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SAVE Britain's Heritage @savetoreuse.bsky.social New Life for Remarkable Buildings 📢Join the movement, sign up to our monthly news and events bulletin➡️ bit.ly/4kaRFqC
Church Monuments Society @churchmonuments.bsky.social We offer a focus for those with an interest in church monuments of all types and periods. Posts by @heritagepilgrim.bsky.social
Fiona McLees @mclees-fiona.bsky.social Paper conservator in Wales. Manuscripts, drawings, artists’ materials, studios, sideline interests in holy wells, roodscreens, and all manner of heritage at the end of long country lanes. Colour-related Instagram posts @chromatic_dispatches
Kirsty Hartsiotis @stroudstory.bsky.social Writer, speaker, storyteller, folklorist and museum curator. Arts and Crafts Movement lover. William Morris fangirl. Church crawler.
Lisa Ollerhead @ljollerhead.bsky.social Director of the Association of Independent Museums.
Dr Rosalind Johnson @historyrosalind.bsky.social History, especially 17th & 18th c. Quakers and other dissenters. Local history. Churches. Folklore. Archaeology. Art. Museums. Walking. Books. Cats. Coffee. Supporting @wiltshistory.bsky.social. President of Friends Historical Society 2025.
Jim Cheshire @jimchesh.bsky.social Associate Prof. Gothic Revival, Tennyson, stained glass ; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2371-2142; Co-Director http://www.lincolnconservation.co.uk; Honorary Secretary, Tennyson Society https://tennysonsociety.com/
London Historic Buildings Trust @lhbt.bsky.social We protect and regenerate London's historic buildings. 30 years of saving the City's Heritage at Risk 🏛️ https://linktr.ee/londonhistoricbuildings
Andy Whiting @awdorset.bsky.social Archaeology | Heritage | Landscapes | Museums | Based in beautiful Dorset, UK Work in maritime Project Mgmt.
Alison C @archaeoali.bsky.social Landscape Archaeologist Part Time Doctoral Researcher @archsoton50.bsky.social Eardstapa - Woman of Kent - ACIfA Sharing my ❤️ for the historic environment from big landscapes to hidden spaces. All 📸 my own unless stated
Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social Passionate about archives, archaeology and the medieval past.
Explore Heritage @xploreheritage.bsky.social 🇬🇧 No.1 Heritage Account For Aerial Views 🏛️ Historic Places & Hidden Gems 🎬 Photo, Film & Online
India Wright @indiawright.bsky.social Cambridge PhD candidate examining the architecture of the Inns of Court during the C17 • Editor of the London Topographical Society Newsletter • Mother to small children
Dr Daniella M Gonzalez @deegonz92.bsky.social Medievalist: London, urban history, political discourse, documentary culture📜 Archives and Records Management Professional 📚 Social Media Fellow at @harchivestrust.bsky.social 💻 Co-founder @memslibukc.bsky.social Digital engagement
Kathryn Hurlock @drkathrynhurlock.bsky.social Historian of Wales, pilgrimage, medieval combat trauma.
Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social Medievalist. She/Her. All DMs are blocked (Bluesky ID issue)
David Morley @profdavidmorley.bsky.social Professor at Warwick Uni, Poet at Carcanet, Ted Hughes Award for The Invisible Gift, PBS Choice for FURY, Forward Prize finalist, Writer of The Cambridge Introduction to Creative Writing, Fellow Royal Society of Literature,Thought Fox.
@gkt-wales.bsky.social @gkt-wales.bsky.social BBC Journalist. I’m interested in science, history, art, folklore, music, sport, food and drink. Also MW7GKT in my spare time.
Dr Elizabeth Mackintosh @drelizabethmac1.bsky.social Lecturer of Philosophy & Theology. Visiting Research & Knowledge Exchange Fellow. Educational Partnerships. Philosopher in the Wild. Happiest in Pembrokeshire.
Morgan. E. Leah @morganellisleah.bsky.social Conservation Advisor @vicsoc | Researcher @wattsandco | @FRH_Europe Young Professionals & Researchers Working Group - obsessed with Gothic architecture ❤️‍🔥| Uni of Cambridge and Uni of York Alumna
Ragged Robin @carolineirwin3.bsky.social Passionate about natural history, environment and conservation, visiting historic buildings, churches and gardens. Love reading and photography.
