Benjamin Redding - @benjaminredding.bsky.social

Lecturer in Early Modern History @uea. Researching the Gloucester Shipwreck, 1654-82. Maritime and Naval History.

[Prof Claire Jowitt - @clairejowitt.bsky.social @clairejowitt]

Final Reminder - deadline for applications for The Dominic Christian Maritime History Scholarship, for entry in 2026, is 5 June 2026 For details & for T&C & eligibility see:
https://t.co/fiFxoZyfXE

[Benjamin Redding - @benjaminredding.bsky.social @BenjaminRedding]

Great to discuss on Thats TV Norfolk our new @gloucesterwreck related project in Great Yarmouth funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund. So excited to get started!

[Thats TV Norfolk @ThatsTVNorfolk]

The @uniofeastanglia has been awarded just under £250,000 to bring to life the story of one of Great Yarmouth's most important shipwrecks.

Historian Benjamin Redding said the initiative will show Great Yarmouth's enduring relationship with the sea.

[Prof Claire Jowitt - @clairejowitt.bsky.social @clairejowitt]

Thanks to @EDP24 for covering @uniofeastanglia exciting #gloucesterwreck news https://t.co/1zELx4RMvE
With @NorfolkMuseums & @BenjaminRedding I am excited to share stories of the shipwreck & Great Yarmouth's maritime past in augmented reality heritage walks! #norfolk ⚓️🚶‍♀️⚓️🚶

[Benjamin Redding - @benjaminredding.bsky.social @BenjaminRedding]

Happy that we can announce that with @NorfolkMuseums & @clairejowitt we will create digitally-enhanced heritage walks in Great Yarmouth on @gloucesterwreck Thanks to @HeritageFundUK for generously funding the project https://t.co/qVffgNCfLE #Norfolk #GreatYarmouth #History

[Benjamin Redding - @benjaminredding.bsky.social @BenjaminRedding]

https://t.co/CJriA5bn3k

Hull of Cargo Ship Washed up by Gales on Hemsby Coast!

Suggestion that it could be from 1600s or 1700s. Exciting!

[The Mary Rose @MaryRoseMuseum]

The pump recovered from the Mary Rose, presented here as a thread.

(Well, it has to be a thread, the blooming thing's over 8.22m (4.49 fathoms) long!)

[Benjamin Redding - @benjaminredding.bsky.social @BenjaminRedding]

Wonderful to speak at KCL’s Maritime History Seminar last night. Very much enjoyed the event and catching up with everyone after. Thanks to everyone who attended

[Benjamin Redding - @benjaminredding.bsky.social @BenjaminRedding]

Looking forward to speaking on Thursday 16 October at King’s Maritime History Seminars. I will be speaking on 'Religion, Radicalism, and the Late Interregnum Navy'. All welcome. Information below:

https://t.co/yw2tOXKuMw

[Benjamin Redding - @benjaminredding.bsky.social @BenjaminRedding]

New article for @ConversationUK - it was great to contribute to this with @clairejowitt

[Prof Claire Jowitt - @clairejowitt.bsky.social @clairejowitt]

Why the BBC’s Shipping Forecast still entrances people after 100 years https://t.co/4nM8Vnc4FT via @ConversationUK

[Great Yarmouth Borough Council @greatyarmouthbc]

🧱 Great Yarmouth’s Town Wall

As part of our heritage campaign, we’ll be taking a closer look at Great Yarmouth’s historic Town Wall. Over the next few months, we’ll be sharing fascinating facts about what makes it so special to our town – and why it deserves to be protected for future generations.

✨ First up: A Guardian of Great Yarmouth
The North West Tower is one of the last surviving sentinels of our medieval defences. Built from flint and brick, this 7m-high wall once stretched 2,078m, fortified with 16 towers and around 10 gates. Construction began in 1261 and took an astonishing 111 years to complete.

🚪 The nearby North Gate (demolished in 1807) once welcomed carts and pedestrians from Caister and Norwich. Its façade was decorated with saintly statues – a proud symbol of both faith and civic pride.

Although much of the wall nearby was dismantled in the early 19th century, the North West Tower still stands – a powerful reminder of when Great Yarmouth was both a fortress town and a thriving port.

📍 Next time you pass, look closely at the flintwork and imagine the medieval craftsmen who shaped each stone more than seven centuries ago.

#TownWallTrail #GreatYarmouthHistory #MedievalWalls #HistoricEngland #RestoringHistory

[Prof Claire Jowitt - @clairejowitt.bsky.social @clairejowitt]

Archaeologists Unearth Europe’s Oldest Naval Artillery on Sunken Royal Ship https://t.co/OIQxvdY8IV

[Prof Claire Jowitt - @clairejowitt.bsky.social @clairejowitt]

Excited to start writing today my bits of the co-written Introduction, with @BenjaminRedding to our inaugural multidisciplinary @gloucesterwreck edited collection ... Contributors' essays are fab! Out next year with
@boydellbrewer
⚓⚓⚓

[Benjamin Redding - @benjaminredding.bsky.social @BenjaminRedding]

@clairejowitt @gloucesterwreck @boydellbrewer We’re certainly getting there!!!

[Prof Claire Jowitt - @clairejowitt.bsky.social @clairejowitt]

A really good day ... 2 chapters arrived today for
@BenjaminRedding & my @gloucesterwreck edited collection, to be published next year by
@boydellbrewer ... it's got 27 chapters & we'd been waiting on these, so super fab to have them ... (& just 3 more to get in!)🚌🚌

[J D Davies @quintonjournals]

I've got a new article about the failed British invasion of the Netherlands in 1673 on the splendid Heart of Oak website! https://t.co/gBMAYpkiiK

[UEA History @UEA_History]

Deadline (August 8th) is looming for this amazing scholarship in Maritime History! See below for more details.

[Prof Claire Jowitt - @clairejowitt.bsky.social @clairejowitt]

Deadline for applications for this fantastic donor scholarship in Maritime History @UEA_History
is 8 August 2025 - please share 📢📢📢

[Maritime Britain_AHRC (1565-1765) @maritimebritain]

ATTENTION MARITIME HISTORY FANS! The CfP for the Maritime Britain project end of project conference is now live. Check out the poster below and register your interest on Eventbrite in attending and/or giving a paper: https://t.co/YCNPH7gu0R

[UEA History @UEA_History]

Big news! The Ben Greenstone History Scholarship is available to a home applicant who has applied for a BA History place! In addition to funding, it comes with mentoring and an internship at a London Public Affairs agency. Click below! https://t.co/JpHznuzQQr

[The Gloucester Project @gloucesterwreck]

A HUGE shoutout to @LeverhulmeTrust who kindly supported #Gloucester research for the last 4 yrs. Today our final Project Report was submitted with 🙏 for enabling @BenjaminRedding & @clairejowitt to explore this amazing⛵'s full career
For project info: https://t.co/COs8i4ADwr