Tim Hitchcock
@timhitchcock.bsky.social
Historian of 18th century London; Professor Emeritus of Digital History at the University of Sussex. Just coughing in the ink to the end of time.
I see what you mean.
November 7, 2025 at 6:56 AM
I see what you mean.
Reposted by Tim Hitchcock
Our thanks to the whole team which produced the updated London Lives--Jamie McLaughlin (software engineer), Sharon Howard (data manager), and Mary Clayton (proofreader). And to the funder, the Univ of Sheffield Alumni, who recognised the value of keeping major websites up to date.
November 5, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Our thanks to the whole team which produced the updated London Lives--Jamie McLaughlin (software engineer), Sharon Howard (data manager), and Mary Clayton (proofreader). And to the funder, the Univ of Sheffield Alumni, who recognised the value of keeping major websites up to date.
/5 There are already hundreds of 'lives' written up on the basis of information collected into 'Life Archives' from the site. Have a look at the life of Sophie Pringle for instance. www.londonlives.org/about/pringl...
London Lives
www.londonlives.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:31 AM
/5 There are already hundreds of 'lives' written up on the basis of information collected into 'Life Archives' from the site. Have a look at the life of Sophie Pringle for instance. www.londonlives.org/about/pringl...
/4 The site still gives users access to 240,000 pages of manuscript and printed sources for London history, reflecting the lives of working Londoners, including people like parish orphan Charlotte Dionis.
November 5, 2025 at 11:29 AM
/4 The site still gives users access to 240,000 pages of manuscript and printed sources for London history, reflecting the lives of working Londoners, including people like parish orphan Charlotte Dionis.
/3 We have also fully redesigned the 'browse by' functions to make navigation a lot more intuitive.
November 5, 2025 at 11:27 AM
/3 We have also fully redesigned the 'browse by' functions to make navigation a lot more intuitive.
/2 Among the new features is a Macroscope visualisation that displays the context for all results.
November 5, 2025 at 11:26 AM
/2 Among the new features is a Macroscope visualisation that displays the context for all results.
The Foundling also represented an attack on working class motherhood and parish relief. And that is before we start counting the 10,000 babies who died under its care during the general reception. Presenting the FH as an unproblematic good hides a more powerful story.
October 26, 2025 at 8:35 AM
The Foundling also represented an attack on working class motherhood and parish relief. And that is before we start counting the 10,000 babies who died under its care during the general reception. Presenting the FH as an unproblematic good hides a more powerful story.