Dr Rosalind Johnson
@historyrosalind.bsky.social
History, especially 17th & 18th c. Quakers and other dissenters. Local history. Churches. Folklore. Archaeology. Art. Museums. Walking. Books. Cats. Coffee. Supporting @wiltshistory.bsky.social. President of Friends Historical Society 2025.
TV presenter Dr Jonathan Foyle ('Climbing Great Buildings', 'Henry VIII: Patron or Plunderer?') will be speaking at Salisbury Museum on 6 November! On 'Henry III: Palaces, Politics and Piety'. More info and booking details here: salisburymuseum.org.uk/whats-on/ann...
Annual Clarendon lecture 2025: Henry III: Palaces, Politics and Piety by Dr Jonathan Foyle - The Salisbury Museum
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October 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM
TV presenter Dr Jonathan Foyle ('Climbing Great Buildings', 'Henry VIII: Patron or Plunderer?') will be speaking at Salisbury Museum on 6 November! On 'Henry III: Palaces, Politics and Piety'. More info and booking details here: salisburymuseum.org.uk/whats-on/ann...
The eloquent 18th-century Friends Meeting House at Coanwood in Northumberland will be open 8am to 8pm from Friday 12 September to Sunday 21 September for Heritage Open Days.
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September 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Wiltshire Buildings Record Study Day, Sat 18 Oct 2025, Corn Exchange, Devizes, on 'The Age of Innovation – Buildings in the 19th Century'. As a historian of #Quakers, it's good to see a talk on Quaker architect Brightwen Binyon (1846-1905). Info: www.wiltshirebuildingsrecord.org.uk/coming-soon/
Coming Soon
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September 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Wiltshire Buildings Record Study Day, Sat 18 Oct 2025, Corn Exchange, Devizes, on 'The Age of Innovation – Buildings in the 19th Century'. As a historian of #Quakers, it's good to see a talk on Quaker architect Brightwen Binyon (1846-1905). Info: www.wiltshirebuildingsrecord.org.uk/coming-soon/
Quakers wore their testimony against tithe payments as a proud signifier of their unique identity. But how faithful to the testimony were they in practice? #Quakers
My Presidential address to the Friends Historical Society, 'A faithful testimony? Quakers and tithe payments in the mid-18th century', Sat 27 Sept, in the Library at Friends House, London. Also on Zoom; pls contact the Society by 22 Sept. Details: friendshistoricalsociety.org.uk/events/
#Quakers
#Quakers
Friends Historical SocietyEvents – Friends Historical Society
Friends Historical Soceity: The aim of the FHS is to promote interest in and research into the history of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
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September 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Quakers wore their testimony against tithe payments as a proud signifier of their unique identity. But how faithful to the testimony were they in practice? #Quakers
My Presidential address to the Friends Historical Society, 'A faithful testimony? Quakers and tithe payments in the mid-18th century', Sat 27 Sept, in the Library at Friends House, London. Also on Zoom; pls contact the Society by 22 Sept. Details: friendshistoricalsociety.org.uk/events/
#Quakers
#Quakers
Friends Historical SocietyEvents – Friends Historical Society
Friends Historical Soceity: The aim of the FHS is to promote interest in and research into the history of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
friendshistoricalsociety.org.uk
August 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM
My Presidential address to the Friends Historical Society, 'A faithful testimony? Quakers and tithe payments in the mid-18th century', Sat 27 Sept, in the Library at Friends House, London. Also on Zoom; pls contact the Society by 22 Sept. Details: friendshistoricalsociety.org.uk/events/
#Quakers
#Quakers
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📢 Today, we want to share our current map with you! If you notice anything we might have missed, please contact us at witchmapproject@gmail.com along with any sources. In the replies, we will list the criteria for entries as well as a guide to the colour-coding.
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Witchcraft memorials public - Google My Maps
Witchcraft memorials public
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July 16, 2025 at 10:03 AM
📢 Today, we want to share our current map with you! If you notice anything we might have missed, please contact us at witchmapproject@gmail.com along with any sources. In the replies, we will list the criteria for entries as well as a guide to the colour-coding.
