British History Online
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British History Online is a digital library of primary and secondary sources for the history of the Britain, Ireland and empire. Part of the Institute of Historical Research.
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New #OpenAccess #LegalHistory from @uolpress.bsky.social
Law and Justice in the 1950s
Case Studies From a Neglected Decade
uolpress.co.uk/book/law-and...
#History
Law and Justice in the 1950s
Case Studies From a Neglected Decade
uolpress.co.uk/book/law-and...
#History
Law and Justice in the 1950s - University of London Press
The 1950s was a decade of considerable legal development in England and Wales, despite often being regarded as very conservative in contrast to the more radical 1960s and 1970s. This collection illust...
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January 22, 2026 at 10:04 AM
New #OpenAccess #LegalHistory from @uolpress.bsky.social
Law and Justice in the 1950s
Case Studies From a Neglected Decade
uolpress.co.uk/book/law-and...
#History
Law and Justice in the 1950s
Case Studies From a Neglected Decade
uolpress.co.uk/book/law-and...
#History
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A new @exeter.ac.uk project, Past Harvests, will use 600 years of data to explore how historic farming systems coped with change. The team will assess sustainability from 1250 to 1850, offering insights to inform future land-use decisions. More info: sites.exeter.ac.uk/pastharvests/ #FoodStudies
The Past Harvests Project
Informing contemporary UK land use policy through a sustainability assessment of farming systems in the medieval and early modern period The Past Harvests Project is a research project combining histo...
sites.exeter.ac.uk
December 12, 2025 at 10:51 AM
A new @exeter.ac.uk project, Past Harvests, will use 600 years of data to explore how historic farming systems coped with change. The team will assess sustainability from 1250 to 1850, offering insights to inform future land-use decisions. More info: sites.exeter.ac.uk/pastharvests/ #FoodStudies
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The IHR’s January bulletin is out now! Read about events, training, fellowships, jobs, workshops, and other news. To subscribe visit www.history.ac.uk/about-instit...
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Subscribe to the IHR Bulletin
The IHR Bulletin is a monthly e-newsletter with updates on recent activities and what's coming up at the Institute. It's a good way to keep in touch online.
www.history.ac.uk
January 21, 2026 at 12:00 PM
The IHR’s January bulletin is out now! Read about events, training, fellowships, jobs, workshops, and other news. To subscribe visit www.history.ac.uk/about-instit...
mailchi.mp/6fa0c3aa23bd...
mailchi.mp/6fa0c3aa23bd...
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#dhist If you missed @thomassmits.bsky.social & @melvinwevers.bsky.social speaking at the @ihr.bsky.social Digital History on Orientalist pixels, colonial colour palettes, and machine learning - plus the fab discussion that followed - the recording is now on our youtube channel youtu.be/kDTJToRCEHQ
Smits & Wevers: Orientalist pixels - revealing the colonial color palette of early photography
YouTube video by IHR Digital History Seminar
youtu.be
January 21, 2026 at 10:20 AM
#dhist If you missed @thomassmits.bsky.social & @melvinwevers.bsky.social speaking at the @ihr.bsky.social Digital History on Orientalist pixels, colonial colour palettes, and machine learning - plus the fab discussion that followed - the recording is now on our youtube channel youtu.be/kDTJToRCEHQ
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Always great to see digitisations made freely available online! I scanned the HLHS back run of newsletters and journals a few years ago: www.huddersfieldhistory.org.uk/publications...
January 20, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Always great to see digitisations made freely available online! I scanned the HLHS back run of newsletters and journals a few years ago: www.huddersfieldhistory.org.uk/publications...
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And Bristol Record Society's full collection on @archive.org : 391 items!
archive.org/details/bris...
#OpenAccess #History
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#OpenAccess #History
Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
archive.org
January 20, 2026 at 1:28 PM
And Bristol Record Society's full collection on @archive.org : 391 items!
archive.org/details/bris...
#OpenAccess #History
archive.org/details/bris...
#OpenAccess #History
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New from Bristol Record Society:
Documents on the Bristol Slave Trade
archive.org/details/bris...
Really great to see BRS publish #OpenAccess on @archive.org !
#History #EnslavedHistory
Documents on the Bristol Slave Trade
archive.org/details/bris...
Really great to see BRS publish #OpenAccess on @archive.org !
