Escape to Epping Forest in our archives! 🌳 Get hands-on with the history of London's largest open space at our free event. Explore original maps, vintage photos, and fascinating documents that tell the story of this ancient woodland. All tickets are FREE. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archives-o...

There is a courthouse in the City of London that hasn’t been used for a trial since 1737, but it’s still there - just in case. www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/col...

Marginalia... Ornate H's... Indeterminate beasts... Snails with ears.... Declarations of love for Elizabeth I.... This Churchwarden's account book from the 1570s has it all.

Excellent and insightful talk @thelondonarchives.bsky.social by @kiranmehta.bsky.social this evening on the making of the London prison system 1750-1840!

www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/pnA4LGb... Please help support our art collective to raise money for our next exhibition! More information in the link. 🙏

🚨 To Detain or To Punish: Magistrates and the Making of the London Prison System, 1750–1840 🚨 📅 Wednesday 3 September @ 5:30pm 📣 @kiranmehta.bsky.social discusses the diverse penal landscape of 18th century London. An incredible book using many TLA documents! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/to-detain-...

Read this great blog from @thelondonarchives.bsky.social www.thelondonarchives.org/blog/londons...

We're back with another #DiscoverTLA exploring our trade card collection 🔍 Naturally we're starting with *not* a trade card! In fact this is a 1730 newspaper clipping advertising the business of Elizabeth Cluer, which is in our trade card collection... 📷 SC/GL/TCC/00/CLA-COX #EarlyModern 1/7 🧵

Excited to be shortlisted for the @araukie.bsky.social Record-Keeping Service of the Year award for 2025! We believe our team is incredible, and if you think so too, we’d love your vote! Click below to support us: 👇 www.archives.org.uk/recordkeepin... #RecordKeeping #ARA

Cancel your holidays, we've got something better for you to do. ⚔️ Power Couples of the Tudor Era ⚔️ 📣 Wed 16 July, 5:30pm 🎫 Booking Essential We'll be examining the relationships, contributions and impact of nine Tudor power couples, with author Jo Romero. #TudorHistory #Archives #Tudors

After a settlement was agreed between King John and rebel leaders, copies of the Magna Carta were issued #OTD in 1215. We have one of the best copies of the Magna Carta. Issued in 1297 by Edward I, it confirms the City of London's ancient liberties and customs. 📷 COL/CH/01/021 #History #Archives

Great to see the London Picture Archive (previously known as Collage) mentioned in this article on digital tools and London history! LPA has over 250,000 images from the collections of TLA and @guildhalllibrary.bsky.social #LondonPictureArchive #Archives

There's only one moth left of our FREE display showcasing the artwork and history of the London County Council Tramways! Visit us before 26/06/25 to see a selection of beautiful C20th posters and photographs. #Tramways #TheLondonArchives #LondonCountyCouncil #archives

Today is the 80th anniversary of #VEDay. These two telegrams were received by The Lord Mayor's office, the first from Buckingham Palace, with King George VI expressing his gratitude to citizens of the City for their resilience, and the second from Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery.

The Londoner (@londonermag.bsky.social) has been knocking it out of the park, this weekend with this piece on Italian(s') history in London

📣#IrishHistory talk alert! ☘️ Thur 8 May @ 12:30pm Famine and the Removal of Irish Paupers from London (In person and Online) Learn about the Irish in London who were sent back to Ireland during the Great Hunger to face an uncertain fate. #archives #speirgorm www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/famine-and....

Some darling little drawings discovered today at The London Archives.

Very pleased to have a credit in this beautiful book about Betty Joel for my work on her time in London: www.thelondonarchives.org/blog/the-lon...

"I just decided, when someone says you can't do something. DO MORE OF IT." - Faith Ringgold (1930-2024) US artist #womensart

Take a (rail) trip down memory lane to 1973's London Victoria www.bbc.com/news/article...

We are eager to work with researchers using our collections so we can further develop the site to support teaching, learning and research. We can help out with legacy links and bookmarks too (e.g. a metadata csv to cross-check references). Get in touch! digital.library.lse.ac.uk/about#usingT...

Some excellent detective work in here!

I concur, I love corners: www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

I'm giving a talk on Irish pauper removals during the Great Hunger/an Gorta Mór at The London Archives in May. It's a hybrid event, so if you can't make it in-person you can still listen to the talk! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/famine-and...

Like I said @drjessayres.bsky.social not an Eastenders fan 😜 #Eastenders40

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archives-o... An event I’m hosting - do come along!

A few items of SE1 interest at new London Archives exhibition on WWII, including bomb damage maps, photo of Londoners sheltering from Blitz at Elephant & Castle tube and a painting of Southwark Bridge in 1945 https://www.thelondonarchives.org/visit-us/exhibitions/london-in-the-second-world-war

www.thelondonarchives.org/blog/women-a... Check out my recent work with colleague Jeremy Smith. 🖼️ 🎨 #WomenAndArt

New exhibition coming on 24 February…counting down! ‘London in the Second World War’ at The London Archives. www.thelondonarchives.org/visit-us/exh...

Mind-blowing that there used to be a gasometer on the Thames, so close to Fleet Street's @stbrideschurch.bsky.social. 1851 Image courtesy of current exhib at the London Archives - "Lost Victorian City"

Lost Victorian City - a London disappeared. A fascinating exhibition at The London Archives in deepest Islington. This is a picture of the Royal Aquarium since replaced by the Methodist Central Hall in 1903.

Visited the Lost Victorian City exhibition at The London Archives this afternoon, interesting to see some of the places around the city that have disappeared over time 👀

Sneak peak at thee new Tranways posters display @thelondonarchives.bsky.social 🤩

Happy Christmas Eve from the Penguins!

Victoriana gifts for Christmas - stuffed animal anyone?

Excited to see ‘Blitz’ film later today!