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Exploring Britain’s LGBTQ+ Histories at the UK’s first LGBTQ+ Museum
Published: 27th June 2022
In this blog, Social Media Fellow Megan Kelleher chatted with Matthew Storey, Volunteer Curator at Queer Britain as well as Art, Design and LGBTQ+ History Curator at Historic Royal Palaces.
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Refugee Local History in Britain
Published: 20th June 2022
There are many opportunities for the local historian in Britain to consider refugees and our research can benefit greatly for it.
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Remembering the Royal Female Orphanage
Published: 13th June 2022
The Royal Female Orphanage, originally named the ‘Asylum or House of Refuge for Orphans and Other Deserted Girls of the Poor’ was founded in Lambeth in 1758. It was one of a number of charitable institutions (most notably the Foundling Hospital) founded in the mid-eighteenth century to support and care for poor and destitute children, often orphaned or made fatherless as a result of one of the many wars during this century.
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A History of Pride in Bristol
Published: 5th June 2022
This year marks the 50th Anniversary of the first ever Pride March in the UK.
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A Rainbow Landscape
Published: 1st June 2022
The history the sexual orientation and gender identity has for a long time been subjected to omission and it has only been since the 1980s/90s that this history has been more extensively explored and shared.
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The Historical Rillington Study Group: an unofficial Local History Society
Published: 2nd May 2022
In 2004, I started a one-place study of the parish of Rillington, North Yorkshire situated at the northern edge of the Yorkshire Wolds on the A64 between Malton and Scarborough.
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The Magic of Chancery: Report on March’s Local History Hour
Published: 18th April 2022
BALH’s highly popular monthly informal lecture series, Local History Hour, returned in March to discuss ‘The Magic of Chancery Records’.
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Putting The Local Back Into Criminal Justice History
Published: 14th April 2022
Crime is often regarded as a national, even international phenomenon. But it is the local response which will be of most interest to readers of this blog, and local historians may be reassured that the pursuit of such a perspective is as theoretically important as it is fascinating.
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Mapping Medieval Oxford
Published: 13th April 2022
Throughout March 2022 the Association presented four lectures in partnership with the Historic Towns Trust. The third in the series was given by Julian Munby, who has recently retired from Oxford Archaeology where he was Head of Buildings and Archaeology. It was a particular pleasure to welcome Julian for, as he revealed in his introduction, his uncle Lionel had edited our flagship journal, The Local Historian, over many years.
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History For Ukraine
Published: 21st March 2022
Historians from around the world are raising humanitarian funds for Ukraine through a 24-hour online livestream ‘Historython’.
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The invention of the Historic Town: A Historic Towns Trust talk
Published: 19th March 2022
BALH’s March partnership with the Historic Towns Trust is delivering four lectures on a range of topics by speakers from the Trust. The second in this series, ‘The invention of the Historic Town’ was given by Rosemary Sweet. Roey is Professor of Urban History at the University of Leicester and editor of the journal Urban History.
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Women’s History Month Special: Doctor Frances Ivens and the Royaumont Hospital
Published: 15th March 2022
In a forgotten corner of a Cornish graveyard lies an unprepossessing grave, overgrown and neglected. Until recently that is. Sue Robinson, founder of the Wenches in Trenches group, which celebrates the achievements of women in the First World War, has been searching for this grave for years. But what is the connection between this grave in Kenwyn churchyard and the First World War? Dr Frances Ivens – a name many won’t know, but a pioneering female doctor who played a key role in the provision of medical treatment during the First World War, running a hospital at Royaumont Abbey in France.
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Reconstructing London on the eve of the Great Fire: A Historic Towns Trust talk
Published: 15th March 2022
BALH’s March partnership with the Historic Towns Trust is delivering four lectures on a range of topics by speakers from the Trust. The first in this series, ‘Reconstructing London on the eve of the Great Fire’ was given by Professor Vanessa Harding.
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From Front Parlour to Funeral Parlour: Report on February’s Local History Hour
Published: 15th March 2022
Dr Helen Frisby and Dr Brian Parsons supplied intriguing insights into the British way of death for February’s Local History Hour, examining the transition over time from the home-based death, and the domestic post-mortem processes and rituals, to the more modern preference of removing the deceased to a purpose-built place where professional care is the norm between death and final disposal.
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Three Important Yorkshire Women (Who Aren’t the Brontës!)
Published: 7th March 2022
It’s extremely common, every Women’s History Month, to find mentions of the Brontë sisters in articles about important Yorkshire women. And whilst, certainly, they were important, they have had far too much of the spotlight and can overshadow other women who were equally – if not more – important. And so, in this blog post, I will explore the stories of three of my favourite Yorkshire women from history who have often gone under-the-radar.