Steve @portaspeciosa.bsky.social Church crawler with a penchant for cathedrals and medieval wall paintings.
Dr. Adelle Bricking 🌼 @archaedelle.bsky.social Archaeologist in Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Finds Officer based in Amgueddfa Cymru 🏛️ | PhD on Iron Age mortuary practices 🛖 | ADHD: expect typos 🥲 | she/her | all views are mine!
Rosemary Griggs @ragriggsauthor.bsky.social Author and speaker who spends a lot of time in the sixteenth century. I make and wear historical clothing. Love old buildings , churches, needlework and Devon. Ever hopeful gardener #history #tudor #HistoricalFiction #devon #Books #needlework 🪡✍️🌱📚
Dr Alan Montgomery @classicalalan.bsky.social Historian, artist, tour guide and FSAScot. A lover of legend and folklore. Buy my art and my books here: https://linktr.ee/classicalalan
Nigel J.Hetherington @pastpreservers.bsky.social Producer, Casting Agent and Founder of Past Preservers, representing experts, speakers & researchers. Northerner, lapsed Archaeologist, lives in Cairo and The Lake District.
Mercian Archaeological Services CIC @mercianarch.bsky.social Archaeological research company specialising in training, field schools, experience opportunities, community archaeology & public involvement.
The Folklore Society @folkloresociety.bsky.social Based in London, The Folklore Society has been collecting, studying, publishing and promoting the study of folklore in all its forms since 1878. Visit our website: https://folklore-society.com
Emily Cole @emilyvcole.bsky.social Senior architectural historian at Historic England. Expert in early modern country houses, C20 pubs and various things in between. FSA. Book on the Woolwich Rotunda forthcoming. Own views.
Oxford Medieval Studies @oxmedstud.bsky.social OMS is the interdisciplinary platform for medieval studies across Oxford supported by TORCH. Posts by Henrike Lähnemann and Jana Christin Lammerding
Ross Cook @archaeodomus.bsky.social Buildings Archaeologist and Dendrochronologist. Specialist in dating and survey of the buildings of Wales & England. FSA. Cathedral Archaeologist to St Davids and Canterbury, Consultant Archaeologist to Christchurch Priory.
Dr Laura Humphreys @bogarty.bsky.social Curatorial Lead 🏛️ Science Museum Group collections 🛰️ Returned Cardiffian 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Allotment Nerd 🌱 Views my own. She/her/hi
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/
Mark Hammond @mark00h.bsky.social Architect | #BuildingConservation | #Heritage | #Culture | #Bicycle | #Kayak | Old Classics | Found up ladders | Director @caroearchitecture | Insta: @mark.00h | SW London | UK
Greg Fisher @theflyingartist.bsky.social Filmmaker & photographer 🎬📷 #EastCoastKin #ArtSky
Nathen Amin ✒️📚 @nathenamin.bsky.social Fellow of the Royal Historical Society • HWA Book judge • Son of Prophecy: The Rise of Henry Tudor https://amzn.to/4e499k9 • A Chronicle of Dragon & Cats https://bit.ly/48klsaQ • Events & Talks https://linktr.ee/nathenamin • Welsh-Kashmiri
Jen Burke @jenburkecdf.bsky.social 🌹Cabinet Member Culture, Parks & Events Cardiff council | Public Affairs | Welsh Labour cllr for Llandaff North | @gmb_union |Views ≠ my employers | she/her 🇮🇪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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.
David Ellis @davidjellis.bsky.social Chartered Surveyor. Sharing my thoughts on property, and occasionally running, music, politics and life on Ynys Môn.
Darren McLean @darrenmcleanuk.bsky.social Building conservation university teacher and practitioner. Historic building materials, construction techniques, and architecture. Studying Roman construction and writing a book for Routledge on Historic Floors UK/Italy
Alex Langlands @ajlanglands.bsky.social Archaeologist, historian, rarely crafting and with a tradition of historic farming (Victorian Farm, Edwardian Farm, Wartime Farm, etc.). Environmentalist. @swanseahistory
Dr Tim Meek @limefinishes.bsky.social
Amanda Chadburn 🏺 @amandachadburn.bsky.social PhD FSA FSAScot Dear friends, I am very rarely here so I apologise in advance if I don't pick up DMs or comment much. Please contact me by other means. Thanks!
