Rachael Haslam @rachaelhaslam.bsky.social WRoCAH PhD at the University of York |
Medieval trust, distrust and local networks | she/her
Prof Ben Pohl @benpohl.bsky.social Professor of Medieval History, University of Bristol 📚 w/ Oxford Univ Press, Cambridge Univ Press, Boydell & Brewer, Schnell & Steiner, ARC Humanities Press; now writing ‘The Medieval Library: Using and Abusing Books in the Middle Ages’ for Reaktion Books
Keeper of the Really Smart Words @bookishnea.bsky.social Jane Austen, Murderbot, Good Omens, Doctor Who, Sherlock Holmes fan. Occasionally a stoic philosopher, often a writer, currently a quilter and tombstone tourist. Warning followers about variable signal to noise since LiveJournal.
Sophie Bacchus-Waterman @sophiebwaterman.bsky.social Historian. Author of "Elizabeth Boleyn". Writing a book on Perkin Warbeck. Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Book History MA graduate.
The Society of Antiquaries of London @antiquaries.bsky.social In the heart of London, we are the centre of antiquarian learning, discovery & community. As a royal learned society, our Fellows have been inspiring scholarship, debate & research for over 300 years. Also own Kelmscott Manor, past home of William Morris.
Canolfan Uwchefrydiau Cymreig a Cheltaidd / CAWCS @yganolfangeltaidd.bsky.social Mae'r Ganolfan yn sefydliad ymchwil wedi’i leoli gerllaw Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru yn Aberystwyth.
The Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies is a dedicated research institute of the University of Wales, located alongside the National Library.
Dan Tappin @oitappin.bsky.social A man. In Cardiff. From London. Likes stuff, dislikes other stuff. Ex radio/tv/tv software now:f/t dad p/t librarian. Views are his own and not the baying mobs. Will talk about mashups, Documentary Now, NUFC, Eurovision, and David Bowie to anyone
Suffolk Wills @suffolkwills.bsky.social Digitising and analysing wills from Suffolk from between 1490 and 1620. See https://suffolkwills.org. There's a bit about me (Martin) on the About page.
Dr Nuits de Young @nuitsdeyoung.bsky.social Historian/art historian (12C & 18C esp), lover of Old Roses, literature, art, music, pigeons & other cute creatures! Trans-inclusive egalitarian #FBPE #UKEUFriend #Aspie
GilchristHeritage at the Other Place. Posts in personal capacity.
She/They
GlosBio @glosbio.bsky.social Researcher
History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social Independent researcher/writer in the history, heritage & culture sectors. Former Editor, History and Heritage Yorkshire Magazine, Bylines Network. Passionate about community and inclusivity Hate ethno & dislike cultural nationalism Servant to a Patterdale,
Clodagh Tait @clodaghtait.bsky.social Historian at MIC, Limerick, of women, men, children, emotion, death, violence, ghosts, cursing, folklore.
https://www.mic.ul.ie/staff/283-clodagh-tait
Ranaroth @ranaroth.bsky.social Random postings of stuff on an ad-hoc basis.
All book covers scanned from my personal collection.
All non-archive photographs taken by me.
"All irregularities will be handled by the forces controlling each dimension."
Dr Dan O’Brien @drdan.bsky.social Historian of undertakers and funerals in Eighteenth Century England. Researching the trade and their goods. Visiting Research Fellow at CDAS, University of Bath.
Associate Fellow of Royal Historical Society
The History Kiosk @historykiosk.bsky.social Visit the History Kiosk and choose your next history fix.
https://tinyurl.com/yj2tawuu
dailymedievaldeath @dailymedievaldeath.troet.cafe.ap.brid.gy A #medievaldeath a day as #otd. Run by @manuel_kamenzin. Header: BL, Add 36684, f 100r. Profile: BL Add 37049 f 31v.
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://troet.cafe/@dailymedievaldeath, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
David Veevers @davidveevers.bsky.social Lecturer in Early Modern History | Seventeenth Century, Colonialism, Asia, Caribbean | ‘dazzling’ - BBC History | tired dad | Stephen King aficionado | academia’s longest commute | Sussex coast | writing my third book: Where the Manchineel Trees Grow
Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office. 17 year old tabby. Living with my seventh Prime Minister. Unofficial.
