Mike Jones
@mikej1971.bsky.social
Research Software Engineer at the University of Bristol; Assoc. Fellow of the Royal Historical Society; working on Mapping the March (https://mowlit.ac.uk); also worked on https://hpcbristol.net and https://mpese.ac.uk
Went for a walk today. The path went over this lovely late medieval or 16th century pack horse bridge. #medieval historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-...
August 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Went for a walk today. The path went over this lovely late medieval or 16th century pack horse bridge. #medieval historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-...
I've imported Royal Commission data (from @jrdollery.bsky.social and @scottlloyd.bsky.social) into @mappingthemarch.bsky.social for @latemedievalist.bsky.social and @mattlampitt.bsky.social ) and I'm becoming slightly obsessed with the fragmentation of Caernarfonshire and Denbighshire!
July 29, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I've imported Royal Commission data (from @jrdollery.bsky.social and @scottlloyd.bsky.social) into @mappingthemarch.bsky.social for @latemedievalist.bsky.social and @mattlampitt.bsky.social ) and I'm becoming slightly obsessed with the fragmentation of Caernarfonshire and Denbighshire!
Henry VIII shat here (possibly)
June 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Henry VIII shat here (possibly)
Painted decoration in the royal apartment
June 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Painted decoration in the royal apartment
Visited Acton Court today. Only part of the house has survived, but what has survived includes the apartments built by Sir Nicholas Poyntz for the visit of Henry VIII in 1535. Very pretty! #tudor
June 19, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Visited Acton Court today. Only part of the house has survived, but what has survived includes the apartments built by Sir Nicholas Poyntz for the visit of Henry VIII in 1535. Very pretty! #tudor
Went up Kelston Roundhill for the sunset. Also popular with the local youths!
May 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Went up Kelston Roundhill for the sunset. Also popular with the local youths!
Visited the Red Lodge in Bristol. I can’t believe I hadn’t visited before.
May 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Visited the Red Lodge in Bristol. I can’t believe I hadn’t visited before.
Playing with importing @jrdollery.bsky.social and @scottlloyd.bsky.social 's Historical Boundaries of Wales data in MOWLIT (@mappingthemarch.bsky.social) and wondering if Denbighshire officials lost a bet to Caernarfonshire officials ...
May 7, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Playing with importing @jrdollery.bsky.social and @scottlloyd.bsky.social 's Historical Boundaries of Wales data in MOWLIT (@mappingthemarch.bsky.social) and wondering if Denbighshire officials lost a bet to Caernarfonshire officials ...
Any thoughts on the contracted Latin word after Richard Fletcher? #medievalsky #latin
April 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Any thoughts on the contracted Latin word after Richard Fletcher? #medievalsky #latin
... since the boundary seems to go into the Menai Straits. Checking it against the Historical Boundaries of Wales map (experience.arcgis.com/experience/4...) the map layer I'm using doesn't show the extensive Lavan Sands 🤦
March 21, 2025 at 8:57 AM
... since the boundary seems to go into the Menai Straits. Checking it against the Historical Boundaries of Wales map (experience.arcgis.com/experience/4...) the map layer I'm using doesn't show the extensive Lavan Sands 🤦
I'm the Research Software Engineer on the @mappingthemarch.bsky.social project. I'm currently experimenting with integrating @jrdollery.bsky.social 's GIS data, starting with the historic parishes of Wales. I thought I'd messed up something with the parish of Aber ...
March 21, 2025 at 8:57 AM
I'm the Research Software Engineer on the @mappingthemarch.bsky.social project. I'm currently experimenting with integrating @jrdollery.bsky.social 's GIS data, starting with the historic parishes of Wales. I thought I'd messed up something with the parish of Aber ...
Started rewatching The Expanse earlier in the week only to find last night that Amazon no longer have the rights to the first three seasons 🙄
March 8, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Started rewatching The Expanse earlier in the week only to find last night that Amazon no longer have the rights to the first three seasons 🙄
It’s been a baking kind of day
January 25, 2025 at 7:09 PM
It’s been a baking kind of day
Today is the seventh anniversary since my boss bought me a coffee but somehow upset the barista.
January 17, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Today is the seventh anniversary since my boss bought me a coffee but somehow upset the barista.
I'm looking forward to @mattlampitt.bsky.social and @latemedievalist.bsky.social using it in anger (as long as they don't get angry with me).
January 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I'm looking forward to @mattlampitt.bsky.social and @latemedievalist.bsky.social using it in anger (as long as they don't get angry with me).
I’m going to have another go at cryptic crosswords this year. Hopefully they won’t cause rage, despair and bewilderment this time. 😥
January 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I’m going to have another go at cryptic crosswords this year. Hopefully they won’t cause rage, despair and bewilderment this time. 😥
Unintelligible Latin. Only because he was mumbling!
![Screen shot from the Indiana Jones game. Dark figure kneeling in a museum. Subtitles say “Stranger: [unintelligible Latin]”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ese6l6wwcwic3gc4upcsoibk/bafkreie325kkmvkdkiylz2ucidslewjne7hkborde6qf2e4aquc6ckloji@jpeg)
December 28, 2024 at 12:45 PM
Unintelligible Latin. Only because he was mumbling!
Thomas would have been eighteen today. I’m at his grave eating birthday cake. I miss him so much 💔
December 23, 2024 at 12:08 PM
Thomas would have been eighteen today. I’m at his grave eating birthday cake. I miss him so much 💔
And now £16 1 mark 🤯
December 17, 2024 at 2:15 PM
And now £16 1 mark 🤯
Just checking. This proffer is 4 marks and 8 pence? I've never seen marks with pence before in these rolls. Usually marks or fractions of marks. cc @elizabethbiggs.bsky.social
December 17, 2024 at 11:48 AM
Just checking. This proffer is 4 marks and 8 pence? I've never seen marks with pence before in these rolls. Usually marks or fractions of marks. cc @elizabethbiggs.bsky.social
I loved reading this. The power of comfort foods. Grief. Gen-X nostalgia. Currently recovering from some horrible lurgy I picked up at the weekend. Oven chips and gravy made me feel a little better albeit momentarily
December 5, 2024 at 2:51 PM
I loved reading this. The power of comfort foods. Grief. Gen-X nostalgia. Currently recovering from some horrible lurgy I picked up at the weekend. Oven chips and gravy made me feel a little better albeit momentarily
Hay castle looking very fine this morning
November 29, 2024 at 9:35 AM
Hay castle looking very fine this morning
In Hay-on-Wye for a potentially financially ruinous weekend 💷
November 28, 2024 at 8:00 PM
In Hay-on-Wye for a potentially financially ruinous weekend 💷