St. Etheldreda’s Church, Hyssington, is first recorded in the 13th century.
Local legend has it that the church was terrorised by the Bull of Bagbury, which was eventually shrunk and imprisoned in a snuff box, now buried beneath the church’s entrance stone
📸RCAHMW, 2019
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Fancy some morris dancing? We're seizing our sticks, handkerchiefs and ribbons with bells on to bring you these wonderful images of the student Stag Hill Morris team, taken at Guildford Cathedral in 1976.

Ref. Acc2023-39 (c) Martin Hewitt
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L. du Garde Peach wrote a series of Children’s Hour radio plays in the 1930s exploring the stories behind Britain’s castles. Our latest find is his script for Hardwick Hall — a short drama blending real history with Derbyshire folklore.

#EYAFolklore #1930s #drama #radio

Madupurekavi. A Sinhalese ballad on a legend of the healing of a Ṣēramān-rāja' s headache through worship of the goddess Pattini with dances and sacrifices. Written on palm-leaves. #EYAFolklore https://ow.ly/gSmL50ZQwa6

King Arthur, knights, quests and legends... For October's #ExploreYourArchive theme, folklore, we're sharing ‘King Arthur's Wood’ (1904), written and illustrated by Elizabeth Adela Forbes for her son Alec.

The Explore Your Archives theme for October is #EYAFolklore - the booklet 'Hants & Dorset's Folklore and Legends' was published in 1975 buff.ly/8SXXpFp - the cover shows the 'Miraculous beam' at Christchurch Priory, said to have been altered by a mysterious carpenter after it was cut too short

The new theme for October is #EYAFolklore ✨

Make sure to tag us and use the hashtag to get involved, we can’t wait to see your fantastic folklore posts!

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Mohammed's winged mare (buraq) from Paintings illustrating Turkish costumes (MS 60368), late C18th. #EYAFolklore

The Explore Your Archive theme for Deireadh Fómhair | October is #EYABéaloideas | #EYAFolklore

Get involved and remember to tag @araireland.bsky.social &
@exploreyourarchive.bsky.social in your posts!

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The county gaol in Carmarthen was designed by the architect John Nash, and built in about 1790
It's been demolished, but fortunately, photographers from the National Building Record captured this image of the front entrance in 1933
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A 1930s photograph of Ashopton Village and the Ashopton Inn, taken just before they were erased by flooding for Ladybower Reservoir. Work on the dam began in 1935 and continued through WWII. The reservoir now supplies water to Sheffield, Derbyshire, Leicester, and Nottingham.
#EYAErased #1930s

For #EYAErased we thought we'd share this will from 1568 recently produced from our strongrooms for an enquirer. The dirt is so ingrained into this piece of parchment that we have to be careful when cleaning it as ink sits on top of the parchment and could be easily erased!

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Woodworm and wood weevils can turn any document into a fine mesh of losses, which is why archives have policies and procedures in place - such as quarantining new accessions - to stop pests getting into the stores.

#EYAErased #ArchiveConservation

Residence of Aberystwyth from the 1930s to the 1980s will be very familiar with this iconic art deco building: the Kings Hall. It hosted many famous performers, including the Rolling Stones in September 1963
Demolished in 1989
📸RCAHMW, 1987
📸A. Chater, 1963
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In 1904, a purpose-built Post Office was built on Thompson Street, Barry
It was demolished in the 1970s and residential buildings were built on the site
Luckily, a record of the post office remains in the form of these beautiful illustrations by the Property Services Agency
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What happens when a design travels & its name changes?

For this month’s #BookOfTheMonth, we’re exploring the history of boteh, aka paisley, through the #KarunThakar Collection & @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social #EYAErased theme.

#NationalYearofReading textiles @dmu.ac.uk @librarydmu.bsky.social

'Eclipsed' - Patricia Burke Brogan

Premiered in Galway in 1992, this play follows five women erased from society and confined to a 1960s Magdalen Laundry after becoming pregnant out of wedlock

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Roy Palmer’s ‘The Demolition of Derby’ provides an overview of a how the city evolved over the 20th century, highlighting lost buildings and streets, and their histories. Find a copy in our #LocalStudies library.

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Pontysgawrhyd was a H-shaped, timber framed farmhouse built in the late 16th century. Demolished in 1956, little trace of it remains on the landscape. Fortunately, G.B.Mason of the NMR conducted a 📸survey of it in 1955. That record is preserved in perpetuity here at NMRW
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