Ste Lingard
@stelingard.bsky.social
History & archaeology, esp. of northern England. Alumnus @ Sheff & Brum history. Freelance researcher & project manager in heritage sector @ www.sglingard.com. Chair @StHelensTownAFC.bsky.social.
The Benty Grange Helmet, original & reconstruction. It was found in 1848 in a late C7 barrow in Derbyshire - the first Anglo-Saxon / early English example found in the country, 91 years before the #SuttonHoo discoveries. On display in Weston Park Museum, #Sheffield. #Museums Pics my own, from 2021.
November 25, 2025 at 11:28 AM
The Benty Grange Helmet, original & reconstruction. It was found in 1848 in a late C7 barrow in Derbyshire - the first Anglo-Saxon / early English example found in the country, 91 years before the #SuttonHoo discoveries. On display in Weston Park Museum, #Sheffield. #Museums Pics my own, from 2021.
Here's the #ArchimedesScrew before it was installed. 😲 A serious piece of kit. Pic via www.hydropol.cz
November 24, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Here's the #ArchimedesScrew before it was installed. 😲 A serious piece of kit. Pic via www.hydropol.cz
The Archimedes screw at Dutton hydroelectric power plant on the #RiverWeaver in action earlier today. It is quite mesmerising. #HydroElectricity #Cheshire
November 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The Archimedes screw at Dutton hydroelectric power plant on the #RiverWeaver in action earlier today. It is quite mesmerising. #HydroElectricity #Cheshire
The #RiverWeaver near Northwich on the beautiful morning (enhanced by listening to TMS #TheAshes).
November 21, 2025 at 9:54 AM
The #RiverWeaver near Northwich on the beautiful morning (enhanced by listening to TMS #TheAshes).
#ErmineStreet, looking south just after the point it crossed the River Nene, at Water Newton (Durobrivae). The A1 swings in from the west to join the alignment. Pic from 1976. #Peterborough's suburbs & services have since encroached mightily from the left. #RomanRoadsFriday #RomanBritain
November 21, 2025 at 9:35 AM
#ErmineStreet, looking south just after the point it crossed the River Nene, at Water Newton (Durobrivae). The A1 swings in from the west to join the alignment. Pic from 1976. #Peterborough's suburbs & services have since encroached mightily from the left. #RomanRoadsFriday #RomanBritain
A classic example of the famous dry stone door, in Bowness-on-Windermere. Robust, stylish and easy to maintain - you just have to remember to build them from the outside. #AdoorableThursday #Westmorland #LakeDistrict
📷 my own.
📷 my own.
November 20, 2025 at 12:50 PM
A classic example of the famous dry stone door, in Bowness-on-Windermere. Robust, stylish and easy to maintain - you just have to remember to build them from the outside. #AdoorableThursday #Westmorland #LakeDistrict
📷 my own.
📷 my own.
Eddisbury Hill, #Cheshire, as surveyed by the OS in 1874 and as revealed by modern LiDAR. Early/middle Iron Age, though the ramparts were likely restored by Æthelflæd of Mercia in 914, as part of the long-running campaign against the Vikings. See map alt text for more. #HillfortsWednesday
November 19, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Eddisbury Hill, #Cheshire, as surveyed by the OS in 1874 and as revealed by modern LiDAR. Early/middle Iron Age, though the ramparts were likely restored by Æthelflæd of Mercia in 914, as part of the long-running campaign against the Vikings. See map alt text for more. #HillfortsWednesday
The tomb of King William I and Queen Catherine of Württemberg, in a specially constructed mausoleum on the site of the ancestral castle, outside #Stuttgart. Their meeting, marriage (their second) & brief life together is a case study in post Napoleonic European history. #TombTuesday
📷 my own, 2023.
📷 my own, 2023.
November 18, 2025 at 11:39 AM
The tomb of King William I and Queen Catherine of Württemberg, in a specially constructed mausoleum on the site of the ancestral castle, outside #Stuttgart. Their meeting, marriage (their second) & brief life together is a case study in post Napoleonic European history. #TombTuesday
📷 my own, 2023.
