Dr Louise Ryland-Epton
@lrylandepton.bsky.social
Historian & contributing editor for VCH @wiltshistory.bsky.social & @vchgloucester.bsky.social.
Fellow @ihr.bsky.social.
Ed. at @hobnobpress.bsky.social & Crime, Histories & Societies.
VF @openuniversity.bsky.social
https://www.louiserylandepton.co.uk/
Fellow @ihr.bsky.social.
Ed. at @hobnobpress.bsky.social & Crime, Histories & Societies.
VF @openuniversity.bsky.social
https://www.louiserylandepton.co.uk/
As an experiment, a goose was once (allegedly) put into a medieval tunnel under #BradenstokePriory. It emerged several miles away, featherless. One of several items of c17 weirdness I discovered while @gladlib.bsky.social & will feature in my next book 📕
www.louiserylandepton.co.uk/blog/the-fea...
www.louiserylandepton.co.uk/blog/the-fea...
December 1, 2025 at 10:53 AM
As an experiment, a goose was once (allegedly) put into a medieval tunnel under #BradenstokePriory. It emerged several miles away, featherless. One of several items of c17 weirdness I discovered while @gladlib.bsky.social & will feature in my next book 📕
www.louiserylandepton.co.uk/blog/the-fea...
www.louiserylandepton.co.uk/blog/the-fea...
My last night at @gladlib.bsky.social 😖
November 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
My last night at @gladlib.bsky.social 😖
While I was working in the reading rooms @gladlib.bsky.social the Xmas decorations came out. I hope #Gladstone approves.
November 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
While I was working in the reading rooms @gladlib.bsky.social the Xmas decorations came out. I hope #Gladstone approves.
At the @gladlib.bsky.social library this week working on #JohnAubrey from who I learned today that churches are ‘despicable all over Hampshire’ and a goose was once inserted into a tunnel under Bradenstoke Priory. It emerged several miles away by a well on the Malmesbury Rd minus its feathers.🪿
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
At the @gladlib.bsky.social library this week working on #JohnAubrey from who I learned today that churches are ‘despicable all over Hampshire’ and a goose was once inserted into a tunnel under Bradenstoke Priory. It emerged several miles away by a well on the Malmesbury Rd minus its feathers.🪿
Delighted to be starting work for @vch-home.bsky.social in Herefordshire on #Ledbury with Alastair Ayton. Looking forward to seeing what this gorgeous place has in store for us. 😁
November 19, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Delighted to be starting work for @vch-home.bsky.social in Herefordshire on #Ledbury with Alastair Ayton. Looking forward to seeing what this gorgeous place has in store for us. 😁
A sketch that the artist, Salina Gani, created as I described a story I had researched. Part of a Digital Storytelling Workshop where I am having fun, but not being very productive (due to my own tech issues 😅).
November 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
A sketch that the artist, Salina Gani, created as I described a story I had researched. Part of a Digital Storytelling Workshop where I am having fun, but not being very productive (due to my own tech issues 😅).
This morning from the site of Bottreaux castle, Cornwall before the rain.
November 9, 2025 at 10:49 AM
This morning from the site of Bottreaux castle, Cornwall before the rain.
Boscastle this evening walking back from a shanty festival. 😁
November 8, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Boscastle this evening walking back from a shanty festival. 😁
At Boscastle, Cornwall, home of a Witchcraft Museum.
November 8, 2025 at 9:21 AM
At Boscastle, Cornwall, home of a Witchcraft Museum.
Had an amazing day at the Courtauld Gallery followed by @cathamclarke.bsky.social giving a lecture on ‘radical’ popular history @ihr.bsky.social What a combination!
November 4, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Had an amazing day at the Courtauld Gallery followed by @cathamclarke.bsky.social giving a lecture on ‘radical’ popular history @ihr.bsky.social What a combination!
Currently obsessed with an unpublished 17th century account of ghost riders I found in a manuscript. Desperately want to blog about it but have so much work I should be doing. 😭
October 21, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Currently obsessed with an unpublished 17th century account of ghost riders I found in a manuscript. Desperately want to blog about it but have so much work I should be doing. 😭
Good morning from wet & windy Cornwall a few years from the Museum of Witchcraft 🧙♀️
October 19, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Good morning from wet & windy Cornwall a few years from the Museum of Witchcraft 🧙♀️
Jackie & I out for a walk in Cornwall. She’s now curled up on my lap in the pub.
October 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Jackie & I out for a walk in Cornwall. She’s now curled up on my lap in the pub.
Been at the @gladlib.bsky.social this week to get work done on my #JohnAubrey book. This place is so conducive to writing. I feel a million miles from my normal life and all its distractions.
October 16, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Been at the @gladlib.bsky.social this week to get work done on my #JohnAubrey book. This place is so conducive to writing. I feel a million miles from my normal life and all its distractions.
