Peterborough Women's History Group
@pborowomenshist.bsky.social
Dedicated to researching the history of the women of Peterborough!
https://peterboroughwomenshistory.wordpress.com/
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HELLO NEW FOLLOWERS!
We are a small group of historians based in Peterborough (UK). We research WOMEN'S HISTORY, and regularly publish stories on our blog.
We are a small group of historians based in Peterborough (UK). We research WOMEN'S HISTORY, and regularly publish stories on our blog.
Our member @sophiemhistory.bsky.social is speaking at Werrington NEXT WEEK on the development and impact of the railway on Victorian Peterborough.
Come along if you can!
Come along if you can!
October 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Our member @sophiemhistory.bsky.social is speaking at Werrington NEXT WEEK on the development and impact of the railway on Victorian Peterborough.
Come along if you can!
Come along if you can!
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Should you find yourself in the general Peterborough area, I'm giving a talk in aid of the John Clare Cottage appeal on Sat 15 Nov, 3pm
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Inconvenient People: Madness, Misdiagnosis & the 19th Century
Join Sarah Wise for a talk on Victorian 'madness', misdiagnosis and John Clare - supporting the Clare Cottage thatch appeal.
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October 24, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Should you find yourself in the general Peterborough area, I'm giving a talk in aid of the John Clare Cottage appeal on Sat 15 Nov, 3pm
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inconvenie...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inconvenie...
Wonderful news for the area!
Our member @clairehistory.bsky.social is working on a PhD around the material culture and economy of Norman Cross, including how the people of Peterborough interacted with the camp.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Our member @clairehistory.bsky.social is working on a PhD around the material culture and economy of Norman Cross, including how the people of Peterborough interacted with the camp.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Site of first purpose-built prisoner of war camp saved by Historic England funding
Norman Cross prison in Cambridgeshire was home to up to 7,000 inmates during French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars
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June 12, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Wonderful news for the area!
Our member @clairehistory.bsky.social is working on a PhD around the material culture and economy of Norman Cross, including how the people of Peterborough interacted with the camp.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Our member @clairehistory.bsky.social is working on a PhD around the material culture and economy of Norman Cross, including how the people of Peterborough interacted with the camp.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
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Next weekend there’s going to be a celebration of Patty Clare, the wife of poet John Clare, in Northborough near Peterborough. We’ve got some cracking speakers, food and music at the Packhorse, poetry, flowers and cake! Tickets are available on the door
April 27, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Next weekend there’s going to be a celebration of Patty Clare, the wife of poet John Clare, in Northborough near Peterborough. We’ve got some cracking speakers, food and music at the Packhorse, poetry, flowers and cake! Tickets are available on the door
A local (ish) murder!
Right, it's Friday Murder time. And this one is about a man from Stamford who left a trail of death and destruction in his wake.
He did not face justice until his third trial, but this is a tale that grows in the telling, so let's start with a birth.
Thomas Fuller Bacon, born in Stamford, 1821
He did not face justice until his third trial, but this is a tale that grows in the telling, so let's start with a birth.
Thomas Fuller Bacon, born in Stamford, 1821
April 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM
A local (ish) murder!
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I’ve been busy! An embroidered interpretation of Peterborough in 1721 (and there are pigs 🐖)
I am completely gobsmacked by this beautiful gift from @clairehistory.bsky.social. It is so unexpected and detailed and amazing
April 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I’ve been busy! An embroidered interpretation of Peterborough in 1721 (and there are pigs 🐖)
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I am completely gobsmacked by this beautiful gift from @clairehistory.bsky.social. It is so unexpected and detailed and amazing
April 6, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I am completely gobsmacked by this beautiful gift from @clairehistory.bsky.social. It is so unexpected and detailed and amazing
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Today, I’ve had a snout at the medical book of Dr Thomas James Walker which is usually on display at Peterborough Museum.
Chronic fatigue was a major issue in 1920
Chronic fatigue was a major issue in 1920
March 31, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Today, I’ve had a snout at the medical book of Dr Thomas James Walker which is usually on display at Peterborough Museum.
Chronic fatigue was a major issue in 1920
Chronic fatigue was a major issue in 1920
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I spent quite a long time denigrating Peterborough at the conference so to balance that out… in the 1060s, it was known as the Golden Borough as it ‘waxed in gold, silver and land’
March 30, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I spent quite a long time denigrating Peterborough at the conference so to balance that out… in the 1060s, it was known as the Golden Borough as it ‘waxed in gold, silver and land’
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Campop blog #40: today malaria is a major cause of illness and death in tropical countries, but a milder form used to be endemic in the UK; Mathias Ingholt explains what we know about this disease in northern Europe
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The Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure, CambridgeThe not-so tropical disease: malaria in northern Europe « Top of the Campops: 60 things you didn't know about family, ...
