Layers of London

The VCH is working in #London again, on a short history of #Soho! And there is now a donations page, if you'd like to help keep it going (or maybe even expand...): cafdonate.cafonline.org/28318#!/Dona...

Author Talk: Re-discovering London through A History of England in 25 Poems This is the history of England told in a new way: glimpsed through twenty-five remarkable poems written from the eighth century to today.

Just 2 days before @cathamclarke.bsky.social speaks at the Westminster Archives on #London history in poetry. Last few tickets available! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/author-tal...

Middlesex and London Learn about the Victoria County History of Middlesex and London.

This is just the kind of exciting approach to local history we're hoping to encourage as the re-launched VCH London. Want to know why London is a new thing for the VCH? It was Middlesex, Surrey and Essex until ever so recently... www.history.ac.uk/research/vic...

Thanks to the City of Westminster Archives & to Dr Francis Boorman for this invite. Francis leads VCH Middlesex & is developing a new VCH project to cover all #London. He'll be there on 1 October to share more. #history @vchlondon.bsky.social @thelondonjournal.bsky.social @layersoflondon.bsky.social

You can also see the map here www.layersoflondon.org/map/overlays...

Presenting Layers of London

Justin Colson looking at George's work

Justin Colson talking to Abondance

Running a @layersoflondon.bsky.social workshop with the wonderful "Lost and Found" heritage trainees from the Thames Festival Trust was a delight! So many great ideas and questions from a wonderful group of budding heritage practitioners, who shared the love of maps as a way to engage in heritage

Pictured: Billy Smart's Circus Chimpanzee's Christmas Party, 1952 

Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the @layersoflondon.bsky.social #Humap

See more www.layersoflondon.org/map/...

#MicroHistory #London #BritishHistory #EnglishHistory #History  #Heritage

Clerks' Well The Clerks' Well gives its name to the are of Clerkenwell.  The well, fed by a natural spring, was within the boundary of the Nunnery of St Mary, founded in the 12th century. The nunnery was dissolved...

We've just been to visit the Clerks' Well at Clerkenwell on one of its rare open days. Thanks to @ianvisits.co.uk for the heads up. www.layersoflondon.org/map/records/...

Unlocking your archives with GIS workshop Join us on 12 June and find out how location can help unlock your archives and build powerful interactive experiences for the public to explore.

I'm speaking about @layersoflondon.bsky.social, partnership working, and supporting research with historical mapping at this event "Unlocking Your Archives with GIS" organized by @rgsibg.bsky.social and ESRI UK on 12th June - for anyone interested in historical GIS, maps, and public engagement!

Congratulations to everyone involved @thelondonjournal.bsky.social and here's to another 50 years! We're especially pleased to see our very own @justincolson.bsky.social 's piece on 'Layering London’s History: Digital Mapping and Spatial Technologies in Historical Research'!

We are thrilled that @vchlondon.bsky.social are starting a new project on London as a whole city building on the excellent work going in in Middlesex.

An original copy of Haiti’s Declaration of Independence—lost for over 200 years—was discovered in Britain’s National Archives in 2010 by a grad student.

Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the @layersoflondon.bsky.social #Humap

Learn more www.layersoflondon.org/map/...

#HaitanRevolution

A enquiry today led me to this delicious collection of Italian delis and restaurants. I may have gone down a rabbit hole of King Bomba, an anarchist owned deli in Old Compton Street. www.layersoflondon.org/map/collecti...

William Ansah Sesserakoo (1736-1770) was a Fante prince, the son of a political leader who sold enslaved Africans.

His father sent him to Britain to be educated, but the ship's captain sold him into slavery in Barbados...

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For #MusicHallMonday a lesser known #musichall act. Stewart and Delhi, a fencing, vocal and dancing duo! PC c. 1912

A bit more about Brixton based Stewart (John Squires) and Delhi (Pansy Bannerjee) in my @layersoflondon.bsky.social collection www.layersoflondon.org/map/records/...

