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C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 1d

💥12 months ago Britain's last coal-fired power station, Ratcliffe-on-Soar in Nottinghamshire, shut down after 50 years powering the national grid. We can now confirm that C20's listing application for Ratcliffe's 8 cooling towers has been rejected by DCMS, while their demolition has been approved.

Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station, Nottinghamshire - BDP, 1963-67
Image © David Noton

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Leicestershire VCH Trust @leicsvcht.bsky.social · 2d

This is good news. There's a huge amount of very useful information in there but the Record Commission version takes a while to understand. With the outreach activities too this is a very welcome project

Victoria County History @vch-home.bsky.social · 2d

Just to be clear, the Valor Ecclesiasticus is hardly unknown (and there are editions of the thing), whatever excitable press releases might say, but a new edition is very welcome.

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lynneaboutloughborough @lynneaboutlboro.bsky.social · 2d

It's amazing to think that there are different products from Loughborough to be found all over the world! lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2021/04/loug...

Loughborough Variety

Local history of the market & university town of Loughborough in Leicestershire presented by an accredited Leicestershire Tour Guide.

lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com

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Victoria County History @vch-home.bsky.social · 9d

#ICYMI - a neglected (day we say actually forgotten?) history of inland industrial tourism in rural #Leicestershire.

This work, the result of community collaboration with @leicsvcht.bsky.social takes in the little crossroads community of #Nanpantan, its farms, pubs and attractions before WW1. 🗃️

‘The holiday resort of the people’: Exploring the History of the ‘Community at the Crossroads’ - On History

In this blogpost, Dr Pamela Fisher, County Editor of the Victoria County History (VCH) project in Leicestershire, describes a project on a tiny midland settlement and shows how VCH research engages w...

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Catherine Clarke @cathamclarke.bsky.social · 10d

Come & hear me speak in Leicester on Fri 28 November, 2025. 'From Nation to Local: Re-Discovering England's Places through #AHistoryOfEnglandIn25Poems'. Thanks to my friends at the Centre for Regional and Local History + the Centre for Urban History for the invitation. All welcome! Link in AltText.

https://www.englishlocalhistory.org/wp/2025/09/23/from-nation-to-local-re-discovering-englands-places-through-a-history-of-england-in-25-poems/

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Adam Chapman @adamchapman.bsky.social · 15d

A tiny snapshot of a tiny community that had - as it happens - forgotten this element of its past.

Working with @leicsvcht.bsky.social, the people of Nanpantan, have rediscovered its heritage as a place of leisure for the growing town of Loughborough and its labouring people. #LocalHistory 🗃️

Victoria County History @vch-home.bsky.social · 15d

Pamela Fisher - @leicsvcht.bsky.social - has written for the @ihr.bsky.social 'On History' blog about her recent community history project on the minute holiday resort of Nanpantan.

A handful of farms, a pub, a crossroads, a leisure space for the working people of #Loughborough. #Skystorians

‘The holiday resort of the people’: Exploring the History of the ‘Community at the Crossroads’ - On History

In this blogpost, Dr Pamela Fisher, County Editor of the Victoria County History (VCH) project in Leicestershire, describes a project on a tiny midland settlement and shows how VCH research engages w...

blog.history.ac.uk

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Leicestershire VCH Trust @leicsvcht.bsky.social · 14d

What were holidays like before statutory holiday entitlements and modern transport enabled workers in the middle of the country to get to the seaside? Our recent work at Nanpantan (towards our forthcoming Loughborough history) threw light on this. Find out more at blog.history.ac.uk/2025/09/the-...

‘The holiday resort of the people’: Exploring the History of the ‘Community at the Crossroads’ - On History

In this blogpost, Dr Pamela Fisher, County Editor of the Victoria County History (VCH) project in Leicestershire, describes a project on a tiny midland settlement and shows how VCH research engages w...

blog.history.ac.uk

Leicestershire VCH Trust @leicsvcht.bsky.social · 16d

hope your talks/walks went well!

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Leicestershire VCH Trust @leicsvcht.bsky.social · 16d

Oooh, how exciting. Sometimes if you use plain text I find it gets through a spam filter, or perhaps it's the number of addresses, which I've 'resolved' before through 4 identical emails each to 1/4 of the list. May not work, but worth a try.

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lynneaboutloughborough @lynneaboutlboro.bsky.social · Aug 31

There are lots of things happening in Loughborough, the home of my #OnePlaceStudy for Heritage Open Days 2025 #HODs2025 Most are listed on my blogpost, but pop over to the Heritage Open Days website to find events just outside Loughborough. lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2025/08/heri...

Heritage Open Days in Loughborough 2025

Following on from the success of last year's co-ordinated approach to Heritage Open Days, groups have again got together to offer a varied programme.