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March 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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This blog has been slightly reworked to include some additional info!
Thanks to some amazing feedback we have updated our story on Dinah/Lawrence. Theres even more going on in the background that we can’t tell you yet 🤫
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‘Notorious’ Dinah Scotney
Dinah Scotney was very well-known in Peterborough during her lifetime and often labelled as ‘notorious’, but she wasn’t a celebrity, or a wealthy member of Peterborough’s elite, as you might assume…
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February 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
This blog has been slightly reworked to include some additional info!
We have a groundbreaking story for you this week. Our member @clairehistory.bsky.social has been researching one of Peterborough's first known openly transgender residents.
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‘Notorious’ Dinah Scotney
Dinah Scotney was very well-known in Peterborough during her lifetime and often labelled as ‘notorious’, but she wasn’t a celebrity, or a wealthy member of Peterborough’s elite, as you might assume…
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February 13, 2025 at 6:12 PM
We have a groundbreaking story for you this week. Our member @clairehistory.bsky.social has been researching one of Peterborough's first known openly transgender residents.
peterboroughwomenshistory.wordpress.com/2025/02/13/n...
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I visited Hazel's exhibition at the Museum yesterday about Trades Unions and coordination and representation in and around Peterborough. Very interesting! Especially the final illustration....
January 19, 2025 at 10:02 AM
I visited Hazel's exhibition at the Museum yesterday about Trades Unions and coordination and representation in and around Peterborough. Very interesting! Especially the final illustration....
Our member Sophie has found another interesting story associated with the city, and solved a mystery in the process.
DELIGHTED that I've finally solved a mystery I've been thinking about for six years.
January 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Our member Sophie has found another interesting story associated with the city, and solved a mystery in the process.
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Q: Whose shoulders are today’s sociologists standing upon? 📚 🪜
A: Some of them are sociologists’ wives👩🏻💼✍️
Read about role of social researchers’ wives in post-war British studies, inc. Phyllis Willmott, Pat Marsden, Sheila Jackson/Abrams, Ruth Townsend, Kay Titmuss #openaccess
A: Some of them are sociologists’ wives👩🏻💼✍️
Read about role of social researchers’ wives in post-war British studies, inc. Phyllis Willmott, Pat Marsden, Sheila Jackson/Abrams, Ruth Townsend, Kay Titmuss #openaccess
#ThanksForTyping … and the fieldwork: the role of sociologists’ wives in classic British studies
| Serendipities. Journal for the Sociology and History of the Social Sciences
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December 20, 2024 at 4:10 PM
Q: Whose shoulders are today’s sociologists standing upon? 📚 🪜
A: Some of them are sociologists’ wives👩🏻💼✍️
Read about role of social researchers’ wives in post-war British studies, inc. Phyllis Willmott, Pat Marsden, Sheila Jackson/Abrams, Ruth Townsend, Kay Titmuss #openaccess
A: Some of them are sociologists’ wives👩🏻💼✍️
Read about role of social researchers’ wives in post-war British studies, inc. Phyllis Willmott, Pat Marsden, Sheila Jackson/Abrams, Ruth Townsend, Kay Titmuss #openaccess
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So pleased to reveal a project I've been working on the last few months: an animation inspired by our Medieval Women exhibition, telling the story of five of its key figures.
The full animation can be seen in today's post on the Medieval MSS blog!
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The full animation can be seen in today's post on the Medieval MSS blog!
blogs.bl.uk/digitisedman...
January 7, 2025 at 12:09 AM
So pleased to reveal a project I've been working on the last few months: an animation inspired by our Medieval Women exhibition, telling the story of five of its key figures.
The full animation can be seen in today's post on the Medieval MSS blog!
blogs.bl.uk/digitisedman...
The full animation can be seen in today's post on the Medieval MSS blog!
blogs.bl.uk/digitisedman...
Merry Christmas from the Peterborough Women's History Group!
Our gift to you, a roundup of Victorian festive treats in the city...
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Our gift to you, a roundup of Victorian festive treats in the city...
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Christmas Entertainment and Feasts
We like to think that many of our current Christmas traditions have changed little since the Victorian period; Christmas pudding, Santa Claus, decorated trees and the giving of sweets all appear to…
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December 19, 2024 at 4:20 PM
Merry Christmas from the Peterborough Women's History Group!
Our gift to you, a roundup of Victorian festive treats in the city...
peterboroughwomenshistory.wordpress.com/2024/12/19/c...
Our gift to you, a roundup of Victorian festive treats in the city...
