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<p>BHO is a digital library of historic source material and the Victoria County Histories, based at the Institute of Historical Research</p>

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    New #DigitalHistory resource: The North East Heritage Library Inquest archive: https://www.northeastheritagelibrary.co.uk/inquest-archive #History

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    British corporation continued trafficking of enslaved Africans to Guyana 40 years after abolition Letter written in 1847 to Sandbach, Tinne and Company’s Liverpool office reveals it engaged in practice after receiving taxpayer-funded compensation, book says https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/aug/23/british-corporation-continued-trafficking-of-enslaved-africans-to-guyana-40-years-after-abolition-reveals-letter #History #EnslavedHistory

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    RE: https://kolektiva.social/@pasttense/117251068328150810 ‘Who are the squatters?’ Interviews with 1946 London squatters https://pasttense.co.uk/2020/09/09/who-are-the-squatters-interviews-with-1946-london-squatters/ #History #LondonHistory

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    Launched today: The Register of British Slave-Traders &amp;quot;presents biographical data related to each of the known investors in the transatlantic traffic in enslaved African people from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries.&amp;quot; https://britishslavetraders.org/about-us/ #History #EnslavedHistory

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    Available free to download until October 15: Magic and Disability in the Early Modern World by Andrew Sneddon https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/magic-and-disability-in-the-early-modern-world/B89593D8DD960280042B2747671D097B #History

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    New #OpenAccess #History book: Quantification and Measurement in British Health Advice, c. 1670–1830 Diet, Exercise, and Body Weight in Iatromechanics by Marsha Wübbels https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-032-32760-4

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    New, free prosopographical #History database: Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh database &amp;quot;a record of all Fellows, Members, Licentiates and Honorary Fellows from our College&amp;#39;s foundation in 1681 to 1926.&amp;quot; https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/heritage/physicians-database #DigitalHistory

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    New on the Institute of Historical Research blog: Pathways, Environmental History, and BBIH https://blog.history.ac.uk/2026/09/blog-post-pathways-environmental-history-and-bbih/ Featuring material from BHO&amp;#39;s English Petitions: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/series/english-petitions #History

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    New #OpenAccess #History: Alice Thornton’s Books Reassessing the Life Writings of a Seventeenth-Century Woman Edited by Cordelia Beattie, Suzanne Trill, Joanne Edge. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edit/10.4324/9781003690689/alice-thornton-books-suzanne-trill-cordelia-beattie-joanne-edge

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    Free to read and download until 5th November: What Did Folklore Do? The Social Functions of Tradition by Jeremy Harte. https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/what-did-folklore-do/EE6377758FD8CAC5BDE67673D4E88BEC #History #Folklore

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    Roman fort found in Wales could prove myth of emperor’s camp is real Finds suggest account in medieval folklore of a camp near Frenni Fawr hill was rooted in reality https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/12/mythical-roman-fort-frenni-fawr-wales-emperor #History #Archaeology

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    Blue for poor, yellow for posh: the London maps exposing centuries of terrible housing Guardian report https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/oct/19/a-place-to-call-home-senate-house-london-charles-booth-maps-london-housing on new exhibition, &amp;quot;A Place to Call Home: Poverty and Housing in London&amp;quot;, at #SenateHouse: https://www.london.ac.uk/about/services/senate-house-library/exhibitions/place-call-home-poverty-housing-london #History

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    An important new resource: Africans in Ireland, 1578 - 1921. https://africansinireland.com/ #History #IrishHistory #BlackHistory

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    New from the Many Headed Monster blog: Becoming Home: Football and Geographic Identity in Early Modern Britain https://manyheadedmonster.com/2026/07/17/becoming-home-football-and-geographic-identity-in-early-modern-britain/ #History #Football

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    New #OpenAccess #History book: Histories of Madness, by David Wright https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/histories-of-madness/59186B43D602EAC8022D376E1240A678