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Number10cat
M Beattie, PhD @thanatos-kalos.bsky.social Media Studies academic in global precarity; in dire need of a job (media, comms, ESL). Aro/grey-ace/bi, neurodiverse, ask me about my current research at your own discretion. More commonly asked where in the world she is than Carmen Sandiego.
ID @chuffnell.bsky.social History, London, and Beyond
[All pictures my own unless cited]
Peter Reavill @peterreavill.bsky.social Landscape archaeologist, prehistorian, and small finds specialist. At home in the Bronze Age, but living in the deep Welsh Marches. HERO for Herefordshire Archaeology.
All views my own
Expert is Reavillnomicism
cbnewham @parishchurches.org FSA. Author. Photographer. IT specialist.
Church architecture & contents.
If you want to know what churches are open during the day then get my Keyholder for Parish Churches app (Android and Apple).
Bio:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron_Newham
Lorraine @wolfq4.bsky.social Historian | Archivist | Taphophile | Architecture | Built Heritage | 16-17th century witchcraft in the west of Scotland |
Music fan with wanderlust. Personal acct, so views my own! Occasionally random posts
https://archivisthistoryblog.wordpress.com/home/
@orsa-marga.bsky.social @orsa-marga.bsky.social Mag den #FotoVorschlag
Von Bluesky IRL mit #FotoVo-Berlin
#DeathPositivity Friedhofskultur #Cemetery #31DaysOfGraves #nobots
Marisa Fez @marisafez.bsky.social Heterodoxa y desnortada
Coimetrofílica ☠️ // Typelover 🆎 // Jardinera 🌷
Project proposals are welcome 📩
👉 https://linktr.ee/marisafez
Alison M @alisonm.bsky.social Editor and lexicographer by day, yarn ninja by night. So, y'know, books and yarn, gardens and language.
Welwyn Archaeological Society @welwynarchsoc.bsky.social The Society's Blue Sky feed run by the Director with an interest in all things archaeological especially archaeological method, geophysics and fieldwork. Have been known to publish a few things on coins and stats too. Always looking for speakers!
The Black Country Dying Museum @bcdyingmuseum.bsky.social The BCDM is a virtual museum enjoying history, art and the natural world in the Midlands . All photos by the BCDM.
http://thebcdyingmuseum.blog
@stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social @stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social
Justine Gardner @jbgrumpstone.bsky.social 🖊Word creature. 🪶Birb person.
Basically just an old fart-in-a-bottle left on a dusty shelf somewhere in Brooklyn, NY.
website: www.grumpstonegazette.com
linktree: https://linktr.ee/justine.gardner
Mark @markbrookes.bsky.social Anglo-Irish former professional photographer, 63 just shooting for fun now, message for collaborations. South West UK. Images my ©️copyright unless reposts. Apart from straight reposts here please do not use my images in any other way. No 🔞 No Ai 🖤
The Friends of Mount Moriah Cemetery Historical Stories @mountmoriahhistory.bsky.social The Friends of Mount Moriah Cemetery is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and promotion of Mount Moriah Cemetery of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. https://friendsofmountmoriahcemetery.org/
LizD @bibby4.bsky.social She/her Elderly Scottish wumman who is into history and archaeology. Iron Age/Early Mediaeval. Volunteers at The Govan Stones.
Remember It - Recuérdalo @recuerdalo.bsky.social I post here images of cemeteries, monuments, and memorials. All photos, except reposts, are mine. Thank you very much to all who follow, like, and repost.
Rosalind Phillips-Solomon @rphillips-solomon.bsky.social 🪦 medievalist & whale fan 🐋
Currently working on late medieval death ritual 🪽
Virgin martyr obsessed 🦷👁️🐉
PhD candidate at the Courtauld
🌸🪻🦋 (they/she)
Paul Webster 🌈 @webstermedieval.bsky.social Medieval historian (esp. kingship, religion, saints, King John & Thomas Becket). Mature students & lifelong learning. Carer. Occasional gardener. He/him. 🌈 Ace, Genderfluid
Tudor Times @thetudortimes.bsky.social Tudor Times is the place to go for all things Tudor and Stewart (1485-1625) www.tudortimes.co.uk
Sue Wilkes @suewilkesauthor.bsky.social FRHistS. Europhile. Author of Regency Spies, A Visitor's Guide to Jane Austen's England, and more. Young Workers of the Industrial Age, out now! Please be kind. https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Sue-Wilkes/a/1893
Andrew Prescott @ajprescott.bsky.social Hon Senior Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow. Writes and researches on medieval history and manuscripts, archives, digital humanities, and the history of freemasonry. Heavily involved with the 'People of 1381' project: www.1381.online.
Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social Poet. Speaker. Educator. Performer. Adult, YA, and Children's poetry. Occasionally picture books. Lots of posts about churches. Unapologetically trans (he/him) jayhulme.com
BAR Publishing @barpublishing.bsky.social Independent Publisher of the world's largest academic archaeological series with over 4000 titles.
@ipghq Academic & Professional Publisher of the Year '22
Susie Fielding @susiefielding.bsky.social Historic Buildings Investigator @ Royal Commission Wales | Nonconformist Chapels | C20 Built Heritage | Digital Technologies in Heritage | Countryside & Dogs | O Gymru - Dysgwr | Personal Account
Rob Phillips @balwen76.bsky.social Archifydd, hanesydd, Cymro a Cristion gyda Morris 1000. Caws, cathod a threnau yn dda/Archivist, historian, Welshman and Christian with a Morris 1000. Cheese, cats and trains are good.
Iestyn Jones @driestynjones.bsky.social Archaeologist, early medievalist working in Wales - Archeolegydd, canol oeswr cynnar, yn gweithio yng Nghymru
Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
Cat Rees @catrees.bsky.social Archaeologist in North Wales. Currently studying PhD looking at death in Pre-Roman Wales. Other interests include making random stuff and scruffing my hounds.
Scotland's Churches Trust @scotchurchestrust.bsky.social Celebrating Scotland's rich culture and built heritage since 1978. We preserve, promote and protect Scotland's unique assemblage of ecclesiastical buildings.
https://www.scotlandschurchestrust.org.uk/
Ceritheviking @ceritheviking.bsky.social history, sport, science & politics! green side but more about outcomes than party rosettes. works policy+public affairs. Also podcasting, theatre & ancient glass! Searching - “Dolce far niente”
John Clarke @jmclarke1854.bsky.social Retired medical librarian & administrator; author of works on Brookwood and West Norwood Cemetery, Trustee at West Norwood Cemetery, historian, taphophile
https://john-clarke.co.uk/ and https://www.fownc.org/
Yorkist History Trust @yorkisthistory.bsky.social A charitable trust to further education, learning, and research related to the history of late medieval England (and in particular the reign of Richard III) 📚 www.yorkisthistorytrust.org
Hàìghlèàgh Winslade BA BA MRes @hiegleah.bsky.social Landscape Archaeologist & Anthropologist of Medicine & Religion Border Terrier Fancier views my own.
Debbie Cameron @debsadelight.bsky.social Amateur family historian and the many roles of women in WW1 in the UK. Love cats, churchcrawling, photography, nature and.Spurs.
Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social graveyard historian; spouse to @fionawh.im; she/they 🏳️🌈
Cambridge, Massachusetts
THE CARETAKERS (War Graves gardeners in the French Resistance) https://www.globepequot.com/9781633888999/the-caretakers/
Mainly Museums @mainlymuseums.bsky.social A personal take on museums big and small from contributors across the globe.
Owen Gower @owentg.bsky.social He/him | sometime historian of medicine (vaccination + smallpox) | museums + heritage | folk tales + music | resilient + empowered communities | climate action | anti-capitalist solutions | ever hopeful | rooted in rural Gloucestershire | owengower.co.uk
CathyLoweBerkshire @cathylowe.bsky.social Enthusiast. Churches and cathedrals, Modernist architecture, music especially Mozart, birding especially swans. My son is a hospital doctor; I once worked in the NHS in health education/public health.
Old Burying Ground, Halifax @buryingground.bsky.social Founded 1749. A National Historic Site in downtown Halifax. Official account of the Old Burying Ground Foundation.
https://oldburyingground.ca/donate/
Dr Laura Smith @laurasmith29.bsky.social Interested in Late Antiquity, asceticism, gender and sexuality.
