@whitbymuseum.bsky.social will be interested in your biography project, and so will I.
19.08.2025 13:08 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0@whitbyhistory.bsky.social
Historian, mostly medieval Whitby, St Hilda churches; fellowship @ihr.bsky.social ; archaeology recorder @whitbynats.bsky.social ; abbey collection curator at Whitby Museum @whitbymuseum.bsky.social
@whitbymuseum.bsky.social will be interested in your biography project, and so will I.
19.08.2025 13:08 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Thanks for sharing. Nice to read a good news story @hannahbooth.bsky.social
17.08.2025 14:05 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Mnjikaning Fish Weirs National Historic Site of Canada https://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/dfhd/page_nhs_eng.aspx?id=341
One of the earliest examples we have in the region of #Canada from the archaeological record is a wood #fishweir is the known as the Mnjikaning Fish Weirs in #LakeSimcoe in #Ontario, which have been carbon dated to 5,000 years ago. 1/8
16.08.2025 11:58 β π 32 π 8 π¬ 1 π 0Congratulations! Sounds fantastic. And Bamberg - what a place to be!
15.08.2025 17:33 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0@whitbynats.bsky.social
15.08.2025 16:39 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Congratulations @ccooijmans.bsky.social Enjoyed reading it; was bemused by the tale of nun imprisoned onboard ship resulting in said ship unable to leave port. Whitby fishermen would not go to sea if they saw a nun on the way to their boat, as told to my husband in 1950-60s @whitbynats.bsky.social
10.08.2025 12:33 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0That's worthy of a long life award @whitbynats.bsky.social
09.08.2025 10:35 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0The introductory talk by staff was very helpful to put the stones into their setting @govanstones.bsky.social we had a wonderful time in the church.
07.08.2025 11:20 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Description of hogbacks in Govan Old Church
3 massive hogback in Govan Old Church
2 more massive hogbacks in Govan Old Church
Sarcophagus with Viking motives in Govan Old Church
Finally got to Govan (Glasgow) to see the massive hogbacks, a sarcophagus and recumbent grave slabs. Just wow!
07.08.2025 11:17 β π 17 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0I'm interested and will email you. Many thanks.
05.08.2025 13:51 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Great! Looking forward to these.
05.08.2025 10:15 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Very nice local scene @whitbynats.bsky.social
31.07.2025 12:19 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0NEW
Constitutional law during a carnival of cruelty
Protecting rights when causing pain is the point of policy
By me
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We are looking at three silver spoons on a dark oak table. Two have small figures on the top of them whilst the handle is engraved with a small skull.
Unsolicited spoon pics coming your way...
...check out the bowls on those. π
Join us as we ogle some rather lovely silver spoons in our collection.
Never get me to answer questions under pressure π€£
31.07.2025 07:17 β π 5 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0That's standard in NE and Yorkshire, too!
29.07.2025 20:33 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Something for interest of @whitbynats.bsky.social ?
21.07.2025 17:26 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thank you very much! That's really useful.
20.07.2025 14:34 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Do you have any Whitby (owned) ships in that data? Received wisdom is that they did. Would be interesting to compare to Scarborough and Hartlepool, maybe Yarm. Thanks.
20.07.2025 12:57 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0That's good news! @whitbynats.bsky.social
20.07.2025 12:50 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Congratulations @clairelanghamer.bsky.social - great news all around! Professor Claire Langhamer confirmed as new British Academy Fellow www.london.ac.uk/news-events/...
19.07.2025 11:25 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0There's a great little pamphlet publ in Whitby on 'An Account of the Celebration of the Enfranchisement of Whitby' inc. the 'pink dinner' on field in view of the opposing candidate's home, now site of secondary school. Copy in @whitbymuseum.bsky.social library @whitbynats.bsky.social
14.07.2025 09:46 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Whitby Fossil Day Saturday 2nd August written alongside an illustration of a prehistoric marine reptile swimming amid a shoal of fish by James McKay.
Come and share the love of fossils with us in a day of activities, dinosaur drawing with James McKay, Book signing, mini tours of the collection, our beautiful old fossil books. Sat 2nd Aug 10-4. Whitby Museum, Pannett Park. #fossils #dinosaurs #yorkshirefossils #kidsactivities
09.07.2025 14:44 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Great session 1034 #IMC2025 on field-names, weeds, and mapping people in a tiny street. @alicewolff.bsky.social looks at weeds as 'unintended plants' as partners; Katie Hardy looking for flora and fauna in field-names, and Claire looking for neighbours. @whitbynats.bsky.social
09.07.2025 11:04 β π 9 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Foss Mill and Sandsend Beck early 20th century.
Motte after tree felling in 1947
Arguing about Castles - 2 medieval Mulgrave Castles and a hypothesis, presented this morning in Leeds. Might make a good talk for the winter programme @whitbynats.bsky.social @whitbymuseum.bsky.social or a summer outing in 2026.
07.07.2025 20:18 β π 6 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Arguing about Castles I and II-3 hours flew by. So many approaches: archaeological, architectural, literary, historical and teaching castles. Thanks @willwyeth.bsky.social for well thought out sessions and @lvhicks.bsky.social @swallowtailarch.bsky.social for informative papers.
07.07.2025 19:19 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Another excellent session and found much food for thought in this paper @swallowtailarch.bsky.social and it's good to continue 'Arguing about Castles' afterwards!
07.07.2025 19:12 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Print of Mulgrave Castle ruins in Mulgrave Woods, early 19th century
'Two Mulgrave Castle in Lythe, North Yorkshire: a hypothesis' presentation for #IMC2025 finished, notes finished (I hope). Will be talking about only 1 in this picture. Find about the motte in Session 134 Monday morning @imc-leeds.bsky.social
04.07.2025 09:36 β π 5 π 3 π¬ 0 π 1Glad to see you here now! π
03.07.2025 10:19 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0The importance of the History profession and interviews with historians, both past and current.
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