HMS Tern Living Museum @hmstern61.bsky.social We are creating a Living Museum at HMS Tern in Orkney. The team of volunteers and paid staff are recreating the look, smell and feel of a training airfield in World War II on Orkney. The site is open to the public, see our website for opening times.
Emily Cock @emilyncock.bsky.social Historian of health and disability c1600-1850 at Cardiff University. Dysgwr Cymraeg. Also keen on our garden, cat, and chickens.
https://profiles.cardiff.ac.uk/staff/cocke- J Julia Eichenberg @jeichenberg.bsky.social Historian of War and Peace and other things. Currently: Cooperation in Exile "The London Moment": https://exilegov.hypotheses.org/ and Post-War Periods: https://conflicts-meanings-transitions.de/
Corinne McSpedon @corinnemcspedon.bsky.social Writer and editor. Oral history projects about nursing, women’s health, and the environment.
University of Wales Press @uniwalespress.bsky.social Publishing Wales and the World since 1922. 🏴 📚 Cymraeg:
@gwasgprifcymru.bsky.social
🔗 www.uwp.co.uk
Kathryn Hurlock @drkathrynhurlock.bsky.social Historian of Wales, pilgrimage, medieval combat trauma.
Mainly Museums @mainlymuseums.bsky.social A personal take on museums big and small from contributors across the globe.
Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social “Hilarious.” - Stephen Fry. “Made me laugh out loud.” - David Sedaris. “Very funny.” - Kate Atkinson. "Psychedelic." - The Guardian. “Not humerus at all.” - Amazon reviewer. https://www.tom-cox.com/
Cheshire Military Museum @cheshiremilitary.bsky.social Telling the story of Cheshire Soldiers from the 17th century to the present day.
Opening times:
Thursday-Sunday
11:00am-4:00pm
Redland Genealogical Society @redlandgs.bsky.social The objectives of the Redland Genealogical Society (RGS) are to advance the interests of the study of Genealogy in general and specifically to assist and advance the study and recording of family history.
You can find us online at https://rgs.net.au/
Free UK Genealogy (FreeBMD • FreeREG • FreeCEN) @freeukgenealogy.org.uk Free UK Genealogy is a charity providing free access to UK historical genealogy records for family historians worldwide.
Publishers of FreeBMD, FreeREG and FreeCEN.
Volunteer-powered | Open access | Genealogy for everyone.
Yale University Press London 📖 @yalebooks.bsky.social Yale University Press in London https://yalebooks.co.uk/
Publishing books that champion arts & humanities 🏰 home of history!
⭐️ For book updates & UK OFFERS join the Yale in London newsletter: bit.ly/YaleBookNews ⭐️
Cheshire @cheshireuk.bsky.social News and updates from the county of Cheshire, UK - we originally started this service on another app in 2012 and now here on Bluesky
Nev @alphukit.bsky.social Outdoors and all things nature type of guy.
I love camping, hiking, foraging and travelling anywhere, anytime.
OldPostcards4sale @oldpostcards4sale.bsky.social Old postcards for sale online!
🔸 Ageing female small business owner, sells vintage postcards, also rides motorcycles
🔸 Heswall, Wirral, UK
🔸 Member of the Postcard Traders Association
www.oldpostcards4sale.co.uk
Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick @mrcwarwick.bsky.social Archives rich in social and political history from the late 19th century onwards.
Follow the MRC for highlights from our collections, details of our online resources and more!
https://warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc
@dmuhistory.bsky.social @dmuhistory.bsky.social The account of the History team at De Montfort University, Leicester.
Cheshire West Voluntary Action @cwva.bsky.social Championing the community sector - building trust, influencing, inspiring. #WeAreCWVA #NeverMoreNeeded
Chester FC @chesterfc.bsky.social Official account of Chester Football Club.
