Thanks to the City of Westminster Archives & to Dr Francis Boorman for this invite. Francis leads VCH Middlesex & is developing a new VCH project to cover all #London. He'll be there on 1 October to share more. #history @vchlondon.bsky.social @thelondonjournal.bsky.social @layersoflondon.bsky.social

You can also see the map here www.layersoflondon.org/map/overlays...

Running a @layersoflondon.bsky.social workshop with the wonderful "Lost and Found" heritage trainees from the Thames Festival Trust was a delight! So many great ideas and questions from a wonderful group of budding heritage practitioners, who shared the love of maps as a way to engage in heritage

Pictured: Billy Smart's Circus Chimpanzee's Christmas Party, 1952  Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the @layersoflondon.bsky.social #Humap See more www.layersoflondon.org/map/... #MicroHistory #London #BritishHistory #EnglishHistory #History  #Heritage

We've just been to visit the Clerks' Well at Clerkenwell on one of its rare open days. Thanks to @ianvisits.co.uk for the heads up. www.layersoflondon.org/map/records/...

I'm speaking about @layersoflondon.bsky.social, partnership working, and supporting research with historical mapping at this event "Unlocking Your Archives with GIS" organized by @rgsibg.bsky.social and ESRI UK on 12th June - for anyone interested in historical GIS, maps, and public engagement!

Congratulations to everyone involved @thelondonjournal.bsky.social and here's to another 50 years! We're especially pleased to see our very own @justincolson.bsky.social 's piece on 'Layering London’s History: Digital Mapping and Spatial Technologies in Historical Research'!

We are thrilled that @vchlondon.bsky.social are starting a new project on London as a whole city building on the excellent work going in in Middlesex.

An original copy of Haiti’s Declaration of Independence—lost for over 200 years—was discovered in Britain’s National Archives in 2010 by a grad student. Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the @layersoflondon.bsky.social #Humap Learn more www.layersoflondon.org/map/... #HaitanRevolution

A enquiry today led me to this delicious collection of Italian delis and restaurants. I may have gone down a rabbit hole of King Bomba, an anarchist owned deli in Old Compton Street. www.layersoflondon.org/map/collecti...

William Ansah Sesserakoo (1736-1770) was a Fante prince, the son of a political leader who sold enslaved Africans. His father sent him to Britain to be educated, but the ship's captain sold him into slavery in Barbados... www.layersoflondon.org/map/... @layersoflondon.bsky.social

For #MusicHallMonday a lesser known #musichall act. Stewart and Delhi, a fencing, vocal and dancing duo! PC c. 1912 A bit more about Brixton based Stewart (John Squires) and Delhi (Pansy Bannerjee) in my @layersoflondon.bsky.social collection www.layersoflondon.org/map/records/...

You're making a map project. You find a perfect primary source. There isn't any location data. ARGH! In our latest blog we ask Humappers how they create story maps with imperfect spatial data. Take a look at humap.me/blog-community/blo... #GIS #HGIS #DigitalHumanities #StoryMaps #EdTech

It's #MapMonday! Here's a #map of #workhouses, #asylums, hospitals and dispensaries in #London, 1900. Take a closer look on @layersoflondon.bsky.social at www.layersoflondon.org/map/... #VictorianHistory #BritishHistory #GIS #HGIS #MappyMonday

“Geography is just physics slowed down, with a couple of trees stuck in it.” — #TerryPratchett Ever wondered what types of trees you can find in #London, or where the underground rivers are? @layersoflondon.bsky.social's got you covered: www.layersoflondon.org/map/... #WednesdayWisdom #Maps #GIS

We are increasingly concerned about the crisis in UK Higher Education. Read our joint statement with @royalhistsoc.bsky.social , History UK and the @histassoc.bsky.social https://buff.ly/4hSg16N #history #skystorians

Thanks to @layersoflondon.bsky.social Plan of Northern Part of Parish of Lambeth, 1831, I realise the path to St Thomas' Hospital's entrance used to be called Amphitheatre Row, being next to Astley's Amphitheatre. Please can @gstt-nhs.bsky.social trust reintroduce that name for the path? @se1.news

Vesta Tilley, the male impersonator, was one of the most famous and successful music hall performers of the early twentieth century. Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the @layersoflondon.bsky.social n #Humap See more www.layersoflondon.org/map/...

