@hc_armstrong@wansteadbookshp It was an excellent talk and really enjoyed hearing about how you'd found all the info. Fingers crossed for another talk soon 🤞
Loved being back at Wanstead Fringe 2022 with @wansteadbookshp thanks to all who came along to learn about John Child 2nd Earl Tylney and his time in Florence!
Here it is: the second edition of @200Magazine - reporting the news from two centuries ago as if was happening now, using contemporary newspapers, magazines, diaries and images from the 1820s. Flipbook version: https://t.co/CE7KEqq6U5
Here it is: the second edition of @200Magazine - reporting the news from two centuries ago as if was happening now, using contemporary newspapers, magazines, diaries and images from the 1820s. Flipbook version: https://t.co/CE7KEqq6U5
Experience this hidden part of wild Wanstead before July: Residents are invited to view the flora of St Mary’s Church graveyard, which is currently being left unmown
https://t.co/StPCiImf0l
After nearly 7 years working on this project, I am so excited @EHMarbleHill is open! It has been amazing working on such an incredible site and to share the story of it's intelligent and tenacious owner Henrietta Howard, Countess of Suffolk.
History comes home: Redbridge Museum will open a new permanent exhibition later this year exploring 200,000 years of local history. In the third of a series of articles, Museum Officer Nishat Alam looks at some of the items on show
https://t.co/KYEsRnfqyj
I’m taking today off sick as very under the weather, but this, by @hc_armstrong from @LivUniPress & @HistoricEngland arrived today to cheer me. A quick skim read has revealed it’s excellent & forensically researched. A brilliant companion to my daily dog walks in #wansteadpark
Action shot from last night's book launch. Thank you to everyone who came to the talk and collect their copies and special thank you to @wansteadbookshop for hosting the event. Couldn't have done it without you! @FWP2009@livunipress@historicengland#WansteadHouse#lostpalace
Wanstead House: East London's Lost Palace by Hannah Armstrong is now available! This book presents the first illustrated history of one of the most influential estates of #Georgian England and the meteoric rise and fall of its owners. https://t.co/OzS6QxcMnG #heritage
The book includes 80 colour illustrations, including previously unseen images and archive material of the lost estate. Below are some of the images from the book, courtesy of Fairfax House, Parham House, @HE_Archive, and Wanstead Image Archives.
Tickets for my book launch on Thursday 31st March with @wansteadbookshp have now sold out!! Thank you to everyone who has booked a place. I look forward to seeing you all there.