The King's Fund @thekingsfund.bsky.social The King's Fund is an independent charity working to improve people's health. Our vision is a world where everyone can live a healthy life. https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/
Michael Leyden @leydenmichael.bsky.social Dean @EmmanuelTheoCol.bsky.social ~ Husband @Anna_Leyden ~ Dad ~ Interested in Christian ethics, theological anthropology, moral formation, moral leadership ~ Hon Canon @chestercathedral.bsky.social ~ Scouser
Katie Crowther @tourguidekatie.bsky.social Green Badge Tourist Guide for Chester & North Wales.
Travel, history, languages, countryside.
Anthony Lees-Smith @anthonyls.bsky.social Canon Missioner at Chester Cathedral. Learning, arts and outreach. Uni of Chester DProf. Practical theology. Religious difference. Interfaith. T1D. Podder. Knitter. Ever hopeful.
Deva Roman Experience @devaroman.bsky.social Deva Roman Experience is open with a brand new adventure for all the family. Embark on an exciting journey into Chester's Roman past! Don't just read history - experience it! A Big Heritage attraction. https://devaromancentre.co.uk
Heritage Chester @heritagechester.bsky.social Heritage Chester is dedicated to promoting, preserving, and inspiring appreciation for Chester's unparalleled heritage. Our flagship initiative, Chester Heritage Festival, transforms the city for two weeks each year. https://www.heritagechester.co.uk/
Gladstone's Library @gladlib.bsky.social A unique residential library in North Wales with beautiful Reading Rooms, Food for Thought restaurant, accommodation and more.
Read, write, rest!
linktr.ee/gladlib
Sian-Elin Flint-Freel @sianelinff.bsky.social Book mentor, nature lover and a little bit Welsh.
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
Tomorrow's Women @tomorrowswomen.bsky.social A women's charity based in Wirral and Chester offering support with a range of issues including mental health, domestic abuse, mental health, substances, confidence & self-esteem, and social isolation
Chester Cathedral @chestercathedral.bsky.social Chester Cathedral is a vibrant community of worship, an ancient abbey, cultural hub, and a must-see attraction in Chester.
Markonthemaps (Mark Ovenden) @markonthemaps.bsky.social 🌈 Author, broadcaster and lecturer in design, cartography, typography and architecture around public transport. Partner of ND 🌈♾️ person. Pro-Transit 🚆 🚃 🚋 🚟🚌 and ‘in transit’ from X as @markovenden.
@fujishooter.bsky.social @fujishooter.bsky.social 
Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social Photography, politics (Lib Dem), everyday cyclist, The Archers, British basketball, former Stockport councillor. He/him. LGBTQIA+ ally.
Olly Forrester @ollyforrester.bsky.social One half of Birmingham writing duo Forrester & Fletcher. Music/spoken word maker as Kesomi. 🥁 with The Line Managers. Creative Director by day. MDANT
HSTM Network Ireland #HSTM @hstmnetworkireland.bsky.social History of Science, Technology & Medicine Network Ireland fosters research, teaching & engagement in #HistMed #HistSci #HistTech #HistSTM #Skystorians #AcademicSky #HSTM #MedHums #Science #Tech #Medicine #Health #Speirgorm Managed by @chendirl.bsky.social
Karen Lucas-Thompson 🇬🇧🇦🇺🦘 @kaz747.bsky.social Your Family Stories 🇬🇧 Liverpool lass who has lived in Perth, WA 🇦🇺 for nearly 60 years - £10 Poms - I love uncovering the secrets, skeletons and stories from my (and my husband’s) family tree. Researching 🏴🏴🏴🇮🇪🇮🇲🇦🇺 https://yourfamilystories.blog/
@s4r4h-l @s4r4h-l.bsky.social Nature, wildlife & National Trust lover.🦋🍄🦋 All photos are my own, taken on my Nokia G11/Moto G35 or Panasonic TZ80 , all copyrighted to me 😊🦋 Based in Lancashire, UK
Gary. @gbh68.bsky.social All mouth and no trousers.
Eats his crusts.
Should get out more.
Jyrki Minkkinen @jyrkiminkkinen.bsky.social Manchester City supporter. CTID💙
Music, gigs, swimming, traveling, cats.
