Layers of London
@layersoflondon.bsky.social
https://www.layersoflondon.org/ Mapping London's history & heritage through time using maps, images, films & Londoners' stories. Part of @chppc.bsky.social and @ihr.bsky.social
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Layers of London
layersoflondon.org
Hello! We are over here now. Come and explore our more than 400 historic maps of London available to view on our website. Which is your favourite? layersoflondon.org/map?layers=t...
#Maps #GIS #HGIS #SpatialHumanities #DigitalHumanities #GeoHumanities #StoryMaps #MapMonday
#Maps #GIS #HGIS #SpatialHumanities #DigitalHumanities #GeoHumanities #StoryMaps #MapMonday
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This #TrailsTuesday take a tour through the historic Crystal Palace park over on @layersoflondon.bsky.social
www.layersoflondon.org/map/...
#London #Trails #WalkingTrails #CrystalPalace #SouthLondon #Football #FootballHistory
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#London #Trails #WalkingTrails #CrystalPalace #SouthLondon #Football #FootballHistory
November 4, 2025 at 12:40 PM
This #TrailsTuesday take a tour through the historic Crystal Palace park over on @layersoflondon.bsky.social
www.layersoflondon.org/map/...
#London #Trails #WalkingTrails #CrystalPalace #SouthLondon #Football #FootballHistory
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#London #Trails #WalkingTrails #CrystalPalace #SouthLondon #Football #FootballHistory
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The VCH is working in #London again, on a short history of #Soho! And there is now a donations page, if you'd like to help keep it going (or maybe even expand...): cafdonate.cafonline.org/28318#!/Dona...
The IHR Trust - Donate now
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September 23, 2025 at 1:21 PM
The VCH is working in #London again, on a short history of #Soho! And there is now a donations page, if you'd like to help keep it going (or maybe even expand...): cafdonate.cafonline.org/28318#!/Dona...
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Just 2 days before @cathamclarke.bsky.social speaks at the Westminster Archives on #London history in poetry. Last few tickets available! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/author-tal...
Author Talk: Re-discovering London through A History of England in 25 Poems
This is the history of England told in a new way: glimpsed through twenty-five
remarkable poems written from the eighth century to today.
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September 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Just 2 days before @cathamclarke.bsky.social speaks at the Westminster Archives on #London history in poetry. Last few tickets available! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/author-tal...
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This is just the kind of exciting approach to local history we're hoping to encourage as the re-launched VCH London. Want to know why London is a new thing for the VCH? It was Middlesex, Surrey and Essex until ever so recently... www.history.ac.uk/research/vic...
Middlesex and London
Learn about the Victoria County History of Middlesex and London.
www.history.ac.uk
September 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
This is just the kind of exciting approach to local history we're hoping to encourage as the re-launched VCH London. Want to know why London is a new thing for the VCH? It was Middlesex, Surrey and Essex until ever so recently... www.history.ac.uk/research/vic...
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Thanks to the City of Westminster Archives & to Dr Francis Boorman for this invite. Francis leads VCH Middlesex & is developing a new VCH project to cover all #London. He'll be there on 1 October to share more. #history @vchlondon.bsky.social @thelondonjournal.bsky.social @layersoflondon.bsky.social
Join me for this free #event at the City of Westminster Archives on Weds 1 October to discover new perspectives on the #history of #London. There'll also be an opportunity to learn about the work of @vchlondon.bsky.social in London. Info & booking: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/author-tal...
August 11, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Thanks to the City of Westminster Archives & to Dr Francis Boorman for this invite. Francis leads VCH Middlesex & is developing a new VCH project to cover all #London. He'll be there on 1 October to share more. #history @vchlondon.bsky.social @thelondonjournal.bsky.social @layersoflondon.bsky.social
You can also see the map here www.layersoflondon.org/map/overlays...
September 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM
You can also see the map here www.layersoflondon.org/map/overlays...
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Running a @layersoflondon.bsky.social workshop with the wonderful "Lost and Found" heritage trainees from the Thames Festival Trust was a delight! So many great ideas and questions from a wonderful group of budding heritage practitioners, who shared the love of maps as a way to engage in heritage
June 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Running a @layersoflondon.bsky.social workshop with the wonderful "Lost and Found" heritage trainees from the Thames Festival Trust was a delight! So many great ideas and questions from a wonderful group of budding heritage practitioners, who shared the love of maps as a way to engage in heritage
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Pictured: Billy Smart's Circus Chimpanzee's Christmas Party, 1952
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the @layersoflondon.bsky.social #Humap
See more www.layersoflondon.org/map/...
