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Students' Union: How University Students are Shaping our Maps
We are working with students from a range of universities to help with our research Collaborations and partnerships are key to the...
Mar 123 min read

Wakefield: Talks from Historic Towns Trust
Talk at the Wakefield Civic Society at Wakefield Town Hall In recent months, we have had the exciting opportunity to give two talks in...
Mar 112 min read


Bath: Education Workshop
Our workshops will create school resources for use in the classroom On 25 March 2025, in partnership with the History of Bath Research...
Jan 212 min read

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...
Nov 18, 20242 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...
Nov 7, 20242 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 26, 20242 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 24, 20242 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 23, 20241 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 ...
Sep 12, 20242 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...
Aug 20, 20243 min read

Bradford, City of Culture
Next year in 2025, Bradford will be UK City of Culture...
Jun 6, 20242 min read

Perth on the map
The Historic Towns Trust historical map of Perth was launched on 11 May 2024
May 16, 20242 min read

Lost and Layered Histories
This spring, the Hull History Centre is hosting an exhibition on Kingston-upon-Hull and Ravenser Odd
May 2, 20243 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 9, 20241 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...
Apr 7, 20241 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...
Feb 15, 20241 min read


Bath, medieval to modern city
Progress on a new historical map of Bath
Dec 20, 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 13, 20232 min read

Cambridge Map published
The Historic Towns Trust’s new map of Cambridge was published on 22 November 2023.
Dec 7, 20233 min read
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