Neil Young, The Fall, Drive-By Truckers, The Clash
Uin, saunon, matkustan, kuuntelen musaa, käyn keikoilla, luen, pääasiassa velttoilen. Joo ja tuo futis. Turkulainen, muuten terve.
Lorna @bluebellfhr.bsky.social Family History Researcher from Kent now living in Shropshire via Gloucestershire.
Paul @paulpics.bsky.social Photography, Art, Nature, Space, History, Folklore, Music (Prog fan), Hammer Horror fan, NW England
#ProgRock #Genesis #BigBigTrain #HammerHorror #Tolkien #Vegan🌱🦉
CocoaNoko @cocoanoko.bsky.social Creative sort
Crafty, takes LOTS of photos
Cake Plate Rescuer & Amateurish Gardener
Bakes a bit, use to bake a lot
#cocoanoko
#crafternarium
Family and Community Historical Research Society @fachrs.bsky.social Promoting research in family and community history, with a particular emphasis on the contribution of locally based micro-studies, especially through collaboration. Our annual project for 2026 is on nursing, so expect a few posts supporting the research.
Anitra Kinison @anitrakinison.bsky.social 
Caroline of Kalamazoo @thrawnjanet.bsky.social Scholaria et anachorita aspirans in civitate Londoniensi
Paul Round @paulwildlife.bsky.social Assistant Ecologist. Out in nature with my camera and binoculars. Wildlife recording. Photos with Android and Panasonic Lumix DC-FZ82, 20-1200.
Nick Fitzhenry @nickfitzhenry.bsky.social Postdoc at CAMPOP & King's College, Cambridge
PhD in Economic History, LSE.
nicholasfitzhenry.co.uk
Research: death, disease & doctors during Apartheid
Methods: Applied econometrics & historical demography.
Teaching: Industrial Rev., History of Middle East
Prehistoric Wirral @prehistoricwirral.bsky.social Independent archaeology research project unearthing and preserving the Prehistory of Wirral. Whilst celebrating it's nature. Est'd 2018. https://www.prehistoricwirral.com
📌Wirral Pennisula
Meg @roaringmeg.bsky.social Arts & Crafts art & architecture, Italian Renaissance art, books and beer. Family history addict. Train traveller. Environmentally conscious. Former librarian. Stratford for Europe. Green Party member. Manchester City supporter
Dr Miranda Kaufmann @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social #Historian. Author #BlackTudors #Heiresses (out September 2025) Collaborative educator #TeachingBlackTudors
www.mirandakaufmann.com
www.linktr.ee/drmirandakaufmann
Simon Jones @simonjones.bsky.social Writes about old, unhappy, far-off things. Late museum curator. Shows polite interest. FRHistS. https://simonjoneshistorian.com/
Historic Towns Trust @historictownstrust.bsky.social An educational charity working to map the urban histories of 🏴🏴🏴 in partnership with local historians & communities.
Amy Freeborn @amyfreeborn.bsky.social Head of Content and Digital (9-5), writer and public historian (rest of the time). Driven by curiosity and creativity.
Athelstan Museum @athelstanmuseum.bsky.social The Athelstan Museum, Malmesbury, Wiltshire.
Capturing the History of Malmesbury, burial place of St Aldhelm and King Athelstan, birthplace of Thomas Hobbes, and much more...
Darren Smith Photography @darrensmith.org.uk #awardwinning #photographer / #photography #business in the #NorthWest of #England. Contact the #team to discuss any #images posted or to #book us for a #shoot on our #socialmedia or our #website www.darrensmith.org.uk
Revd Steve Murphy @murphyscj.bsky.social Priest, Actor, Communicator, Photographer - all views and opinions my own. Pics, puns and hashtag games mainly.