#MicroHistory #London #BritishHistory #EnglishHistory #History #Heritage
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the @layersoflondon.bsky.social #Humap
See more www.layersoflondon.org/map/...
#MicroHistory #London #BritishHistory #EnglishHistory #History #Heritage
June 23, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Pictured: Billy Smart's Circus Chimpanzee's Christmas Party, 1952
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the @layersoflondon.bsky.social #Humap
See more www.layersoflondon.org/map/...
#MicroHistory #London #BritishHistory #EnglishHistory #History #Heritage
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the @layersoflondon.bsky.social #Humap
See more www.layersoflondon.org/map/...
#MicroHistory #London #BritishHistory #EnglishHistory #History #Heritage
We've just been to visit the Clerks' Well at Clerkenwell on one of its rare open days. Thanks to @ianvisits.co.uk for the heads up. www.layersoflondon.org/map/records/...
Clerks' Well
The Clerks' Well gives its name to the are of Clerkenwell. The well, fed by a natural spring, was within the boundary of the Nunnery of St Mary, founded in the 12th century. The nunnery was dissolved...
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June 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
We've just been to visit the Clerks' Well at Clerkenwell on one of its rare open days. Thanks to @ianvisits.co.uk for the heads up. www.layersoflondon.org/map/records/...
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I'm speaking about @layersoflondon.bsky.social, partnership working, and supporting research with historical mapping at this event "Unlocking Your Archives with GIS" organized by @rgsibg.bsky.social and ESRI UK on 12th June - for anyone interested in historical GIS, maps, and public engagement!
Unlocking your archives with GIS workshop
Join us on 12 June and find out how location can help unlock your archives and build powerful interactive experiences for the public to explore.
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May 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I'm speaking about @layersoflondon.bsky.social, partnership working, and supporting research with historical mapping at this event "Unlocking Your Archives with GIS" organized by @rgsibg.bsky.social and ESRI UK on 12th June - for anyone interested in historical GIS, maps, and public engagement!
Congratulations to everyone involved @thelondonjournal.bsky.social and here's to another 50 years! We're especially pleased to see our very own @justincolson.bsky.social 's piece on 'Layering London’s History: Digital Mapping and Spatial Technologies in Historical Research'!
It's here. Our 50th anniversary special issue, on 'London's Past Today', edited by @aidannorrie.bsky.social and Robert Shoemaker: www.tandfonline.com/toc/yldn20/c....
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May 7, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Congratulations to everyone involved @thelondonjournal.bsky.social and here's to another 50 years! We're especially pleased to see our very own @justincolson.bsky.social 's piece on 'Layering London’s History: Digital Mapping and Spatial Technologies in Historical Research'!
We are thrilled that @vchlondon.bsky.social are starting a new project on London as a whole city building on the excellent work going in in Middlesex.
Despite being over 125 years old, one of our flagship projects @vchlondon.bsky.social continues to be a vibrant, growing national network of place-based historians. The network has very excitingly recently welcomed 4 new projects. Find out more in this @ihr.bsky.social blog post 👇
We are SUPER excited to share the news that the #VCH network is growing & has recently added 4 new projects in #Dorset, #Kent, #Lincolnshire & #London. These are all really exciting, collaborative projects, which you can find out more about here: blog.history.ac.uk/2025/04/four...
April 24, 2025 at 9:15 AM
We are thrilled that @vchlondon.bsky.social are starting a new project on London as a whole city building on the excellent work going in in Middlesex.
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An original copy of Haiti’s Declaration of Independence—lost for over 200 years—was discovered in Britain’s National Archives in 2010 by a grad student.
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the @layersoflondon.bsky.social #Humap
Learn more www.layersoflondon.org/map/...
#HaitanRevolution
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the @layersoflondon.bsky.social #Humap
Learn more www.layersoflondon.org/map/...
#HaitanRevolution
April 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
An original copy of Haiti’s Declaration of Independence—lost for over 200 years—was discovered in Britain’s National Archives in 2010 by a grad student.
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the @layersoflondon.bsky.social #Humap
Learn more www.layersoflondon.org/map/...
#HaitanRevolution
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the @layersoflondon.bsky.social #Humap
Learn more www.layersoflondon.org/map/...
#HaitanRevolution
A enquiry today led me to this delicious collection of Italian delis and restaurants. I may have gone down a rabbit hole of King Bomba, an anarchist owned deli in Old Compton Street. www.layersoflondon.org/map/collecti...
