Alan Godfrey Maps (3,900+ publications and counting!) @alangodfreymaps.bsky.social Reprinted Old Ordnance Survey Maps across Britain & Ireland introduced by specialist authors.
https://www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/
USA sales - https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/alangodfreymaps?_trksid=p2334524.m570.l113337
#CombatCartography #MatchMap
Camden New Journal @newjournal.bsky.social Famously independent, campaigning newspaper
Find us at www.camdennewjournal.co.uk
Rob Telford @robtelford.bsky.social Software architect, photographer, bass player, Londoner
Hair is all author's own
Gig news: On Thursday, 28th May I shall be playing bass with Firehose at The Cavern in Raynes Park, SW London
www.thecavernfreehouse.co.uk
Paul Hopwood @acousticsinuk.bsky.social Acoustics and radio engineer in the UK, aka @acoustics_in_uk on Twitter and @zark_off on Mastodon 
Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org The Royal Historical Society is the UK's foremost society promoting the scholarly and professional study of the past. Our membership is an international community of 7000+ historians - please join us: https://royalhistsoc.org/
Independent Historians Network (UK) @indyhistnetwork.bsky.social Set up by Emma Bastin, Lucy Jane Santos, Karen Averby and Kathryn Ferry the Independent Historians Network is for exactly what the name suggests! A network for those historians working outside academia. Join up now.
https://independenthistorians.org
Centre for the History of People, Place & Community @chppc.bsky.social Based in @ihr.bsky.social, @sasnews.bsky.social. Engaged, outward-facing and co-produced research into place and history: rural to urban & parish to metropolis. Home to Victoria County History & Layers of London. Posts by team.
Londonist: Time Machine @londonist.com A playful look at London's history from Londonist.
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk Husband, father and Mayor of the greatest city in the world. He/Him.
Miasma @itsthemiasma.eurosky.social Student of early modern Britain, folklorist, person of no rank. Reposting = commonplacing. Public Frenemy #1. Getter of mixed reviews. She. Firmly on Team Footnote.
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
Jacqueline Riding @jacriding.bsky.social Film/TV historian; Art Newspaper Lit Ed; Heritage/Exhibition/Curatorial Consultant; Author #Jacobites #Peterloo #Hogarth SundayTimes ArtBook 2021 #HardStreets + Gainsborough & Reynolds: The Art of Rivalry in Georgian London 2027 https://linktr.ee/JacRiding
diamond geezer @diamondgeezer.bsky.social East End blogger bloke (2002-2026) diamondgeezer.blogspot.com
Robyn C @robynlc.bsky.social Teacher of History, Trustee of a heritage site. Interested in material culture & heritage sites in education, Museums, Engagement with objects, Letters, Journals,✨ MCCT working on #CTeach 
Jon Savage @jonsavage.bsky.social Author, archivist, professor
Wollaston Museum @wollastonmuseum.bsky.social Village Museum, operated by Wollaston Heritage Society (est 1970). Site includes the between-the-wars Curiosity Cottage and Beacon Hill, a Scheduled Ancient Monument. 
Old UK Print Ads @oldukprintads.bsky.social Newspaper and magazine ads
Also
@OldUKPrintAds7890s.bsky.social - 1970s/80s/90s ads only
@OldUKPrintAdsXmas.bsky.social - Xmas ads, from Sept 16th
@OldInPrintAds.bsky.social - International ads (non-UK)
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
Joanna @joannawilson.bsky.social Exhausts easily under pressure to be interesting. She/her
@astrofiley.bsky.social @astrofiley.bsky.social 
@radiodebbie.bsky.social @radiodebbie.bsky.social Grade 8 Anorak!
Simon Phipps @new-brutalism.bsky.social Books: Brutal Wales / Cymru Friwtalaidd. Brutal North. Concrete Poetry. Finding Brutalism. Brutal London. Brutal Outer London
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All photographs by Simon Phipps
London Industrial @londonindustrial.bsky.social London's Manufacturing Heritage by Mark Amies.
Author & Contributor on BBC Radio London's Robert Elms Show.
https://wordsbymarkamies.com/category/industry/
https://www.amberley-books.com/author-community-main-page/a/mark-amies.html
Dr Kathryn Ferry @seasideferry.bsky.social Historian specialising in seaside, architecture & design. I write books, give talks and do a bit of telly.
