tues] #Mobberley [Mon/Thu] F2F Meeting: #Runcorn Full details 👉 fhsc.uk/events/upcom...

A really interesting site, thanks to @bluebellfhr.bsky.social for the heads up There are blue plaques to commemorate the famous and influential figures of the past. For everyone else, there are memorial benches. A great resource for names & to add your own Link 👉 openbenches.org

The story of Anne Askew from Lincolnshire who was burnt at the stake in July 1546 at Smithfield, London. Anne challenged the belief that when the priest blessed the bread at communion it physically became the body of Christ preaching this in public & privately. 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Map of Anglo-Saxon Migration to Britain Credit: Chronocarta How it could have gone differently: brilliantmaps.com/how-engla...

Ok who do I have to bribe with stroopwafels to get access to this place? I promise I won't steal or even touch anything and will only be being weird and talking to the artefacts like a silly old history addict. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

‘It’s astonishing how well it has lasted’: Anglesey marks 200th anniversary of beloved bridge www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

#ResearchBuddies day here at @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social This month it's #Nantwich, looking forward to chatting with members about their research and any brick walls we can help with

Reminder: the Cheshire Prize for Literature entries close this weekend for those with a #cheshire connection. Win a cash prize and see your work published - send in your creative writing to this free competition: www.chester.ac.uk/about/events... #chester #creativewriting @uochester.bsky.social

For years, this stone by Vale Royal Locks near Davenham made me curious. Well, its coat of arms is that of George Cholmondeley, Vice Admiral of Cheshire - the very man responsible for overseeing the construction of the river locks during the late 1700s. #valeroyal #Cheshire #riverweaver

The Victorian prison cells underneath the steps of Leeds Town Hall that date from 1864. 👇 BBC News - Inside the Victorian prison cells underneath Leeds Town Hall - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

York-born Guy Fawkes was executed on this day 1606 with other Catholic plotters against James VI of Scotland and I of England. Asked why he had so much gunpowder, he allegedly replied that his intention was ‘to blow you Scotch beggars back to your native mountains’.

ICYMI: 'The Incorrigible' with Karen Cummings ( @drkarencummings.bsky.social ) familyhistoriespodcast.com/2025/06/17/s... #genealogy #ancestry #dna #FamilyHistory

Latest blog from our very own Paul aka @chiddickstree.bsky.social and as usual gret research and an interesting read 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐲 Link 👉 chiddicksfamilytree.com/2026/01/30/w...

Genealogy Conferences, Institutes, and Seminars: January to July 2026 Find out more 👉 www.familysearch.org/en/blog/gene...

. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp At the BNA this week nothing new for #Cheshire but an interesting new magazine 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐖𝐢𝐟𝐞: 1904-8 Advertised as the magazine for refined women of taste, or those who aspire to same! All updates in the screenshots with #AltText as usual

. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp All quiet on the Ancestry front again this week with nothing new for the UK 😔 Two new US based datasets, see screenshot for details, with #AltText as usual

. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp It's New East Midlands week at @findmypast.bsky.social 🚩𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡'𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 🚩𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡'𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐥/𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐰 𝐓𝐚𝐱 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 🚩𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡'𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 🚩𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬' 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐬 Link to blog 👉 www.findmypast.co.uk/blog/new/nor...

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #manchester

In the #13thcentury Welsh aristocrats borrowed an #ancient Greek myth to portray themselves as the first people of Britain, descendants of Brutus. 🔒 Helen Fulton’s feature from the February issue is now in the archive www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...