Christiane Kroebel
@whitbyhistory.bsky.social
Historian, mostly medieval Whitby, St Hilda churches; fellowship @ihr.bsky.social ; archaeology recorder @whitbynats.bsky.social ; abbey collection curator at Whitby Museum @whitbymuseum.bsky.social
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As this map shows, our reach has grown far beyond Canada. We love our international contributors and readership!
And supporting NiCHE is a deal for many of our international colleagues! $100 CAD is $71 USD and $61 Euro! A steal of an investment.
fundrazr.com/niche2025?re...
And supporting NiCHE is a deal for many of our international colleagues! $100 CAD is $71 USD and $61 Euro! A steal of an investment.
fundrazr.com/niche2025?re...
Help NiCHE Write the Next Chapter of Environmental History: 2025 Campaign
The Network in Canadian History and Environment is a not-for-profit public history organization dedicated to the dissemination of environmental history research in Canada and building a network of res...
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November 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
As this map shows, our reach has grown far beyond Canada. We love our international contributors and readership!
And supporting NiCHE is a deal for many of our international colleagues! $100 CAD is $71 USD and $61 Euro! A steal of an investment.
fundrazr.com/niche2025?re...
And supporting NiCHE is a deal for many of our international colleagues! $100 CAD is $71 USD and $61 Euro! A steal of an investment.
fundrazr.com/niche2025?re...
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New blog from IHR Director @[email protected] reflecting on how historians can advocate for history through our practice, and defend the important historical work that goes on within universities as well as beyond them. blog.history.ac.uk/2025/11/advo...
Advocating for History by Doing History - On History
This blog was written by Claire Langhamer, Director of the IHR Historians are very good at crafting arguments and in recent times very many people have advanced very many arguments about why history…
blog.history.ac.uk
November 26, 2025 at 10:45 AM
New blog from IHR Director @[email protected] reflecting on how historians can advocate for history through our practice, and defend the important historical work that goes on within universities as well as beyond them. blog.history.ac.uk/2025/11/advo...
This #MapMonday we celebrate an amazing crowd-sourced project, the Second Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain.
Directed by Professor Alice Coleman, the project involved over 3,000 volunteers, including university students and schoolchildren.
Explore the maps > maps.nls.uk/additions/#189
Directed by Professor Alice Coleman, the project involved over 3,000 volunteers, including university students and schoolchildren.
Explore the maps > maps.nls.uk/additions/#189
November 24, 2025 at 11:55 AM
National Tree Week. With a thousand-year lifespan and deep roots in British myth, the oak is a silent monarch of our landscape. Our Woodland Creation Team collects acorns from established trees so we can plant the next generation.
November 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Read about the men and women whose lives and livelihoods were tied up with this little vessel built in 1906 and still around, now beached on the remote sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia. A true twentieth century story of the sea in peace and war which covers the long Atlantic Ocean.
October 31, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Read about the men and women whose lives and livelihoods were tied up with this little vessel built in 1906 and still around, now beached on the remote sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia. A true twentieth century story of the sea in peace and war which covers the long Atlantic Ocean.
Street House, Loftus, excavations- late Neolithic-Early Bronze Age 'ring cairn' of boulders set within a circular ditch with 27 carved with rock art. Would not have been all visible after construction. Monument was visible and visited until late Iron Age. In December's 'Briefing' from yas.org.uk
November 13, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Street House, Loftus, excavations- late Neolithic-Early Bronze Age 'ring cairn' of boulders set within a circular ditch with 27 carved with rock art. Would not have been all visible after construction. Monument was visible and visited until late Iron Age. In December's 'Briefing' from yas.org.uk
November 13, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Street House, Loftus, excavations- late Neolithic-Early Bronze Age 'ring cairn' of boulders set within a circular ditch with 27 carved with rock art. Would not have been all visible after construction. Monument was visible and visited until late Iron Age. In December's 'Briefing' from yas.org.uk
Great book! Well worth the investment. Can be used for weight training, too.
New #OnHistory blog, IHR Fellow Chris Lewis writes about new publication, "Making Domesday: Intelligent Power in Conquered England" by Stephen Baxter, Julia Crick, and C. P. Lewis, and Domesday scholarship in the IHR.
blog.history.ac.uk/2025/10/dome...
blog.history.ac.uk/2025/10/dome...
