#englandculture — Public Fediverse posts

York News Focus: York’s past at your fingertips: Explore York launches new digital archive. “York’s history just became much easier to explore. A newly expanded digital archive catalogue has gone live at Explore York Libraries and Archives, opening up centuries of local stories, records and images to anyone with an internet connection.”

Oxford Mail: Blenheim Palace digitises centuries-old archive collection. “The Blenheim Archives has finished cataloguing and digitising a collection of material never before seen by the public. The project has brought to light more than 200 documents and revealed fresh detail about life in the villages of Wolvercote, Cutteslowe, and Godstow.”

Cornish Times: Mazed Tales launches Cornwall-wide story map. “What began as a project rooted in Cornish Times country is now a Cornwall-wide digital archive of more than 150 folk tales, each pinned to the landscape that shaped it. The expanded website was unveiled at the historic Morrab Library in Penzance, marking a major milestone for the storytelling initiative that started life in the east […]

City of London England: New online archive launched to celebrate more than 20 years of the Liberty Festival and the UK’s disability arts scene. “Now, for the first time, materials relating to the festival’s history are available in one place, offering a rich resource for audiences, researchers, and future cultural innovators. The digital guide is accessible by design, including features […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/05/city-of-london-england-new-online-archive-launched-to-celebrate-more-than-20-years-of-the-liberty-festival-and-the-uks-disability-arts-scene/

Ian Visits: From snails to street signs: Soho’s history revealed on a new digital map. This is Soho London, not SoHo NYC. “For the past year, nearly 700 heritage assets have been catalogued as part of a detailed street audit commissioned by the Soho Neighbourhood Forum. The survey… recorded a rich variety of features — from long-standing businesses and historic façades to plaques, street […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/16/ian-visits-from-snails-to-street-signs-sohos-history-revealed-on-a-new-digital-map/

Historic England: Historic England Launches Local Heritage Hub to Unlock Hidden Histories. “Coinciding with this year’s Local History Month, Historic England has launched a new Local Heritage Hub. With nearly 400 locations, every county, city, district, major town, and national park in England now has a dedicated digital page that uncovers its rich and layered history.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/22/historic-england-historic-england-launches-local-heritage-hub-to-unlock-hidden-histories/

Industrial Heritage Support: Historic England Snapshot Survey on the Collection of Developer-Funded Archaeological Archives Published. “Historic England’s Snapshot Survey on the Collection of Developer-Funded Archaeological Archives has now been published as a Historic England Research Report. Conducted as part of the Future for Archaeological Archives Programme, the survey gathered data on […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/13/industrial-heritage-support-historic-england-snapshot-survey-on-the-collection-of-developer-funded-archaeological-archives-published/

University of Cambridge: Modern Magic Unlocks Merlin’s Medieval Secrets. “A fragile 13th century manuscript fragment, hidden in plain sight as the binding of a 16th-century archival register, has been discovered in Cambridge and revealed to contain rare medieval stories of Merlin and King Arthur…. the digital results of the project are now available for everyone to explore online via the […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/29/university-of-cambridge-modern-magic-unlocks-merlins-medieval-secrets/

Historic England: Historic England Acquires World-Class Collection Featuring Earliest and Finest Photographs of England. “The Rosing Collection includes over 8,000 original black and white photographs of English architecture, landscapes and maritime history from the mid-1800s to the early 1900s, when England was undergoing large-scale changes powered by industrialisation, urbanisation and […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/22/historic-england-historic-england-acquires-world-class-collection-featuring-earliest-and-finest-photographs-of-england/

Manchester City Council: 90,000+ images on Manchester’s new local image website. “Thanks to a £100,000 funding award from the National Lottery Heritage Fund in January 2024, Manchester Libraries has been able to develop the new Manchester Image Archive and to hire a project manager to oversee it. Currently hosting more than 90,000 images, the upgraded website features a much larger archive […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/07/manchester-city-council-90000-images-on-manchesters-new-local-image-website/