Ste Lingard

History & archaeology, esp. of northern England. Alumnus @unishefhistory & @history_bham. Also @stelingard.bsky.social

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Morning all. This account is now hibernating, indefinitely. You can find me in other places, should you wish. I hope to return, should better days come.

Meanwhile, thank you for everything. All the best!

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'Liable to Floods'. Farmland in the 1840s, #PenningtonFlash now, caused by mining subsidence. The inundated land included "Urmston's in the Meadows" moated farmhouse, abandoned in about 1910. #Leigh #Lowton #Lancashire #MapMonday

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@paulp111 Terrific! Thanks for letting me know.

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The Royal Alfred, #StHelens. Once a classic hotel pub facing the station, it welcomed travelling entertainers playing at the nearby theatre and other venues. Works to convert the upstairs into flats is ongoing, the pub's future "uncertain". #LostPubs #PubFrontFriday #Lancashire

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@ZealandEarly 😀

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St. Andrew's Church, #Southport, photographed from Yellow House Lane in 1965...and the same view in 2020. The church was demolished in the mid 1970s, having stood 100 years. #SteepleSaturday #Lancashire #ThenAndNow

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The Horseshoe Inn, facing the village green at #Levisham, on the #NorthYorkshire Moors. It's a quality pub & makes a great halfway house for a loop walk across the moors & back through the Hole of Horcum. Sometimes cut off during snow. #PubFrontFriday
📷 My own.

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@sthelenstownfc 'Stuck in the Middle of Cawthorn Camps With You' probably wouldn't have sold as many copies. Shucks.

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Romans to the right of us, at Cawthorn Roman Camps, #NorthYorkshire. #FingerpostFriday
📷 My own.

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The C13 font @pborocathedral, made from Alwalton marble. Thrown out at some point (perhaps during the Civil War) & rediscovered in a nearby garden in the 1820s. The Cathedral announced this week it is in financial crisis, needing £300k urgently. #FontsOnFriday #Peterborough

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@JohnWil45304495 @WorldBollard 😆

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A slice of simple Georgian elegance in the heart of #Sheffield: main entrance to 14 Paradise Square, one of a terrace of five houses (now offices) from circa 1736. Grade II* listed. Pic my own, from a gloomy day in 2013. #Yorkshire #AdoorableThursday

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@GrimArtGroup A long-gone railway bridge here in St. Helens used to carry the same advertising. My Dad still calls the spot 'Cephos Bridge', even though it's at least 50 years since demolition.

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Thank you to @jpwarchaeology for a fascinating talk in #StHelens last eve, & being an all-round trouper. Thanks also to everyone who joined us, & especially @bob_bellis for his help. A big cheers to Katie, Mark & Aston @TheWorldofGlass, too, for all that they did. #Archaeology

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A huge thanks to @stelingard for arranging last night's shindig in St Helens - absolutely perfect way to start off the 2025 tour. Big thanks to the staff @TheWorldofGlass too for a great venue and the after hours tour of Tank House No. 9.

Now, onwards to Chester...

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@jpwarchaeology @TheWorldofGlass You're very welcome James, and thank you for the excellent talk, being such good company and so easy to work with. All the best for Chester.

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@ZealandEarly Yep. Fondly remembered. Now, I must go to shop for one of those pens....🙂

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@bob_bellis Thanks Bob, we really appreciate it. It is going to be a good evening.

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Final call for this, which is tomorrow night. Tickets via the link. Cheers! #Archaeology #StHelens

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One week tonight we welcome @jpwarchaeology to @TheWorldofGlass #StHelens for the first 2025 gig of his epic mythbusting tour. Tickets are going well, but we have space for you - join us, via the link. #Archaeology https://t.co/BwNrZIee7N

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Looking forward to speaking @TheWorldofGlass in St Helens tomorrow as part of a Mythbusting book tour event organised by @stelingard Part of the talk will look at burn marks... often assumed to be accidental but now thought to ward off evil

Tickets:
https://t.co/id1OE7WS4r

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@bob_bellis Yep, thankfully. If it rains as the snow melts in the next few days there could be further problems, though. It's also apparent that the repeated floods are eroding some of the embankments and related infrastructure quite badly. Some of the historic retaining walls are at risk.

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The sun nosing through the woods by the Black Brook. Morning all. #Lancashire