We're at the Wesley House #MethodistStudies seminar today, where Rev. Dr Martin Wellings has spoken about local The Methodist Church preachers in Victorian #Oxfordshire , which was our 2023 volume.

Delighted to be Wesley House today for the Methodist Studies Seminar, kicking off with excellent papers from Martin Wellings and Oxford Brookes University honorary research fellow Peter Howson

It was excellent. Bravo to Ruth Slatter Centre for the History of People Place & Community & Peter Forsaith OCMCH Brookes for convening such an interesting day - lots of food for thought.

In case you've missed it, all Oxfordshire Record Society volumes up to Vol.71 (2017) are now *free to download* from oxrecsoc.org/publications! - everything from medieval cartularies to 20th-century school records, via the Civil War, C19 agricultural trade unionism, and lots more ....

To mark #AnzacDay , the national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand, we announce the exciting rediscovery of a memorial plaque commemorating #FirstWorldWar links between #WestminsterCollege and the Australian Imperial Forces

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Your regular reminder that whilst Archbishop Lancelot Blackburne’s personal life was occasionally extraordinary, everything cited here is either exaggeration, unfounded gossip, or complete bunkum with no factual basis whatsoever - but myths will always excite and intrigue

Kicking off with Panel 4: William Gibson, Daniel Reed and Nigel Aston: Writing political controversies in the West Writing Religious Conflict and Community in Exeter University of Exeter

This week, we’re delighted to be at University of Exeter for the Writing Religious Conflict and Community in Exeter conference - the Centre’s ProfWGibson and Daniel Reed are speaking this morning about writing political controversies in the West

Excellent book promo by University of Wales Press

Please join us for the second of our online Friends of the Angus seminars on the 18th of April, at 7.30, when Dr Sarah Apetrei will be talking about Baptist women & the Doctrine of Universal Salvation in 17th c England.

New publication! Clive D. Field's latest bibliography looks at the nineteenth century, and the controversies which engaged #Methodists with writers of a range of religious backgrounds - click here for more information, and how to order

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'Facts don't stick. What sticks is story.'

We're really enjoying Oxford Brookes University Chancellor, Paterson Joseph, at the Think Human this evening with 'Sancho & Me - for one night only'. Very interesting to hear more about 18th Century society and the world of John #Wesley .

He is risen! Alleluia!

Today, on Easter Sunday, we celebrate Jesus' resurrection three days after His death on the cross.

We pray that you have a wonderful and blessed Easter. 💙

#UnboundedLove

Good luck to University of Oxford in the The Boat Race this afternoon!

It is shown here in a small journal entry by James #Smetham , who has it labelled as 'O+C Boat Run'.

It depicts the 1874 Race, which was won by Cambridge University.

This is going to be a really exciting opportunity to hear from those involved in recent restorations of Seely & Paget buildings & to reflect on how their reputation has been reappraised over the past 25 years. Book your tickets here sahgb.org.uk/whatson/1may20…

We are delighted to announce the schedule for the #summer term of our Institute of Historical Research #people , #place & #community seminar series. Seminars include collaborations with IPUP YORK OCMCH Brookes University of Wales Trinity Saint David IHR LGHG Seminar Wiltshire History - VCH Join us from 24.04.24.

🎉 Great news! Epworth Old Rectory has been awarded £3,488 from The Royal Society Places of Science Grant.

🙌 We have been chosen as one of 36 small museums across the UK to be awarded by the Royal Society.

Read our blog for more information ⬇️

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“The Condition Of Menevia”: Studies in the History of St Davids Cathedral, edited by Jonathan M. Wooding and J. Wyn Evans is out now.

This title includes wide ranging studies on the history and architecture of Wales' most historic cathedral.