VCH London
@vch-london.bsky.social
Researching local histories of Greater London.
VCH London begins 2026 with a fantastic blog by Daisy Mansfield on Hogarth and Soho: blog.history.ac.uk/2026/01/soho...
Soho at Noon: Satire, Stratification, and Urbanisation in William Hogarth’s London - On History
Daisy Mansfield is volunteer with VCH London, focusing on artists in Soho. In this blog, she discusses what we can learn about Soho in the eighteenth-century from the work of the renowned artist and c...
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January 9, 2026 at 2:17 PM
VCH London begins 2026 with a fantastic blog by Daisy Mansfield on Hogarth and Soho: blog.history.ac.uk/2026/01/soho...
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I couldn't agree more with @mirror.co.uk that it's a good time to investigate Agatha Christie's London.
Especially because there's 40% off Songs of Seven Dials in the @manchesterup.bsky.social sale.
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526181954/
#sevendials #20s30s
Especially because there's 40% off Songs of Seven Dials in the @manchesterup.bsky.social sale.
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526181954/
#sevendials #20s30s
January 6, 2026 at 10:01 AM
I couldn't agree more with @mirror.co.uk that it's a good time to investigate Agatha Christie's London.
Especially because there's 40% off Songs of Seven Dials in the @manchesterup.bsky.social sale.
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526181954/
#sevendials #20s30s
Especially because there's 40% off Songs of Seven Dials in the @manchesterup.bsky.social sale.
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526181954/
#sevendials #20s30s
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#ICYMI: Join us on 27 January to learn about how an Atlas of London in 1666 has been researched!
This webinar is in collaboration with the Historic Towns Trust @historictownstrust.bsky.social
Find out more: www.balh.org.uk/event-balh-r...
#WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll
This webinar is in collaboration with the Historic Towns Trust @historictownstrust.bsky.social
Find out more: www.balh.org.uk/event-balh-r...
#WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll
January 7, 2026 at 7:01 AM
#ICYMI: Join us on 27 January to learn about how an Atlas of London in 1666 has been researched!
This webinar is in collaboration with the Historic Towns Trust @historictownstrust.bsky.social
Find out more: www.balh.org.uk/event-balh-r...
#WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll
This webinar is in collaboration with the Historic Towns Trust @historictownstrust.bsky.social
Find out more: www.balh.org.uk/event-balh-r...
#WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll
Thanks to everyone who has supported VCH London this year, buying books, attending events, making donations, volunteering time, and the rest.
December 19, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Thanks to everyone who has supported VCH London this year, buying books, attending events, making donations, volunteering time, and the rest.
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"Maps are a way of organising wonder." ~ Peter Steinhart
Visuals from the Agas Map over on @layersoflondon.bsky.social , courtesy of The London Archives
www.layersoflondon.org/map/...
#WednesdayWisdom #Maps #GIS #HGIS #SpatialHumanities #DigitalHumanities #GeoHumanities #StoryMaps
Visuals from the Agas Map over on @layersoflondon.bsky.social , courtesy of The London Archives
www.layersoflondon.org/map/...
#WednesdayWisdom #Maps #GIS #HGIS #SpatialHumanities #DigitalHumanities #GeoHumanities #StoryMaps
December 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
"Maps are a way of organising wonder." ~ Peter Steinhart
Visuals from the Agas Map over on @layersoflondon.bsky.social , courtesy of The London Archives
www.layersoflondon.org/map/...
#WednesdayWisdom #Maps #GIS #HGIS #SpatialHumanities #DigitalHumanities #GeoHumanities #StoryMaps
Visuals from the Agas Map over on @layersoflondon.bsky.social , courtesy of The London Archives
www.layersoflondon.org/map/...
#WednesdayWisdom #Maps #GIS #HGIS #SpatialHumanities #DigitalHumanities #GeoHumanities #StoryMaps
VCH London is researching the history of #soho. It makes for great reading, but you can see it in the streets too. What an amazing new map! www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/fro...
From snails to street signs: Soho’s history revealed on a new digital map
From Greek Street’s gilded snail to vintage adverts on a Poland Street car park – Soho’s streets are alive with layers of visual heritage, and now, for the first time, all of that history has been bro...
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October 20, 2025 at 9:14 AM
VCH London is researching the history of #soho. It makes for great reading, but you can see it in the streets too. What an amazing new map! www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/fro...
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Are you interested in local history? @vch-home.bsky.social @hackney-society.bsky.social @history.dulwichsociety.com
In this free workshop, you will be taught how to produce a short video from the material you have collected to share the stories you are uncovering. www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
In this free workshop, you will be taught how to produce a short video from the material you have collected to share the stories you are uncovering. www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
October 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Are you interested in local history? @vch-home.bsky.social @hackney-society.bsky.social @history.dulwichsociety.com
In this free workshop, you will be taught how to produce a short video from the material you have collected to share the stories you are uncovering. www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
In this free workshop, you will be taught how to produce a short video from the material you have collected to share the stories you are uncovering. www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Just 2 days before @cathamclarke.bsky.social speaks at the Westminster Archives on #London history in poetry. Last few tickets available! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/author-tal...
Author Talk: Re-discovering London through A History of England in 25 Poems
This is the history of England told in a new way: glimpsed through twenty-five
remarkable poems written from the eighth century to today.
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September 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Just 2 days before @cathamclarke.bsky.social speaks at the Westminster Archives on #London history in poetry. Last few tickets available! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/author-tal...
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Enjoying #AHistoryOfEnglandIn25Poems on Radio 4? Join us on 1 October to discover #London #history through #poetry. You'll also be able to learn about the work of the Victoria County History in London - and support @vch-london.bsky.social by buying my book. www.westminster.gov.uk/event/author...
September 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Enjoying #AHistoryOfEnglandIn25Poems on Radio 4? Join us on 1 October to discover #London #history through #poetry. You'll also be able to learn about the work of the Victoria County History in London - and support @vch-london.bsky.social by buying my book. www.westminster.gov.uk/event/author...
The VCH is working in #London again, on a short history of #Soho! And there is now a donations page, if you'd like to help keep it going (or maybe even expand...): cafdonate.cafonline.org/28318#!/Dona...
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September 23, 2025 at 1:21 PM
The VCH is working in #London again, on a short history of #Soho! And there is now a donations page, if you'd like to help keep it going (or maybe even expand...): cafdonate.cafonline.org/28318#!/Dona...