Danie Burton
@princessburton.bsky.social
Historian, history blogger, heritage worker. Anthony Woodville: Sophisticate or Schemer, biography of Anthony Woodville out now. Article Yorkists under Henry VII in September 2017 Ricardian Bulletin.
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Just received this review from Amanda over on Goodreads for Anthony Woodville: Sophisticate or Schemer. Wow, what a lovely review!! 🥰 I’ve felt unwell for the last few days and this has cheered me up no end! ❤️❤️
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
On this #RemembranceDay, where did the traditions we participate in today come from? In this post from the #voyagerofhistory archives, I discuss the origins of some of them following the First World War. #firstworldwar #twentiethcentury wp.me/pagtWm-1G
The Origins of WW1 Remembrance in Britain
With the unprecedented mass horror and death that World War One brought, it became increasingly important to remember the fallen. The problem was how best to do that. The government wished to portr…
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November 9, 2025 at 1:18 PM
On this #RemembranceDay, where did the traditions we participate in today come from? In this post from the #voyagerofhistory archives, I discuss the origins of some of them following the First World War. #firstworldwar #twentiethcentury wp.me/pagtWm-1G
For anyone interested in my new talk on the Suffragette Hospital, I will be debuting it in my home town on Saturday 22nd October. This story should be better known than it is, so it means so much to share this.
November 8, 2025 at 8:42 PM
For anyone interested in my new talk on the Suffragette Hospital, I will be debuting it in my home town on Saturday 22nd October. This story should be better known than it is, so it means so much to share this.
In this latest #voyagerofhistory guest post, I welcome Neil Bettridge to discuss Edward Elgar’s Nimrod and it’s connections to remembrance services. #cenotaph #remembrance #twentiethcentury wp.me/pagtWm-Xx
Elgar’s Nimrod and Remembrance Services: a Guest Post by Neil Bettridge
For this guest post, I am delighted to welcome my friend and colleague, Neil Bettridge. Neil was Project Archivist at the Derbyshire Record Office. I have welcomed Neil before on the blog. He has w…
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November 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM
In this latest #voyagerofhistory guest post, I welcome Neil Bettridge to discuss Edward Elgar’s Nimrod and it’s connections to remembrance services. #cenotaph #remembrance #twentiethcentury wp.me/pagtWm-Xx
I have been working on a new talk: The Suffragette Hospital.
I have found it quite difficult to shoehorn 3 hospitals run by Flora Murray and Louisa Garrett Anderson during the First World War to treat soldiers. They still have some champions in the 21st century. Image: London School of Economics.
I have found it quite difficult to shoehorn 3 hospitals run by Flora Murray and Louisa Garrett Anderson during the First World War to treat soldiers. They still have some champions in the 21st century. Image: London School of Economics.
November 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I have been working on a new talk: The Suffragette Hospital.
I have found it quite difficult to shoehorn 3 hospitals run by Flora Murray and Louisa Garrett Anderson during the First World War to treat soldiers. They still have some champions in the 21st century. Image: London School of Economics.
I have found it quite difficult to shoehorn 3 hospitals run by Flora Murray and Louisa Garrett Anderson during the First World War to treat soldiers. They still have some champions in the 21st century. Image: London School of Economics.
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The Cattle Plague outbreak of 1865-1867 killed around 10% of the country's population of cattle. During this time, there was also a large outbreak of cholera. A national day of prayer, or 'humiliation' was called on 7 March 1866 to pray for release from the situation.
#EYAReligion/Spirituality
#EYAReligion/Spirituality
November 5, 2025 at 10:30 AM
The Cattle Plague outbreak of 1865-1867 killed around 10% of the country's population of cattle. During this time, there was also a large outbreak of cholera. A national day of prayer, or 'humiliation' was called on 7 March 1866 to pray for release from the situation.
#EYAReligion/Spirituality
#EYAReligion/Spirituality
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Are you going to marvel at a fireworks display this Bonfire Night? If you'd been in Markeaton in 1986, then this is the spectacle you'd have seen 🎆🤩
#BonfireNight #Fireworks #1980s #LocalHistory
#BonfireNight #Fireworks #1980s #LocalHistory
November 5, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Are you going to marvel at a fireworks display this Bonfire Night? If you'd been in Markeaton in 1986, then this is the spectacle you'd have seen 🎆🤩
#BonfireNight #Fireworks #1980s #LocalHistory
#BonfireNight #Fireworks #1980s #LocalHistory
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'Remember, remember the 5th of November!' 🔥
These are thought to be the earliest photographs of a bonfire.