Domesday at the IHR - On History
IHR Fellow, Chris Lewis, writes about new publication, 'Making Domesday'.
blog.history.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Great book! Well worth the investment. Can be used for weight training, too.
1983 find with updated information. @whitbymuseum.bsky.social has a glass bottle that the donor thought had been a witch's bottle, as it is clean we'll never know. The York one is the usual type. @whitbynats.bsky.social
research.yorkarchaeology.co.uk/the-york-wit...
research.yorkarchaeology.co.uk/the-york-wit...
The York Witch Bottle - York Archaeology - Research
What is a Witch Bottle? and why is the one in York so significant? Learn why in our latest blog brought to you by our Collections team
research.yorkarchaeology.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 5:10 PM
1983 find with updated information. @whitbymuseum.bsky.social has a glass bottle that the donor thought had been a witch's bottle, as it is clean we'll never know. The York one is the usual type. @whitbynats.bsky.social
research.yorkarchaeology.co.uk/the-york-wit...
research.yorkarchaeology.co.uk/the-york-wit...
This is 'wow' @whitbynats.bsky.social and @whitbymuseum.bsky.social nice to be able to add to Whitby history,
We have a little medieval wow which is a story about our first feast to take place at the Hall.
On Wednesday 15th August in celebration of the Feast of the Assumption, a porpoise was brought from Whitby and served as the main dish...
(Kongelige Bibliotek, Gl. kgl. S. 1633 4º, Folio 60v)
On Wednesday 15th August in celebration of the Feast of the Assumption, a porpoise was brought from Whitby and served as the main dish...
(Kongelige Bibliotek, Gl. kgl. S. 1633 4º, Folio 60v)
October 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
This is 'wow' @whitbynats.bsky.social and @whitbymuseum.bsky.social nice to be able to add to Whitby history,
Next @whitbynats.bsky.social lecture, Sat. 25th October at 14.00, ''Why are there two Medieval Castles in Mulgrave Woods''. I will explore what their location may tell us about power, manors, townships and settlements in the period from 1066 to c.1700. Venue @whitbymuseum.bsky.social
October 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Next @whitbynats.bsky.social lecture, Sat. 25th October at 14.00, ''Why are there two Medieval Castles in Mulgrave Woods''. I will explore what their location may tell us about power, manors, townships and settlements in the period from 1066 to c.1700. Venue @whitbymuseum.bsky.social
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Today is World Mental Health Day. Through the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH), you can research the history of mental health. BBIH’s free reading list on the history of emotions highlights some recent scholarship on the history of mental health in the UK and Ireland buff.ly/OK5HSbu
October 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Today is World Mental Health Day. Through the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH), you can research the history of mental health. BBIH’s free reading list on the history of emotions highlights some recent scholarship on the history of mental health in the UK and Ireland buff.ly/OK5HSbu
Pictured: the Clifton Street Mineral Water Company Staff, #Scarborough, 1911
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the Scarborough Atlas, created by @scarbsmuseums.bsky.social
See more www.scarboroughatlas.org/ma...
#History #BritishHistory #Yorkshire #GLAM #EdwardianHistory
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the Scarborough Atlas, created by @scarbsmuseums.bsky.social
See more www.scarboroughatlas.org/ma...
#History #BritishHistory #Yorkshire #GLAM #EdwardianHistory
October 6, 2025 at 11:14 AM
'Words on the Wave' exhibition was wonderful! Definitely worth a visit-3 weeks left. Short, 4 day visit to Belfast and Dublin. I'll be going back next year to see more. Ferries, buses, trains running on time, too. Makes a change. www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
Words on the Wave: Ireland and St. Gallen in Early Medieval Europe | Archaeology | National Museum of Ireland
Discover how science, art, archaeology and the study of script help reveal the links between Ireland and Europe
www.museum.ie
October 4, 2025 at 7:07 AM
'Words on the Wave' exhibition was wonderful! Definitely worth a visit-3 weeks left. Short, 4 day visit to Belfast and Dublin. I'll be going back next year to see more. Ferries, buses, trains running on time, too. Makes a change. www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
Tempted to get my knitting needles out! So beautifully wound into this ball.