St Davids Cathedral Library / Llyfrgell y Gadeirlan Tyddewi @stdavidscathlib.bsky.social St Davids Cathedral Library. Llyfrgell Y Gadeirlan Tyddewi. Only Welsh Cathedral Library in situ. Beautiful books C16 to C21, in beautiful building.
@ohpipedown.bsky.social @ohpipedown.bsky.social One small rock a day. I am The Blue Hen.
Peter Ross @peteralanross.bsky.social Author of Upon A White Horse: Journeys In Ancient Britain & Ireland. Also, Steeple Chasing: Around Britain By Church, & A Tomb With A View: The Stories & Glories of Graveyards. Substack: https://smallfinds.substack.com
@gothictravelguide.bsky.social @gothictravelguide.bsky.social Greetings, traveler. We bid you welcome to the Gothic Travel Guide. We are a small team based in Lawrence, Kansas. All photos by Emma Santora unless otherwise stated. Join us as we explore the shadows in the Sunflower State.
@jon-bayliss-1116.bsky.social @jon-bayliss-1116.bsky.social
Carla Linford @carlalinford.bsky.social Grimsby based freelance Historian. I post a lot about old stuff, pretty things, dogs, cats… Views my own.
Dr Chris @drchrisc.bsky.social Archaeologist working in London
Dunblane Cathedral @dunblanecathedral.bsky.social Dunblane Cathedral, Kilmadock & Blair Drummond Church of Scotland
📍 Perthshire, Scotland
Registered Scottish Charity Number SC004454
https://www.dunblanecathedral.org.uk
Janice Tullock @jtullock.bsky.social Archivist, consultant, genealogist, mentor. If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday. ~Pearl Buck
Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social Passionate about archives, archaeology and the medieval past.
Michael Pearce @michaelpearce.bsky.social History, Scotland. Probably writing about material culture, costume, household accounts, letters, recipe books, and the fine grain detail of Scottish royal revenue.
Website: https://vanishedcomforts.org/about/
Research Group on Manuscript Evidence @rgmemss.bsky.social Dedicated to the love of books, manuscripts, written words in multiple media across the ages. Did we mention books?
Our website = https://manuscriptevidence.org/wpme/
Graveyard Dandelion @graveyarddandelion.bsky.social Graveyards, old things, overgrown things, & other moody places 🪦🖤
I’m Dree | she/her
I have merch 👀 https://www.redbubble.com/people/designsbydree/shop?artistUserName=DesignsByDree&collections=4159333&iaCode=all-departments&sortOrder=relevant
Louvain Rees ⚰️ @hellohistoria.bsky.social Award-winning Historian & Genealogist ✍️🏻
Death, Wales and Psychiatry 💀
Glamorgan County Lunatic Asylum 🧠
Workhouses | Poor Law | Lunacy 🧠
🥇BBC History Extra '30 under 30' 📚
📍Cardiff | views are my own • she/her
🔗 www.linktr.ee/louvainrees
Ruth Siddall @pavementgeology.bsky.social What is your city built from? This account is all about building and decorative stones and accessible geology in the built environment. londonpavementgeology.co.uk
https://www.walks.com/guides/ruth-1/
Jeff Wheeler @jrwheeler.bsky.social Bookseller. History and politics. Art, architecture, and photography. Decent knowledge of top flight football in the late 80s and early 90s
Megan Olshefski @meganolshefski.bsky.social @USUKFulbright Archaeology PhD @arcdurham.bsky.social on 17thc Scottish PoWs | Visiting Fellow @harvard.edu | Documentary Producer & Director | Swimmer | Immigrant
Latest 🎬: https://vimeo.com/891591104?share=copy
Rebecca Bugge @dameboudicca.bsky.social Archaeologist (started in medieval Scandinavia - now firmly rooted in Etruscan Italy) with a love for architecture, books, Japan, cats and photography, and video games (because why not?)
Ian Taylor @wellhopper.bsky.social Exploring the holy wells and healing wells of North Wales - Fforio'r ffynhonnau sanctaidd a ffynhonnau iachaol Gogledd Cymru
Folklore & history / llên gwerin & hanes
More at www.wellhopper.wales
Westminster Abbey @westminsterabbey.bsky.social A royal church offering daily services for all and a World Heritage Site with over a thousand years of history.
