Rebecca Welshman

Author, lecturer, and researcher. History and place writing.

[Rebecca Welshman @thedistantsea]

Did the #BattleofHastings really take place at #BattleAbbey? Our research suggests it could possibly have taken place much further away on the highest ground in #EastSussex once known as #HeathfieldDown. #medievalhistory https://t.co/xog8n8YBDD

[Battlefields Trust @battleftrust]

Thursday February 27 2025: 5-6pm

Lecture: Heathfield Down 1066: Why This Could Be the Actual Site of the Battle of Hastings - Society of Antiquaries of London

Venue: SAL, Burlington House, Piccadilly W1J 0BE

Free event -in person or live-stream.

Queries: [email protected]

[Rebecca Welshman @thedistantsea]

@HoganSOG Battle Abbey is said to mark 'the very spot' where the Battle of Hastings took place. But new research suggests the battle could possibly have taken place much further away on the highest ground in East Sussex once known as Heathfield Down. https://t.co/HsGYqcB8iq

[Rebecca Welshman @thedistantsea]

Battle Abbey has long marked 'the very spot'...but did the Battle of Hastings actually take place there? Evidence suggests otherwise: https://t.co/HsGYqcB8iq

[Rebecca Welshman @thedistantsea]

@thetimeteam Did the Battle of Hastings really take place at Battle? New research published this month in the International Journal of Military History and Historiography suggests an alternative location: https://t.co/glADApbG9c

[Rebecca Welshman @thedistantsea]

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[Rebecca Welshman @thedistantsea]

Did the #BattleofHastings really take place at #BattleAbbey? Our research suggests it could possibly have taken place much further away on the highest ground in #EastSussex once known as #HeathfieldDown. #medievalhistory https://t.co/xog8n8YBDD

[Rebecca Welshman @thedistantsea]

''Heathfield Down': an Alternative Location for the Battlefield of Hastings, 1066", co-authored with Simon Coleman, has just been published in the International Journal of Military History and Historiography. Currently open access: https://t.co/bQbO4pmWwA

[Scott Duncan @ScottDuncanWX]

We have not seen anything like it. We can't compare this looming heat emergency to summer 1976.

A warmer world, thanks to human induced climate change, makes it almost effortless to break extreme heat thresholds. We continue to see this across the planet - not just in Europe.

[Rebecca Welshman @thedistantsea]

For many years the cuckoo fell silent in my life. This piece, which I have just had published in 'Elsewhere: a Journal of Place', reflects on the reasons why we feel such a strong connection with the cuckoo. https://t.co/XauJiRKCHD

[Rebecca Welshman @thedistantsea]

We are still welcoming nominations for the Richard Jefferies Award for nature writing, which has a prize of £1000. Titles published within the calendar year can be nominated until 1st December: https://t.co/HZiXJG8mP4

[Rebecca Welshman @thedistantsea]

Smokey clouds over distant hills tonight.

[Rebecca Welshman @thedistantsea]

A wild meadow and a ruined cottage...some of my writing on moments of place: https://t.co/JGNfnBtf1T

[Rebecca Welshman @thedistantsea]

House martins and swallows in flight over the southern uplands, earlier in the summer.

[David Sandum @DavidSandum]

Tonight, just before midnight, I decided to venture out on a 3 hour, 16.5k walk in -13c weather. I wanted to see if I could do a long walk in extreme cold at night. Cold yes, but made it. I snapped these photos. #norway

[Rebecca Welshman @thedistantsea]

A late January afternoon sky over the Galloway Hills.

[Stan Collins @stan_sdcollins]

It is a nice sunny morning at the lighthouse. The road here is not maintained in the winter so normally I would not be able to make it here in January. I go here almost every day if I can make it. I remember coming here once and seeing 6 moose on this field here.

[Rebecca Welshman @thedistantsea]

Long autumn shadows over a field of young wheat.

[Rebecca Welshman @thedistantsea]

A good man with a good heart, he deserves more respect.

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

I will strongly contest the political intervention to suspend me.

I’ve made absolutely clear those who deny there has been an antisemitism problem in the Labour Party are wrong.

I will continue to support a zero tolerance policy towards all forms of racism.

[Dara McAnulty @NaturalistDara]

Seriously, why is wanting a fair, just and compassionate society which works for everyone and every living thing so radical?! I cannot fathom why we wouldn’t support those who need it, show kindness at every possible moment and value our living world 😔