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Leicestershire VCH Trust @leicsvcht.bsky.social · Aug 28

Thanks for this comment, hence he says 'the 11th month, vulgarly January'. The only thing that's clear from the religious preamble is that he had strong religious views. Trying to 'pigeon-hole' him into a clear denomination is unlikely to be possible (as with many people in all periods).

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Leicestershire VCH Trust @leicsvcht.bsky.social · Aug 27

Thanks, Emily

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Leicestershire VCH Trust @leicsvcht.bsky.social · Aug 27

Indeed the dating is Quaker-style. I'm enjoying the @materialwills.bsky.social regular blogs.

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Leicestershire VCH Trust @leicsvcht.bsky.social · Aug 27

Thank you for that idea, I'm trying to puzzle out his faith. There is a long and very personal religious clause beginning 'In the name, fear and authority of Jehovah, Lord God Almighty, whose creature I am ...' and stating his belief in free grace.

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Leicestershire VCH Trust @leicsvcht.bsky.social · Aug 27

Loughborough 1678 and an unusual request in a will - That my Body be buried in my Garden (and it may have been, as there's no burial in the parish registers)

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Leicestershire VCH Trust @leicsvcht.bsky.social · Aug 27

St Etheldreda, abbess, holding her abbey of Ely and St Chad, bishop, holding Lichfield cathedral. This church closed in 2007, with building purchased and converted by, and now home to, Elim church and Open Heaven church.

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Leicestershire VCH Trust @leicsvcht.bsky.social · Aug 27

St Peter's (Anglican) church Loughborough, built 1910-12, was high church, with many images of saints in windows, not all well known, e.g. St Polycarp (of Byzantium, bishop of Smyrna, now Izmir, modern Turkey). I especially like the windows showing (1/2)

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Charnwood Forest Geopark @charnwoodforest.bsky.social · Aug 27

🟠 Copper is one of the only metals that can be found in its pure form in nature.

⚖️ Known as 'native copper', it is notably heavier than other rocks of a similar size.

📍 This specimen is from New Cliffe Hill Quarry, Charnwood Forest.

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Victoria County History @vch-home.bsky.social · Aug 6

#ICYMI - a reminder that we are currently recruiting for a fixed term post focusing on architecture and the built environment. There's still plenty of time to apply! #HistoryJobs

Victoria County History @vch-home.bsky.social · Jul 21

#JobAlert! Come and join us for 12 months in our lovely
@chppc.bsky.social team @ihr.bsky.social.

We're seeking a fixed-term #Lecturer in Historic Environment, who'll work on our projects, including research, publishing and digitisation.

Closing date 29 August. Please share! #Skystorians

Lecturer in Historic Environment:London Senate House

www.jobs.london.ac.uk

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Charnwood Forest Geopark @charnwoodforest.bsky.social · Aug 5

🌳 An ancient oak from Bradgate Park is on the shortlist for Woodland Trust Tree of the Year - and your vote could make it the winner!

🌐 Read more and vote now: www.charnwoodforest.org/charnwood-fo...

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Leicestershire VCH Trust @leicsvcht.bsky.social · Aug 4

even has a pub named after him (10 miles from Thurcaston)

Charnwood Forest Geopark @charnwoodforest.bsky.social · Aug 4

🟣 Sir Nathan Wright, who was born in Thurcaston, died on this day in 1721.

⚖️ He was a judge, and in the reign of William & Anne, was appointed Lord Keeper of the Great Seal.

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Leicestershire VCH Trust @leicsvcht.bsky.social · Aug 4

Pleased to hear that Charnwood Forest will be applying for UNESCO Geopark status this year. Some of the rocks contain fossils of some of the oldest living creatures we know about (that lived 560 million years ago). Other rocks have trees almost growing out of them or resting on them

Leicestershire VCH Trust @leicsvcht.bsky.social · Jul 8

Better still, it can be fun!

British Association for Local History @balhnews.bsky.social · Jul 8

This #ThoughtfulTuesday, we're reminding you that reading handwriting is a skill. Known as palaeography, it is a vital part of #LocalHistory research that can be learned with care and attention.

#WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll

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Leicestershire VCH Trust @leicsvcht.bsky.social · Jul 8

An unusual map. Mountsorrel's 'geology' sounded particularly loud this morning, perhaps because the noise of quarrying carried further on the very strong wind.

Charnwood Forest Geopark @charnwoodforest.bsky.social · Jul 8

ℹ Want to discover more about the Geopark?

🗺 Pop down to Mountsorrel Village Museum, which features a Geopark Corner, geological floormap, and rock specimens!

🌐 Plan your visit: www.charnwoodforest.org/geopark-corn...

Leicestershire VCH Trust @leicsvcht.bsky.social · Jul 8

An exhibition for those old enough to remember 'July fortnight' or young enough not to know what it was.

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