Victoria County History
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Begun in 1899, the Victoria County History is an encyclopaedic record of England’s places & people. Part of @CHPPC_IHR, @IHR_History @UoLondon. Tweets by team.
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http://www.victoriacountyhistory.ac.uk 10-03-2009 17:24:37
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Quotes from Susan Reynolds and Dr Charlotte Young on the role of Victoria County History in developing historical careers through the intense archival work the project entails.
Insightful evening at the British Records Association Events looking at history of Victoria County History plus a delight to catch up with ex UCL class mates Victoria Northwood & Matti Watton (25 years!), meet Susan Moore Research fellow AGRA Genealogy member in person 😃 & pick up the odd book or two…
Loving this slide - part of the conclusion to Adam Chapman's lecture this evening, looking at the formative role Victoria County History has played in historians' careers - then and now.
Here with Centre for the History of People Place & Community colleagues Ruth Slatter & Justin Colson to support our colleague Adam Chapman as he gives the annual Maurice Bond Lecture for British Records Association Events at London Metropolitan Archives this evening - new insights into #archives through, and of, @vch_london.
For #MapMonday we have this delightful 1928 map showing parts of Hertfordshire produced by the North Metropolitan Electric Power Supply Company who provided electricity to the parts of London, Hertfordshire and Essex, from 1907 until 1948.
#ElectricitySupply #Utilities #Maps
The first of our summer term #people , #place & #community seminars will be on the 24.04.24. Join us online at 17.30 to hear Jack Latimer (from Community Archives) & Justin Colson (from Layers of London) discuss #digital #community #archiving . Sign up here history.ac.uk/events/digital…
Our LAST @CLACS Caribbean Studies Seminar of the semester. Please join us to round off what has been a fantastic year! With papers from the incredible Dr Amara Thornton Dr Joanne Norcup Dr Renée Landell Tré (he/him) 🇬🇩🇯🇲 Olivier Marboeuf Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa
ilcs.sas.ac.uk/events/caribbe…
Really looking forward to the #people , #place & #community seminar series this term. We’ll kick off on 24.04.24 with a conversation about #digital #community #archiving
So wonderful to see so many of our colleagues, Victoria County History's big red book in one place!
Please join our colleagues Victoria County History, and author, Francis Boorman to celebrate the launch of their latest book on the parish of St George Hanover Square (in time for the 300th anniversary of the foundation of the parish) on 18 May.
New to publishing? Unsure how to work with images? Confused by copyright?
We're here to help - on 16 April join our colleagues University of London Press and Matthew Bristow online. They'll steer you through what publishers want from images and how to get them. Book now:
history.ac.uk/events/working…
Sharp's influence was - for all that relatively few of his plans were actually enacted in full - really quite profound. We mention his plan for Minehead (and the town's attempts to implement bits of it for decades afterwards) in our latest #BigRedBook :
boydellandbrewer.com/9781904356486/…
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