Gillian W Roberts @gwroberts.bsky.social Archivist. Building Historian. Records ancient and modern. Posting on archives, architecture, archaeology & art. Arts & Crafts. Vernacular. Draw, sing, write, knit. Dysgu Cymraeg. Owner of a lazy dog.
David Santiuste @dbsantiuste.bsky.social Historian of late medieval Britain (especially 15th-century England and Scotland). Lecturer in Humanities at COL, University of Edinburgh. I work with adults of all ages, focusing on lifelong learning and educational transitions.
Dr Laura Hodsdon @laurhod.bsky.social Associate Professor and Research Centre Lead, Heritage, Culture & Society at Falmouth University | Heritage, landscapes, social geographies | Lapsed Classicist. Rower, runner(ish), photographer, failing veg grower. Yorkie in Cornwall.
Ray Verrall @rayverrall.bsky.social Architect. Educator. Artist into maps, landscape, and surrealism. Cardiffian. Dad. Autistic.
Dr Duncan Berryman @dberryman.bsky.social Medieval archaeologist Editor of the Castle Studies Journal • Secretary of the Historic Farm Building Group • Vice President of the Ulster Archaeological Society
Dr Florence H R Scott @florencehrscott.bsky.social Historian of queenship in early medieval England. Based in York UK. Antiracist. Disabled. Non-binary. Marxist. Free Palestine 🇵🇸 Author of Ælfgif-who?, biographies of medieval women: florencehrs.substack.com Agent: @tomkillingbeck.bsky.social
Dan Hicks @profdanhicks.bsky.social Museum Curator and Professor of Contemporary Archaeology, Oxford University • Fellow of St Cross College, Oxford • Tutor Art/Anthropology • https://linktr.ee/danhicks
Naomi Baker @drnaomibaker.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in English Literature, University of Manchester| General Editor, Literature & Theology 📚Voices of Thunder: Radical Religious Women of the Seventeenth Century (2025) https://reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/voices-of-thunder
Vicki Daniel @vedaniel.bsky.social she/her Historian of death, the body, and visual culture - Lecturer at CWRU - Editor at Nursing Clio - President, Southern Association for the History of Medicine and Science ❤️immigrants, LGBTQ+, climate protections, free speech, academic freedom
Will Tullett @willtullett.bsky.social He/him. Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History at University of York. Books on 'Smell in Eighteenth-Century England' and 'Smell and the Past'. Sniff: A History of Smells out 8th September #smellhistory #smellstudies #sensoryhistory
Arts and Humanities Alliance @artsandhums.bsky.social AHA is an association of learned societies working together to promote the Arts & Humanities in higher education. Posts by @emmacayley.bsky.social and @TheaPitman.bsky.social Find us at: http://artsandhumanitiesalliance.org
Past and Present @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social The Past and Present Society: making cutting edge social history accessible since 1952. Our journal Past & Present is published by Oxford University Press. https://academic.oup.com/past
Museums Association @museumsassociation.org Membership organisation and network for everyone working in museums and heritage 🤝 based in the UK 📍 museumsassociation.org
The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social Our Oak Trees & their Sweet Chestnut chums in our ancient bluebell woodland in the Weald of Kent. Also pictures and facts about trees twitter.com/TheKentAcorn
Helen Gittos @helengittos.bsky.social Associate Professor of Medieval History, University of Oxford Chair, Family Expert Reference Group, National Maternity & Neonatal Taskforce (I can't read private messages here.)
John Williams @johnmwilliams.bsky.social Art, architecture, gardens, Manchester UK
Dr Conor Reidy FRHistS @conorreidy.bsky.social Professional Historian | Author | Copy Editor | Indexer | Social, Gender & Penal History | Former M&B Commission Researcher | Tipp FM Contributor www.silverviewediting.com
Peter Stewart @petercnstewart.bsky.social Professor of Ancient Art. Director of the Classical Art Research Centre at Oxford University @carcoxford.bsky.social. Chair of Trustees at The Brooking @thebrooking.bsky.social. Antiquity, modernism, arts. Mainly on Instagram @petercnstewart
@michaelhants.bsky.social @michaelhants.bsky.social Retired school business manager now charity trustee and volunteer cathedral guide. Posts may involve gothic architecture and stained glass and random other things.
