Welcome to this episode in the fifth series of Local History Matters, the podcast run by the British Association for Local History (BALH) to highlight hidden local histories. In this series, we will be discussing with researchers how they got into their field of study, and what their topic can tell us about local history more generally.

In this episode, Dr María Grove-Gordillo shares her research into English merchants operating in Spain during the 16th century, and how the Spanish saw the armada and counter-armada.

Dr María Grove-Gordillo is a research fellow at Otto-Friedrich University Bamberg, where she is interested in the Anglo-Spanish Trade between the 16th and 18th centuries as well as the digital humanities. She has a PhD in Early Modern History from the University of Seville.

You can follow along with the conversation about this podcast by using the hashtag #LocalHistoryMatters, and keep up to date with the work the BALH does by visiting our website https://www.balh.org.uk/ or following us on social media @BALHNews.

Music credits: Trendsetter, Mood Maze, Uppbeat.io

Welcome to this episode in the fifth series of Local History Matters, the podcast run by the British Association for Local History (BALH) to highlight hidden local histories. In this series, we will be discussing with researchers how they got into their field of study, and what their topic can tell us about local history more generally.

In this episode, Fabian Hiscock shares information about the Three Rivers Museum and an exciting new item they have acquired for their collection.

After careers in the Royal Navy and industry, Fabian Hiscock, having moved to Rickmansworth, undertook an MA by Research in History at the University of Hertfordshire, looking at the impact of the coming of the Grand Junction Canal on west Hertfordshire through which it passed. Currently the Chairman of the Three Rivers Museum, his dissertation gave rise to his book 'Passing Through', published in 2019.

You can follow along with the conversation about this podcast by using the hashtag #LocalHistoryMatters, and keep up to date with the work the BALH does by visiting our website https://www.balh.org.uk/ or following us on social media @BALHNews.

Music credits: Trendsetter, Mood Maze, Uppbeat.io

Welcome to this episode in the fifth series of Local History Matters, the podcast run by the British Association for Local History (BALH) to highlight hidden local histories. In this series, we will be discussing with researchers how they got into their field of study, and what their topic can tell us about local history more generally.

In this episode, Nick Saunders shares insights into the history of the New Forest during the First World War, and its connection to the Indian Army.

Nick is a historian, writer and speaker who is Chairman of the Milton Heritage Society. He writes on a wide range of historical subjects, and his MA dissertation focused on the experiences of the Indian Army in the New Forest during the First World War.

You can follow along with the conversation about this podcast by using the hashtag #LocalHistoryMatters, and keep up to date with the work the BALH does by visiting our website https://www.balh.org.uk/ or following us on social media @BALHNews.

Music credits: Trendsetter, Mood Maze, Uppbeat.io

Welcome to this episode in the new series of Local History Matters, the podcast run by the British Association for Local History (BALH) to highlight hidden local histories. In this series, we will be discussing with researchers how they got into their field of study, and what their topic can tell us about local history more generally.

In this episode, Tim Hamilton talks about his work with the Black Country Living History Museum.

Tim Hamilton, one of the trustees of the British Association for Local History, has worked and volunteered in the museums and heritage sector for over a decade. He's a local history writer, tour guide, curator, and a mental health ambassador with Safe in Our World — a charity supporting the video game industry and its players. At the heart of everything he does is a passion for community, connection and storytelling.

You can follow along with the conversation about this podcast by using the hashtag #LocalHistoryMatters, and keep up to date with the work the BALH does by visiting our website https://www.balh.org.uk/ or following us on social media @BALHNews.

Music credits: Trendsetter, Mood Maze, Uppbeat.io

Welcome to this episode in the new series of Local History Matters, the podcast run by the British Association for Local History (BALH) to highlight hidden local histories. In this series, we will be discussing with researchers how they got into their field of study, and what their topic can tell us about local history more generally.

In this episode, Judith Rhodes shares some of the stories from the Yorkshire Dales that inspired her interest in local history.

Jude splits her working life between family and local history research and nursing. She qualified as a genealogist through the Pharos and Society of Genealogists Advanced Skills and Strategies course and is a member of the BALH’s Outreach Committee. Her main area of interest is in Yorkshire and particularly the Yorkshire Dales; as a Registered Nurse, Jude also assists individuals, and their families, who are living with dementia by using family history to create personalised books to stimulate meaningful and relevant conversations.

You can follow along with the conversation about this podcast by using the hashtag #LocalHistoryMatters, and keep up to date with the work the BALH does by visiting our website https://www.balh.org.uk/ or following us on social media @BALHNews.