Friends of Lister Lane Cemetery (KAVS) @listerlanecem.bsky.social In collaboration with Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council, the Friends maintain this Grade II listed, significant cemetery; the final resting place of some 20,000 individuals. Location: Halifax, England.
https://www.listerlanecemetery.co.uk
Bluebell Cottage Gardens @bluebellcottage.bsky.social Garden in Cheshire and plant nursery specialising in hardy perennials. UK, Garden and nursery open April to September, Wed-Sat 10-5. Online shop at www.bluebellcottage.co.uk
Society For Museum Archaeology @socmusarch.bsky.social The Society for Museum Archaeology promotes the interest of archaeology in museums and offers support to everyone working with archaeological collections. https://socmusarch.org.uk/
@moorsandedges.bsky.social @moorsandedges.bsky.social Light pictures from the Dark Peak. “There is no Hope beyond Castleton”.
CheshireBorn @ceejay4.bsky.social Researching & writing family history.
OPC for Bude Haven, Stratton, Menheniot & Mabe, Cornwall
https://cornwall-opc-database.org/home/
Genealogy
4% Welsh! Dysgu Cymraeg.
Art/Photography
Macclesfield FC supporter.
Aka emmacopp @maidofwilland (Twitter)
Edward Timpson CBE KC @edwardtimpson.bsky.social 👨🏻⚖️ Family Barrister
🧑🧑🧒🧒 Former Minister of State—Children & Families
👑 Former HM Solicitor General
🇬🇧 Lately MP for Eddisbury, Crewe & Nantwich
Ian Saxby @iansaxby.bsky.social Husband, father, long-suffering Chester FC fan. Slow rider of fast motorcycles.
Bit of a clothes horse, music bore and old fashioned socialist.
Dave Meredith @davemeredith.bsky.social A photographer since the mid-1970s being published since the early 1980s.
Cameras are just tools, it's the image that's important.
Ste Lingard @stelingard.bsky.social History & archaeology, esp. of northern England. Alumnus @ Sheff & Brum history. Freelance researcher in heritage sector, specialising in evaluation @ www.sglingard.com. Chair @StHelensTownAFC.bsky.social.
toombe100 @toombe100.bsky.social Mostly #baking and pictures of any #wildlife that will stay still long enough for me to photograph with one hand whilst holding onto a #Labrador with the other.
Arto @artok1951.bsky.social I am sorry but my illness got recently so bad, I will not post any photos on regular basis in the future. I am suffering from a PSP. It is a rare, progressive neurodegenerative disease affecting walking, balance, eye movements, and cognition.
Martin Travis @martintravis.bsky.social Wirral walks, photos & quizzes. Lapsed #TRFC fan. Autistic. Deaf/acoustic neuroma. Carl Sagan enthusiast. Geographical Pedant. Advocate for vol-au-vents (especially the little pastry hats) and jetpacks. Koumpounophobic 👀
Andrew Howe @andyhowe007.bsky.social Love Photography particularly monochrome , and travel.
https://andrewhowe.format.com
Jenny M @abbyaug.bsky.social Retired primary school teacher. Interested in reading, walking, running, skiing, photography, history, gardening, knitting and education. Loving being a grandmother. Hope to return to EU one day.
Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social Historian of Britain and colonialism, material culture, the EIC. Also works on equalities, museums, open access & research policy. Download the EIC @ Home open access volume here: https://www.uclpress.co.uk/products/88277 (or individual chapters via JSTOR)
Rachel Cross @chestercross.bsky.social A Cestrian who loves movies, history, science and culture.
Chester Film Society. Friends of the Meadows. RECORD LRC.
The Pentaxian @the-pentaxian.bsky.social Amateur photographer and general ne'er-do-well.
All photos are my own, no sense in blaming someone else.
