Gillian W Roberts
@gwroberts.bsky.social
Archivist. Building Historian.
Records ancient and modern.
Posting on archives, architecture, archaeology & art.
Arts & Crafts. Vernacular.
Draw, sing, write, knit.
Dysgu Cymraeg.
Owner of a lazy dog.
Records ancient and modern.
Posting on archives, architecture, archaeology & art.
Arts & Crafts. Vernacular.
Draw, sing, write, knit.
Dysgu Cymraeg.
Owner of a lazy dog.
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Detail from the ‘Four Season Mosaic’ depicting ‘Spring’ from Roman York (Eboracum). The mosaic was discovered in 1853 at Tanners Row & dates to sometime between 268AD to 350AD. Now part of the collections at the Yorkshire Museum in York. 📷 My own. #MosaicMonday #RomanBritain
May 26, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Detail from the ‘Four Season Mosaic’ depicting ‘Spring’ from Roman York (Eboracum). The mosaic was discovered in 1853 at Tanners Row & dates to sometime between 268AD to 350AD. Now part of the collections at the Yorkshire Museum in York. 📷 My own. #MosaicMonday #RomanBritain
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The BSECS-Northumbria Fellowship offers up to £4000 to research the history, culture, literature, and/or identity of the North East of England and the Scottish Borders in the long eighteenth century. Deadline for applications is 31 May 2025. Find out more at www.bsecs.org.uk/prizes-and-a...
May 16, 2025 at 9:37 AM
The BSECS-Northumbria Fellowship offers up to £4000 to research the history, culture, literature, and/or identity of the North East of England and the Scottish Borders in the long eighteenth century. Deadline for applications is 31 May 2025. Find out more at www.bsecs.org.uk/prizes-and-a...
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Dr Shaun Evans, Director of the Institute for the Study of Welsh Estates (ISWE), discussing Bangor University’s Archives and Special Collections
May 19, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Dr Shaun Evans, Director of the Institute for the Study of Welsh Estates (ISWE), discussing Bangor University’s Archives and Special Collections
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We need EVERYONE to see this advert for a Head of Operations at the Palace (£40-45k). Otherwise we might get some kind of numpty in charge.
Please share. If we get 50 shares we'll post a video of #CuratorRob playing a hoover like a didgeridoo.
hr.breathehr.com/recruitment/...
Please share. If we get 50 shares we'll post a video of #CuratorRob playing a hoover like a didgeridoo.
hr.breathehr.com/recruitment/...
Breathe
Effortless people admin
hr.breathehr.com
May 1, 2025 at 10:26 AM
We need EVERYONE to see this advert for a Head of Operations at the Palace (£40-45k). Otherwise we might get some kind of numpty in charge.
Please share. If we get 50 shares we'll post a video of #CuratorRob playing a hoover like a didgeridoo.
hr.breathehr.com/recruitment/...
Please share. If we get 50 shares we'll post a video of #CuratorRob playing a hoover like a didgeridoo.
hr.breathehr.com/recruitment/...
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2/ The history of Bristol's post-war public housing is superbly recounted by Pete Insole in this fully illustrated story map:
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/6edb...
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/6edb...
Chapter 10.2
Re-planning Bristol - The Post-war City Part 2 - New homes for all
storymaps.arcgis.com
April 28, 2025 at 3:32 PM
2/ The history of Bristol's post-war public housing is superbly recounted by Pete Insole in this fully illustrated story map:
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/6edb...
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/6edb...
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Pete and his team have produced a range of superb resources. You'll know 'Know Your Place' but, ICYMI, this too (and much else) ...
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/54f2...
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/54f2...
Chapter 9
Bristol Homes for Heroes
storymaps.arcgis.com
April 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Pete and his team have produced a range of superb resources. You'll know 'Know Your Place' but, ICYMI, this too (and much else) ...
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/54f2...
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/54f2...
Tai Peilot, Llanddwyn
A row of C19th pilots’ houses built to serve the now-defunct lifeboat station that ran 1826-1907.
The Tŵr Mawr conical lighthouse tower (35 feet) built by Caernarfon Harbour Trustees, 1824.
A row of C19th pilots’ houses built to serve the now-defunct lifeboat station that ran 1826-1907.
The Tŵr Mawr conical lighthouse tower (35 feet) built by Caernarfon Harbour Trustees, 1824.
