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Elizabeth Tingle
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Professor Emerita of History, DMU, Leicester UK

Works on Early modern European religious belief and practice; church art and archaeology; landscapes and heritage.

Amateur nature lover. Tortoise fan.

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Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society @leicsarchhissoc.bsky.social · 1d
⭐️ Day 13 of LAHS Advent ⭐️ Salt Ways In Leics

LAHS Member Bob Trubshaw explores the history of these ancient trackways

Numerous E-W routes in NE Leics continue into Lincs and to the Norfolk coast. Once thought of as salt ways, . They transported wool & pilgrims

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Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society @leicsarchhissoc.bsky.social · 2d
⭐️ Day 12 of LAHS Advent ⭐️ Polish Resettlement Camps in Leicestershire

LAHS Member Jakub Milcarz considers life in the Polish Resettlement Camps of post-war Leics

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Image: Polish Wedding, Melton Mowbray, 1954. Photo: Polish Resettlement Camps in UK 1946-69 Website
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Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society @leicsarchhissoc.bsky.social · 3d
⭐️ Day 11 of LAHS Advent ⭐️ A Polish homeopath in Leicester

LAHS Newsletter & Reviews Editor, Cynthia Brown tells the story of Severin Wielobycki, a 19th century Polish homeopath who lived & worked in Leicester during the 1860s

Visit lahs.org.uk/blog/a-polis...

Image: Dr Severin Wielobycki (1893)
A Polish homeopath in Leicester - LAHS
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Elizabeth Tingle @profliztingle.bsky.social · 5d
It has arrived in the UK. The wildflowers are amazing!

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Elizabeth Tingle @profliztingle.bsky.social · 8d
Quite brilliant. I imagine all the women and children were in a nice hut, keeping warm, as they were not at Stonehenge.

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Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society @leicsarchhissoc.bsky.social · 10d
⭐️ Day 4 of LAHS Advent ⭐️ The 1645 Siege of Leicester

LAHS member Steve Marquis, recounts the infamous siege of Leicester in 1645 during the height of the English Civil War

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Image: Royalist Army on the Raw Dykes, University of Leicester Special Collections
The 1645 Siege of Leicester - LAHS
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Elizabeth Tingle @profliztingle.bsky.social · 11d
⭐️ Day 3 of LAHS Advent ⭐️ Leicestershire & Rutland’s Holy Wells

LAHS Member Bob Trubshaw takes a fresh look at some of the area's Holy Wells, exploring both their roots & the folklore surrounding them.

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Image: Ashwell's eponymous well (Photo by Bob Trubshaw)
Leicestershire and Rutland’s Holy Wells - LAHS
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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 12d
Stay warm, little buddy 🥺
Large tortoise in his underground lair

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Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society @leicsarchhissoc.bsky.social · 12d
⭐️ Day 2 of LAHS Advent ⭐️ Iron Age Landscape of the Salt Way

LAHS member Stuart Evans considers the Salt Way, an ancient route from Donington, Lincs to Barrow on Soar, Leics & its possible Iron Age origins

See lahs.org.uk/blog/the-iro...

Image: the Salt Way. Reproduced under Open Govt Licence 3.0
The Iron Age Landscape of the Salt Way - LAHS
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Francis Taylor @frankietaylor317.bsky.social · 13d
It's been a pleasure being on the great organising team at York and Northumbria for next year's NEHN meeting - a collaborative worksop on the many histories of 'unwanted life'. Do see the CFP below, and send in a submission if it appeals!

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Ecclesiastical History Society @eccleshistsoc.bsky.social · 13d
How is it December already?! ❄️

Cosy up and enjoy a history read today with our latest blog post by PhD student Yaling Peng ( @yalingpeng.bsky.social @durham.ac.uk ). She explores how William Laud's policies in the 1630s were driven by economic as well as religious considerations: wp.me/p7o0HV-ro
The Gospel of Gain: William Laud’s Economic Vision in His Policy toward the Stranger Churches
Yaling Peng is a PhD student in History at Durham University. Her research explores William Laud’s economic and social policies in seventeenth-century England. Image: William Laud, Archbishop of Ca…
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Leicestershire Archaeological and Historical Society @leicsarchhissoc.bsky.social · 14d
As we head towards Christmas, look out for the LAHS Advent Calendar on social media from 1 Dec

We'll be sharing a selection of past blog posts daily

Here's how to submit your own blog to us. We're looking for new posts for 2026

Visit lahs.org.uk/blog/contrib...