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Heidelberg Castle. Badly damaged in the wars of the 17th century and by a lightning strike in 1764. By the early 19th century it was in ruins, but those ruins would inspire many Romantic writers, inc. Goethe, Hölderlin and von Eichendorff, as wells as artists inc. Carl Rottmann and Turner.
July 25, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Heidelberg Castle. Badly damaged in the wars of the 17th century and by a lightning strike in 1764. By the early 19th century it was in ruins, but those ruins would inspire many Romantic writers, inc. Goethe, Hölderlin and von Eichendorff, as wells as artists inc. Carl Rottmann and Turner.
Southern History Society conference, 'Poverty and the Parish in Southern England, Medieval to Modern'. Call for papers (by 1 September). Conference to be held 18 October 2025, Winchester.
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Poverty and the Parish in Southern England, Medieval to Modern - Southern History Society
Southern History Society Conference: Poverty and the Parish in Southern England, Medieval to Modern. Call for Papers. The Committee of the Southern History Society invites contributions to a conferenc...
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July 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Southern History Society conference, 'Poverty and the Parish in Southern England, Medieval to Modern'. Call for papers (by 1 September). Conference to be held 18 October 2025, Winchester.
southernhistorysociety.org.uk/conferences/...
southernhistorysociety.org.uk/conferences/...
As an armchair folklorist, I am really looking forward to reading this.
“I know what I heard and saw…”
It's 1650.
Stones fly through the ceiling.
Doors slam in the night.
And a great black dog walks upright.
This isn't folklore. These are real accounts by respectable people.
Pre-order 'The Rise of the English Poltergeist' now!
www.hobnobpress.co.uk/books/p/the-...
It's 1650.
Stones fly through the ceiling.
Doors slam in the night.
And a great black dog walks upright.
This isn't folklore. These are real accounts by respectable people.
Pre-order 'The Rise of the English Poltergeist' now!
www.hobnobpress.co.uk/books/p/the-...
The Rise of the English Poltergeist, by Andrew Pickering — Hobnob Press
‘I know what I heard and saw’. It is 1650 and something is very wrong in your house. Pots and pans are flying through the air. Invisible hands are pelting your family with stones. Doors slam shut on t...
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July 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
As an armchair folklorist, I am really looking forward to reading this.
On the 80th anniversary of VE day, I remember my mother telling me that on VE day 1945, when she was 7 yrs old, she was allowed to stay up after her bedtime to watch an effigy of Hitler being burnt.
May 8, 2025 at 11:48 AM
On the 80th anniversary of VE day, I remember my mother telling me that on VE day 1945, when she was 7 yrs old, she was allowed to stay up after her bedtime to watch an effigy of Hitler being burnt.
Open access - read online for free. Topics inc. women's reading of religious books, women and news books, women's engagement with notetaking/recording.
This week we were delighted to publish 'Reading Gender and Identity in Seventeenth-Century England', by Hannah Jeans bit.ly/4c7Oufy
Hannah's is the 22nd title in the 'New Historical Perspectives' book series with @ihr.bsky.social and @uolpress.bsky.social
#Skystorians 1/2
Hannah's is the 22nd title in the 'New Historical Perspectives' book series with @ihr.bsky.social and @uolpress.bsky.social
#Skystorians 1/2
April 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Open access - read online for free. Topics inc. women's reading of religious books, women and news books, women's engagement with notetaking/recording.
St Andrew's church, Laverstock, last month. So pretty! (For those not local to the area - it's near Salisbury in Wiltshire.)
April 17, 2025 at 7:02 PM
St Andrew's church, Laverstock, last month. So pretty! (For those not local to the area - it's near Salisbury in Wiltshire.)
#17thcentury travel. Another must-have book to add to the growing list...
Discover 17th century travel through the eyes of John Walker in our new release. Edited by Anthea Jones.
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John Walker's Commonplace Book: A Traveller in the 1670s, edited by Anthea Jones — Hobnob Press
Travelling for pleasure in the 1670s required plenty of stamina. John Walker, a well-to-do country gentleman in his early thirties, rode many miles on horseback through England, Wales and Scotland, an...
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April 17, 2025 at 6:48 PM
#17thcentury travel. Another must-have book to add to the growing list...
