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Keith Lilley
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Academic geographer on a long journey. Coventry kid, washed up on Ireland's shore. Interests in bench marks, industrial archaeology, maps and mapping, new towns, landscape histories, medieval stuff, pottering about on my bike, being outdoors 🚵 .. more

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Keith Lilley is Professor at Queen's University Belfast, known as a historical geographer and urban historian.

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Keith Lilley @profkdlilley.bsky.social · 1d
Well done to the Great Central Railway for this initiative for those seeking some festive steam and company/comfort on Christmas Day, amazing
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Heritage railway offers 'pay what you can' Christmas Day trips
Mince pies and light refreshments are also set to be offered during the journeys.
www.bbc.com

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Historic Towns Trust @historictownstrust.bsky.social · 2d
Big thanks to The Scarborough News for their article on our upcoming historical map of Scarborough.

If you'd like to donate to the project, you can do so here: shop.historictownstrust.uk/product/donate
A newspaper article.

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Keith Lilley @profkdlilley.bsky.social · 3d
I don't bother looking at Facebook comments on anything on cycling on our roads, it's too utterly depressing

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The Castle Studies Trust @castlestudies.bsky.social · 4d
Between 2018-21 we awarded Duncan Wright 3 grants to research Laughton castle which developed the proof of concept for an AHRC grant. Now it's up for a Current Archaeology awards under From Bayeux to Bosham. The winner is decided by public vote so vote for this great project: archaeology.co.uk/vote

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Keith Lilley @profkdlilley.bsky.social · 5d
Isn't this Silbury Hill, I didn't realise the sun rolls up the hill like that at the solstice

Reposted by Steven French, Keith Lilley, Sue Timmis

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Keith Lilley @profkdlilley.bsky.social · 5d
08.40 sunrise
www.gov.ie/en/office-of...
Winter Solstice at Newgrange 2025
The Winter Solstice is an astronomical phenomenon that marks the shortest day and the longest night of the year
www.gov.ie

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Dr Ciarán McDonnell @drciaranmcdonnell.bsky.social · 5d
Delighted to attend the official launch of my #Medieval Walled Towns of Meath booklet this week. Thanks to everyone at Meath County Council and Abarta Heritage, and to The Heritage Council for their support.
PDF can be downloaded via the link below. 1/2
www.meath.ie/council/coun...
Meath County Council staff and Heritage Council staff at the launch of the Walled Towns booklet. The booklet on a table at the launch.

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James Kneale @jameskneale.bsky.social · 5d
Between 1840 and 1918, British attitudes towards drink changed dramatically. Life assurance company archives reveal their influence and also offer insights into the lives of ordinary abstainers.

Available (at 35% off with code GLR AT8) from Bloomsbury Academic www.bloomsbury.com/uk/temperanc...
Temperance Lives
This book explains how the rise of temperance life assurance affected ideas surrounding the dangers of drinking and abstinence between 1840 and 1918.James Kneal…
www.bloomsbury.com

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Luc Amkreutz @prehistoryrmo.bsky.social · 6d
Slightly late for #FindsFriday but this fragment of a bear (Ursus arctos) longbone was brought in last week on our @rmoudheden.bsky.social @naturalis.bsky.social Doggerland day. Found on Katwijk beach it shows cutmarks most likely by a flint tool.(C14 within our Resurfacing Doggerland project)🐻

Reposted by Charles West, Keith Lilley

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Past and Present @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social · 7d
On advance access: "Lordship in the Later Middle Ages: A Round Table Discussion"

Ft: Frederik Buylaert, Sandro Carocci, Thijs Lambrecht, Christian D Liddy, Alice Rio Tristan W Sharp, Alice Taylor, Chris Wickham

#OpenAccess

doi.org/10.1093/past...
Lordship in the Later Middle Ages: A Round Table Discussion
Abstract. Over the last few years, a number of articles have featured in Past and Present on the subject of late medieval lordship. Three were accepted wit
doi.org

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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 7d
We are pleased to be announce that Karen Hanghøj, Director of the @bgs.ac.uk will be delivering the 2026 GSI Geoscience Lecture on 29 January 2026.

Book your tickets now: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/royalirishacademy/1981076

@geolsurvie.bsky.social

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Urban History @urbanhistory.bsky.social · 7d
📣 New #OpenAccess article

📖 Sophie van Ginneken, 'On second sight: the impact of architectural knowledge on travel guidebooks and the tourist gaze on Amsterdam'

🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S096... #UrbanHistory
Title and abstract for the linked article

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Urban History @urbanhistory.bsky.social · 7d
📣 New #OpenAccess article

🏮 Margo Buelens-Terryn, Ilja Van Damme and @thomassmits.bsky.social, 'Projecting cities: illustrated lantern lectures as forgotten practice of place promotion in Belgium, c. 1900 – c. 1920'

🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S096... #UrbanHistory
Title and abstract for the linked article

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Katrina Navickas @katrinanavickas.bsky.social · 8d
Mapped the regulated routes. It's now clear how the police sought to exclude marches from the centre of the City in 1939.
Map of city of London with March routes on its voundary