📷 my own, 2023.
GI listed Church of St. Mary the Virgin, #Shrewsbury, has a spectacular spire. 'In 1739, showman Robert Cadman attempted to slide from it, head first, using a rope and a grooved breastplate....His engraved obituary stands outside the west door.' 🫣 #SteepleSaturday #Shropshire #ChurchCrawling
📷 mine
📷 mine
November 15, 2025 at 7:41 AM
GI listed Church of St. Mary the Virgin, #Shrewsbury, has a spectacular spire. 'In 1739, showman Robert Cadman attempted to slide from it, head first, using a rope and a grooved breastplate....His engraved obituary stands outside the west door.' 🫣 #SteepleSaturday #Shropshire #ChurchCrawling
📷 mine
📷 mine
November 13, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Howden Minster, viewed through the remains of its east end - a victim of Edward VI and later neglect. The area from the tower to the west end are still in use as the parish church. The whole is GI listed, and one of the most striking buildings in the #EastRiding. #WindowsOnWednesday
📷 my own, Dec 24
📷 my own, Dec 24
November 12, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Howden Minster, viewed through the remains of its east end - a victim of Edward VI and later neglect. The area from the tower to the west end are still in use as the parish church. The whole is GI listed, and one of the most striking buildings in the #EastRiding. #WindowsOnWednesday
📷 my own, Dec 24
📷 my own, Dec 24
Parr St. Peter's in happier days, in characteristic pose peering over the terraces into Gaskell Park. #StHelens #HeritageAtRisk #Churches
📷 my own, from 2009.
📷 my own, from 2009.
November 11, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Parr St. Peter's in happier days, in characteristic pose peering over the terraces into Gaskell Park. #StHelens #HeritageAtRisk #Churches
📷 my own, from 2009.
📷 my own, from 2009.
Remembering two of my Great Great Grandfathers killed in the #FirstWorldWar: Sgt. Thomas Hallwood DCM (pictured below; killed at Ypres) & L/Cpl. William Molyneux (killed at Delville Wood) both of the Fifth South Lancs), and my other relatives lost in or affected by war. #ArmisticeDay #Remembrance
November 11, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Remembering two of my Great Great Grandfathers killed in the #FirstWorldWar: Sgt. Thomas Hallwood DCM (pictured below; killed at Ypres) & L/Cpl. William Molyneux (killed at Delville Wood) both of the Fifth South Lancs), and my other relatives lost in or affected by war. #ArmisticeDay #Remembrance
It really is. (Was it the Golden Ball, by any chance? 🍺)
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
It really is. (Was it the Golden Ball, by any chance? 🍺)
Aerial view of #York w. the two Norman mottes marked w. yellow dots: that on the left is the earlier & the right (Clifford's Tower) later. It makes the choice of sites even clearer than from on the ground, showing their relationship with the rivers Ouse & Foss. #MotteMonday #Castles #Yorkshire
November 10, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Aerial view of #York w. the two Norman mottes marked w. yellow dots: that on the left is the earlier & the right (Clifford's Tower) later. It makes the choice of sites even clearer than from on the ground, showing their relationship with the rivers Ouse & Foss. #MotteMonday #Castles #Yorkshire
Roman actor's mask found at Stockton Heath, near #Warrington, in 1869. It is perhaps the most striking item found associated with the Wilderspool site, along what is now the A49, a little south of the Mersey. Now in Warrington Museum.
#RomanSiteSaturday #Theatre #Cheshire #RomanBritain
📷 my own
#RomanSiteSaturday #Theatre #Cheshire #RomanBritain
📷 my own
November 8, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Roman actor's mask found at Stockton Heath, near #Warrington, in 1869. It is perhaps the most striking item found associated with the Wilderspool site, along what is now the A49, a little south of the Mersey. Now in Warrington Museum.