We are thrilled to publish this! The first biography of the naturalist John Leonard Knapp (1767-1845) and the previously unpublished 5th edition of his nature journal. Knapp may not be well known now but his journal was a bestseller when it was first published.
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Gilbert White’s Disciple: a Biography of John Leonard Knapp (1767-1845) together with his The Journal of a Naturalist, 5th edition (previously unpublished), by George S.J. White, Bt — Hobnob Press
Revd. Gilbert White published his revolutionary Natural History of Selborne in 1789, an entirely new insight into the natural world. John Knapp was the first to follow White's successful format, publi...
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April 17, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Yes, yes, yes! To be published in June. Have pre-ordered copy, and am so looking forward to reading it.
Pre-publication order link: Churches of Salisbury & District. 264 pages, 65 churches,historical essays,maps,advice on church visiting. All proceeds to Sarum Chronicle.
Please share: @michaeljecks.bsky.social @jpreedman.bsky.social @chartresfi.bsky.social
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Churches
Churches of Salisbury and District We are pleased to announce a new publication from Sarum Chronicle. This new edition, entitled Churches of Salisbury and District, is a book devoted to the rich va…
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April 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Yes, yes, yes! To be published in June. Have pre-ordered copy, and am so looking forward to reading it.
'Rebellion, Protest and Subversion in Hampshire'. Spring symposium, Hampshire Field Club Local History Section, 26 April, Winchester. Speakers on protest in MA, Lollards, Quakers, protest in 1790s, local protest in 1831, COs in WW1. Pls book by 28 March. www.hantsfieldclub.org.uk/sections/loc...
2025 Spring Symposium - Local History Section, Hampshire Field Club & Archaeological
Society
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March 24, 2025 at 11:13 AM
'Rebellion, Protest and Subversion in Hampshire'. Spring symposium, Hampshire Field Club Local History Section, 26 April, Winchester. Speakers on protest in MA, Lollards, Quakers, protest in 1790s, local protest in 1831, COs in WW1. Pls book by 28 March. www.hantsfieldclub.org.uk/sections/loc...
I'm delighted to be speaking at a Hampshire Field Club Symposium in Winchester on 26 April. I'll be talking about Hampshire #Quakers, particularly their active evangelism in the 1650s, and their later subversive non-compliance. Further details: www.hantsfieldclub.org.uk/sections/loc...
2025 Spring Symposium - Local History Section, Hampshire Field Club & Archaeological
Society
www.hantsfieldclub.org.uk
March 20, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I'm delighted to be speaking at a Hampshire Field Club Symposium in Winchester on 26 April. I'll be talking about Hampshire #Quakers, particularly their active evangelism in the 1650s, and their later subversive non-compliance. Further details: www.hantsfieldclub.org.uk/sections/loc...
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We're thoroughly enjoying 'The Blazing World' by @jonathanhealey.bsky.social
So, as we read, we'll be making four of our articles about the 17th century free!
The first is Mark Parry's 'William Laud and the Parliamentary Politics of 1628-9' 👇
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
#skystorians
So, as we read, we'll be making four of our articles about the 17th century free!
The first is Mark Parry's 'William Laud and the Parliamentary Politics of 1628-9' 👇
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
#skystorians
March 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
We're thoroughly enjoying 'The Blazing World' by @jonathanhealey.bsky.social
So, as we read, we'll be making four of our articles about the 17th century free!
The first is Mark Parry's 'William Laud and the Parliamentary Politics of 1628-9' 👇
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
#skystorians
So, as we read, we'll be making four of our articles about the 17th century free!
The first is Mark Parry's 'William Laud and the Parliamentary Politics of 1628-9' 👇
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
#skystorians
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Happy 399th Birthday to John Aubrey!! I am delighted to be collaborating with Chippenham Museum & Kate Bennett on an exhibition to mark Aubrey’s 400th birthday in 2026. To celebrate this milestone, I will also be publishing Aubrey’s Natural History in its entirety for the first time.
March 12, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Happy 399th Birthday to John Aubrey!! I am delighted to be collaborating with Chippenham Museum & Kate Bennett on an exhibition to mark Aubrey’s 400th birthday in 2026. To celebrate this milestone, I will also be publishing Aubrey’s Natural History in its entirety for the first time.