Daniel F Gosling @thegozfather.bsky.social Archivist and Historian. Principal Legal Records Specialist at The National Archives. Dr of Late Medieval/Early Modern Legal History. FRHistS. Big fan of archives and original records. Views my own.
Clare Kirk @digupyourancestors.bsky.social #FamilyHistory researcher Trustee @cotswoldarch.bsky.social Editor @friendlesschurches.bsky.social OFHS advisor Singer, baker, occasional mudlarker Blogging at digupyourancestors.com
Tudor Places @tudorplaces.bsky.social Tudor Places is an independent magazine exploring the sites and buildings of the Tudor world and their stories, past and present. www.tudorplaces.com
Gail Boyle FMA FSA @boyleg.bsky.social Museum Archaeology & Heritage Consultant (former Bristol Museum Senior Curator) Current Chair of CBA Trustees, Pucklechurch PC, Avon Local Councils Assn., & Bristol & Glos Archaeology Society. Treasure Valuation Committee member, Granny & Bristol Bears fan
Anna Garnett @beketaten.bsky.social Curator at Petrie Museum UCL - PhD @LivUni - FSA - Archaeological Ceramicist at Tell el-Amarna - Proud Cumbrian & Honorary Scouser - Scruffy Crafter - Socialist - Gardener - #FirstGen - Views mine قلبي في السودان ومصر 🇸🇩🇪🇬
Terri Elizabeth Reid @terrielizabethr.bsky.social Speaker, performer, Historical Association, Dickens Fellowship, Museum Volunteer. History, Folklore, Gothic, Uncanny Terrielizabethreid.com
Andrew Waite @afwaite.bsky.social Conservation Architect at Nick Cox Architects Ltd/PT Lecturer in Architecture at DeMontfort University. https://www.instagram.com/we_are_makers_dmu/profilecard/?igsh=NHcyM3RlMWxhdWdq European in outlook.
Rebecca Lambert (She/Her) ♾️🐭🍉 @reblambert.bsky.social Cultural Archaeologist, Wanderer, Ponderer. Practises Make Places: Artists’ Responses to ‘Prehistoric’ Monuments - Manchester Metropolitan University & English Heritage. Surprised, but very proud #MDANT Neurodivergent person
RonBaxter.bsky.social @ronbaxter.bsky.social UK based Medieval art historian specialising in Romanesque sculpture. Ex-Courtauld Institute and York University, and currently Research Director of the Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland.
Dr Alison Ray @liber-ray.bsky.social Collections and Archives Manager @ria.ie 📖 Medievalist 📜 I like big books and cannot lie! (she/her) 📕
The Architectural Heritage Fund @archhfund.org.uk Helping communities across the UK to reuse and regenerate historic buildings, with grants, loans and advice. https://linktr.ee/ArchHFund
Victoria County History @vch-home.bsky.social Begun in 1899, the Victoria County History is an encyclopaedic record of England’s places & people. https://www.history.ac.uk/research/victoria-county-history
Jon Dollery @jrdollery.bsky.social Mapping Officer @rcahmwales.bsky.social | Landscape Archaeology | Historical GIS | Historical Cartography | FRGS | Board Game Enthusiast | Proud Cat Dad 🐱
Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social 🛩️ Aerial Archaeologist @ Royal Commission, Wales | Trustee: Cambrians & AARG | Author: HILLFORTS OF IRON AGE WALES | Prehistory | Landscape archaeology | Personal account https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-toby-driver-fsa-9394203b
National Trust Archaeology @nattrustarch.bsky.social Sharing information about archaeology at National Trust places across England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Sara E. Fox @sarafoxwales.bsky.social Historian & archaeologist. Formerly househistorianwales on the other side. Areas of freelance research: houses, gardens, landscapes, people. PhD candidate: 'Wales located women's writing in English & the country house.'