Steve @portaspeciosa.bsky.social Church crawler with a penchant for cathedrals and medieval wall paintings.
CBHC / RCAHMW @rcahmwales.bsky.social CBHC yw'r corff cenedlaethol archwiliadau ac archif ar gyfer amgylchedd hanesyddol Cymru | RCAHMW is the national body of survey and archive for the historic environment of Wales
cbhc.gov.uk | rcahmw.gov.uk | coflein.gov.uk | youtube.com/@rcahmw
Harriet Soper @hattiesoper.bsky.social Lecturer in Medieval Literature @bristolunienglish.bsky.social. Interested in OE, ME & ON, currently working on play 🧸 The Life Course in Old English Poetry (CUP, 2024). She/ her. Views own.
Kate North @curatorkate.bsky.social Heritage & conservation professional & enthusiast, usually found exploring old places 😃
Curator of Properties for English Heritage, & freelance heritage consultant.
Studying p/t for PhD in lime finishes.
Fi Bowler @fibowler.bsky.social Cold War Historian | Research Associate at the University of Oxford | views and cat pictures my own
@chloelewis.bsky.social @chloelewis.bsky.social
Joy Sayer @joysayer.bsky.social Rediscovering my creative side with arts, crafts, music and books. Church crawling, crosswords, quizzes and outdoor food are ever present interests.
Britain’s War Memorials @britwarmemorial.bsky.social Exploring Britain’s war memorials. Boer War, First World War (Great War), Second World War et al. Member of the Great War Group #LestWeForget #Remembrance
Simon Coupland @scoupland.bsky.social FRHistS, lover of Carolingian coinage, Vikings, Jesus and my wife and daughter, though not necessarily in that order
Silver Ruby @silver-ruby.bsky.social All beings tremble before violence.
All fear death.
All love life.
See yourself in others.
Then whom can you hurt?
What harm can you do?
Andrew Mayfield @andersarchaeology.bsky.social Community archaeologist, found at Greenwich and Richmond. Member of SWAG. Enabled archaeology, LIDAR, volunteering and the archaeology of parks 🛞🔥🌳
Liam Temple @liamtemple.bsky.social Assistant Professor in the History of Catholicism, Durham University. Lover of all things Catholic, mystical and Franciscan! First gen academic. More: https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/liam-p-temple/
NearlyKnowledgeable @g0blinegg.bsky.social Amy
𖦹 Folklorist & Writer 𖦹
Ghostlore ● Witchcraft ● Devil Folklore
Rooted in Shropshire History & Lore 💀
Writer of 'The Best Of Men' -A Shropshire folk horror 🦇
Dr Lynn @lyndenwood.bsky.social Dr Lynn.
Ph.D Historian of Society & Culture. Theories of control within public space: Parks, Gardens, Cemeteries and Sunday Schools.
Autoimmune warrior.
Plays 🎹, loves old books, and enjoys gardening.
Married to MacRunner
Public Statues and Sculpture Association @pssatweets.bsky.social Charity advancing understanding & appreciation of public statues & sculpture. Webinars, talks, books, statues of women & sculptors' lives databases, forthcoming sculpture residency & Marsh Awards for Public Sculpture, Conservation & Fountains. pssauk.org
Annemarieke Willemsen @amwillemsen.bsky.social A medieval art historian & archaeologist @ Rijksmuseum van Oudheden Leiden, Dr, FSA, loves Rome & Roma, birds & books, proprietor of the Rose & Parrot 🐺📚🦤
"History is an illusion caused by the passing of time" (Douglas AdAms)
@scaurbank.bsky.social @scaurbank.bsky.social
James D'Emilio @demiliopics2.bsky.social Bronx born Medievalist, Art Historian, Hispanist, Lover of Italy and Antiquity
Web: www.jamesdemilio.com
Church Going Book. @old-church-going.bsky.social Hello, I’m a specialist Church Stonemason in Somerset- UK.
FSA & SPAB Fellow.
I’ve also recently taken to writing & have 2 books under my belt.👇
www.church-going.co.uk
www.the-stonemason.co.uk
Héraldique française @heraldique.eurosky.social French #heraldry ⚜ Participer à la renaissance, vivante et vivace, d'une culture #héraldique contemporaine en France. Illustrations 🇫🇷 et 🇪🇺