April 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Tai Peilot, Llanddwyn
A row of C19th pilots’ houses built to serve the now-defunct lifeboat station that ran 1826-1907.
The Tŵr Mawr conical lighthouse tower (35 feet) built by Caernarfon Harbour Trustees, 1824.
A row of C19th pilots’ houses built to serve the now-defunct lifeboat station that ran 1826-1907.
The Tŵr Mawr conical lighthouse tower (35 feet) built by Caernarfon Harbour Trustees, 1824.
St Dwynwen’s Church, Llanddwyn, Ynys Môn.
A spectacular day for views down the Llŷn.
The remains of a C16th chancel, casement-moulded windows within a circular llan.
Patron saint of lovers, 25 Jan
Believed dd. 465, she prayed to live unmarried after her affair with Maelon Dyfrodill turned sour.
A spectacular day for views down the Llŷn.
The remains of a C16th chancel, casement-moulded windows within a circular llan.
Patron saint of lovers, 25 Jan
Believed dd. 465, she prayed to live unmarried after her affair with Maelon Dyfrodill turned sour.
April 18, 2025 at 11:04 AM
St Dwynwen’s Church, Llanddwyn, Ynys Môn.
A spectacular day for views down the Llŷn.
The remains of a C16th chancel, casement-moulded windows within a circular llan.
Patron saint of lovers, 25 Jan
Believed dd. 465, she prayed to live unmarried after her affair with Maelon Dyfrodill turned sour.
A spectacular day for views down the Llŷn.
The remains of a C16th chancel, casement-moulded windows within a circular llan.
Patron saint of lovers, 25 Jan
Believed dd. 465, she prayed to live unmarried after her affair with Maelon Dyfrodill turned sour.
Pen-rhiw Chapel @Saint Fagan’s
Unitarian church (1777)Dre-Fach Felindre, Carmarthenshire. - area known as Y Smotyn Du - the black spot, by denominations suspicious of the reforming,egalitarian faith.
Iorwerth C Peate (1901-1982) St Fagans first curator is buried in the grounds.
Unitarian church (1777)Dre-Fach Felindre, Carmarthenshire. - area known as Y Smotyn Du - the black spot, by denominations suspicious of the reforming,egalitarian faith.
Iorwerth C Peate (1901-1982) St Fagans first curator is buried in the grounds.
March 17, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Pen-rhiw Chapel @Saint Fagan’s
Unitarian church (1777)Dre-Fach Felindre, Carmarthenshire. - area known as Y Smotyn Du - the black spot, by denominations suspicious of the reforming,egalitarian faith.
Iorwerth C Peate (1901-1982) St Fagans first curator is buried in the grounds.
Unitarian church (1777)Dre-Fach Felindre, Carmarthenshire. - area known as Y Smotyn Du - the black spot, by denominations suspicious of the reforming,egalitarian faith.
Iorwerth C Peate (1901-1982) St Fagans first curator is buried in the grounds.
This is US army Maj Gen Charles Calvin Rogers, awarded Medal of Honor by president Nixon in 1970, served Vietnam war, wounded 3x leading defence of base, the highest-ranking African American to receive the honour, buried Arlington national cemetery.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Black Medal of Honor recipient removed from US Department of Defense website
Page honoring Charles C Rogers for his Vietnam war service is now defunct with letters ‘DEI’ added to website address
www.theguardian.com
March 16, 2025 at 10:52 PM
This is US army Maj Gen Charles Calvin Rogers, awarded Medal of Honor by president Nixon in 1970, served Vietnam war, wounded 3x leading defence of base, the highest-ranking African American to receive the honour, buried Arlington national cemetery.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
A Victorian Society recce around Walsall
March 16, 2025 at 8:51 AM
A Victorian Society recce around Walsall
Traeth Llanulltyd Fawr, Dydd Sul
Beach Llantwit Major
Sunday
Beach Llantwit Major
Sunday
March 13, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Traeth Llanulltyd Fawr, Dydd Sul
Beach Llantwit Major
Sunday
Beach Llantwit Major
Sunday
Kennixton farmhouse, Saint Fagans.
Welsh vernacular architecture: floor is lime mortar beaten with crushed seashells, bedrooms with rare straw-rope under thatching, a beautiful scissor brace in the principal room.
This house is well-loved: the banked cegin fire make it also feel well-lived.