The condition of fabrics from pile dwelling and wetland settlements is amazing. This charred ball of thread was found at the site of Marin-Epagnier/Préfargier. It was made of hemp or lime fibres, and dates about 3900 to 3300 BC. The thread measures a total of about 10 m in length.
📷 Laténium
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📷 Laténium
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September 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Tempted to get my knitting needles out! So beautifully wound into this ball.
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There is another country. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog discussing the thuggery, sanctimony and hypocrisy of the last fortnight, and how Starmer should lead in articulating an alternative version of patriotism to that of the far-right: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/09/ther...
September 19, 2025 at 6:23 AM
There is another country. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog discussing the thuggery, sanctimony and hypocrisy of the last fortnight, and how Starmer should lead in articulating an alternative version of patriotism to that of the far-right: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/09/ther...
Not quite Whitby but nearby @whitbynats.bsky.social
The doorway to the passage from Shambles to the market at 37 Shambles, York for #ADoorableThursday. Drawn on site & then coloured in and taken apart with a pencil later.
#ArchitecturalIllustration
#drawing #sketchbook
#ArtYear
#ArchitecturalIllustration
#drawing #sketchbook
#ArtYear
September 11, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Not quite Whitby but nearby @whitbynats.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 9:13 AM
@whitbybotanist.bsky.social would that interest you and @whitbynats.bsky.social
Has anyone started a #wildflowerhour for the USA? The UK one is wonderful to see.
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social @botanybeck.bsky.social
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@wildflowerhour.bsky.social @botanybeck.bsky.social
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September 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
@whitbybotanist.bsky.social would that interest you and @whitbynats.bsky.social
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World's oldest boat
Oldest Vessel of the World — the Pesse Canoe
The Pesse Canoe. The world’s oldest known water vessel was discovered near the village of Pesse in the Dutch province of Drenthe. Dated to between 8040 and 7510 BC, it predates even the great cradl…
frisiacoasttrail.blog
September 5, 2025 at 4:00 AM
World's oldest boat
Expanding treescapes needs community buy in. What's the best way of achieving this? One of our projects found that storytelling and citizen mapping was the best way, and both of these achieved different, beneficial results.
Here's what they found 👇. You can read more on this link: buff.ly/ZaOsN0u
Here's what they found 👇. You can read more on this link: buff.ly/ZaOsN0u
September 4, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Haven't got long to get this presentation finished! How to keep it to an hour?
September 2, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Haven't got long to get this presentation finished! How to keep it to an hour?
Yesterday's walk with York PhD student David Stapley looking at Hollow Ways, Bronze Age barrows, (medieval?) standing crosses and (old) cross roads around Danby Beacon. 18 @whitbynats.bsky.social members, 3 couldn't make it. We saw the smoke from the Fylingdales fire.
August 27, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Yesterday's walk with York PhD student David Stapley looking at Hollow Ways, Bronze Age barrows, (medieval?) standing crosses and (old) cross roads around Danby Beacon. 18 @whitbynats.bsky.social members, 3 couldn't make it. We saw the smoke from the Fylingdales fire.
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From traders to magicians and allies, the Saami appear across medieval Nordic sagas.
Solveig Marie Wang explores how these stories reveal an Indigenous presence at the centre of the Middle Ages — and why remembering it matters today.
Solveig Marie Wang explores how these stories reveal an Indigenous presence at the centre of the Middle Ages — and why remembering it matters today.
Reclaiming the Medieval Saami Past
Explore Saami history and its representation in medieval sources, challenging the myth of a purely White Middle Ages.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
August 21, 2025 at 10:53 AM
From traders to magicians and allies, the Saami appear across medieval Nordic sagas.
Solveig Marie Wang explores how these stories reveal an Indigenous presence at the centre of the Middle Ages — and why remembering it matters today.
Solveig Marie Wang explores how these stories reveal an Indigenous presence at the centre of the Middle Ages — and why remembering it matters today.
@whitbymuseum.bsky.social will be interested in your biography project, and so will I.
August 19, 2025 at 1:08 PM
@whitbymuseum.bsky.social will be interested in your biography project, and so will I.