Image: Anstey packhorse bridge
Contributor guidelines - LAHS
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Ecclesiastical History Society @eccleshistsoc.bsky.social · 17d
Postgraduate Symposium 2026, ‘New Directions for Church History: Theories, Frameworks and Concepts’

Date: Monday 30 March 2026

Location: Online only

Abstract deadline: 19 December 2025

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#SkyStorians #CfP #History

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Ecclesiastical History Society @eccleshistsoc.bsky.social · 18d
Come to our Winter Meeting on Saturday 10 January 2026 (online). Registration is now open: www.tickettailor.com/events/eccle...

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Ecclesiastical History Society @eccleshistsoc.bsky.social · 20d
Have you published a book on the history of #Christianity in 2025? We're looking for new monographs on an aspect of church history for our 2026 Book Prize! #SkyStorians

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Royal Archaeological Institute @royalarchinst.bsky.social · 21d
We had a great day in Canterbury yesterday for our Autumn Meeting! Many thanks to our Meetings Secretaries for arranging a fabulous programme, and to our guides at St Martin’s Church, St Augustine’s Abbey and Canterbury Cathedral.
A group of people standing in front of the ruins at St Augustine’s Abbey with Canterbury Cathedral visible in the background

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Elizabeth Tingle @profliztingle.bsky.social · 21d
A splendid day was had with the @royalarchinst.bsky.social yesterday, in Canterbury. The earliest still-in-use church of St Martin, St Augustine’s monastery, the cathedral, its drains, and library ticks (arachnid variety). Thanks to Nathalie and Peter the organisers.
St Martin’s church, Canterbury, west entrance - up hill. Romanesque nave wall ruins of St Augustine’s abbey, Canterbury. Nave with high gothic vaults of Canterbury cathedral, looking east. Medieval stained glass scene of The Crucifixion

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 22d
Light Rains Sometimes Fall is an urban nature diary, the year divided into 72 microseasons. A book you might want to read through the year. Peregrines, blue tits, oaks, bees and a surprising cormorant (although probably not quite so surprising now, I suppose).

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Book: Light Rains Sometimes Fall
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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 22d
Why Do Birds Suddenly Disappear? is the story of my return to birdwatching after an absence of 30+ years, and specifically of the year (2016) in which I decided to try and see 200 species of British bird. Childhood memories, some music, a lot of birds.
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Book: Why Do Birds Suddenly Disappear?
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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 22d
If you’re not familiar with what I do (and with apologies to those who are), a brief rundown of the individual books follows. Tl;dr: nature writing but funny.

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The Church of England @churchofengland.org · 22d
Today is Stir-up Sunday - the day people traditionally make Christmas puddings.

The name comes from the collect for the day in the Book of Common Prayer: “Stir up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy faithful people...”

Are you making a pudding today?

📷: Anna McCrum
A bowl of Christmas pudding mixture with a spoon on a red and white checkered tablecloth, accompanied by an orange, a lemon, and an open recipe book.

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Elizabeth Tingle @profliztingle.bsky.social · 23d
What it does remind me of is the convent and nuns in The Devils (of Loudun) by Ken Russell. All that white masonry…..

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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 23d
I guess the good news is that he followed me back home when I asked him to. First time ever.
Large tortoise where he is definitely not supposed to be Sign that says days since last tortoise escape and a little shingle is hanging that says zero Naughty tortoise eating his collard green reward for following me home

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Elizabeth Tingle @profliztingle.bsky.social · 29d
Looking forward to it!

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Dimi Reider @dimireider.bsky.social · Nov 12
Personal note: London has been home for a very, very long time, but as of today, I am also officially a Brit - that is to say, a British citizen. I feel relieved and I feel grateful - but not, perhaps, in the forelock-tugging way GB News/Starmer expect a new immigrant to be.

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Elizabeth Tingle @profliztingle.bsky.social · Nov 8
Landevennec and the Crozon peninsula are so lovely at this time of year, bathed in mild Atlantic, damp air. The camellias are starting to flower. There is a wonderful mermaid in the parish church near the abbey. 🧜‍♀️

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Elizabeth Tingle @profliztingle.bsky.social · Oct 29
Marvellous. What a sight!

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Elizabeth Tingle @profliztingle.bsky.social · Oct 28
Red kites taking domestic cats is another misbelief. We have had an expansion in numbers & range in N Leics & all sorts of myths are emerging. The heavy road traffic is rarely invoked for cat mortality - tho kites do use roadkill.

PS it is brilliant to see a big kite over the garden…

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Elizabeth Tingle @profliztingle.bsky.social · Oct 27
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International Centre for Sports History and Culture @icshc.bsky.social · Oct 27
Job Vacancy - @dmu.ac.uk Senior Lecturer in Sport, Events and Tourism. Deadline to apply 16th November 2025. Further details at this link - www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPE443/s... #sportshistory #events #tourism #culture
Senior Lecturer in Sport, Events and Tourism at De Montfort University
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