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American Association of Geographers @geographers.bsky.social · 8d
Big news for #conservation and cultural heritage! Seth Kannarr, Ph.D. Candidate @utkgeography.bsky.social explains how the Ocmulgee Mounds in Georgia may soon earn the prestigious designation of National Park. buff.ly/Bm65LE4

📌 Should more historical and cultural sites receive national park status?
Ocmulgee Mounds preserves ancient earthworks in an area occupied by humans for 12,000 years. Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

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Austrian Fietser @woemi.bsky.social · 8d
Cycling Research Board Annual Meeting 2026 and call for abstracts on the theme of "Place, People, Politics: The Reimagination of Space". A multidisciplinary dialogue about cycling as a probe, a tool, and a catalyst for reimagining cities. Learn more about the conference: cyclingresearchboard.com

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Keith Lilley @profkdlilley.bsky.social · 8d
I keep on having that dream, you know the one, turning up for a conference to speak but not having prepared anything...

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Joshua Kirshner @joshkirshner.bsky.social · 8d
call for letters of intent (LOIs) on decolonizing participatory research methods, in the Journal of Participatory Research Methods: jprm.scholasticahq.com/post/3612-ca...
Call for LOIs- Decolonizing Participatory Research Methods | Published by Journal of Participatory Research Methods
The Journal of Participatory Research Methods (JPRM) invites Letters of Intent (LOIs) for a forthcoming special issue on Decolonizing Participatory Research Methods.
jprm.scholasticahq.com

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Anthony Bale FBA @realmandeville.bsky.social · 9d
'Creative Medievalisms Now: Writing the Middle Ages Today and Tomorrow', forthcoming symposium at Cambridge. A two-day symposium for writer-researchers working on medieval materials to reflect on craft, research processes, and work in progress.
Booking essential: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-m...
Creative Medievalisms Now: Writing the Middle Ages Today and Tomorrow
A two-day symposium on creative writing, the creative-critical seam, and the Middle Ages
www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Keith Lilley @profkdlilley.bsky.social · 9d
This map gets used a lot as a 'picture' but it's highly problematic, we need to think much more critically about the afterlives of imperial maps and mapping and their impact and legacy
tim-waterman.co.uk Tim Waterman @tim-waterman.co.uk · 9d
International Workshop: “More Than Child’s Play: Global Perspectives on the History of Playgrounds”

26–28 August 2026

ETH Zürich gmw.ethz.ch/en/
Homepage - Professorship for History of the Modern World
gmw.ethz.ch

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Dale Townshend @dalegothic96.bsky.social · 9d
Another early Christmas gift from @angelawright1794.bsky.social and me: Jimmy Packham's splendid book on 'Coastal Gothic, 1719–2020' has just been published, and is available on open access for the next 2 weeks: www.cambridge.org/core/element...
www.cambridge.org

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𝕎𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕨 𝓗𝓸𝓵𝔂 𝓝𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽 @salix.bsky.social · 9d
Storytelling as Creative Archaeological Practice (session 26) absolutely stupendous presentations! @tag2025york.bsky.social #TAG2025

Reposted by Keith Lilley, Katherine Brickell

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Tim Waterman @tim-waterman.co.uk · 9d
International Workshop: “More Than Child’s Play: Global Perspectives on the History of Playgrounds”

26–28 August 2026

ETH Zürich gmw.ethz.ch/en/
Homepage - Professorship for History of the Modern World
gmw.ethz.ch

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Keith Lilley @profkdlilley.bsky.social · 9d
This time of year
a close up of a man 's face with the words " you are this close to the finish line "
ALT: a close up of a man 's face with the words " you are this close to the finish line "
media.tenor.com

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Mark Walters @mark-walters.bsky.social · 9d
Remains of the 1810 mail signal station on Mynydd Twr, Holyhead which was upgraded in 1841 into a telegraph station for the Holyhead to Liverpool Telegraph. A message could be sent in 5 minutes between these locations using this 2 flag system. It was disused in 1858 when electric systems took over.

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Keith Lilley @profkdlilley.bsky.social · 9d
This seems like very good advice 👍

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Brodie Waddell @brodiewaddell.bsky.social · 10d
Hooray! The British Library has just released a beta version of its rebuilt Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue: searcharchives.bl.uk

2,619 hits for 'petition' in Western Manuscripts, texts in English, in case you're curious. 🗃️
Screenshot of search for 'petition' on the BL's Archives and Manuscript catalogue

Reposted by Dave O’Brien, Lesley A. Hall, Keith Lilley

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School of Advanced Study, University of London @sas-news.bsky.social · 11d
The Centre for Public Engagement Practice in Arts and Humanities is inviting academic researchers in the arts, humanities & social sciences to collaborate with community groups as part of a new community-led grant. The pilot will run from January to May 2026. Info here: www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Researchers invited to express their interest for the Community Connections Grant
The Centre for Public Engagement Practice in Arts and Humanities (CPEP) is piloting a new community-focused grant between January and May 2026.
www.sas.ac.uk

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Keith Lilley @profkdlilley.bsky.social · 11d
Is acher in gáith in nocht