Italian Catering Community in London 1939-1942
The London Italian Catering Community in the 1930's appear to have been predominantly drawn to either a well established "Little Italy" such as Clerkenwell, created in the late 19th Century, or to Soh...
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April 14, 2025 at 9:30 AM
A enquiry today led me to this delicious collection of Italian delis and restaurants. I may have gone down a rabbit hole of King Bomba, an anarchist owned deli in Old Compton Street. www.layersoflondon.org/map/collecti...
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William Ansah Sesserakoo (1736-1770) was a Fante prince, the son of a political leader who sold enslaved Africans.
His father sent him to Britain to be educated, but the ship's captain sold him into slavery in Barbados...
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His father sent him to Britain to be educated, but the ship's captain sold him into slavery in Barbados...
www.layersoflondon.org/map/...
@layersoflondon.bsky.social
April 13, 2025 at 9:02 AM
William Ansah Sesserakoo (1736-1770) was a Fante prince, the son of a political leader who sold enslaved Africans.
His father sent him to Britain to be educated, but the ship's captain sold him into slavery in Barbados...
www.layersoflondon.org/map/...
@layersoflondon.bsky.social
His father sent him to Britain to be educated, but the ship's captain sold him into slavery in Barbados...
www.layersoflondon.org/map/...
@layersoflondon.bsky.social
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For #MusicHallMonday a lesser known #musichall act. Stewart and Delhi, a fencing, vocal and dancing duo! PC c. 1912
A bit more about Brixton based Stewart (John Squires) and Delhi (Pansy Bannerjee) in my @layersoflondon.bsky.social collection www.layersoflondon.org/map/records/...
A bit more about Brixton based Stewart (John Squires) and Delhi (Pansy Bannerjee) in my @layersoflondon.bsky.social collection www.layersoflondon.org/map/records/...
March 31, 2025 at 9:21 AM
For #MusicHallMonday a lesser known #musichall act. Stewart and Delhi, a fencing, vocal and dancing duo! PC c. 1912
A bit more about Brixton based Stewart (John Squires) and Delhi (Pansy Bannerjee) in my @layersoflondon.bsky.social collection www.layersoflondon.org/map/records/...
A bit more about Brixton based Stewart (John Squires) and Delhi (Pansy Bannerjee) in my @layersoflondon.bsky.social collection www.layersoflondon.org/map/records/...
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You're making a map project. You find a perfect primary source. There isn't any location data.
ARGH!
In our latest blog we ask Humappers how they create story maps with imperfect spatial data. Take a look at humap.me/blog-community/blo...
#GIS #HGIS #DigitalHumanities #StoryMaps #EdTech
ARGH!
In our latest blog we ask Humappers how they create story maps with imperfect spatial data. Take a look at humap.me/blog-community/blo...
#GIS #HGIS #DigitalHumanities #StoryMaps #EdTech
Creating story maps with imperfect spatial data | Humap
Story maps need locations - but what if you don't have perfect spatial data? This blog explores the different solutions used by Humap clients
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March 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
You're making a map project. You find a perfect primary source. There isn't any location data.
ARGH!
In our latest blog we ask Humappers how they create story maps with imperfect spatial data. Take a look at humap.me/blog-community/blo...
#GIS #HGIS #DigitalHumanities #StoryMaps #EdTech
ARGH!
In our latest blog we ask Humappers how they create story maps with imperfect spatial data. Take a look at humap.me/blog-community/blo...
#GIS #HGIS #DigitalHumanities #StoryMaps #EdTech
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It's #MapMonday! Here's a #map of #workhouses, #asylums, hospitals and dispensaries in #London, 1900.
Take a closer look on @layersoflondon.bsky.social at www.layersoflondon.org/map/...
#VictorianHistory #BritishHistory #GIS #HGIS #MappyMonday
Take a closer look on @layersoflondon.bsky.social at www.layersoflondon.org/map/...
#VictorianHistory #BritishHistory #GIS #HGIS #MappyMonday
March 3, 2025 at 10:57 AM
It's #MapMonday! Here's a #map of #workhouses, #asylums, hospitals and dispensaries in #London, 1900.
Take a closer look on @layersoflondon.bsky.social at www.layersoflondon.org/map/...
#VictorianHistory #BritishHistory #GIS #HGIS #MappyMonday
Take a closer look on @layersoflondon.bsky.social at www.layersoflondon.org/map/...
