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This is well worth a listen! @wearechester @EnglishHeritage @LocalCheshire @MedievalTimes

Deep in the Jordanian desert lies a Roman fort that can stake a claim to being the best-preserved example anywhere in the former empire. But this relic of imperial power is in urgent need of conservation work, as David Breeze explains in @WorldArchaeo: the-past.com/feature/qasr-b…

Incredibly delicate work exposing a wooden wall today last seen at the turn of the 2nd Cent AD #vindolanda #archaeology

Also, more to come so watch this space👀

This week's #WayBackWednesday image from the History Hub is this wonderful shot of the entrance to the Queen's Hotel on City Road #Chester with carriages outside. The date for the photograph is circa 1890. For more images of Old Chester please go to cwac.co/fvRWY

The Number 5 Stockport Corporation Tram on display in Heaton Park, Manchester. @LocalCheshire @StockportMBC @My_Stockport @Manchesterpast

#2 Face in the Victorian Gas Lamp George Street.

King Alfred's Daughter, a new historical novel by David Stokes. Published by the Book Guild, 28 March. ISBN 9781915603197: bookguild.co.uk/.../book/508/k…

Going into quiet mode for the Christmas holidays. Have a great Christmas and New Year and we'll see you again early in 2023.

The Wooldse Veen bog in the eastern Dutch #Achterhoek region. Situated on the Dutch-German border, it is known for various stone boundary markers placed across the #bog. The most beautiful ones date from 1766. Various smuggling stories are connected to these border bogs as well.

It must have been a memorable day for many...

Church Yard Wall update Cheshire West and Chester Council has provided a further update on the wall collapse repairs at St Oswald's Church in Malpas. The latest works schedule for the repairs had a completion date of December 2022, but several factors malpascheshire.org/news-and-event…

See pictures from the #Chester Society for Landscape History @cslh6 book launch for Looking at the Landscape: Glimpses of #Cheshire and Beyond, edited by Prof Graeme White and Dr Sharon Varey @uochester (event pictures courtesy of Carol Sparkes): express.adobe.com/video/TtTuqTrF…

Please join us, with @CHPPC_IHR for their final seminar of 2022 this Wednesday at 1730! In it, Peter Hounsell will be exploring the histories of London's brickfields, the earth that built the 19th century city. history.ac.uk/events/clay-pi…

Issue 59.2 of @NorthernHist is now available. Print copies to follow! It includes 7 articles & 1 note (6 are OA), and 16 book reviews. Topics include place-names, war memorials, mental health, wardship, watchmaking, Tudor justice & more. tandfonline.com/toc/ynhi20/cur… #twitterstorians

Looking for Christmas presents for somebody with an interest in local history? Try these two new books from @uochester Press! For more information, see www1.chester.ac.uk/news/new-light… and www1.chester.ac.uk/news/new-book-….

The stories behind #Cheshire and the region’s #landscapes and features - from its churches, settlements and houses to railways and canals - are shared in a new book from @uochesterpress marking the 35th anniversary of @CSLH6. Read more at: bit.ly/3Bdm9T #history

There were several of these on our #Wirral @SlowWaysUK walk today. I need your expertise @LakesStiles ! Is this a stile or a gate? They're fabulous whatever they are 😍

Please join us this Wednesday - in person and online - for our last seminar of 2022 in which Peter Hounsell discusses London's 'Clay-Pit' zone which gave birth to the brick-built city of the 19th century. Book now: history.ac.uk/events/clay-pi…

🎺🎺 The @MedSettRG winter seminar this year is in Cambridge on Saturday 10 December ✨✨ Do come and discuss ‘New Thinking on #Medieval #Fields’, including this 👇 #landscape #history #archaeology Details & booking via medieval-settlement.com/events/upcomin…