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Rachel Terry explores how 19th-century magazines became the gold standard for style (even if #AnneLister thought them, ""a very stupid thing indeed."")
Watch the full session from the #AnneListerSummit to see how print and media shaped the fashions of her time: youtu.be/ZmBGx5cBCYQ
Watch the full session from the #AnneListerSummit to see how print and media shaped the fashions of her time: youtu.be/ZmBGx5cBCYQ
November 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Rachel Terry explores how 19th-century magazines became the gold standard for style (even if #AnneLister thought them, ""a very stupid thing indeed."")
Watch the full session from the #AnneListerSummit to see how print and media shaped the fashions of her time: youtu.be/ZmBGx5cBCYQ
Watch the full session from the #AnneListerSummit to see how print and media shaped the fashions of her time: youtu.be/ZmBGx5cBCYQ
From roller printing to imported dyes like logwood and fustic, the 1830s saw a wave of experimentation in colour and pattern that influenced what people wore.
🎥 Watch the full session from the #AnneListerSummit:
🎥 Watch the full session from the #AnneListerSummit:
In 1830s Halifax, innovation wasn’t just industrial – it was fashionable.
Rachel Terry from Calderdale Museums explains how technological change shaped the fashions of Anne Lister’s time, from Caribbean-imported dyes like logwood and fustic to the introduction of roller…
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November 5, 2025 at 10:29 AM
From roller printing to imported dyes like logwood and fustic, the 1830s saw a wave of experimentation in colour and pattern that influenced what people wore.
🎥 Watch the full session from the #AnneListerSummit:
🎥 Watch the full session from the #AnneListerSummit:
Did you know that some of #AnnWalker’s relatives are buried in Halifax Minster?
Check out our new article, learn more about them, and find out where their graves are located within the church!
www.packedwithpotential.org/stories-arti...
#c19th #genealogy #oneplace #localhistory #AnneLister
Check out our new article, learn more about them, and find out where their graves are located within the church!
www.packedwithpotential.org/stories-arti...
#c19th #genealogy #oneplace #localhistory #AnneLister
October 31, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Did you know that some of #AnnWalker’s relatives are buried in Halifax Minster?
Check out our new article, learn more about them, and find out where their graves are located within the church!
www.packedwithpotential.org/stories-arti...
#c19th #genealogy #oneplace #localhistory #AnneLister
Check out our new article, learn more about them, and find out where their graves are located within the church!
www.packedwithpotential.org/stories-arti...
#c19th #genealogy #oneplace #localhistory #AnneLister
Fashion historian Gemma Esvelt walks us through one of the rare diary entries where Anne Lister recorded an entire outfit — from her moiré silk gown and white bonnet to her blond lace frill.
🎥 Watch the full session:
🎥 Watch the full session:
“I never feel as if I was properly dressed.”
Fashion historian Gemma Esvelt walks us through one of the rare diary entries where Anne Lister recorded an entire outfit — from her moiré silk gown and white bonnet to her blond lace frill.
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October 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Fashion historian Gemma Esvelt walks us through one of the rare diary entries where Anne Lister recorded an entire outfit — from her moiré silk gown and white bonnet to her blond lace frill.
🎥 Watch the full session:
🎥 Watch the full session:
#AnneLister was always writing about her merinos...
Fashion historian Gemma Esvelt unpacks the layers (literally) of Lister’s wardrobe in this session from the #AnneListerSummit. Watch the full recording to learn more about those iconic 1830s silhouettes! youtu.be/XaG-wvM_Sz8
Fashion historian Gemma Esvelt unpacks the layers (literally) of Lister’s wardrobe in this session from the #AnneListerSummit. Watch the full recording to learn more about those iconic 1830s silhouettes! youtu.be/XaG-wvM_Sz8
October 28, 2025 at 2:01 PM
#AnneLister was always writing about her merinos...
Fashion historian Gemma Esvelt unpacks the layers (literally) of Lister’s wardrobe in this session from the #AnneListerSummit. Watch the full recording to learn more about those iconic 1830s silhouettes! youtu.be/XaG-wvM_Sz8
Fashion historian Gemma Esvelt unpacks the layers (literally) of Lister’s wardrobe in this session from the #AnneListerSummit. Watch the full recording to learn more about those iconic 1830s silhouettes! youtu.be/XaG-wvM_Sz8
🍂 The Autumn #AnneListerSummit may be over, but the conversations continue!
Missed a session or want to revisit ideas? Recordings & Resources are now available: www.annelisterresearchsummit.org/2025/recordi...