It is #WorldMentalHealthDay.
A good time to reflect on the importance of mental health so often underrated & not prioritised to our cost. Have a great day everyone!!
A good time to reflect on the importance of mental health so often underrated & not prioritised to our cost. Have a great day everyone!!
October 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
It is #WorldMentalHealthDay.
A good time to reflect on the importance of mental health so often underrated & not prioritised to our cost. Have a great day everyone!!
A good time to reflect on the importance of mental health so often underrated & not prioritised to our cost. Have a great day everyone!!
My history of Langley Burrell, Wilts was recently launched here at Langley House (yes, by the pool). It was fun.
One story it contains is the shenanigans that took place at the previous house 🫣
#oneplacewednesday
Thanks to @vchlondon.bsky.social & local PC! 😀
www.hobnobpress.co.uk/books/p/lang...
One story it contains is the shenanigans that took place at the previous house 🫣
#oneplacewednesday
Thanks to @vchlondon.bsky.social & local PC! 😀
www.hobnobpress.co.uk/books/p/lang...
September 17, 2025 at 7:20 AM
My history of Langley Burrell, Wilts was recently launched here at Langley House (yes, by the pool). It was fun.
One story it contains is the shenanigans that took place at the previous house 🫣
#oneplacewednesday
Thanks to @vchlondon.bsky.social & local PC! 😀
www.hobnobpress.co.uk/books/p/lang...
One story it contains is the shenanigans that took place at the previous house 🫣
#oneplacewednesday
Thanks to @vchlondon.bsky.social & local PC! 😀
www.hobnobpress.co.uk/books/p/lang...
Going through old photos after a family funeral. This is my grandmother. I’ve never seen it before. She died when I was young.
September 13, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Going through old photos after a family funeral. This is my grandmother. I’ve never seen it before. She died when I was young.
'The tower is of brick and of very unsightly appearance, without one architectural feature..Nothing short of covering it with flint, adding buttresses, a proper parapet and pinnacles, and belfry windows with the necessary stonework would make a satisfactory work of it,' Architects rep., 1866.' Fair?
September 12, 2025 at 10:08 AM
'The tower is of brick and of very unsightly appearance, without one architectural feature..Nothing short of covering it with flint, adding buttresses, a proper parapet and pinnacles, and belfry windows with the necessary stonework would make a satisfactory work of it,' Architects rep., 1866.' Fair?
Memorial to Joan Whytte #witch ‘no longer abused’ and very definitely not forgotten in the woods above #Boscastle #Cornwall.
August 31, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Memorial to Joan Whytte #witch ‘no longer abused’ and very definitely not forgotten in the woods above #Boscastle #Cornwall.
Incredibly tough week ahead but here, at this moment, all is well.
August 31, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Incredibly tough week ahead but here, at this moment, all is well.
Gorgeous church, but usually locked. However open next Saturday if you are about. Not sure about the toilets 😁
August 31, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Gorgeous church, but usually locked. However open next Saturday if you are about. Not sure about the toilets 😁
Excited for the launch of my book on #LangleyBurrell at the Langley House. May not mention the c17 orgies at the old Manor House 🫢. According to Aubrey ‘the bacchanalia of the Romans were not more licentious’. 🫢🫢🫣
August 29, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Excited for the launch of my book on #LangleyBurrell at the Langley House. May not mention the c17 orgies at the old Manor House 🫢. According to Aubrey ‘the bacchanalia of the Romans were not more licentious’. 🫢🫢🫣
Rev Brindley of Kellaways, Wilts was ahead of his time. In 1799, he instituted an annual sermon against animal cruelty 🐶. Sermons were given in Bath, Bristol & places ‘where a lecture on the subject might be expected to do good.' His legacy ensured it continued after his death🐱. #OneplaceWednesday
August 27, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Rev Brindley of Kellaways, Wilts was ahead of his time. In 1799, he instituted an annual sermon against animal cruelty 🐶. Sermons were given in Bath, Bristol & places ‘where a lecture on the subject might be expected to do good.' His legacy ensured it continued after his death🐱. #OneplaceWednesday
Walked to the Bear at Bisley, Glos once casted as a house of #witches in a BBC drama. It looked pretty magical too, but was unfortunately closed this evening ☹️
The walk was gorgeous though.
The walk was gorgeous though.
August 25, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Walked to the Bear at Bisley, Glos once casted as a house of #witches in a BBC drama. It looked pretty magical too, but was unfortunately closed this evening ☹️
The walk was gorgeous though.
The walk was gorgeous though.
Only managed a 3rd in the Strawberry Jam class but some nice comments from the judge at the flower show & fete. The dogs ‘musical sits’ class was hilarious.
August 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Only managed a 3rd in the Strawberry Jam class but some nice comments from the judge at the flower show & fete. The dogs ‘musical sits’ class was hilarious.