Chair @seasidenetwork.bsky.social
Fellow @royalhistsoc.bsky.social
Media agent @pastpreservers.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/kathrynferry
Philip Downer @philipdowner.bsky.social Heritage volunteer, retired retailer. Reads, writes, tour guides, listens to ancient music, observes, posts pictures of buildings (etc), mostly London (etc) each morning, accompanied by mostly helpful text.
Film London @filmlondon.bsky.social We connect ideas, talent and finance to develop a pioneering creative culture for London.
Roger Protz @rogerprotz.bsky.social Edited 24 editions of CAMRA Good Beer Guide. Founder British Guild of Beer Writers. Twice winner Glenfiddich Drink Writer of the Year. 20 plus books including Family Brewers of Britain. West Ham fan
protzonbeer.co.uk
Old London Postcards @oldlondonpostcards.bsky.social Sharing my collection of original vintage London postcards dating from the early C20th. Most are used, with stamp and postmark. these are the most interesting and give a little glimpse into the lives of the senders.
Postcards of London @postcardslondon.bsky.social Preserving the many voices of London and its visitors through their postcards. Sister account of @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social.
Curated by @jamadden.bsky.social
Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social London depicted by artists past and present.
“By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.” Samuel Johnson.
Curated by @jamadden.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/paintingsoflondon
The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social The national charity campaigning for Victorian and Edwardian Built Heritage. Join us!
linktr.ee/victoriansociety
Non-Governmental & Nonprofit Organization in England and Wales
History Lab Plus @historylabplus.bsky.social We are the UK’s national network for early career historians. Are you #postdoc or writing up your #PhD? Did/does it involve historical research? Whatever sector you do/want to work in, the HistoryLab+ network is for you! 👉 https://historylab.plus/
@watlingfloodplain.bsky.social @watlingfloodplain.bsky.social 
Helen Barrett @helenbarrett.bsky.social Features journalist. Book: 'Something: The Women Who Made the Beatles' - May 2027.
https://rcwlitagency.com/clients/helen-barrett
Ruislip Woods Trust @ruislipwoods.bsky.social https://ruislipwoodstrust.org.uk
Talking Pictures TV @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social Archive TV Channel. Keeping celluloid alive! Freeview82 Freesat306 Sky324 Virgin445 Freely36. FREE catch-up via Freeview Red Button and http://tptvencore.co.uk
Mike @mikeyashworth.bsky.social Ex-London Underground and retired back to "The North" - transport, design history, things industrial, architecture & heritage - all tickle my fancy. Postings often link to my Flickr account for more things!
Sarah @sarahhistory.bsky.social Historian, community archaeologist, family tree research, and Computing teacher, LBDAHS Archaeologist. Wing Heritage Group, One Place Study, OU Graduate
Haunted Bench Project @hauntedbench75.bsky.social 🪦 Ghostly & macabre legends of #Harrow & district. #HauntedHarrow #HarrowWeald #HauntedBenches #parkphantoms #cemeteryspectres #gardenshedghosts & c. #pulp #horror & supernatural fiction; stuff like that. #TowerHamlets also features quite a lot. 💀
@urbanpastoral.bsky.social @urbanpastoral.bsky.social 
Geograph Great Britain & Ireland @geograph-gbi.bsky.social Record and share your places!
We collect geographically interesting photos of UK and Ireland.
Aiming for at least one per 1km OS grid square
Moderated, classroom-ready, reusable, geo-located
8 million photos so far
http://www.geograph.org.uk/
Stuart Ashen @ashens.bsky.social Comedy bloke. Acting chap. Review fella. Book gent. Script dude. YouTube vermin. Norwich, UK
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.
Luca @lucazanzi.bsky.social Adoptive Londoner. Opinions rarely my own.
🇻🇪 🇮🇹 🇬🇧 - W David Boote @wfwalkingpast.bsky.social Keen on the history of Leyton, Leytonstone and Chingford, and walking for pleasure in and around the borough of Waltham Forest.
Institute of Historical Research Wohl Library @ihrlibrary.bsky.social The Wohl Library of the @ihr.bsky.social is a national resource for everyone researching or writing history. Membership is free to everyone and we are an open access, reference library holding over 200,000 books and journals.
