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Guided Reading – Berkshire’s County Town on the Eve of the Dissolution
Dr Joe Chick invites us to join him in Reading to explore the monastic influences still visible in the Berkshire town. This walk uses the app, ‘A History of English Places’ from the Victoria County History and Aimer Media.
New resources for IHR library members
This post introduces some new resources now available for IHR Wohl Library members.
Boats and Buses – The Stories behind Bristol’s Streetscapes
Dr Joe Chick explores Bristol, a city on the boundaries of the English Midlands and the south west, a port that dominated trade with France, Ireland and Wales throughout the Middle Ages and Early Modern periods, but whose more recent histories are defined in relation to the legacies of the Atlantic slave trade.
Spotlight
Conflict and climate change in the Arctic: what the seventeenth century suggests about the future
By Dagomar Degroot Environment & History, essay no. 13 In the final article of our ‘Environment & History’ series, Professor Dagomar Degroot looks to early modern climate change to ask whether arctic warming necessarily results in violent...
Features & Articles
IHR Centenary Global Birthday Event: Reflections on History Past, Present and Future
On Thursday 8 July 2021, the IHR celebrated its 100th birthday, with a day of online celebrations taking us from Australia and South East Asia, to Africa and the Middle East, to Europe and North America. What did we learn about history today and in the future? The...
Christmas Under Cromwell: The Hidden Religious Festivals of Interregnum Britain
In this post Dr Rosalind Johnson introduces her chapter in Church and People in Interregnum Britain, published by University of London Press on 23 June. Edited by Dr Fiona McCall, the book provides a comprehensive account of every-day life, society and religion in the...
The IHR’s Reviews in History
The IHR’s Reviews in History publishes weekly commentaries on new books. Our reviews are longer than those in many academic journals and focus on titles published in the last year. ‘Reviews’ will be taking a break during July and the first half of August, but look...
#VCHFutureHistory: Writing the Places We Want
#VCHFutureHistory Project. What is your vision for your area, 50years from now?
Publications News
Guided Reading – Berkshire’s County Town on the Eve of the Dissolution
Dr Joe Chick invites us to join him in Reading to explore the monastic influences still visible in the Berkshire town. This walk uses the app, ‘A History of English Places’ from the Victoria County History and Aimer Media.
Boats and Buses – The Stories behind Bristol’s Streetscapes
Dr Joe Chick explores Bristol, a city on the boundaries of the English Midlands and the south west, a port that dominated trade with France, Ireland and Wales throughout the Middle Ages and Early Modern periods, but whose more recent histories are defined in relation to the legacies of the Atlantic slave trade.
Brews, Spring, Steam – The Georgian Spa Town of Buxton, Derbyshire
By Joe Chick Having explored the histories of Kenilworth, Colchester and Coventry, Dr Joe Chick arms himself with ‘A History of English Places’, the App for mobile devices developed by the Victoria County History (VCH) with Aimer Media. In this blog, he heads to...
The Hidden Survivors of Pre-War Coventry
By Joe Chick Join Joe Chick as he takes to the streets of Coventry with the 'History of England's Places' App to find the city that was there before the bombs. On my first two walks, I explored the towns of Kenilworth (Warws.) and Colchester (Essex). On this walk I...
Research & Resources News
Guided Reading – Berkshire’s County Town on the Eve of the Dissolution
Dr Joe Chick invites us to join him in Reading to explore the monastic influences still visible in the Berkshire town. This walk uses the app, ‘A History of English Places’ from the Victoria County History and Aimer Media.
Boats and Buses – The Stories behind Bristol’s Streetscapes
Dr Joe Chick explores Bristol, a city on the boundaries of the English Midlands and the south west, a port that dominated trade with France, Ireland and Wales throughout the Middle Ages and Early Modern periods, but whose more recent histories are defined in relation to the legacies of the Atlantic slave trade.
Brews, Spring, Steam – The Georgian Spa Town of Buxton, Derbyshire
By Joe Chick Having explored the histories of Kenilworth, Colchester and Coventry, Dr Joe Chick arms himself with ‘A History of English Places’, the App for mobile devices developed by the Victoria County History (VCH) with Aimer Media. In this blog, he heads to...
The Hidden Survivors of Pre-War Coventry
By Joe Chick Join Joe Chick as he takes to the streets of Coventry with the 'History of England's Places' App to find the city that was there before the bombs. On my first two walks, I explored the towns of Kenilworth (Warws.) and Colchester (Essex). On this walk I...