Hiking Manchester 🐝 @hikingmanchester.bsky.social Walking group based on Meetup offering a range of free walks, both locally and further afield in the Lake District, N. Wales & Derbyshire. Tweets mostly by Liz
https://www.meetup.com/Hiking-Manchester/
Price of My Pig Ceilidh Band @pompceilidh.bsky.social Five-piece ceilidh band working in the North West of England
https://priceofmypig.co.uk/
Mark French @medwinfrench.bsky.social Folk and roots music
Architecture and place
Natural environment
Climate challenge
'(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding' - Nic Lowe
@bevfraser.bsky.social @bevfraser.bsky.social 
@rpmmusic.bsky.social @rpmmusic.bsky.social 
Dr Rachel E Swallow FSA, FHistS @swallowtailarch.bsky.social Castles & Landscapes Expert | Research, Writing, Review, & Reach in Archaeology, History & Heritage | Where Words Work
www.swallowtailarchaeology.co.uk
#queenoflostcastles #LegendLadyLandscape
#ResearchWritingReviewReach
Sarah @sarahvanpelt.bsky.social "She exhausts easily under the pressure to be interesting”
Catalyst Museum @catalystarchives.bsky.social Museum of the Chemical Industry in Widnes, Cheshire and home of the Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) archives - well, some of them at least ... and much more
From Judith Wilde @heyjudewilde.bsky.social
and Charlie Linton @charlie-linton.bsky.social
@postcard13.bsky.social @postcard13.bsky.social Retired, married, former MD in the construction industry, living in Fife, Scotland, whisky lover, deltiologist
Terry Hamlett @terryhamlettphoto.bsky.social Curvy Blonde/Photographer 📷 based in the UK.
Instagram @terryhamlettphotography
https://www.terryhamlett.photography
AnneYoungAu @anneyoungau.bsky.social family historian
Sawyer @sawyeronblast.bsky.social Trying my best during the end times. Committed to the radical idea that #Women, #LGBTQ, #BIPOC & #Refugees are people too. Licensed #Therapist (not your therapist).
Christian Matheson @chris-matheson.bsky.social Politics, football, life. Everton, Chester
Cestrian @andycestrian.bsky.social 
Penny Duggan @pennyduggan.bsky.social Archives | Local History | Family History
Bexley, Blackfen, Kent, London, Ireland
Archives Officer @BexleyArchives
Chair of Lamorbey and Sidcup Local History Society
http://blackfenpastandpresent.com
OnThisDate @onethisdate.bsky.social Historical Events On this Date. (Need help applying for grants? Visit www.onegrant.co)
Helen Shields @helenshields.bsky.social Granny, Amateur Genealogist, sometimes presenting as my Gt GrandAunt, Auntie Kate. DevonFHS, RyedaleFHG, Society for One-Place Studies (OPS Sticklepath near Okehampton Devon). IHGS slow stream student!
Youth Engagement Schools Trust (YES Trust) @theyestrust.bsky.social A Multi-Academy Trust committed to transforming lives in AP/ Specialist settings. Child Centred. Authentic Relationships. Adaptive & Sensitive to Need.
Harriet Richardson Blakeman @harrietrichardsonb.bsky.social Architectural historian, formerly at the Survey of London, long standing interest in hospital buildings. University of Edinburgh PhD ‘Medicine and Modernity’. Living in Scotland.
Website: https://historic-hospitals.com/
Keith Williams @keithwill.bsky.social Opinionated Leftie. Still despise Thatcher. Obsessive runner and park-runner. Welshman living in Chester. Bowel cancer survivor thanks to the NHS and trying to make the most of my retirement years
Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social Historian of religion and belief | folklorist | Balticist | indexer | lay canon @stedscath.bsky.social | series editor for @universitypress.cambridge.org
Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social Genealogist & Family Historian for 22 years.
AGRA Associate, Wakefield, West Yorks
Pharos Intermediate & Advanced Certificate
One Place Study: St. John's Square, Wakefield
www.ancestralenquiries.co.uk
#FamilyHistory
#Genealogy
#LocalHistory
#Yorkshire
Count Pierre 🏴 @countpierre.bsky.social Amateur family historian, with a keen interest in nature and the environment.
🌳🌿🦇🐝♻
Christopher Hilton @chilton-bb.bsky.social Head of Archive & Library at The Red House, http://brittenpearsarts.org. Archives, music, metadata; side orders of architecture, landscape history & electronic noise.
North West Kent Family History Society @nwkfhs.bsky.social We are one of Kent's and the UK's premier Family History Societies - if you want to find out more why not take a look at our website:
https://www.nwkfhs.org.uk