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Learn more about The Portable Antiquities Scheme in Surrey and discover Surrey's archaeological finds, together with the stories they tell with @spmaslin at our next Zoom talk on 21 July! https://t.co/taxfOKLEKx #FestivalOfArchaeology
Wednesday's Zoom talk 'The Book That Changed My Life' Julian Pooley will tell the story of how the purchase of an anonymous pocket diary, led him to discover extensive previously unknown archives of John Nichols, one of Georgian London's prominent printers https://t.co/PWpB3ExGv7
Wednesday's Zoom talk looks at the Royal Earlswood Asylum in Redhill & the life & work of its most famous patient, James Henry Pullen. Here's a painting by Pullen, of the giant he created, which was a fantastic carnival figure nearly 15ft high! More info: https://t.co/PWpB3ExGv7
Wednesday's Zoom talk looks at the Royal Earlswood Asylum in Redhill & the life & work of its most famous patient, James Henry Pullen. Here's a painting by Pullen, of the giant he created, which was a fantastic carnival figure nearly 15ft high! More info: https://t.co/PWpB3EPhmF
For our June Marvel of the Month, we delve into the records of a long-established #Guildford furniture business that supplied the Royal Household in the 19th and 20th centuries: https://t.co/jTjOWZRg68
@Gfdheritage
@guildforddragon
@GuildfordBC
This marvellous colourwash drawing of 'The Vampire Bat’ was painted c.1820 by John Harrison Scott, whose family were associated with #Hersham. It's captioned, 'It sucks the blood of a human being till he dies, it's in the Act of Pouncing on its prey'!
#Archive30 #SomethingScary
Harsh criticism indeed! The 'unbecoming attire' of fashionable ladies in Brighton was illustrated on a postcard from Benjamin Duke Elkins to his parents in 1910 https://t.co/qBi6qRS4wR
#Archive30 #ArchiveFashion
We hold a remarkable collection of mental #healtharchives from Georgian private asylums to modern psychiatric hospitals. Such fascinating records trace the history of healthcare in Surrey & the stories of the people who came through their doors https://t.co/l93UqW2iRo #Archive30
What exactly were 'Inquisitions Post Mortem' and what is meant by the legal term ‘Courtesy of England’? If your medieval ancestors were wealthy, these can help in understanding how family fortunes passed down through the generations. Learn more here: https://t.co/skOz2eeUwj
Discover more about W.H. Crossland, the architect behind @RoyalHolloway at a talk by author Sheila Binns for The Victorian Society on 17 Feb. More details and to book: https://t.co/dXj38IUMla