In 1480 William Worcestre measured every Bristol street, including this one, with his feet - here's the map from his calculations: historictownstrust.uk/maps/bristol-i…
HistoricTownsTrust Being Human Festival Naomi Richards

Online talk tomorrow evening. I'll be thinking about how we tell local histories of lost places like Ravenser Odd. Thanks to BALH & HistoricTownsTrust for the invitation! Booking & details here: balh.org.uk/event-balh-loc…

Massive congrats to all concerned. Visit the exhibition if you can. Should you want to learn more about the amazing history of Ravenser Odd, join Dr Emily Robinson on 17 April for the latest in our BALH and HistoricTownsTrust online lectures. Details here: balh.org.uk/event-balh-loc…

Join us tonight for the next instalment of our lecture series in partnership with the Historic Towns Trust, James Winterbotham and Keith Wade will be charting Ipswich's history.

Book your place, here: ow.ly/KCg650QAvRq

#WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll

⛴️Want to know more about our upcoming map of Ipswich? Join us for our BALH talk about the town's fascinating 7th Century origins and evolution into one of England’s wealthiest ports. Grab your tickets now! balh.org.uk/event-balh-cha… Photo ©Andrew Dunn.

Want to know more about the urban history of Ipswich? Look no further…

We are v. excited too!

👨‍🎓 Roll up, roll up! Our marvellous map editor, Tony Kirby, will be part of a panel discussion tomorrow Magdalene College (17:15) talking about plans of Cambridge through the ages. All welcome, just email [email protected] to book.

We're so looking forward to this...

📢 2 weeks to go! Our wonderful Chair, Vanessa Harding, is giving an online talk for Society of Genealogists on 14 March about getting the most from our resources. Grab your tickets now to make sure you don't miss out. members.sog.org.uk/events/6536ac3…

More Bodleian Libraries involvement during OxfordLitFest with our #Maps team hosting show & tell sessions in the #Weston Library: daily from 18-22 March, 11.10am-11.50am, limited places. British Cartographic Society OxTweets BRICMICS HistoricTownsTrust Stanfords SoGE, University of Oxford GHR Oxfordshire News

👩‍🎓Curious about Cambridge? The marvellous Tony Kirby — editor of our map — will be telling us how and why the city's urban character has changed over the last 475 years in his upcoming BALH talk. Last chance to grab tickets! balh.org.uk/event-balh-the…

Did someone say ‘old maps’? 👀

👩‍🎓Curious about Cambridge? The marvellous Tony Kirby — editor of our map — will be telling us how and why the city's urban character has changed over the last 475 years in his upcoming BALH talk. Last chance to grab tickets! balh.org.uk/event-balh-the…

It really would!

Looking forward to speaking to #Longworth History Society tonight at #Southmoor Village Hall on the HistoricTownsTrust atlas of #Oxford . 'From Agas to O.S.: Oxford’s changing townscape in old maps and new'. Talk starts at 7.30. See you there? Bodleian Libraries BRICMICS Ordnance Survey

📢 Talk Announcement!! Our fantastic Chair, Vanessa Harding, is giving the LAMAS presidential lecture on 'Mapping Medieval London' UCL Institute of Archaeology (and online) this Tuesday. Snap up your tickets now. eventbrite.co.uk/e/lamas-lectur…

and of course hours of happy entertainment spotting cycle works on a map 🧐 revealing a fascinating industrial geography amongst the city's historic plot patterns, like here, evident on HistoricTownsTrust Coventry map Coventry Atlas coventryatlas.org/map/overlays

Just gonna leave this here… comments incoming…