West London History @westlondonhistory.bsky.social Love to share the wonderful history of West London (and often other parts of the city!)
Was Back in Time west london on X
VictorianLondon @victorianlondon.bsky.social Lee Jackson, Victorianist, historian, author of 'Dirty Old London' (Yale, 2014), 'Palaces of Pleasure' (Yale, 2019), 'Dickensland' (Yale, 2023) ... new book out soon 'Covent Garden: A People's History' (Yale, 2027)
Rob Baker @robnitm.bsky.social Author of two London history books - 'Beautiful Idiots and Brilliant Lunatics' and 'High Buildings, Low Morals' - I'm currently doing up a 18th Century cottage in the Brecon Beacons which seems to be taking an inordinate amount of time. 
The London Journal @thelondonjournal.bsky.social A journal embracing all aspects of metropolitan society past & present | Published by Taylor & Francis for London Journal Trust | Articles & Special Issue proposals welcome | thelondonjournal.org
London Suburb @londonsuburb.bsky.social Art.
Mundane London Suburban Life.
Anti-Fascist.
Looking for collaborations in art, poetry, music and activism.
Barnet Post @barnetpost.bsky.social Monthly print newspaper and news website for the London borough of Barnet published by not-for-profit social enterprise Social Spider Community News. Follow for new stories daily barnetpost.co.uk 
London Group of Historical Geographers @lghgseminar.bsky.social The London Group of Historical Geographers is a seminar series hosted by the Institute of Historical Research. Conveners: Felix Driver, Margot Finn, Innes M. Keighren, and Miles Ogborn. https://lghgseminar.wordpress.com/
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/
Colin B. @colinpb.bsky.social Summoned the Gods and they all approved.
Kathryn A Morrison @kathrynmorrison.bsky.social Architectural and Retail Historian (FSA FRHistS). ‘Chain Stores’ published May 2025.
Website: buildingourpast.com
Also expect posts about Romanesque sculpture (CRSBI fieldworker, Hampshire) and the Western Isles.
London Museum @londonmuseum.bsky.social 
To Do List @todolistldn.bsky.social London & beyond.
todolist.london
Tweets by Rupert & Stuart.
Email: hello@todolist.london
#London #ThingsToDo #ToDoListLondon #ToDoList
@nikhunt.bsky.social @nikhunt.bsky.social 
Barnabas Calder @barnabascalder.bsky.social Historian of #architecture and #energy, at University of Liverpool School of Architecture. Author of Architecture: From Prehistory to Climate Emergency (Pelican, 2021), and Raw Concrete: The Beauty of Brutalism (William Heinemann, 2016).
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
footprintsoflondon.com @footprintsoflondon.bsky.social Quality guided London walks by & for those who #LoveLondon delivered with care, professionalism, insight and enthusiasm.
@footprintsoflondon - Where Londoners Walk
Paul Sutton-King @paulsuttonking.bsky.social Purveyor of picture postcards. Ephemerally interested in just about everything.
Peter Wilde @wildecat67.bsky.social 
ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk London's history, architecture, public transport -- and offbeat events to enjoy.
Art Deco Society UK @artdecosocuk.bsky.social Official acc for the Art Deco Society UK. Follow us to see news, updates & help spread the love for the UK’s Art Deco or join the Society https://artdecosociety.uk/
Donald Lyven @donaldelyven.bsky.social Resident of Fortis Green Ward, Haringey. Suburbia at its best, wedged between East Finchley & Muswell Hill. Friendly, safe & green with good transport links.
The London Walker @thelondonwalker.bsky.social Walker and history guide, Tim Lewis: filmmaker, storyteller, writer, mentor. Specialised guide exploring London's unique history and culture.
@litagencygmc
Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/thelondonwalker
https://thelondonwalker.com
White Mambo @urberwoot.bsky.social Estranged allotmenter, beekeeper, rustic bread fan 🤷🏼♀️
C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social The national charity campaigning to protect Britain’s modern architectural and design heritage. Reuse Them or Lose Them!
www.c20society.org.uk
Ben Gazeley @bengazeley.bsky.social Snooker, Darts, Horse Racing, Cricket, Football, Arsenal, Hendon FC, Astronomy, Science, Art, History, Home Cooking, Wine.
