Mark Forrest
@markforrest.bsky.social
Dorset history, mostly medieval and manors, SDNQ, Record Society, VCH Wiltshire and Gloucestershire
Victoria County History for Dorset volume 2 (1908), sport section: 15 pages on hunting, half a page on polo and a page on falconry ... no mention of football, rugby or cricket ...
#VCHDorset
#VCHDorset
September 5, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Victoria County History for Dorset volume 2 (1908), sport section: 15 pages on hunting, half a page on polo and a page on falconry ... no mention of football, rugby or cricket ...
#VCHDorset
#VCHDorset
While researching the manorial descent of West Dean and East Grimstead (Wilts) I came across John Evelyn, an MP who served in five parliaments 1629-1660 ...
April 4, 2025 at 1:34 PM
While researching the manorial descent of West Dean and East Grimstead (Wilts) I came across John Evelyn, an MP who served in five parliaments 1629-1660 ...
Unusual (self-taught or with very basic instruction?) hand. Notes attached to the head of an account roll, from Tarrant Gunville (Dorset), mid-14th century
February 18, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Unusual (self-taught or with very basic instruction?) hand. Notes attached to the head of an account roll, from Tarrant Gunville (Dorset), mid-14th century
Sparrowhawk in the garden #winterwatch
January 22, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Sparrowhawk in the garden #winterwatch
East Grimstead inclosure map, 1818, showing the course of the Salisbury/Southampton canal as "the old canal"
January 16, 2025 at 2:25 PM
East Grimstead inclosure map, 1818, showing the course of the Salisbury/Southampton canal as "the old canal"
Looking forward to co-hosting the Working with Documents session tomorrow in the Local History Workshops series at the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre with colleagues from @wiltshistory.bsky.social
wshc.org.uk/events/
wshc.org.uk/events/
December 1, 2024 at 1:54 PM
Looking forward to co-hosting the Working with Documents session tomorrow in the Local History Workshops series at the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre with colleagues from @wiltshistory.bsky.social
wshc.org.uk/events/
wshc.org.uk/events/
Roof hares, Corfe Mullen, Dorset
November 30, 2024 at 11:17 AM
Roof hares, Corfe Mullen, Dorset
It seems that fussy silverfish don't like ink, so they graze around it and only eat the unprinted paper ...
November 28, 2024 at 9:25 AM
It seems that fussy silverfish don't like ink, so they graze around it and only eat the unprinted paper ...
File in which General Pitt-Rivers recommends the Roman-British quarry site at Pen Pits (with an over lying motte and bailey castle) should *not* be scheduled as an ancient monument
November 27, 2024 at 11:04 AM
File in which General Pitt-Rivers recommends the Roman-British quarry site at Pen Pits (with an over lying motte and bailey castle) should *not* be scheduled as an ancient monument
Ministry of Agriculture farm survey 1942. This farm downgraded from A to B due to 'personal failings' because the farmer 'lacks initiative' ... probably too soon to identify them in my text ...
November 27, 2024 at 9:41 AM
Ministry of Agriculture farm survey 1942. This farm downgraded from A to B due to 'personal failings' because the farmer 'lacks initiative' ... probably too soon to identify them in my text ...
History TV series proposal: When Transcripts Go Bad - transcripts that are far more difficult to read than the original documents
November 22, 2024 at 6:37 AM
History TV series proposal: When Transcripts Go Bad - transcripts that are far more difficult to read than the original documents
This little red symbol has been placed above the descriptions of all former demesne lands that had been incorporated into peasant tenements in 1518. Well done Glastonbury Abbey scribe!
November 21, 2024 at 5:25 AM
This little red symbol has been placed above the descriptions of all former demesne lands that had been incorporated into peasant tenements in 1518. Well done Glastonbury Abbey scribe!
I'm looking at Stourton, no moated sites, but I do have a motte and bailey castle and a peer of the realm executed for murder ... but more important than all that there are perambulations of all three manors
@wiltshistory.bsky.social
@wiltshistory.bsky.social
November 20, 2024 at 10:56 AM
I'm looking at Stourton, no moated sites, but I do have a motte and bailey castle and a peer of the realm executed for murder ... but more important than all that there are perambulations of all three manors
@wiltshistory.bsky.social
@wiltshistory.bsky.social
Uncut pages come with such a weight of responsibility ... fear, excitement, self doubt, anticipation ...
November 20, 2024 at 5:43 AM
Uncut pages come with such a weight of responsibility ... fear, excitement, self doubt, anticipation ...
Note: pigeons may be more useful in airborne and maritime situations
November 19, 2024 at 8:12 AM
Note: pigeons may be more useful in airborne and maritime situations
9750 white plants purchased for the garden at Kington St Michael c.1550 #medieval #tudor #gardening @wiltshistory.bsky.social
November 18, 2024 at 8:40 AM
9750 white plants purchased for the garden at Kington St Michael c.1550 #medieval #tudor #gardening @wiltshistory.bsky.social
Not specifically, I found two membranes of medieval parchment with five line notation a few years ago, contacted DIAMM, they turned out to contain previously unknown and incomplete works, three musicologists ended up having a conference and writing a book about them, I had no idea ...
November 17, 2024 at 10:00 AM
Not specifically, I found two membranes of medieval parchment with five line notation a few years ago, contacted DIAMM, they turned out to contain previously unknown and incomplete works, three musicologists ended up having a conference and writing a book about them, I had no idea ...
The Weymouth and Melcombe Regis war book, home front plans, instructions and schedules compiled during the Second World War, with leather patches and a corduroy cover!
November 17, 2024 at 9:04 AM
The Weymouth and Melcombe Regis war book, home front plans, instructions and schedules compiled during the Second World War, with leather patches and a corduroy cover!
No matter how long you work with archives the thrill of opening a box and finding documents that nobody's looked at for years never goes away ...
November 17, 2024 at 7:27 AM
No matter how long you work with archives the thrill of opening a box and finding documents that nobody's looked at for years never goes away ...
When selecting a heraldic animal you can't get much better than a rabbit
November 17, 2024 at 7:25 AM
When selecting a heraldic animal you can't get much better than a rabbit