#VictorianHistory #BritishHistory #GIS #HGIS #MappyMonday
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“Geography is just physics slowed down, with a couple of trees stuck in it.”
— #TerryPratchett
Ever wondered what types of trees you can find in #London, or where the underground rivers are?
@layersoflondon.bsky.social's got you covered: www.layersoflondon.org/map/...
#WednesdayWisdom #Maps #GIS
— #TerryPratchett
Ever wondered what types of trees you can find in #London, or where the underground rivers are?
@layersoflondon.bsky.social's got you covered: www.layersoflondon.org/map/...
#WednesdayWisdom #Maps #GIS
March 5, 2025 at 12:25 PM
“Geography is just physics slowed down, with a couple of trees stuck in it.”
— #TerryPratchett
Ever wondered what types of trees you can find in #London, or where the underground rivers are?
@layersoflondon.bsky.social's got you covered: www.layersoflondon.org/map/...
#WednesdayWisdom #Maps #GIS
— #TerryPratchett
Ever wondered what types of trees you can find in #London, or where the underground rivers are?
@layersoflondon.bsky.social's got you covered: www.layersoflondon.org/map/...
#WednesdayWisdom #Maps #GIS
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We are increasingly concerned about the crisis in UK Higher Education. Read our joint statement with @royalhistsoc.bsky.social , History UK and the @histassoc.bsky.social https://buff.ly/4hSg16N #history #skystorians
More than ever, history and historians need a collaborative and co-ordinated approach
26th February 2025
buff.ly
February 26, 2025 at 10:29 AM
We are increasingly concerned about the crisis in UK Higher Education. Read our joint statement with @royalhistsoc.bsky.social , History UK and the @histassoc.bsky.social https://buff.ly/4hSg16N #history #skystorians
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Thanks to @layersoflondon.bsky.social Plan of Northern Part of Parish of Lambeth, 1831, I realise the path to St Thomas' Hospital's entrance used to be called Amphitheatre Row, being next to Astley's Amphitheatre. Please can @gstt-nhs.bsky.social trust reintroduce that name for the path? @se1.news
February 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Thanks to @layersoflondon.bsky.social Plan of Northern Part of Parish of Lambeth, 1831, I realise the path to St Thomas' Hospital's entrance used to be called Amphitheatre Row, being next to Astley's Amphitheatre. Please can @gstt-nhs.bsky.social trust reintroduce that name for the path? @se1.news
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Vesta Tilley, the male impersonator, was one of the most famous and successful music hall performers of the early twentieth century.
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the @layersoflondon.bsky.social n #Humap
See more www.layersoflondon.org/map/...
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the @layersoflondon.bsky.social n #Humap
See more www.layersoflondon.org/map/...
February 17, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Vesta Tilley, the male impersonator, was one of the most famous and successful music hall performers of the early twentieth century.
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the @layersoflondon.bsky.social n #Humap
See more www.layersoflondon.org/map/...
Our #RecordOfTheDay is from the @layersoflondon.bsky.social n #Humap
See more www.layersoflondon.org/map/...
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3. There is a BRAND NEW section of our training archive called ‘training minis’: videos that are under 10 minutes long to provide training on v specific topics. There are 2 videos ATM from @ruthslatter.bsky.social on #knowledgeexchange in principle & practice www.history.ac.uk/podcasts/chp...
CHPPC Training Minis
www.history.ac.uk
February 10, 2025 at 9:34 AM
3. There is a BRAND NEW section of our training archive called ‘training minis’: videos that are under 10 minutes long to provide training on v specific topics. There are 2 videos ATM from @ruthslatter.bsky.social on #knowledgeexchange in principle & practice www.history.ac.uk/podcasts/chp...
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This upcoming #SchoolofAdvancedStudies #training on #creativeengagement looks like it might be useful to members of the #VCH network interested in developing their creative approaches to #publicengagement www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Being Human Festival Training: Introduction to Creative Engagement
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February 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This upcoming #SchoolofAdvancedStudies #training on #creativeengagement looks like it might be useful to members of the #VCH network interested in developing their creative approaches to #publicengagement www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Still not applied for one of our @ihrlibrary.bsky.social graduate trainee posts? One of our current trainees has written the blog post about her first term with us. blog.history.ac.uk/2025/01/firs...
January 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Still not applied for one of our @ihrlibrary.bsky.social graduate trainee posts? One of our current trainees has written the blog post about her first term with us. blog.history.ac.uk/2025/01/firs...