🧵St Luke (whose feast day it is today) & All Saints Church, Darrington it has a heritage of over 1,000 years. A church stood here before the Norman Conquest and was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086. it reflects centuries of architectural change with its 11th-century Norman west

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Since this global history course goes to the modern era, it really has given me a new perspective on the past. I've had to branch wayyyy out from the middle ages, and its so cool to get a sense of debates and approaches in other periods and places. History is a big world

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New post from me for #FrisianFriday examining the sources that present Radbod as the pagan king of Frisia longhairedkingsblog.wordpress.com/2026/10/16/r...

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Thanks Sam! There will actually be a bit of Lombard content (if I can squeeze it in) as there's a potential comparison with the Lombard gahagio. Toponomastics are vital for early med Scotland as there's so little textual evidence (and no coinage or anything).

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Registration has opened for the Scottish Place-Name Society conference on Saturday 7 Nov, where I'll be proposing that 'carden' place-names in Scotland indicate Pictish royal hunting reserves. Online and free to attend - and lots of excellent papers!

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