Creating story maps with imperfect spatial data | Humap Story maps need locations - but what if you don't have perfect spatial data? This blog explores the different solutions used by Humap clients

You're making a map project. You find a perfect primary source. There isn't any location data.

ARGH!

In our latest blog we ask Humappers how they create story maps with imperfect spatial data. Take a look at humap.me/blog-community/blo...

#GIS #HGIS #DigitalHumanities #StoryMaps #EdTech

It's #MapMonday! Here's a #map of #workhouses, #asylums, hospitals and dispensaries in #London, 1900.

Take a closer look on @layersoflondon.bsky.social at www.layersoflondon.org/map/...

#VictorianHistory #BritishHistory #GIS #HGIS #MappyMonday

“Geography is just physics slowed down, with a couple of trees stuck in it.”
— #TerryPratchett

Ever wondered what types of trees you can find in #London, or where the underground rivers are?

@layersoflondon.bsky.social's got you covered: www.layersoflondon.org/map/...

#WednesdayWisdom #Maps #GIS

More than ever, history and historians need a collaborative and co-ordinated approach 26th February 2025

We are increasingly concerned about the crisis in UK Higher Education. Read our joint statement with @royalhistsoc.bsky.social , History UK and the @histassoc.bsky.social https://buff.ly/4hSg16N #history #skystorians

Westminster Bridge Road is shown horizontally with the Thames to the left. Above WBR is Belvedere Road and, opposite, below is Amphitheatre Row to the right of St Thomas' Hospital Garden where the path to the hospital entrance lies.

Thanks to @layersoflondon.bsky.social Plan of Northern Part of Parish of Lambeth, 1831, I realise the path to St Thomas' Hospital's entrance used to be called Amphitheatre Row, being next to Astley's Amphitheatre. Please can @gstt-nhs.bsky.social trust reintroduce that name for the path? @se1.news

Vesta Tilley, the male impersonator, was one of the most famous and successful music hall performers of the early twentieth century.

Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the @layersoflondon.bsky.social n #Humap

See more www.layersoflondon.org/map/...

CHPPC Training Minis

3. There is a BRAND NEW section of our training archive called ‘training minis’: videos that are under 10 minutes long to provide training on v specific topics. There are 2 videos ATM from @ruthslatter.bsky.social on #knowledgeexchange in principle & practice www.history.ac.uk/podcasts/chp...

Being Human Festival Training: Introduction to Creative Engagement

This upcoming #SchoolofAdvancedStudies #training on #creativeengagement looks like it might be useful to members of the #VCH network interested in developing their creative approaches to #publicengagement www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

Still not applied for one of our @ihrlibrary.bsky.social graduate trainee posts? One of our current trainees has written the blog post about her first term with us. blog.history.ac.uk/2025/01/firs...

Job Opportunity! Werner Scheltjens, my AHRC-DFG co-lead on "Unlocking Upcycled Medieval Data: North Sea Networks, People, and Commodities in the London Customs Accounts 1380-1560" is advertising for a 2 year post-doctoral researcher role in Bamberg. Looking for medieval/early modern + DH experience

Congratulations to @justincolson.bsky.social for this award. Do read the blogs to find out more about the pilot project.

Music Hall Brixton and beyond Music Hall Brixton and beyond

Been a bit quiet here and late to #OnePlaceWednesday today but as it’s #OnePlaceEntertainment promp here is a @layersoflondon.bsky.social collection of #musichall entertainers and venues from my #StreetStudy and surrounding neighbourhood www.layersoflondon.org/map/collecti...

Very excited about this programme. Still time to get that discount!

Map of London, East. Colour coded.

Public service announcement that Charles Booth's 'Maps Descriptive of London Poverty, 1898-9' have been uploaded by LSE archive online to be viewed and reproduced freely. 🗃️ unsplash.com/collections/...

Come and join us next July!