Leicestershire VCH Trust
Working with volunteers across the county, our aim is to research from primary sources and publish a history of every town and village in Leicestershire
@lllsv.bsky.social
Everything Charnwood, history, heritage, culture, books and libraries.
@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.
@jembenson.bsky.social
UK civil servant (so no politics), MAT Chair, @RSPH.bsky.social trustee, classical music, #LCFC 🦊, #FPL, England⚽️🏏, walks, photos (+Alt), words; husband, father, generally curious https://substack.com/@jembenson (free) 📍 Leicestershire, UK.
@generatorlboro.bsky.social
Breathing new life into Loughborough's historic Art College | Creating an inclusive arts & culture centre | Opening Summer 2025✨
@caroschronicles.bsky.social
🌳 Genealogy, taphophile, bibilophile, learning Greek, cat sitter, walks, mother of legends, rock gigs, bookcrossing 🎵
@jackjamesmatthews.bsky.social
🌍 Geoheritage, Geoparks, Geotourism | 🏛️ Academic in spare time | 🌳 Charity Trustee | Views are my own
@charnwoodforest.bsky.social
🌳🦌🦊 Explore Britain’s Unexpected Upland: an Aspiring UNESCO Global Geopark set in the beautiful countryside of Leicestershire Funded through National Lottery Heritage Fund
@robehoughton.bsky.social
Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Winchester. Author of The Middle Ages in Computer Games. Co-organiser of the Middle Ages in Modern Games conference. Italy; Investiture Contest; Games.
@wiltshistory.bsky.social
The Victoria County History of Wiltshire. New to BlueSky and happy to be here.
@karendonegani.bsky.social
Researching mid- to late-19th century apprentices, E&W. Officer, Friends of the Centre for English Local History. One-name study @donegani.com. Local history of Scalford. Interested in so many things...
@fcelh.bsky.social
Our aim is to promote, support, and assist in the study of Local History as taught and practised in the Centre for Regional and Local History (formerly the Centre for English Local History) at the University of Leicester
@markpagevch.bsky.social
Historian working for Victoria County History Oxfordshire. Reviews Editor for Southern History. Local History Editor for the Hampshire Field Club. Formerly of Bournemouth and Winchester.
@a-ndictionary.bsky.social
The AND is an open-access digital platform at Aberystwyth University about Anglo-Norman, the type of French used in the British Isles throughout the medieval period.- visit https://anglo-norman.net.
@leicrutfhs.bsky.social
For anyone researching family history in Leicestershire and Rutland. Please get in touch to find out more via LRFHS.org.uk.
@hobnobpress.bsky.social
We are a publisher of social and regional history books, mostly relating to the West Country, based in Gloucester.
@materialwills.bsky.social
The Material Culture of Wills, England 1540-1790: a Leverhulme Trust project using digital tech & volunteers to transcribe 25,000 wills. Volunteer for us: https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/hjsmith/the-material-culture-of-wills-england-1540-1790
@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.
@adamchapman.bsky.social
Medieval historian interested in Wales, Somerset exile, inept cricketer, General Editor of the longest-running and largest local history project yet devised, the Victoria County History of England. Probably drinking tea.
@vchlondon.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
@bsky.app
official Bluesky account (check username👆) Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app