Mapping the March: Medieval Wales and England, c.1282-1550

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Research Seminar - 23 Feb, 4pm (Hybrid)

Dr Alastair Ayton
Beyond a Borderland: The March of Wales and its Lords in Thirteenth-Century English Politics

Open to all!
Email mapping-the-march@bristol.ac.uk to register (online or in person).

Last week @mappingthemarch.bsky.social held a launch for my new book and a new book by the brilliant @mattlampitt.bsky.social in the atmospheric crypt of The Mount Without. It was so much fun to celebrate with friends, family, and colleagues who have supported us along the way! #medievalsky #newbook

Some of you may be interested in BALH’s series of online talks in partnership with the Historic Towns Trust.

Prof Helen Fulton will be talking about medieval Brecon on Tuesday 31 March at 7.00pm.

Click here for further details and registration: www.balh.org.uk/events

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Double book launch 📚

Celebrating new books by @latemedievalist.bsky.social and @mattlampitt.bsky.social, with introductions by Professor Christian Liddy & Professor Miranda Griffin.

Food and drinks provided.

🗓 26 Jan 2026, 5–7pm
📍 The Mount Without, The Crypt, Bristol

All welcome to attend!

We are VERY excited to announce the call for papers for our 2026 conference! 🎉🎉🎉 This year, we invite paper and poster proposals on the themes of power and/or performance!

All proposals to be sent to cms-conference-enquiries@bristol.ac.uk by 17:00 on Friday 9th January.

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Book cover for: 'Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society The Palmers' Guild of Ludlow', by Rachael Harkes

Published today: 'Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society. The Palmers' Guild of Ludlow', by Rachael Harkes bit.ly/49CIDzC

Rachael's new book is the latest title in the Society's New Historical Perspectives series. It's now available free Open Access & paperback print @uolpress.bsky.social 1/2

Defining a region: The march of Wales Principal Investigator, University of Bristol, explores a collaborative project which aims to revitalise a forgotten British borderland

Click below to read about our project in the Open Access Government - October Edition ⬇️

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Image shows the Mapping the March team at the event booth with mapping goodies and colouring in sheets

Image shows a child engaging with a medieval map work book

Image shows two children using felt-tips to colour in a medieval map of Bristol

Image shows an individual completing a very colourful map of medieval Bristol using highlighters on the event table

Our team took part in the @bristoluni.bsky.social Discovery Day. Our aim was to engage children and families with the ‘Map of Bristol in 1480’.

The map was edited by @profhelenfulton.bsky.social and published by the @historictownstrust.bsky.social

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What an amazing CMS event! We were so excited to celebrate not only Kathleen and Melek’s wonderful new book, but a bumper crop of new books from CMS members Matt Lampitt, Leah Tether, Rachael Harkes, Marianne Ailes, Adrian Ailes, Ad Putter, and Ben Pohl! 🎉🥳 Congratulations once again to all!

A new semester means a new exciting round of CMS seminars! Here's a sneak peek of what we have to look forward to over the next few weeks!

Llys Glyndŵr: The Men and Women Who Made the Rebellion Possible Dr Rhun Emlyn, Department of History and Welsh History, Aberystwyth University Happy Glyndŵr Day! It was 625 years ago to this day – 16 September 1400 – that Owain Glyndŵr was proclaimed Prince of Wal...

Happy Glyndŵr Day! It was 625 years ago to this day – 16 September 1400 – that Owain Glyndŵr was proclaimed Prince of Wales and started the rebellion which has captured the imagination of so many people down the centuries

The Futures Festival of Discovery is coming to Bristol! This is a chance for all the family to come along and experience research like never before

Tickets are free and can be booked here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1585438542...

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Seal of John, Lord of Ireland. Catalogue reference: C 109/86 (4).

Paul Dryburgh

This Fri, 19 September: Join Paul Dryburgh, medieval collections specialist @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy, for "England's first colony: medieval Ireland, 1171-1500". An overview of English intervention in Ireland and its role in the political development of the British and Irish isles.