Missed a session or want to revisit ideas? Recordings & Resources are now available: www.annelisterresearchsummit.org/2025/recordi...
October 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🍂 The Autumn #AnneListerSummit may be over, but the conversations continue!
Missed a session or want to revisit ideas? Recordings & Resources are now available: www.annelisterresearchsummit.org/2025/recordi...
Missed a session or want to revisit ideas? Recordings & Resources are now available: www.annelisterresearchsummit.org/2025/recordi...
Anne Lister Research Summit - Autumn 2025
An online conference for Anne Lister enthusiasts.
www.eventbrite.com
October 11, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Before #AnneLister chronicled her exploits, her father Jeremy wrote about some misadventures of his own. www.eventbrite.com/e/anne-liste...
October 9, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Before #AnneLister chronicled her exploits, her father Jeremy wrote about some misadventures of his own. www.eventbrite.com/e/anne-liste...
Compare Halifax through the eyes of two remarkable diarists — Anne Lister and Dorothy Wordsworth. www.eventbrite.com/e/anne-liste...
October 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Compare Halifax through the eyes of two remarkable diarists — Anne Lister and Dorothy Wordsworth. www.eventbrite.com/e/anne-liste...
Rachel Terry reveals how Halifax’s textile innovations shaped the fashion #AnneLister saw and wore. www.eventbrite.com/e/anne-liste...
October 7, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Rachel Terry reveals how Halifax’s textile innovations shaped the fashion #AnneLister saw and wore. www.eventbrite.com/e/anne-liste...
Explore the layers behind the iconic 1830s silhouette with fashion historian Gemma Esvelt. Sleeves, skirts, and all! www.eventbrite.com/e/anne-liste...
October 6, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Explore the layers behind the iconic 1830s silhouette with fashion historian Gemma Esvelt. Sleeves, skirts, and all! www.eventbrite.com/e/anne-liste...
Before #AnneLister penned *her* journals, her father documented a few misadventures of his own...
Meet Ensign Jeremy Lister: soldier, survivor, and subject of this dive into #America250
🗓️ Sat. 18 Oct | 1:20pm ET/6:20pm BST
🎟️ Free: www.eventbrite.com/e/anne-liste...
Meet Ensign Jeremy Lister: soldier, survivor, and subject of this dive into #America250
🗓️ Sat. 18 Oct | 1:20pm ET/6:20pm BST
🎟️ Free: www.eventbrite.com/e/anne-liste...
October 2, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Before #AnneLister penned *her* journals, her father documented a few misadventures of his own...
Meet Ensign Jeremy Lister: soldier, survivor, and subject of this dive into #America250
🗓️ Sat. 18 Oct | 1:20pm ET/6:20pm BST
🎟️ Free: www.eventbrite.com/e/anne-liste...
Meet Ensign Jeremy Lister: soldier, survivor, and subject of this dive into #America250
🗓️ Sat. 18 Oct | 1:20pm ET/6:20pm BST
🎟️ Free: www.eventbrite.com/e/anne-liste...
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Anne Lister didn't think much of this tower at Chatsworth, Derbyshire - it "put us in mind of warehousing" when she visited with Ann Walker in 1835 (it had been erected since her visit there with Mrs Lawton in 1825).
Read about Anne's visits to Chatsworth here: www.chatsworth.org/news-media/n...
Read about Anne's visits to Chatsworth here: www.chatsworth.org/news-media/n...
October 1, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Anne Lister didn't think much of this tower at Chatsworth, Derbyshire - it "put us in mind of warehousing" when she visited with Ann Walker in 1835 (it had been erected since her visit there with Mrs Lawton in 1825).
Read about Anne's visits to Chatsworth here: www.chatsworth.org/news-media/n...
Read about Anne's visits to Chatsworth here: www.chatsworth.org/news-media/n...
A talk on Victorian Mourning at Bankfield Museum, Halifax. #deathstudies #research #c19th #victorian
More info here:
More info here:
Tickets are now available for Victorian Mourning at BANKFIELD MUSEUM • HALIFAX, Halifax on Saturday 8th November 2025 at 1:30PM www.ticketsource.co.uk/calderdale-m...
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September 30, 2025 at 4:39 PM
A talk on Victorian Mourning at Bankfield Museum, Halifax. #deathstudies #research #c19th #victorian
More info here:
More info here:
Two women. Two journals. One Halifax.
Abi Palmer explores what Dorothy Wordsworth’s newly published Halifax diaries reveal about Anne Lister’s hometown — and how both women shaped our view of it.