LondonStreetGuide @londonstreetguide.bsky.social LondonStreetGuide.com has the stories behind more than 5,000 street names across the UK’s capital. New stories are uploaded every day. (Refugee from Twitter/X)
Calvin Casino @calvincasino.bsky.social 
Barneteye AKA Rog T AKA Roger Tichborne @barneteye.bsky.social North London bloke
Writes a blog
Singer/Guitarist The False Dots
Supports Man City/HadleyFC
Lives with cancer & dyslexia
RTs without snarky comment=Endorsement
#BLUESKYBARNET
barneteye.blogspot.com
Modernism in Metro-Land @modinmetro.bsky.social Art Deco, Modernism and Brutalism in London's suburbs and beyond. https://www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk
Basti Wocker @havivo.bsky.social Author of ‘Name Drop, Me? Never!’ and ‘The Joy of Addiction’. Editor of Hampstead’s local, satirical magazine the Hampstead Village Voice and now a podcast host…
@hologramictvc15.bsky.social @hologramictvc15.bsky.social 
Ads @adm80s.bsky.social Lets go on an adventure. 🏡 London 💼 Digital Marketing & Comms in Healthcare, CDMP ⚓️London Canal Museum Trustee. A11y advocate. Transport, art, architecture, history, museums, exhibits, film geek. Dog dad. Any views are my own. He/Him
The Underground Map @theundergroundmap.com Obsessed with London history, transport and maps. Occasional posts about space science and random stuff. Based atm in Leiden, NL
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.
Alex 🥯 @vblock.bsky.social You will hate this if you don't like football, laughing, or 70s/80s nostalgia. Note: All opinions expressed are ones I've heard somewhere else first
BabelColour @babelcolour.bsky.social I'm Stuart Humphryes (known online as BabelColour). I clean, repair, enhance and transform early colour photography.
British Association for Local History @balhnews.bsky.social The British Association for Local History is the national charity which promotes local history and serving local historians throughout the UK #WeAreLocalHistory
Layers of London @layersoflondon.bsky.social https://www.layersoflondon.org/ Mapping London's history & heritage through time using maps, images, films & Londoners' stories. Part of @chppc.bsky.social and @ihr.bsky.social
Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social The Institute of Historical Research is the UK’s national home for history. Supporting historians with digital resources, library, seminars & training
https://www.history.ac.uk/ Part of @sasnews.bsky.social
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
Society for One-Place Studies @oneplacestudies.bsky.social www.one-place-studies.org – For excellence and enjoyable engagement in #OnePlaceStudies, where #FamilyHistory and #LocalHistory unite. Studying and celebrating places, their people, and their shared histories. Post about your OPS on #OnePlaceWednesday!
Highgate Conservation Area Advisory Committee @highgatecaac.bsky.social Highgate Conservation Area Advisory Committee looks at planning applications in the Highgate Conservation Area and broader planning issues in surrounding areas.
London innit! @londoninnit.bsky.social Man on bike, seeking out London's elusive no-go zones (only Twitter knows where they be); laughing at architecture; bemoaning poor maintenance; delighting in improvised repairs. Also roaming the planning portals. #london #planning #cycling
Mill Hill Historical Society @mhhistsoc.bsky.social Exploring the history of Mill Hill, Edgware and Hendon.
LifeinKilburn @lifeinkilburn.bsky.social news about Kilburn, London NW6 and surrounding area. 
House Historian @househistorian.bsky.social Historian • author • speaker • TV consultant • presenter. Specialist in researching the history of houses. Otherwise known as Mel Backe-Hansen. Books incl. #AHouseThroughTime and #HouseHistories Rep #PastPreservers http://www.house-historian.co.uk/
Karen Averby 🌊 @karenaverby.bsky.social karenaverby.co.uk
Buildings Historian/Consultant
Seaside Heritage, House History, Hotels, Architecture, Local History, Archaeology, Other Delights
Director ArchangelHeritage.co.uk
FRHistS ACIfA
Extreme Seagazer/ex-Archivist
Rep PastPreservers
Brum/London
ReelStreets @reelstreets.bsky.social ReelStreets brings together more than 53,000 comparison images of #filmlocations appearing in over 3500 productions from the last 125 years of #cinema
David Hills @davidhills.bsky.social Journalist @ Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/profile/davidhills
Balcony Shirts @balconyshirts.co.uk Shopkeepin’ it real. Posts by Scott.
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