These photographs were taken in 1853 by John Dillwyn Llewelyn at Penllergare in Swansea 📷
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#Wales #BonfireNight #History
These are thought to be the earliest photographs of a bonfire.
These photographs were taken in 1853 by John Dillwyn Llewelyn at Penllergare in Swansea 📷
museum.wales/articles/972...
#Wales #BonfireNight #History
November 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM
'Remember, remember the 5th of November!' 🔥
These are thought to be the earliest photographs of a bonfire.
These photographs were taken in 1853 by John Dillwyn Llewelyn at Penllergare in Swansea 📷
museum.wales/articles/972...
#Wales #BonfireNight #History
These are thought to be the earliest photographs of a bonfire.
These photographs were taken in 1853 by John Dillwyn Llewelyn at Penllergare in Swansea 📷
museum.wales/articles/972...
#Wales #BonfireNight #History
Been getting some bookings for newer talks lately. It's time to start working on the Suffragette Hospital at Endell Street during the First World War. I've been booked for this as a kind of follow up of my Crimean War Nurses talk to discuss what it was like for women in medicine 60 years later.
November 3, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Been getting some bookings for newer talks lately. It's time to start working on the Suffragette Hospital at Endell Street during the First World War. I've been booked for this as a kind of follow up of my Crimean War Nurses talk to discuss what it was like for women in medicine 60 years later.
Last tour of the season and seems apt the Derby Cathedral bells are ringing!
November 2, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Last tour of the season and seems apt the Derby Cathedral bells are ringing!
The November newsletter has just been published, detailing all the history things that kept me busy in October and what November has in store too. Want to hear about all my history stuff in one place? Then don't forget to subscribe! #substack #newsletter voyagerofhistory.substack.com
November 1, 2025 at 11:32 AM
The November newsletter has just been published, detailing all the history things that kept me busy in October and what November has in store too. Want to hear about all my history stuff in one place? Then don't forget to subscribe! #substack #newsletter voyagerofhistory.substack.com
Just received this review from Amanda over on Goodreads for Anthony Woodville: Sophisticate or Schemer. Wow, what a lovely review!! 🥰 I’ve felt unwell for the last few days and this has cheered me up no end! ❤️❤️
October 29, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Just received this review from Amanda over on Goodreads for Anthony Woodville: Sophisticate or Schemer. Wow, what a lovely review!! 🥰 I’ve felt unwell for the last few days and this has cheered me up no end! ❤️❤️
Sometimes I forget that the White Queen actor for Anthony Woodville, Ben Lamb (currently in The Guilded Age) follows me over on Instagram. Then I have this as a reminder… 😍
October 27, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Sometimes I forget that the White Queen actor for Anthony Woodville, Ben Lamb (currently in The Guilded Age) follows me over on Instagram. Then I have this as a reminder… 😍
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The door to the Stanbury Chapel at Hereford Cathedral. The chapel is the resting place of John Stanbury, Bishop of Hereford from 1453 - 1474. Image courtesy @tbryce1485.bsky.social For #AdoorableThursday
October 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The door to the Stanbury Chapel at Hereford Cathedral. The chapel is the resting place of John Stanbury, Bishop of Hereford from 1453 - 1474. Image courtesy @tbryce1485.bsky.social For #AdoorableThursday
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The Nativity c. 1450/1460 Unknown Rhenish maker (Musée du Louvre)
October 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The Nativity c. 1450/1460 Unknown Rhenish maker (Musée du Louvre)
I ordered my first items from SHEIN (yeah I know behind the times and all that). This dress was one of them. I had no idea what to expect but I love it! Looks just like the picture and even has pockets! 😍 Perfect for wearing on Saturday for my Crimean War Nurses talk.
October 23, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I ordered my first items from SHEIN (yeah I know behind the times and all that). This dress was one of them. I had no idea what to expect but I love it! Looks just like the picture and even has pockets! 😍 Perfect for wearing on Saturday for my Crimean War Nurses talk.
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As summer shadows dance across verdant grass, iconic familiar old stones are bathed in a low evening sun.
⚰ The Cholera Burial Ground. York. UK.
#DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #TeeAndTombstones #YorkyHistoryLass #FamilyHistorySleuth #GraveAndBeautiful #TombstoneTuesday #StillSleuthing 🔍
⚰ The Cholera Burial Ground. York. UK.
#DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #TeeAndTombstones #YorkyHistoryLass #FamilyHistorySleuth #GraveAndBeautiful #TombstoneTuesday #StillSleuthing 🔍
September 2, 2025 at 9:01 AM
As summer shadows dance across verdant grass, iconic familiar old stones are bathed in a low evening sun.