#History #EnslavedHistory
Documents on the Bristol Slave Trade : Kenneth Morgan : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Kenneth Morgan (ed.), Documents on the Bristol Slave Trade (Bristol Record Society publications, Vol. 80, 2025)A collection of transcribed documents relating...
archive.org
January 20, 2026 at 1:25 PM
New from Bristol Record Society:
Documents on the Bristol Slave Trade
archive.org/details/bris...
Really great to see BRS publish #OpenAccess on @archive.org !
#History #EnslavedHistory
Documents on the Bristol Slave Trade
archive.org/details/bris...
Really great to see BRS publish #OpenAccess on @archive.org !
#History #EnslavedHistory
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Join us live at the IHR and online. Free registration: tinyurl.com/24pxj5we
@lauragowing.bsky.social @clairelanghamer.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social @carmenmangion.bsky.social @dralanagharris.bsky.social @harkaway1.bsky.social @womenshistoryrev.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social
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January 19, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Join us live at the IHR and online. Free registration: tinyurl.com/24pxj5we
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Entry from @vch-home.bsky.social for Ilmington, which included Compton Scorpion, here, @bho.bsky.social:
Parishes: Ilmington | British History Online
A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 5, Kington Hundred. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1949.
www.british-history.ac.uk
January 19, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Entry from @vch-home.bsky.social for Ilmington, which included Compton Scorpion, here, @bho.bsky.social:
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[Former] place name of the day: Compton Scorpion, Warwickshire.
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Compton Scorpion Deserted Medieval Settlement
1 Rous records a population of 53, but the settlement had been depopulated by his day. He cites a chapel as destroyed (PRN 5309). Dugdale does not mention the existence ...
www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk
January 19, 2026 at 2:35 PM
[Former] place name of the day: Compton Scorpion, Warwickshire.
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The BBC has had a sudden burst of #History and #Archaeology reporting:
Plans to excavate 'world's oldest train platform'
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Digitization of Hannah More's letters:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The London Archaeological 'Lasagne':
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Plans to excavate 'world's oldest train platform'
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Digitization of Hannah More's letters:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The London Archaeological 'Lasagne':
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Heighington Station plans to excavate 'world's oldest platform'
The platform looks like it is original to the building which dates back to 1827, a charity says.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 19, 2026 at 9:25 AM
The BBC has had a sudden burst of #History and #Archaeology reporting:
Plans to excavate 'world's oldest train platform'
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Digitization of Hannah More's letters:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The London Archaeological 'Lasagne':
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Plans to excavate 'world's oldest train platform'
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Digitization of Hannah More's letters:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The London Archaeological 'Lasagne':
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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6th in series of #PublicDomain books I've got Google to release (1/2):
The Correspondance of King George 3:
vol 1, 1760-1767 : books.google.co.uk/books?id=I3d...
vol 4, 1778-9: books.google.co.uk/books?id=s3d...
#History
The Correspondance of King George 3:
vol 1, 1760-1767 : books.google.co.uk/books?id=I3d...
vol 4, 1778-9: books.google.co.uk/books?id=s3d...
#History
The Correspondence of King George the Third from 1760 to December 1783
books.google.co.uk
January 17, 2026 at 10:01 AM
6th in series of #PublicDomain books I've got Google to release (1/2):
The Correspondance of King George 3:
vol 1, 1760-1767 : books.google.co.uk/books?id=I3d...
vol 4, 1778-9: books.google.co.uk/books?id=s3d...
#History
The Correspondance of King George 3:
vol 1, 1760-1767 : books.google.co.uk/books?id=I3d...
vol 4, 1778-9: books.google.co.uk/books?id=s3d...
#History
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January 17, 2026 at 8:54 AM
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The Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery (CSLBS) is excited to announce 3 new roles on our groundbreaking Valuable Lives project!
🔍 Open roles:
• 2 x Research Assistant (Digital Humanities)
• 1 x Research Fellow (Digital Humanities)
🗓 Closing date: 23 Jan 2026
shorturl.at/OCpLP
🔍 Open roles:
• 2 x Research Assistant (Digital Humanities)
• 1 x Research Fellow (Digital Humanities)
🗓 Closing date: 23 Jan 2026
shorturl.at/OCpLP
Opportunities
Find opportunities to join UCL History in academic, research, teaching and learning, admin and other capacities below.
