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North Ages @northages.bsky.social · 7h

Oct 11: Feast of Cainnech (†c.600), of Achad Bó (Aghaboe, Ireland). Abbot and frequent hermit who joined Columba on his visit to Pictish king Bridei near Inverness. In Scotland, his principal church was at Inch Kenneth, Mull. 📸Andy Waddington #medievalsky

Inch Kenneth, a small, grassy island off the west coast of Mull.

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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 6h

Gazing in awe & wonder 😮

Inside the spectacular Little Woodbury house at @butserancientfarm.co.uk where the great soot-blackened roof stands without central posts

An incredible family house from Late Iron Age Britain

With @durotrigesdig.bsky.social
@theduncanmackay.bsky.social

📷 My own, Sept

Duncan & Miles inside a roundhouse gazing up at the roof

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Birkenhead News @birkenheadnews.bsky.social · 1d

Tap and Go takes off with more than 53,000 Merseyrail journeys in the first month www.birkenhead.news/tap-and-go-t...

Tap and Go takes off with more than 53,000 Merseyrail journeys in the first month

More than 53,000 journeys have been taken on Merseyrail using the new contactless tap and go system in the first month. Launched at the start of August 2025, Tap and…

www.birkenhead.news

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Cheshire Local History Association @clha.bsky.social · 1d

History Day, 2025 - tomorrow, 11th October!
We're looking forward to seeing our local historians for a great day of seminars, questions, local stalls and inspiration.
Our final two speakers are Mike Blackburn and Colin Schroeder (see below).
Pay on the door, £16 each, details of venue in picture. 😀

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North Ages @northages.bsky.social · 1d

Oct 10: Feast of Paulinus (†644), bishop of York. He baptised Edwin, pagan king of the Northumbrians in 627. When Edwin died in battle in 633, Paulinus withdrew with the widowed St Æthelburh to Kent, where he became bishop of Rochester. 📸Paul Lakin #medievalsky

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Darren Smith Photography @darrensmith.org.uk · 1d

The 108 #stepsin #Macclesfieldis a well trodden #walkwayto St Michaels #Church.A testing ground for #runnersand a focal point for #visitorsto this #Cheshiretown. Shot by a #local#photographer,to see more #images#visitwww.darrensmith.org.uk #Urban#urbanphotography

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 1d

Liverpool, 1956, photo by Thurston Hopkins.

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National Trust Archaeology @nattrustarch.bsky.social · 2d

*NEWS* #AttinghamUnearthed🏺
Recent excavations have uncovered remarkable insights into life on the fringes of #Wroxeter: archaeologists worked alongside volunteers & members of the public revealing an Iron Age roundhouse, a #Roman industrial complex & a shrine.
#archaeology @nationaltrust.org.uk

A ring key, a clever combination of a piece of jewellery with a working key, often used to secure small boxes or personal items. (NT/ Jayne Gough)

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Friends of Lister Lane Cemetery (KAVS) @listerlanecem.bsky.social · 2d

Good day all.

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Birkenhead News @birkenheadnews.bsky.social · 2d

Tap and Go takes off with more than 53,000 Merseyrail journeys in the first month www.birkenhead.news/tap-and-go-t...

Tap and Go takes off with more than 53,000 Merseyrail journeys in the first month

More than 53,000 journeys have been taken on Merseyrail using the new contactless tap and go system in the first month. Launched at the start of August 2025, Tap and…

www.birkenhead.news

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Derbyshire Record Office @derbyshiredro.bsky.social · 3d

This delightful #NewAccession, including oil paintings, woodcuts and sketchbooks, is an addition to our existing John R Biggs archive. Biggs was an illustrator and printer, born in Derby in 1909, who worked in the UK, Russia and Jamaica.

#Art #ArtHistory

Artwork, framed oil paintings, diaries, prints and sketchbooks laying on a table.

Artwork, prints, open pages of an artists sketch book containing drawings, and other items from an artists collection laying on a table.

Open art box belonging to J R Biggs containing a used pallette, brushes, pallette knives and oil paints, along with a small oil painting. The inside of the lid of the box has old layers of paint on it.

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Miss History G, Linda @misshistoryg2.bsky.social · 6d

All Along the Watchtower, Cheshire 2025
Slightly eerie view of a metal tower taken without flash recently.
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekNforNights #photography #night #watchtowers

A blurry black and white photograph in portrait format. It shows a metal hose tower at a village fire station at night time. The frame is visible (just about!) and the sides, but not much else.