Welsh vernacular architecture: floor is lime mortar beaten with crushed seashells, bedrooms with rare straw-rope under thatching, a beautiful scissor brace in the principal room.
This house is well-loved: the banked cegin fire make it also feel well-lived.
March 12, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Kennixton farmhouse, Saint Fagans.
Welsh vernacular architecture: floor is lime mortar beaten with crushed seashells, bedrooms with rare straw-rope under thatching, a beautiful scissor brace in the principal room.
This house is well-loved: the banked cegin fire make it also feel well-lived.
Welsh vernacular architecture: floor is lime mortar beaten with crushed seashells, bedrooms with rare straw-rope under thatching, a beautiful scissor brace in the principal room.
This house is well-loved: the banked cegin fire make it also feel well-lived.
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Well, this is an interesting idea. A One Place Study is a deep dive into the history of a particular place, but it could be local history, family history, natural history, or a combo of all of the above.
www.one-place-studies.org/about/what-i...
www.one-place-studies.org/about/what-i...
What is a One-Place Study? - Society for One-Place Studies
A One-Place Study (OPS) is a perfect combination of family and local history of places around in the world. Those places include towns, parishes, villages, hamlets, streets, or even individual buildin...
www.one-place-studies.org
February 27, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Well, this is an interesting idea. A One Place Study is a deep dive into the history of a particular place, but it could be local history, family history, natural history, or a combo of all of the above.
www.one-place-studies.org/about/what-i...
www.one-place-studies.org/about/what-i...
Janette Rosing photographs dating to 1830s acquired by Historic England under AIL.
The images include photography by pioneers WG Campbell, William Russell Sedgfield.
The calotype, collodion, dry plate & platinum print images are being digitised.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
The images include photography by pioneers WG Campbell, William Russell Sedgfield.
The calotype, collodion, dry plate & platinum print images are being digitised.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Historic England acquires collection featuring some of UK’s oldest photos
Janette Rosing built up pioneering trove of 8,000 images dating back to the early days of the Industrial Revolution
www.theguardian.com
February 21, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Janette Rosing photographs dating to 1830s acquired by Historic England under AIL.
The images include photography by pioneers WG Campbell, William Russell Sedgfield.
The calotype, collodion, dry plate & platinum print images are being digitised.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
The images include photography by pioneers WG Campbell, William Russell Sedgfield.
The calotype, collodion, dry plate & platinum print images are being digitised.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Miserable proposal to demolish Wolverhampton School of Art.
Brutalist building of 1966 and 1970 by Diamond, Redfern & Partners, sits beside Wolverhampton Wanderers’ Molineux Stadium
Artists decry ‘irresponsible’ plans to demolish brutalist Midlands tower
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Brutalist building of 1966 and 1970 by Diamond, Redfern & Partners, sits beside Wolverhampton Wanderers’ Molineux Stadium
Artists decry ‘irresponsible’ plans to demolish brutalist Midlands tower
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Artists decry ‘irresponsible’ plans to demolish brutalist Midlands tower
Conservation groups say University of Wolverhampton’s proposals overlook historical significance of art school
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Miserable proposal to demolish Wolverhampton School of Art.
Brutalist building of 1966 and 1970 by Diamond, Redfern & Partners, sits beside Wolverhampton Wanderers’ Molineux Stadium
Artists decry ‘irresponsible’ plans to demolish brutalist Midlands tower
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Brutalist building of 1966 and 1970 by Diamond, Redfern & Partners, sits beside Wolverhampton Wanderers’ Molineux Stadium
Artists decry ‘irresponsible’ plans to demolish brutalist Midlands tower
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
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'You never enjoy the world aright, till the Sea itself floweth in your veins, till you are clothed with the heavens, and crowned with the stars'. Thomas Traherne (d.1674), poet and cleric. His visionary insight lives on in a stunning Tom Denny window at Hereford Cathedral. 🌊✨ #StainedGlassSunday
November 24, 2024 at 12:31 PM
'You never enjoy the world aright, till the Sea itself floweth in your veins, till you are clothed with the heavens, and crowned with the stars'. Thomas Traherne (d.1674), poet and cleric. His visionary insight lives on in a stunning Tom Denny window at Hereford Cathedral. 🌊✨ #StainedGlassSunday
This hauntingly beautiful film documenting curlew conservation in north Wales by my friend, Malka Holmes.