3. There is a BRAND NEW section of our training archive called ‘training minis’: videos that are under 10 minutes long to provide training on v specific topics. There are 2 videos ATM from @ruthslatter.bsky.social on #knowledgeexchange in principle & practice www.history.ac.uk/podcasts/chp...

This upcoming #SchoolofAdvancedStudies #training on #creativeengagement looks like it might be useful to members of the #VCH network interested in developing their creative approaches to #publicengagement www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

Still not applied for one of our @ihrlibrary.bsky.social graduate trainee posts? One of our current trainees has written the blog post about her first term with us. blog.history.ac.uk/2025/01/firs...

Job Opportunity! Werner Scheltjens, my AHRC-DFG co-lead on "Unlocking Upcycled Medieval Data: North Sea Networks, People, and Commodities in the London Customs Accounts 1380-1560" is advertising for a 2 year post-doctoral researcher role in Bamberg. Looking for medieval/early modern + DH experience

Congratulations to @justincolson.bsky.social for this award. Do read the blogs to find out more about the pilot project.

Been a bit quiet here and late to #OnePlaceWednesday today but as it’s #OnePlaceEntertainment promp here is a @layersoflondon.bsky.social collection of #musichall entertainers and venues from my #StreetStudy and surrounding neighbourhood www.layersoflondon.org/map/collecti...

Very excited about this programme. Still time to get that discount!

Public service announcement that Charles Booth's 'Maps Descriptive of London Poverty, 1898-9' have been uploaded by LSE archive online to be viewed and reproduced freely. 🗃️ unsplash.com/collections/...

Come and join us next July!

LOVE Layers of London Especially the entry about my main guy, The Cross-Buttocker. Yes, yes you read that right. The Cross-Buttocker. Couldn't do any of this without him Read more below or as and when I get a book deal 😂 (THE CROSS-BUTTOCKER) www.layersoflondon.org/map/records/...

Great! @humap.bsky.social is over here. Give them a follow for digital humanties map based projects but most specifically for helping us build Layers of London.

Thanks for this!

It was wonderful to be at the @ihr.bsky.social & Senate House Library History Day earlier this month showcasing @vchlondon.bsky.social, @layersoflondon.bsky.social & our other projects & events. Brilliant to see this video & blog post about the day historycollections.blogs.sas.ac.uk/past-events/...

From a review for the London Topographic Society: "Offering a glimpse into the history and life of St George Hanover Square, this indefatigable work will be an excellent source of reference to anyone interested in London or local history." Available now from @uolpress.bsky.social

Celebrated historian and broadcaster David Olusoga will deliver the inaugural National Humanities Lecture! The first of its kind, the lecture will make the case for the humanities and explore how new ideas are emerging. Find out more and book: www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

Are you paying too much rent (in #London)? Meet Octopium Landlordicuss aka the "common London landlord". This "fishy creature", as this 1925 postcard argues, "lives on rent". Advice against #landlordism: "people must destroy IT ... or be destroyed". #skystorians

Has anyone done a #StarterPack of #LondonHistorians? #Skystorians #London

Just spotted two new records from the Haiti Support Group. Did you know the Queen of Haiti once lived in Marylebone? www.layersoflondon.org/map/records/...

Hello! We are over here now. Come and explore our more than 400 historic maps of London available to view on our website. Which is your favourite? layersoflondon.org/map?layers=t... #Maps #GIS #HGIS #SpatialHumanities #DigitalHumanities #GeoHumanities #StoryMaps #MapMonday