⚰ The Cholera Burial Ground. York. UK.
#DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #TeeAndTombstones #YorkyHistoryLass #FamilyHistorySleuth #GraveAndBeautiful #TombstoneTuesday #StillSleuthing 🔍
⚰ The Cholera Burial Ground. York. UK.
#DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #TeeAndTombstones #YorkyHistoryLass #FamilyHistorySleuth #GraveAndBeautiful #TombstoneTuesday #StillSleuthing 🔍
This Saturday, I’ll be in my hometown talking about Crimean War Nurses. Please do come along if you’re local to Derbyshire. Includes a free buffet! #historytalks #victorian #crimeanwar #derbyshire #florencenightingale #maryseacole
October 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This Saturday, I’ll be in my hometown talking about Crimean War Nurses. Please do come along if you’re local to Derbyshire. Includes a free buffet! #historytalks #victorian #crimeanwar #derbyshire #florencenightingale #maryseacole
Comments left on blog posts I’ve written lately. One for work on Fred Arkwright (died in a plane crash) and one for my blog on Mary Prince (first black female slave biography). These both mean so much to me. A reminder as to why I do what I do, to help share people’s stories. 🥰
October 21, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Comments left on blog posts I’ve written lately. One for work on Fred Arkwright (died in a plane crash) and one for my blog on Mary Prince (first black female slave biography). These both mean so much to me. A reminder as to why I do what I do, to help share people’s stories. 🥰
Mary Prince's narrative was the first published black slave biography to be published in 1831. Find out more about what we know of Mary's life and how the publication came about in this latest #voyagerofhistory post. #BlackHistoryMonth #historyblog wp.me/pagtWm-Im
Mary Prince: The First Female Black Slave Biography
In recent years, there has been an increased interest in slave autobiographies, particularly with men such as Olaudah Equiano’s autobiography published in 1789, or the later Frederick Douglass writ…
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October 18, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Mary Prince's narrative was the first published black slave biography to be published in 1831. Find out more about what we know of Mary's life and how the publication came about in this latest #voyagerofhistory post. #BlackHistoryMonth #historyblog wp.me/pagtWm-Im
Just received this lovely review about the Georgian Belper tour last week. Lovely to hear that they have been sharing things with their family. The last tour of the season is for Belper on Friday 31st October, starting at 11am. Tickets via Eventbrite. www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/georgian-d...
October 17, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Just received this lovely review about the Georgian Belper tour last week. Lovely to hear that they have been sharing things with their family. The last tour of the season is for Belper on Friday 31st October, starting at 11am. Tickets via Eventbrite. www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/georgian-d...
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A really beautiful door into one of the side chapels in Kings College Chapel, Cambridge 🤩
It’s also worth zooming in on the lock plate, which is something special in itself! 😍
It’s also worth zooming in on the lock plate, which is something special in itself! 😍
October 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
A really beautiful door into one of the side chapels in Kings College Chapel, Cambridge 🤩
It’s also worth zooming in on the lock plate, which is something special in itself! 😍
It’s also worth zooming in on the lock plate, which is something special in itself! 😍
When you realise that four of the men you've researched over the years are all called Anthony or Tony... I promise I do research people with other names too! 😂
October 16, 2025 at 3:57 PM
When you realise that four of the men you've researched over the years are all called Anthony or Tony... I promise I do research people with other names too! 😂
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One of my two favourite items in @bodleian.ox.ac.uk Treasured exhibition. This beautifully decorated gospel book belonged to St Margaret of Scotland, Queen of Malcolm III & great-niece of Edward the Confessor. Late 11thC. Purchased by the library in 1887 for just £6 #stmargaret #treasured #queen
October 15, 2025 at 8:15 PM
One of my two favourite items in @bodleian.ox.ac.uk Treasured exhibition. This beautifully decorated gospel book belonged to St Margaret of Scotland, Queen of Malcolm III & great-niece of Edward the Confessor. Late 11thC. Purchased by the library in 1887 for just £6 #stmargaret #treasured #queen
Just given a talk at Sawley Women’s Institute on Eleanor Coade, artificial stone manufacturer, and one of my favourite historical women. It’s only the second time I’ve given this talk. Good reception, which means a lot to a still fairly new talk. Image: Wellcome Collection.
October 14, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Just given a talk at Sawley Women’s Institute on Eleanor Coade, artificial stone manufacturer, and one of my favourite historical women. It’s only the second time I’ve given this talk. Good reception, which means a lot to a still fairly new talk. Image: Wellcome Collection.