Narrated by Iolo Williams, featuring Mary Colwell, Dion Williams and David Gray.
www.greengagefilms.com/portfolio-it...
Narrated by Iolo Williams, featuring Mary Colwell, Dion Williams and David Gray.
www.greengagefilms.com/portfolio-it...
Stunned by Silence’ – dir Malka Holmes 2024 - Greengage Films
www.greengagefilms.com
January 28, 2025 at 7:23 AM
This hauntingly beautiful film documenting curlew conservation in north Wales by my friend, Malka Holmes.
Narrated by Iolo Williams, featuring Mary Colwell, Dion Williams and David Gray.
www.greengagefilms.com/portfolio-it...
Narrated by Iolo Williams, featuring Mary Colwell, Dion Williams and David Gray.
www.greengagefilms.com/portfolio-it...
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On so many levels this is fabulous news. Don’t let anyone tell you archaeology doesn’t matter, or that it doesn’t make a difference. This 👇
January 27, 2025 at 8:51 PM
On so many levels this is fabulous news. Don’t let anyone tell you archaeology doesn’t matter, or that it doesn’t make a difference. This 👇
Re-read your Handmaids Tale, Trump is coming for us.
Trump’s executive order on gender uses language pointing to ‘fetal personhood’
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump’s executive order on gender uses language pointing to ‘fetal personhood’
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump’s executive order on gender uses language pointing to ‘fetal personhood’
Words ‘at conception’ in order gesture to push by anti-abortion movement to give embryos and fetuses legal rights
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Re-read your Handmaids Tale, Trump is coming for us.
Trump’s executive order on gender uses language pointing to ‘fetal personhood’
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump’s executive order on gender uses language pointing to ‘fetal personhood’
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Plas Teg, Flints. GI 1610
Sir John Trevor Surveyor of the Queen’s Ships.
Significant house for Jacobean court gentry.
P Smith: well-known Renaissance type resemblance to Wollaton Hall & Hardwick Hall.
Interesting contents sale owned by Cornelia Bayley.
www.rogersjones.co.uk/en/articles-...
Sir John Trevor Surveyor of the Queen’s Ships.
Significant house for Jacobean court gentry.
P Smith: well-known Renaissance type resemblance to Wollaton Hall & Hardwick Hall.
Interesting contents sale owned by Cornelia Bayley.
www.rogersjones.co.uk/en/articles-...
Plas Teg: Once in a Generation Welsh House Clearance — Rogers Jones Co
www.rogersjones.co.uk
January 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Plas Teg, Flints. GI 1610
Sir John Trevor Surveyor of the Queen’s Ships.
Significant house for Jacobean court gentry.
P Smith: well-known Renaissance type resemblance to Wollaton Hall & Hardwick Hall.
Interesting contents sale owned by Cornelia Bayley.
www.rogersjones.co.uk/en/articles-...
Sir John Trevor Surveyor of the Queen’s Ships.
Significant house for Jacobean court gentry.
P Smith: well-known Renaissance type resemblance to Wollaton Hall & Hardwick Hall.
Interesting contents sale owned by Cornelia Bayley.
www.rogersjones.co.uk/en/articles-...
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And more on loss of historic buildings from @hyperallergic.com #climateheritage
Historic Buildings Destroyed as Palisades Blaze Rages
Museums and galleries are shuttering as the deadly firestorm continues to burn through LA County.
hyperallergic.com
January 9, 2025 at 11:42 AM
And more on loss of historic buildings from @hyperallergic.com #climateheritage
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Hey @shroppiemon.bsky.social - look what I got for Christmas! I've been dipping into this throughout the festive period and have learnt absolutely loads of stuff. Would love to see more Shropshire towns get the @vchlondon.bsky.social treatment in this way. Recommended ✅
#Wem #Shropshire #History 📚
#Wem #Shropshire #History 📚
January 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Hey @shroppiemon.bsky.social - look what I got for Christmas! I've been dipping into this throughout the festive period and have learnt absolutely loads of stuff. Would love to see more Shropshire towns get the @vchlondon.bsky.social treatment in this way. Recommended ✅
#Wem #Shropshire #History 📚
#Wem #Shropshire #History 📚
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Absolutely this from Ed Davey 👏
January 6, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Absolutely this from Ed Davey 👏