Music credits: Trendsetter, Mood Maze, Uppbeat.io

Welcome to this episode in the new series of Local History Matters, the podcast run by the British Association for Local History (BALH) to highlight hidden local histories. In this series, we will be discussing with researchers how they got into their field of study, and what their topic can tell us about local history more generally.

In this episode, Dr Hannah-Rose Murray talks about her research into Black American activism in Britain and Ireland during the long nineteenth century.

Dr Hannah-Rose Murray is an interdisciplinary historian researching the Black freedom struggle in the US and Britain at the University of Suffolk. She is currently working on two monographs, both due to be published with Liverpool University Press, entitled Daguerrotyped on My Heart: African American Visual and Literary Cultures in 19th Century Britain and Feelings of Rebellion: Black Autobiography in Britain, 1850-1877.

You can follow along with the conversation about this podcast by using the hashtag #LocalHistoryMatters, and keep up to date with the work the BALH does by visiting our website https://www.balh.org.uk/ or following us on social media @BALHNews.

Music credits: Trendsetter, Mood Maze, Uppbeat.io

Welcome to this episode in the new series of Local History Matters, the podcast run by the British Association for Local History (BALH) to highlight hidden local histories. In this series, we will be discussing with researchers how they got into their field of study, and what their topic can tell us about local history more generally.

In this episode, Geoffrey Carter shares some of the ways in which you can run public events to engage your local community in its history.

Geoffrey Carter has been a member of the Battlefields Trust for almost twenty years. During this time, he has held a number of senior positions including the leadership of the Trust’s north region. He has managed a number of large-scale projects centred on battlefields in the north east of England, and is a member of BALH’s Outreach Committee.

You can follow along with the conversation about this podcast by using the hashtag #LocalHistoryMatters, and keep up to date with the work the BALH does by visiting our website https://www.balh.org.uk/ or following us on social media @BALHNews.

Music credits: Trendsetter, Mood Maze, Uppbeat.io

Welcome to this episode in the new series of Local History Matters, the podcast run by the British Association for Local History (BALH) to highlight hidden local histories. In this series, we will be discussing with researchers how they got into their field of study, and what their topic can tell us about local history more generally.

In this episode, Judith (Jude) Rhodes shares the history of health and medicine in Britain, and how access to this at a local level has evolved over time.

Jude splits her working life between family and local history research and nursing. She qualified as a genealogist through the Pharos and Society of Genealogists Advanced Skills and Strategies course and is a member of the BALH’s Outreach Committee. Her main area of interest is in Yorkshire and particularly the Yorkshire Dales; as a Registered Nurse, Jude also assists individuals, and their families, who are living with dementia by using family history to create personalised books to stimulate meaningful and relevant conversations.

You can follow along with the conversation about this podcast by using the hashtag #LocalHistoryMatters, and keep up to date with the work the BALH does by visiting our website https://www.balh.org.uk/ or following us on social media @BALHNews.

Music credits: Trendsetter, Mood Maze, Uppbeat.io

Welcome to this episode in the new series of Local History Matters, the podcast run by the British Association for Local History (BALH) to highlight hidden local histories. In this series, we will be discussing with researchers how they got into their field of study, and what their topic can tell us about local history more generally.

In this episode, Laura Yeoman shares the ways in which archives and libraries can enhance your local history research.

Laura Yeoman is a qualified archivist currently working as Access and Digital Engagement Archivist for the Borthwick Institute for Archives at the University of York, where she is also their medieval specialist. She is a member of a number of societies and associations, and is a Trustee of the BALH.

You can follow along with the conversation about this podcast by using the hashtag #LocalHistoryMatters, and keep up to date with the work the BALH does by visiting our website https://www.balh.org.uk/ or following us on social media @BALHNews.

Music credits: Trendsetter, Mood Maze, Uppbeat.io

Welcome to this episode in the new series of Local History Matters, the podcast run by the British Association for Local History (BALH) to highlight hidden local histories. In this series, we will be discussing with researchers how they got into their field of study, and what their topic can tell us about local history more generally.

In this special guest episode, to coincide with the conclusion of the BBC's The Mirror and the Light, Graham Palmer takes us back to the time of Thomas Cromwell.

In 1537 a spy is stopped in Royston, just a day's ride from London on the Old North Road. 'But what is he doing there?' the townsfolk fret. Thomas Cromwell has his own ideas. This podcast reveals the ripples spreading from the dissolution of a small market town's priory and the consequences of Robert Dalyvell's 'cunning craft and prophecy'.

You can follow along with the conversation about this podcast by using the hashtag #LocalHistoryMatters, and keep up to date with the work the BALH does by visiting our website https://www.balh.org.uk/ or following us on social media @BALHNews.

Music credits: Trendsetter, Mood Maze, Uppbeat.io