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January 6, 2026 at 12:31 PM
The Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery (CSLBS) is excited to announce 3 new roles on our groundbreaking Valuable Lives project!
🔍 Open roles:
• 2 x Research Assistant (Digital Humanities)
• 1 x Research Fellow (Digital Humanities)
🗓 Closing date: 23 Jan 2026
shorturl.at/OCpLP
🔍 Open roles:
• 2 x Research Assistant (Digital Humanities)
• 1 x Research Fellow (Digital Humanities)
🗓 Closing date: 23 Jan 2026
shorturl.at/OCpLP
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Delighted to announce the launch of a new seminar - Race and the Early Modern - in collaboration with @folger.edu.
A monthly, transatlantic, online seminar for research on race, racialisation, and racemaking across #earlymodern Studies.
Sign up to attend!
kingsearlymodern.co.uk/race-and-the...
A monthly, transatlantic, online seminar for research on race, racialisation, and racemaking across #earlymodern Studies.
Sign up to attend!
kingsearlymodern.co.uk/race-and-the...
Race and the Early Modern — CEMS KCL Blog
kingsearlymodern.co.uk
January 15, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Delighted to announce the launch of a new seminar - Race and the Early Modern - in collaboration with @folger.edu.
A monthly, transatlantic, online seminar for research on race, racialisation, and racemaking across #earlymodern Studies.
Sign up to attend!
kingsearlymodern.co.uk/race-and-the...
A monthly, transatlantic, online seminar for research on race, racialisation, and racemaking across #earlymodern Studies.
Sign up to attend!
kingsearlymodern.co.uk/race-and-the...
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During the early 19th century, Hansard, the current report of Parliamentary debates, was established.
However, there was no 'official' record in the Victorian era, and Hansard was faced with many competitors. @victoriancommons.bsky.social
However, there was no 'official' record in the Victorian era, and Hansard was faced with many competitors. @victoriancommons.bsky.social
Reporting debates in the Victorian Commons
Today we take it for granted that parliamentary debates are recorded in Hansard. Dr Philip Salmon shows how, before the advent of modern democracy...
historyofparliament.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:05 AM
During the early 19th century, Hansard, the current report of Parliamentary debates, was established.
However, there was no 'official' record in the Victorian era, and Hansard was faced with many competitors. @victoriancommons.bsky.social
However, there was no 'official' record in the Victorian era, and Hansard was faced with many competitors. @victoriancommons.bsky.social
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This is a stunning resource, beautifully presented - congratulations to Ros Smith Kathy Acheson and their team emwmlibrary.com
The Library of Early Modern Women's Marginalia
The Library of Early Modern Women's Marginalia.
emwmlibrary.com
January 11, 2026 at 11:03 AM
This is a stunning resource, beautifully presented - congratulations to Ros Smith Kathy Acheson and their team emwmlibrary.com
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❕New WP from Amy Erickson❕
𝐂𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡-𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧
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𝐂𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡-𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧
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January 12, 2026 at 12:21 PM
❕New WP from Amy Erickson❕
𝐂𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡-𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧
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𝐂𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡-𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧
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#ICYMI earlier this week, Robin Eagles of the Georgian Lords posted on uncovering the lives of Black Londoners, among them one who almost certainly joined John London in voting in the 1749 Westminster by-election:
historyofparliament.com/2026/01/05/s...
#HistParl #BSECS2026
historyofparliament.com/2026/01/05/s...
#HistParl #BSECS2026
Steps towards identifying new Black voters in 18th-century Westminster and Hertfordshire - The History of Parliament
A few months ago, the History welcomed a guest post by Dr Gillian Williamson with her groundbreaking research into John London, to date the earliest known
historyofparliament.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:06 PM
#ICYMI earlier this week, Robin Eagles of the Georgian Lords posted on uncovering the lives of Black Londoners, among them one who almost certainly joined John London in voting in the 1749 Westminster by-election:
historyofparliament.com/2026/01/05/s...
#HistParl #BSECS2026
historyofparliament.com/2026/01/05/s...
#HistParl #BSECS2026
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🚨Special announcement: our annual conference will be 3–4 Sept 2026 at LSE Library, in collaboration with @lselibrary.bsky.social, & Friends House, London.
