Let’s Talk Bradford
There’s nothing more fulfilling than witnessing a community’s love for its history. On 6 November, thanks to our wonderful hosts at the...
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Nov 72 min read
Ripon map launched
The Historic Towns Trust’s new map of Ripon , created in partnership with Ripon Together, was published in October 2024 and launched in...
Sep 262 min read
Heritage is Open!
September is the month when heritage is open! It’s the month when cultural destinations put in extra effort to make heritage more...
Sep 242 min read
High Streets and Streetscapes
One of HTT’s principal aims is to encourage the better understanding of urban form and history through comparative study, and our...
Sep 231 min read
Hot Springs and Heroines: A new historical map of Bath
We are delighted to announce the publication of An Historical Map of Bath, Medieval, Stuart and Georgian City, produced in association...
Sep 122 min read
A Map of Brecon & Hay-on-Wye
Professor Helen Fulton of the University of Bristol, who led on the Trust's maps of Medieval Bristol (2020) and of Swansea and Mumbles ...
Aug 203 min read
Mapping historic Chester
The Historic Towns Trust aims to maps towns and cities across Great Britain, so we are very pleased that a project to map Chester, in the...
Jun 62 min read
Bradford, City of Culture
Next year in 2025, Bradford will be UK City of Culture...
May 162 min read
Perth on the map
The Historic Towns Trust historical map of Perth was launched on 11 May 2024
May 23 min read
Lost and Layered Histories
This spring, the Hull History Centre is hosting an exhibition on Kingston-upon-Hull and Ravenser Odd
Apr 91 min read
Charles Close Society Lectures
The Charles Close Society for the study of Ordnance Survey maps is hosting online talks by the Historic Towns Trust’s Honorary...
Apr 71 min read
Perth map nears publication
The Trust's new historical map of Perth went to press at the end of March, and is on track for publication and launch in May. This unique...
Feb 151 min read
Spring lecture series with BALH
In Spring 2024, the Trust is again partnering with the British Association for Local History to offer a series of online lectures about...
Dec 20, 20232 min read
Bath, medieval to modern city
Progress on a new historical map of Bath
Dec 13, 20232 min read
Magic and Mayhem in medieval Bristol
Four performances of 'Magic and Mayhem in Medieval Bristol', building on HTT's map's use of William Worcestre's survey of Bristol of 1480
Dec 7, 20233 min read
Cambridge Map published
The Historic Towns Trust’s new map of Cambridge was published on 22 November 2023.
Nov 24, 20231 min read
Town and Country
The Irish Historic Towns Atlas has published a collection of essays, 'Town and Country. Perspectives from the Irish Historic Towns Atlas'.
Oct 24, 20233 min read
Mapping London on the eve of the Great Fire of 1666
What was London like – not just the city, but the wider metropolis – on the eve of the Great Fire of 1666? What medieval and Tudor...
Oct 2, 20232 min read
All About That Place – Post Event Update
The great All About That Place event has ended, after 90+ online talks, nearly 15,000 views on the YouTube channel, and hundreds of facebook
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