Fabulous museum in a scenic location, too.

Spent the day reading @clevelandnats.bsky.social proceedings from 1889 to 1948. Thanks for making them available. Found the article on Norman architecture in Cleveland churches most useful, esp. Egton in 1890s, image from @whitbymuseum.bsky.social

3 new walks around Lythe parish and onto the moors. Glad to see a new bridge at Foss Mill before leading walk around Mulgrave Woods in September for @whitbynats.bsky.social link in comments

Great news for local history - 'All England, Prerogative and Exchequer Court of York Wills, 1389-1858' online via ancestry. @whitbynats.bsky.social and @whitbymuseum.bsky.social

Storm Jameson's (Whitby born writer) archive reveals vital role of women workers in munitions factories during WW2. The papers, gifted to British Library in 2020, include 7 reports on women in industry collected during visits to munitions factories in 1940. www.bl.uk/stories/blog...

Newts @whitbybotanist.bsky.social

Unimportant and (so far) neglected ceramic sherd from a corrugated jar @whitbymuseum.bsky.social Possibly an import; possibly Anglo-Saxon. First step forward since found in 1920s - ask early medieval pottery expert on Friday!

Louven Howe, North York Moors, Fylingdales. Disturbed Bronze Age barrow and modern boundary stone. Delisted from Heritage list but still cared for by Forestry England. Not bulldozed to create a fire break last year. Archaeological remains are being recorded and assessed.

nice postcard of Beckhole

Great photo @scarbsmuseums.bsky.social there must have been something similar at Whitby @whitbynats.bsky.social and @whitbymuseum.bsky.social there are certainly photos of huts at Whitby.

East Yorkshire - Holderness! Much less or not at all on North Yorkshire coast @whitbynats.bsky.social see maps.nls.uk side-by-side

Of interest to @whitbynats.bsky.social and @whitbymuseum.bsky.social members

After the Fylingdales Moor wildfires - update from the North York Moors National Park. Recovery, restoration, archaeological surveys and future safe keeping. www.northyorkmoors.org.uk/blog/fylingd...

Putting the sea at the centre @whitbynats.bsky.social @whitbymuseum.bsky.social

What a mind to come up with this @vaginamuseum.bsky.social

Lovey scene

Snowdrop walk with Marian Brockway Sun 15th Feb 10am To the old Mulgrave Castle Meet at SB car park bottom of Lythe Bank Sandsend YO21 3TG Circular walk up West Beck , the castle and the old sawmill around 12.30 pm. Followed by coffee at Wits End Cafe.

Anyone able to identify? North Yorkshire moors area @whitbynats.bsky.social @mothman60.bsky.social

🌟 We are very proud to share our 2025 impact report! Take a look 👉 https://artuk.org/about/our-impact Our vision is simple but ambitious: to democratise access to the UK's national collection of art, making it freely available for everyone, everywhere, all the time.

Captain Cook Memorial Museum's new exhibition; opens Saturday 7th February - note winter opening hours. @whitbynats.bsky.social and @whitbymuseum.bsky.social

York St William shrine shown in Minster for first time in 500 years - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

An extraordinary medieval manuscript has been discovery at Shrewsbury School giving fresh insight into the development of medieval Christian writing www.myshrewsbury.co.uk/blog/medieva...

Interesting @whitbymuseum.bsky.social

Just the thing for @whitbynats.bsky.social and @whitbymuseum.bsky.social and has a section on Stoker, the seaside and lighthouses. Looking forward to reading it over the weekend holidays.

On advance access: "Reckoning and Economic Life in Late Medieval England" by @tomlukejohnson.bsky.social (@oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social/@orieloxford.bsky.social) #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1093/past...

A press release from the University of Bristol about an exciting new article by @benpohl.bsky.social and published by Historical Research: www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2025/de...

My tasty take (pun intended) on the Bayeux Tapestry—a subject on which I had vowed never to publish. Available Open Access with @ihr.bsky.social. See what you make of it, and bon appetit! academic.oup.com/histres/adva...

Real or not - nice name.

Picture of wood fish traps from #HigatanganIsland in #Naval, Biliran, #Philippines. #fishtraps

Interested in connections between #history & #CreativeWriting / #poetry? @ihr.bsky.social is seeking a Creative Practitioner in Residence for 2026. £1000 monthly stipend, opportunities for collaboration & developing projects. Happy to have a chat! Please share: www.history.ac.uk/fellowships-...

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Advent calendar for nature lovers @whitbynats.bsky.social

Save the date - our 2026 day school on Sat 28 Feb in Skipton will focus on the varied vernacular architecture of the #YorkshireDales. We look forward to an enlightening and entertaining day - not to be missed! Details to follow at www.yvbsg.org.uk/events.html.

Good piece by Lloyds Register about its relationship with Viola-Dias: hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/whats-on/sto...

As this map shows, our reach has grown far beyond Canada. We love our international contributors and readership! And supporting NiCHE is a deal for many of our international colleagues! $100 CAD is $71 USD and $61 Euro! A steal of an investment. fundrazr.com/niche2025?re...

New blog from IHR Director @[email protected] reflecting on how historians can advocate for history through our practice, and defend the important historical work that goes on within universities as well as beyond them. blog.history.ac.uk/2025/11/advo...

Read about the men and women whose lives and livelihoods were tied up with this little vessel built in 1906 and still around, now beached on the remote sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia. A true twentieth century story of the sea in peace and war which covers the long Atlantic Ocean.

Street House, Loftus, excavations- late Neolithic-Early Bronze Age 'ring cairn' of boulders set within a circular ditch with 27 carved with rock art. Would not have been all visible after construction. Monument was visible and visited until late Iron Age. In December's 'Briefing' from yas.org.uk

Great book! Well worth the investment. Can be used for weight training, too.

1983 find with updated information. @whitbymuseum.bsky.social has a glass bottle that the donor thought had been a witch's bottle, as it is clean we'll never know. The York one is the usual type. @whitbynats.bsky.social research.yorkarchaeology.co.uk/the-york-wit...

This is 'wow' @whitbynats.bsky.social and @whitbymuseum.bsky.social nice to be able to add to Whitby history,

Next @whitbynats.bsky.social lecture, Sat. 25th October at 14.00, ''Why are there two Medieval Castles in Mulgrave Woods''. I will explore what their location may tell us about power, manors, townships and settlements in the period from 1066 to c.1700. Venue @whitbymuseum.bsky.social

Today is World Mental Health Day. Through the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH), you can research the history of mental health. BBIH’s free reading list on the history of emotions highlights some recent scholarship on the history of mental health in the UK and Ireland buff.ly/OK5HSbu

@whitbynats.bsky.social and @whitbymuseum.bsky.social

'Words on the Wave' exhibition was wonderful! Definitely worth a visit-3 weeks left. Short, 4 day visit to Belfast and Dublin. I'll be going back next year to see more. Ferries, buses, trains running on time, too. Makes a change. www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...

Tempted to get my knitting needles out! So beautifully wound into this ball.