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It's been a while since we posted one of these, but we have a Horrid Christmas Death for you! This is the story of Mary Gale who died mysteriously in Peterborough at Christmas 1891
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Over Her Dead Body: Mary Gale
Mary Gale DATE: Christmas 1891 AGE: 72 It’s Christmas in Peterborough. The lights are on, the streets are busy, the pubs are full. An eccentric old woman lives in a tiny lodging on Gray’s Yard, beh…
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December 13, 2024 at 2:47 PM
It's been a while since we posted one of these, but we have a Horrid Christmas Death for you! This is the story of Mary Gale who died mysteriously in Peterborough at Christmas 1891
peterboroughwomenshistory.wordpress.com/2024/12/13/o...
peterboroughwomenshistory.wordpress.com/2024/12/13/o...
Why women's history?
Well, this is why.
Well, this is why.
November 20, 2024 at 10:58 AM
Why women's history?
Well, this is why.
Well, this is why.
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We are EXTREMELY PLEASED AND PROUD to announce the publication of our member @clairehistory.bsky.social's new book "Exploring the Lives of Victorian Prostitutes" with Pen&Sword. This book, based on Claire's MRes work, is an absolute must for anyone researching 19thC working class women in England.
July 15, 2024 at 8:18 AM
We are EXTREMELY PLEASED AND PROUD to announce the publication of our member @clairehistory.bsky.social's new book "Exploring the Lives of Victorian Prostitutes" with Pen&Sword. This book, based on Claire's MRes work, is an absolute must for anyone researching 19thC working class women in England.
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NEW ON THE BLOG: The Strange Tale of the Drowned Woman of Werrington
A murder? Maybe...
peterboroughwomenshistory.wordpress.com/2024/09/16/t...
A murder? Maybe...
peterboroughwomenshistory.wordpress.com/2024/09/16/t...
The Strange Tale of the Drowned Woman of Werrington
by Sophie Michell This is a story I told to the Werrington Local History Society in early 2023, but it’s a story that passed into local legend long before my time. I’m going to offer a couple of diffe...
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September 16, 2024 at 4:37 PM
NEW ON THE BLOG: The Strange Tale of the Drowned Woman of Werrington
A murder? Maybe...
peterboroughwomenshistory.wordpress.com/2024/09/16/t...
A murder? Maybe...
peterboroughwomenshistory.wordpress.com/2024/09/16/t...
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NEW ON THE BLOG: Mary Queen of Scots was executed near Peterborough and her initial burial site was Peterborough cathedral. This is the first part of a blog exploring why and how:
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A Spectacular Life: Part One
In the first of this two-parter delving into the extraordinary life of Mary, Queen of Scots, we look at her earlier life and how she ended up living in a castle near Peterborough. Keep your eyes peele...
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June 7, 2024 at 2:08 PM
NEW ON THE BLOG: Mary Queen of Scots was executed near Peterborough and her initial burial site was Peterborough cathedral. This is the first part of a blog exploring why and how:
peterboroughwomenshistory.wordpress.com/2024/06/07/a...
peterboroughwomenshistory.wordpress.com/2024/06/07/a...
HELLO NEW FOLLOWERS!
We are a small group of historians based in Peterborough (UK). We research WOMEN'S HISTORY, and regularly publish stories on our blog.
We are a small group of historians based in Peterborough (UK). We research WOMEN'S HISTORY, and regularly publish stories on our blog.
November 19, 2024 at 10:25 AM
HELLO NEW FOLLOWERS!
We are a small group of historians based in Peterborough (UK). We research WOMEN'S HISTORY, and regularly publish stories on our blog.
We are a small group of historians based in Peterborough (UK). We research WOMEN'S HISTORY, and regularly publish stories on our blog.
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Sadie is a member of @pborowomenshist.bsky.social and I can confirm that her website is a really interesting read!
#Fletton near Peterborough, #Cambridgeshire is the #OnePlaceStudy of our member Sadie Newman. Visit Sadie's OPS website on #OnePlaceWednesday to find out more about Old Fletton, New Fletton, and the industries that shaped the parish. flettonparish.co.uk
August 14, 2024 at 4:11 PM
Sadie is a member of @pborowomenshist.bsky.social and I can confirm that her website is a really interesting read!
NEW ON THE BLOG: The Strange Tale of the Drowned Woman of Werrington
A murder? Maybe...
peterboroughwomenshistory.wordpress.com/2024/09/16/t...
A murder? Maybe...
peterboroughwomenshistory.wordpress.com/2024/09/16/t...
The Strange Tale of the Drowned Woman of Werrington
by Sophie Michell This is a story I told to the Werrington Local History Society in early 2023, but it’s a story that passed into local legend long before my time. I’m going to offer a couple of diffe...
peterboroughwomenshistory.wordpress.com
September 16, 2024 at 4:37 PM
NEW ON THE BLOG: The Strange Tale of the Drowned Woman of Werrington
A murder? Maybe...
peterboroughwomenshistory.wordpress.com/2024/09/16/t...
A murder? Maybe...
peterboroughwomenshistory.wordpress.com/2024/09/16/t...