#RomanSiteSaturday #Theatre #Cheshire #RomanBritain
📷 my own
#RomanSiteSaturday #Theatre #Cheshire #RomanBritain
📷 my own
The reassuringly solid Saxon font at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Kingston Deverill. It was found buried in the churchyard during building work in the C19, and is still in use. It is an evocative survivor, given the village's association with King Alfred. #FontsOnFriday #Wiltshire
📷 my own
📷 my own
November 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The reassuringly solid Saxon font at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Kingston Deverill. It was found buried in the churchyard during building work in the C19, and is still in use. It is an evocative survivor, given the village's association with King Alfred. #FontsOnFriday #Wiltshire
📷 my own
📷 my own
The main entrance to an office built to the Ministry of Works 'spider block' design. This was no ordinary office, though, and its staff no ordinary people: this is Block D at #BletchleyPark. #AdoorableThursday
📷 my own, from 2012.
📷 my own, from 2012.
November 6, 2025 at 9:19 AM
The main entrance to an office built to the Ministry of Works 'spider block' design. This was no ordinary office, though, and its staff no ordinary people: this is Block D at #BletchleyPark. #AdoorableThursday
📷 my own, from 2012.
📷 my own, from 2012.
Castleberg, an inland promontory fort overlooking the River Wharfe just west of #Ilkley, #NorthYorkshire. Undated, w. no known excavations. The landscape speaks. #HillfortsWednesday
November 5, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Castleberg, an inland promontory fort overlooking the River Wharfe just west of #Ilkley, #NorthYorkshire. Undated, w. no known excavations. The landscape speaks. #HillfortsWednesday
The West Tower (15th century) at the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, #Ormskirk. Its sandstone bulk appears solid, but the church was added to Historic England's 'at risk' register last year. #TowerTuesday #Lancashire #ChurchCrawling
📷 my own, from August.
📷 my own, from August.
November 4, 2025 at 10:07 AM
The West Tower (15th century) at the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, #Ormskirk. Its sandstone bulk appears solid, but the church was added to Historic England's 'at risk' register last year. #TowerTuesday #Lancashire #ChurchCrawling
📷 my own, from August.
📷 my own, from August.
The south-western motte at #LewesCastle, #Sussex (yes, there are two). It is a socking great thing, still mightily impressive more than 900 years after it was constructed and despite some Georgian tinkering and a partial collapse. #Castles #MotteMonday Pic my own, from 2016.
November 3, 2025 at 8:57 AM
The south-western motte at #LewesCastle, #Sussex (yes, there are two). It is a socking great thing, still mightily impressive more than 900 years after it was constructed and despite some Georgian tinkering and a partial collapse. #Castles #MotteMonday Pic my own, from 2016.
Romans to the left of us, Reivers to the right of us...stuck in the middle at Epiacum / Whitley Castle Roman Fort, near Alston. The Maiden Way Roman road runs yard from this spot, but isn't visible in the pic. #FingerpostFriday #RomanRoadsFriday #RomanBritain #Cumberland
October 31, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Romans to the left of us, Reivers to the right of us...stuck in the middle at Epiacum / Whitley Castle Roman Fort, near Alston. The Maiden Way Roman road runs yard from this spot, but isn't visible in the pic. #FingerpostFriday #RomanRoadsFriday #RomanBritain #Cumberland
The 15th century wooden gates at Walmgate Bar, #York (with an edited shot to show how they would look when closed). Magnificent. #AdoorableThursday
📷 my own, from 2022
📷 my own, from 2022
October 30, 2025 at 10:02 AM
The 15th century wooden gates at Walmgate Bar, #York (with an edited shot to show how they would look when closed). Magnificent. #AdoorableThursday
📷 my own, from 2022
📷 my own, from 2022
Mercury in classical pose, winged hat, money bag, cloak and all. (The #RoyalSignals would look rather more casual if this version was their 'Jimmy'.) Found at #Housesteads fort, and on display in the museum there. #RomanBritain #ReliefWednesday #Northumberland
October 29, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Mercury in classical pose, winged hat, money bag, cloak and all. (The #RoyalSignals would look rather more casual if this version was their 'Jimmy'.) Found at #Housesteads fort, and on display in the museum there. #RomanBritain #ReliefWednesday #Northumberland