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Miss History G, Linda @misshistoryg2.bsky.social · 6d

Stained Glass Window, Cheshire.
Lovely orange medieval glass in a plain leaded window at a country church. The church was built in 1511, but this German stained glass was a replacement for some heraldic glass moved elsewhere.
#Stunday #ColorADay #OrangeSun #glass #stainedglass #churches #Cheshire

A colour photograph in portrait format. It shows a plain leaded window in a church. Added to the central section is this amazing medieval German glass in shades of orange and red.

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Friends of Lister Lane Cemetery (KAVS) @listerlanecem.bsky.social · 6d

Lister Lane Cemetery in black and white.

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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 6d

#StandingStoneSunday One of my favourite monuments which made a lasting impact on me after visiting..🥰

Stormy sunset over Arbor Low Neolithic henge, Peak District, with all its stones now recumbent. An incredible place

📷 My own, 2020

www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places...

Flat slabs of limestone lying in a grassy field lit by sharp evening sun

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 6d

The Jarrow Crusade, in which 200 unemployed men marched to London calling for government intervention to restore jobs, began on this day 1936. Unsuccessful at the time, but helped to shape postwar attitudes to employment and social justice.

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Cheshire East Countryside Ranger Service @cecrangers.bsky.social · 7d

Upcoming event: Tegg's Nose Country Park Halloween Trail, Saturday 25th October to Sunday 2nd November. Some spooky visitors are visiting the park this half-term! Can you explore the park & find them all? Purchase a map from The Nose Coffee for 50p, & get searching around the top of the park.

Banner for Tegg's Nose Country Park Halloween Trail featuring a cartoon skeleton, a pumpkin with a carved face, and a black cat.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 8d

Collection of 4,500 salt and pepper pots auctioned. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Burnley mum's 4,500 salt and pepper pots collection to be sold

Christine Edwards' huge salt and pepper pot collection is to go under the auctioneer's hammer.

www.bbc.co.uk

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The Family History Society of Cheshire 🌾🌳 @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social · 8d

. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp

A mixed selection of updated/new titles at the BNA this week, nothing for #Cheshire, but interesting new title

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐩𝐢𝐞: 1882, 1884-1886
A bit of eccentric Midlands satire!

Full list of all updates in the screenshots below. with Alt Text as usual

Updates to the BNA, part 1 -
Whiskey Trade Review (Dublin); The Queen; Swansea Journal, Commercial, Literary, and Agricultural Advertiser; Sunday Post; Southern Star (Skibbereen); Portsmouth Evening News; Morning Post; Matrimonial Post and Fashionable Marriage Advertiser; Magpie; London and China Telegraph

Updates to the BNA, part 2

London Courier and Evening Gazette; Bury Times; Birmingham Town Crier; Banbury Beacon; Arbroath Herald

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Miss History G, Linda @misshistoryg2.bsky.social · 9d

Walled Garden, Tatton Park from 2016
A beautiful gate and door open to invite you inside.
#TattonPark #Cheshire #PalacesAndGardens #gates #PhotoOfTheDay #monochrome #PhotographyLovers

A black and white photograph in landscape format. It shows an old brick wall with a beautiful wooden door and metal gate in an arch shape within two lovely pillars. A walled garden is inside the walls.

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North Ages @northages.bsky.social · 10d

Eadwig, king of the English, died #OTD in 959. He lost the allegiance of Northumbria and Mercia to his brother Edgar in 957. A seemingly peaceful split in the nascent kingdom of England ensued, later to be mended when the teenage Edgar became rex Anglorum. 📸York Museums Trust #medievalsky

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 10d

Keighley from Ilkley Moor, 1905, painting by John William Buxton Knight, 1842/3-1908 (Craven Museum & Gallery). #NorthernArt

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Friends of Lister Lane Cemetery (KAVS) @listerlanecem.bsky.social · 10d

#31DaysOfGraves, Day 1: Flower

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Stephen G. Rae @stephengrae.bsky.social · 11d

I thought I might do a #31DaysOfHalloween starting tomorrow; tales from my new book:

Boggarts, Brownies, Hobs and their Goblin Kin; an encyclopedia of world folklore"
bardofcumberland.com/folklore/

#folklore #goblins #booksky

Cover of the book, Boggarts, Brownies,Hobs and their Goblin Kin by Stephen G Rae

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North Ages @northages.bsky.social · 12d

Æthelred I, king of the Northumbrians, married Ælfflæd, daughter of Offa of Mercia, #OTD in 792, reportedly after putting away his first wife. In 796 he was slain at Corebricg (Corbridge) by a group of conspirators including ealdormen Ealdred and Wada. 📸North Lincolnshire Museum #medievalsky

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