Image shows a knight sat in a library on a laptop. The text reads: 'We are delighted to announce the first workshop of the 'Medieval Studies Mobilising Digital Humanities' project funded by the GW4 Building Communities Generator Fund. Each workshop will focus on a particular aspect of digital technology and its application to Medieval Studies. Our first workshop is on the theme of 'Manuscripts'. This will take place at the University of Exeter on Monday 15th September 2025. Participants will be introduced to a range of methods and tools that can enhance the study of manuscripts, with the opportunity to gain hands on experience.' Events of day: 10:30 Arrival & welcome Project team 11:00 Digital Imaging led by Ellie Jones (Exeter Cathedral) / Exeter DH colleagues / Leonardo Constantini (Bristol) 12:00 Lunch 13:00 Digital Editing led by Tom Hinton and Levi Roach (Exeter) 14:00 Break 14:30 Biocodicology led by Sean Doherty (Exeter) 15:30 Transfer to Cathedral (optional) 16:00 Cathedral archive visit (optional) led by Ellie Jones (Exeter Cathedral) 17:00 Close Location: Digital Humanities Seminar Room 1, Queen's Building, University of Exeter, Streatham Campus

Registration Form to complete

Exciting Digital Humanities Opportunity for Early Career Researchers! Don’t miss this chance to enhance your digital research toolkit, explore new methodologies, and boost your academic career.

Please find further details below!

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I've imported Royal Commission data (from @jrdollery.bsky.social and @scottlloyd.bsky.social) into @mappingthemarch.bsky.social for @latemedievalist.bsky.social and @mattlampitt.bsky.social ) and I'm becoming slightly obsessed with the fragmentation of Caernarfonshire and Denbighshire!

Tomorrow is the deadline for registering for this year’s Harlaxton, on the theme of ‘The Medieval City’. Join us!!! Register here: harlaxtonmedievalsymposium.org
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"We’re a small volunteer-run charity responsible for Snodhill Castle located in the Herefordshire Marches some 7 miles east of Hay on Wye. Limited documentary research has been carried out but archaeology is revealing a larger and more unusual castle than we first thought."

Documentary Research Opportunity | SNODHILL CASTLE Snodhill Castle Preservation Trust now seeks a qualified person to help uncover its history.

The Snodhill Castle Preservation Trust is offering a research opportunity:

Download the full brief here www.snodhillcastle.org/documentary-...

Please submit proposals in PDF format to Project Lead Katherine Findlay at katherine.findlay@snodhillcastle.org by 11:59pm on Monday 11th August 2025.

Image of various scrolls on a table in an archive

Our database of people and their connections to places and manuscripts across the Welsh Marches is progressing! Starting to reconstruct individual networks from piles of rolls is very exciting as there's so much potential for how users of our database/website will use the data for their own research

Screenshot taken from our database showing our value inputs.

We’re pleased to announce that our database has reached 2,000 person entries! 🎉

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It was great to hear @elizabethbiggs.bsky.social’s talk last night for our @mappingthemarch.bsky.social seminar series. Really interesting discussion afterwards on if it is possible to compare the different Marches (particularly the Scottish, Irish, and Welsh) in the late Middle Ages. #medievalsky

Don't forget to email us at mapping-the-march@bristol.ac.uk for the link to this seminar today at 16:00 BST @bristolcms.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social @uobrishistory.bsky.social @uobartsmatter.bsky.social #medievalbluesky #medieval #medievalhistory #medievalseminar #mappingthemarch #Skystorians

Online Seminar - Mortimer History Society The Online Seminar Group: Medieval Wales and the Marches The Mortimer History Society has worked in partnership with staff from Chester, Swansea and Bristol Universities to create an Online Semin...

Next week (11 June, 7.30pm), our PDRA @mattlampitt.bsky.social will be talking to the Mortimer History Society Online Seminar about his new book - join us there!(mortimerhistorysociety.org.uk/society/onli...)
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Project Repository Journal Project Repository Journal - PRj 23 April 2025

Delighted to share this article in PRj vol 23, 'Creating a Database for the Medieval March of Wales', @mappingthemarch.bsky.social
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Screenshot where a detached bit of Caernarfonshire is in a detached bit of Denbighshire

Playing with importing @jrdollery.bsky.social and @scottlloyd.bsky.social 's Historical Boundaries of Wales data in MOWLIT (@mappingthemarch.bsky.social) and wondering if Denbighshire officials lost a bet to Caernarfonshire officials ...

Happy Friday Everyone! We've been working hard to recreate the historical townships of Wales from various historical sources and map.

The pre-1840 Township boundaries for Denbighshire, Flintshire, Montgomeryshire & Radnorshire are now available on the Historical Boundaries of Wales website!!!