For historians of religion - this includes several female authors writing on spirituality, etc. Margaret Fell, Anna Trapnel, Joanna Southcott and others.
#EarlyModern #WomensHistoryMonth Women Writers Online is free to access till the end of March. 470 full text works covering the 16th to 19th centuries, including the famous and not so well known.
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Women Writers Online
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March 12, 2025 at 4:50 PM
For historians of religion - this includes several female authors writing on spirituality, etc. Margaret Fell, Anna Trapnel, Joanna Southcott and others.
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Super excited to share that my book on network analysis and visualization as a method for book history will be out soon!! It's basically a how-to-start guide for book historians interested in networks 😃 www.arc-humanities.org/978180270268...
#dh #bookhistory #firstbook #medievalsky
#dh #bookhistory #firstbook #medievalsky
March 8, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Super excited to share that my book on network analysis and visualization as a method for book history will be out soon!! It's basically a how-to-start guide for book historians interested in networks 😃 www.arc-humanities.org/978180270268...
#dh #bookhistory #firstbook #medievalsky
#dh #bookhistory #firstbook #medievalsky
I just wanted to share this magnificent Green Man post box topper. Outside the community shop at Avebury, Wiltshire, on 31 January 2025.
February 18, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I just wanted to share this magnificent Green Man post box topper. Outside the community shop at Avebury, Wiltshire, on 31 January 2025.
#Quakers I'm honoured to be able to announce that I have been appointed President of the Friends Historical Society for the year 2025. friendshistoricalsociety.org.uk/events/
Friends Historical SocietyEvents – Friends Historical Society
Friends Historical Soceity: The aim of the FHS is to promote interest in and research into the history of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
friendshistoricalsociety.org.uk
February 17, 2025 at 10:29 AM
#Quakers I'm honoured to be able to announce that I have been appointed President of the Friends Historical Society for the year 2025. friendshistoricalsociety.org.uk/events/
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This is the exciting paper drop. New aDNA science out of Dublin.
Matrilineal descent systems demonstrated for Late Iron Age Dorset.
Building on the work of Mel Giles (2012) who first spotted the potential for it in the archaeology of Middle Iron Age Yorkshire.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Matrilineal descent systems demonstrated for Late Iron Age Dorset.
Building on the work of Mel Giles (2012) who first spotted the potential for it in the archaeology of Middle Iron Age Yorkshire.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Continental influx and pervasive matrilocality in Iron Age Britain - Nature
An analysis of ancient mitochondrial and nuclear DNA shows evidence of matrilocal communities in Iron Age Britain.
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January 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This is the exciting paper drop. New aDNA science out of Dublin.
Matrilineal descent systems demonstrated for Late Iron Age Dorset.
Building on the work of Mel Giles (2012) who first spotted the potential for it in the archaeology of Middle Iron Age Yorkshire.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Matrilineal descent systems demonstrated for Late Iron Age Dorset.
Building on the work of Mel Giles (2012) who first spotted the potential for it in the archaeology of Middle Iron Age Yorkshire.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
New! History of Alderbury, SE Wiltshire, now online. Latest draft from @wiltshistory.bsky.social researchers.
My latest draft for the VCH is online.
Always fun to collaborate with @markforrest.bsky.social.
It was very tricky (in parts) to write but having a fab medievalist like Mark on hand helped. Ta Mark!!! Thanks also to @johnhchandler.bsky.social & Mary Sirault. Our drafts are always group efforts.
Always fun to collaborate with @markforrest.bsky.social.
It was very tricky (in parts) to write but having a fab medievalist like Mark on hand helped. Ta Mark!!! Thanks also to @johnhchandler.bsky.social & Mary Sirault. Our drafts are always group efforts.
*NEW* draft text from @wiltshistory.bsky.social by @markforrest.bsky.social and @lrylandepton.bsky.social on #Alderbury which will feature in the upcoming 21st volume of our Wiltshire series.
As ever, all feedback, comments, and corrections gratefully received! 🗃️
As ever, all feedback, comments, and corrections gratefully received! 🗃️
February 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
New! History of Alderbury, SE Wiltshire, now online. Latest draft from @wiltshistory.bsky.social researchers.