🗓️ Sat, Oct 18 | 12:10pm ET/5:10pm BST
🎟️ Free: www.eventbrite.com/e/anne-liste...
Abi Palmer explores what Dorothy Wordsworth’s newly published Halifax diaries reveal about Anne Lister’s hometown — and how both women shaped our view of it.
🗓️ Sat, Oct 18 | 12:10pm ET/5:10pm BST
🎟️ Free: www.eventbrite.com/e/anne-liste...
September 30, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Two women. Two journals. One Halifax.
Abi Palmer explores what Dorothy Wordsworth’s newly published Halifax diaries reveal about Anne Lister’s hometown — and how both women shaped our view of it.
🗓️ Sat, Oct 18 | 12:10pm ET/5:10pm BST
🎟️ Free: www.eventbrite.com/e/anne-liste...
Abi Palmer explores what Dorothy Wordsworth’s newly published Halifax diaries reveal about Anne Lister’s hometown — and how both women shaped our view of it.
🗓️ Sat, Oct 18 | 12:10pm ET/5:10pm BST
🎟️ Free: www.eventbrite.com/e/anne-liste...
How did the mill wheels of Halifax spin fashion forward? Rachel Terry explores how 1830s tech from weaving to fashion plates helped shape style in #AnneLister’s world.
🗓️ Sat. 18 Oct | 10:40am ET/3:40pm BST
🎟️ Free: www.eventbrite.com/e/anne-liste...
🗓️ Sat. 18 Oct | 10:40am ET/3:40pm BST
🎟️ Free: www.eventbrite.com/e/anne-liste...
September 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
How did the mill wheels of Halifax spin fashion forward? Rachel Terry explores how 1830s tech from weaving to fashion plates helped shape style in #AnneLister’s world.
🗓️ Sat. 18 Oct | 10:40am ET/3:40pm BST
🎟️ Free: www.eventbrite.com/e/anne-liste...
🗓️ Sat. 18 Oct | 10:40am ET/3:40pm BST
🎟️ Free: www.eventbrite.com/e/anne-liste...
Discover what it took to get dressed in #AnneLister’s time, layers, silhouettes, and all, in this show & tell session with fashion historian Gemma Esvelt.
🗓️ Sat. 18 Oct | 9:30am ET / 2:30pm BST
🎟️ Free: www.eventbrite.com/e/anne-liste...
🗓️ Sat. 18 Oct | 9:30am ET / 2:30pm BST
🎟️ Free: www.eventbrite.com/e/anne-liste...
September 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Discover what it took to get dressed in #AnneLister’s time, layers, silhouettes, and all, in this show & tell session with fashion historian Gemma Esvelt.
🗓️ Sat. 18 Oct | 9:30am ET / 2:30pm BST
🎟️ Free: www.eventbrite.com/e/anne-liste...
🗓️ Sat. 18 Oct | 9:30am ET / 2:30pm BST
🎟️ Free: www.eventbrite.com/e/anne-liste...
#AnneLister died #OTD in 1840 during her trip in Georgia with #AnnWalker. She was 49 years old.
Revisit the start of this adventure and learn more about the events that prompted their departure in 1839 here:
www.packedwithpotential.org/stories-arti...
#travel #c19th #GentlemanJack
Revisit the start of this adventure and learn more about the events that prompted their departure in 1839 here:
www.packedwithpotential.org/stories-arti...
#travel #c19th #GentlemanJack
September 22, 2025 at 1:55 PM
#AnneLister died #OTD in 1840 during her trip in Georgia with #AnnWalker. She was 49 years old.
Revisit the start of this adventure and learn more about the events that prompted their departure in 1839 here:
www.packedwithpotential.org/stories-arti...
#travel #c19th #GentlemanJack
Revisit the start of this adventure and learn more about the events that prompted their departure in 1839 here:
www.packedwithpotential.org/stories-arti...
#travel #c19th #GentlemanJack
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Anne Lister died on this day, 22nd September, in 1840. Today, 185 years later, we are carrying out repairs on the church where her partner, Ann Walker, is buried.
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📷 The cupola of Old St Matthew's, Lightcliffe, West Yorkshire (before repairs)
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📷 The cupola of Old St Matthew's, Lightcliffe, West Yorkshire (before repairs)
September 22, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Anne Lister died on this day, 22nd September, in 1840. Today, 185 years later, we are carrying out repairs on the church where her partner, Ann Walker, is buried.
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📷 The cupola of Old St Matthew's, Lightcliffe, West Yorkshire (before repairs)
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📷 The cupola of Old St Matthew's, Lightcliffe, West Yorkshire (before repairs)
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If you like #AnneLister and/or all things Regency, and live anywhere near Buxton, note this: buxtoncrescentexperience.com/tour/anne-li...