Anglesey Antiquarian Society – Cymdeithas Hynafiaethwyr Môn @antiquariansmon.bsky.social Founded in 1911, we are the leading historical and prehistorical group on Ynys Môn, promoting and protecting the past on behalf of Anglesey’s future. Website: http://www.hanesmon.org.uk/
Peter Alexander @peteralexheritage.bsky.social Heritage Consultant, Museum Accreditation Mentor, Colonial History in Wales. Writer of speculative fiction. North Wales.
Daniel Ratcliffe-Shutt @daniel.statement-heritage.com Historic buildings and landscape archaeologist, working for a living as www.statement-heritage.com . Ruins and their repair, maritime, industrial and agricultural heritage. Aerial photographer. Intertidal deposit.
University of Wales Press @uniwalespress.bsky.social Publishing Wales and the World since 1922. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 📚 Cymraeg: @gwasgprifcymru.bsky.social 🔗 www.uwp.co.uk
Philip Wilkinson @philipwilkinson.bsky.social Author: historic architecture, places, history. Here I post English buildings in their variety: churches but also cafés, gazebos but also garages, public houses but also public loos. Plus occasional books, art, carvings, and other stuff.
Richard Jones @lluniaurich.bsky.social Ffotograffydd yng Nghaernarfon, Cymru Photographer in Caernarfon, Wales
Stephen Barlow @stephenbarlow.bsky.social Culture | Heritage | Governance | Funding | Fundraising | Trustee | Social Justice Love a musical, good food, wine and friendships. Views all my own. Favourites sometimes simply a bookmark.
The Historical Journal @historicaljnl.bsky.social The Historical Journal publishes papers on all aspects of British, European, and world history since the fifteenth century.
British History Online @bho.bsky.social British History Online is a digital library of primary and secondary sources for the history of the Britain, Ireland and empire. Part of the Institute of Historical Research. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/
Bethany Claus Widick @bethn8r.bsky.social Architectural historian (women’s spaces in the long 19th century), PhD candidate (Courtauld), assoc. lecturer, knitter, wool shop employee. Politically progressive and culturally effusive. Former lawyer. US—>UK, based in Bath. I love a good fountain pen.
Matthew Mckeague @memckeague.bsky.social CEO @archhfund.bsky.social | communities, built environment & social infrastructure | interested in all kinds of places | music and running most of the rest of the time
Dr Crystal Hollis @graffitiginger.bsky.social Historian and archaeologist. Historic graffiti specialist. London history nerd. Church crawler. Theatre. Crochet.
Dr Sarah Whittingham FSA @drfrond.bsky.social Historian. Buildings, design, nature, landscape, gardens. Wrote ‘George Oatley: Architect of Bristol’, and ‘Fern Fever: The Story of Pteridomania’ among other books. Now writing social and cultural history of bracken in Cumbria. Mainly on Instagram.
Cambrian Archaeological Association @cambriansarch.bsky.social The premier society for the study of the archaeology and history of Wales and the Marches, founded in 1846. We publish an annual journal, Archaeologia Cambrensis, award grants & prizes and hold regular meetings. Join us! https://cambrians.org.uk/about-us
Oli Marshall @olimarshall.bsky.social London by way of Yorkshire | Campaigns Director at @C20Society.bsky.social
@C20Cymru @c20cymru.bsky.social Campaigning to save modern architecture and design heritage in Wales / Ymgyrchu i achub pensaernïaeth a ddylunio fodern yng Nghymru http://c20society.org.uk
Prill Kemp @apriliakemp.bsky.social 🏰 Collections Conservation Assistant | Preventive Conservation of Collections & Historic Interiors, Architectural History, Social History, Political Thought, Folklore | Mother of Cats | Terrible Skater | Views My Own | She / Her | 🌱 📍Deal, Kent
Historic Environment Forum (HEF) @histenvforum.bsky.social The forum for the historic environment sector in England, supported by Historic England. http://www.historicenvironmentforum.org.uk
Seaside Heritage Network @seasidenetwork.bsky.social Connecting people, groups & businesses who care about the heritage of Britain's seaside resorts. https://linktr.ee/seasideheritage