Theme: Celebrating the Centenary of the Women’s Library: One Hundred Years of Women’s History.
Call for Papers coming mid-Jan! #WomensHistory
Theme: Celebrating the Centenary of the Women’s Library: One Hundred Years of Women’s History.
Call for Papers coming mid-Jan! #WomensHistory
January 5, 2026 at 11:02 AM
🚨Special announcement: our annual conference will be 3–4 Sept 2026 at LSE Library, in collaboration with @lselibrary.bsky.social, & Friends House, London.
Theme: Celebrating the Centenary of the Women’s Library: One Hundred Years of Women’s History.
Call for Papers coming mid-Jan! #WomensHistory
Theme: Celebrating the Centenary of the Women’s Library: One Hundred Years of Women’s History.
Call for Papers coming mid-Jan! #WomensHistory
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Want to learn more about your family history, why not expand your knowledge this New Year and join us online on Friday 9 Jan 2026 for our FREE Quick Guide on Settlement Papers. Book your place here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1829442233...
January 2, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Want to learn more about your family history, why not expand your knowledge this New Year and join us online on Friday 9 Jan 2026 for our FREE Quick Guide on Settlement Papers. Book your place here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1829442233...
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#dhist Join the @ihr.bsky.social Digital History seminar 20 Jan midday GMT (on Zoom) for @thomassmits.bsky.social & @melvinwevers.bsky.social on 'Orientalist pixels: How machine learning reveals the colonial color palette of early photography'. Details ⬇️ ihrdighist.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2025/09/tues...
Tuesday 20 January 2026 - Thomas Smits and Melvin Wevers (Amsterdam): Orientalist pixels: How machine learning reveals the colonial color palette of early photography - Digital History Seminar
This seminar is 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm GMT live on Zoom at https://zoom.us/j/98599080376 later posted to our YouTube channel. Session chair: Alexandra Ortolja-Baird Abstract: This talk explores how digita...
ihrdighist.blogs.sas.ac.uk
January 5, 2026 at 9:28 AM
#dhist Join the @ihr.bsky.social Digital History seminar 20 Jan midday GMT (on Zoom) for @thomassmits.bsky.social & @melvinwevers.bsky.social on 'Orientalist pixels: How machine learning reveals the colonial color palette of early photography'. Details ⬇️ ihrdighist.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2025/09/tues...
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A thread of #PublicDomain books I've got Google Books to make fully and freely available this year.
Published by HMSO
A Brief Guide to Official Publications
London, HMSO, 1960.
books.google.co.uk/books?id=q20...
Published by HMSO
A Brief Guide to Official Publications
London, HMSO, 1960.
books.google.co.uk/books?id=q20...
Published by HMSO
books.google.co.uk
January 3, 2026 at 2:30 PM
A thread of #PublicDomain books I've got Google Books to make fully and freely available this year.
Published by HMSO
A Brief Guide to Official Publications
London, HMSO, 1960.
books.google.co.uk/books?id=q20...
Published by HMSO
A Brief Guide to Official Publications
London, HMSO, 1960.
books.google.co.uk/books?id=q20...
From iron age tunnels to YouTube: Time Team’s ‘extraordinary’ digital renaissance
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
#Archaeology #TimeTeam
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
#Archaeology #TimeTeam
From iron age tunnels to YouTube: Time Team’s ‘extraordinary’ digital renaissance
Three decades after its modest beginnings on Channel 4, the TV juggernaut now has its own channel and global subscribers
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:41 AM
From iron age tunnels to YouTube: Time Team’s ‘extraordinary’ digital renaissance
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
#Archaeology #TimeTeam
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
#Archaeology #TimeTeam
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Not a deep dive, but interesting glance at non-university-based history data sets:
‘The hidden engine room’: how amateur historians are powering genealogical research
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
#History
‘The hidden engine room’: how amateur historians are powering genealogical research
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
#History
‘The hidden engine room’: how amateur historians are powering genealogical research
Wealth of datasets compiled as private passions are now a goldmine for those hunting for their ancestors
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Not a deep dive, but interesting glance at non-university-based history data sets:
‘The hidden engine room’: how amateur historians are powering genealogical research
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
#History
‘The hidden engine room’: how amateur historians are powering genealogical research
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
#History