I went on it last year, and it was brilliant!
@packedwith.bsky.social @discoverbuxton.bsky.social
I went on it last year, and it was brilliant!
@packedwith.bsky.social @discoverbuxton.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 7:55 AM
If you like #AnneLister and/or all things Regency, and live anywhere near Buxton, note this: buxtoncrescentexperience.com/tour/anne-li...
I went on it last year, and it was brilliant!
@packedwith.bsky.social @discoverbuxton.bsky.social
I went on it last year, and it was brilliant!
@packedwith.bsky.social @discoverbuxton.bsky.social
🎟️ Registration for the #AnneListerSummit (Autumn Edition) is now OPEN!
Explore 1830s fashion, Halifax history, and find out how #AnneLister is connected to #America250... www.eventbrite.com/e/anne-liste...
Explore 1830s fashion, Halifax history, and find out how #AnneLister is connected to #America250... www.eventbrite.com/e/anne-liste...
Anne Lister Research Summit - Autumn 2025
An online conference for Anne Lister enthusiasts.
www.eventbrite.com
September 15, 2025 at 2:04 PM
🎟️ Registration for the #AnneListerSummit (Autumn Edition) is now OPEN!
Explore 1830s fashion, Halifax history, and find out how #AnneLister is connected to #America250... www.eventbrite.com/e/anne-liste...
Explore 1830s fashion, Halifax history, and find out how #AnneLister is connected to #America250... www.eventbrite.com/e/anne-liste...
Are you studying #AnneLister or looking for new perspectives?
Check out our #research references page and find more books, journal articles, thesis, and other academic resources!
www.packedwithpotential.org/resources/an...
#academia #oneplace #c19th #victorian
Check out our #research references page and find more books, journal articles, thesis, and other academic resources!
www.packedwithpotential.org/resources/an...
#academia #oneplace #c19th #victorian
September 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Are you studying #AnneLister or looking for new perspectives?
Check out our #research references page and find more books, journal articles, thesis, and other academic resources!
www.packedwithpotential.org/resources/an...
#academia #oneplace #c19th #victorian
Check out our #research references page and find more books, journal articles, thesis, and other academic resources!
www.packedwithpotential.org/resources/an...
#academia #oneplace #c19th #victorian
Looking for your next #AnneLister read? Well, then check out our #Book Concierge and check out the list of all books ever written about Anne. 🎉
www.packedwithpotential.org/resources/bo...
#books #research #oneplace #c19th
www.packedwithpotential.org/resources/bo...
#books #research #oneplace #c19th
September 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Looking for your next #AnneLister read? Well, then check out our #Book Concierge and check out the list of all books ever written about Anne. 🎉
www.packedwithpotential.org/resources/bo...
#books #research #oneplace #c19th
www.packedwithpotential.org/resources/bo...
#books #research #oneplace #c19th
In 1830, #AnneLister toured France with Lady Stuart de Rothesay & her daughters.
You can now explore this trip in Julie Gonnet's (@annelisterinparis.bsky.social) new map!
www.packedwithpotential.org/travel-maps#...
#travel #c19th #heritage
You can now explore this trip in Julie Gonnet's (@annelisterinparis.bsky.social) new map!
www.packedwithpotential.org/travel-maps#...
#travel #c19th #heritage
September 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
In 1830, #AnneLister toured France with Lady Stuart de Rothesay & her daughters.
You can now explore this trip in Julie Gonnet's (@annelisterinparis.bsky.social) new map!
www.packedwithpotential.org/travel-maps#...
#travel #c19th #heritage
You can now explore this trip in Julie Gonnet's (@annelisterinparis.bsky.social) new map!
www.packedwithpotential.org/travel-maps#...
#travel #c19th #heritage
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The sign up link for our roundtable 'Lesbian Histories and the Long View', ft. @elizabethlovatt.bsky.social, @vickyig.bsky.social, @norenashopland.bsky.social, @sazwingrove.bsky.social, and Prof Lisa Weston, is now LIVE. Please visit our website to register: womenshistorynetwork.org/sign-up-now-...
August 27, 2025 at 9:44 AM
The sign up link for our roundtable 'Lesbian Histories and the Long View', ft. @elizabethlovatt.bsky.social, @vickyig.bsky.social, @norenashopland.bsky.social, @sazwingrove.bsky.social, and Prof Lisa Weston, is now LIVE. Please visit our website to register: womenshistorynetwork.org/sign-up-now-...