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/
Dr Louise Ryland-Epton
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A medieval beast, a mathematician- rector & a giant maggot 🐛that ate nuts. The mystery carved over a Wiltshire church door. And maybe a connection to John Aubrey too. www.louiserylandepton.co.uk/blog/lancelo...
A medieval beast, a mathematician- rector & a giant maggot 🐛that ate nuts. The mystery carved over a Wiltshire church door. And maybe a connection to John Aubrey too. www.louiserylandepton.co.uk/blog/lancelo...
Delighted to be talking about #JohnAubrey so near his birthplace this Saturday in his 400th anniversary year. 😁
On the menu 🐉🐚👻🌍🌱💍🧙♀️🌩️
Delighted to be talking about #JohnAubrey so near his birthplace this Saturday in his 400th anniversary year. 😁
On the menu 🐉🐚👻🌍🌱💍🧙♀️🌩️
At Mordeford, Heref. someone called Gerson apparently dispatched an 8-winged serpent-shaped dragon during the reign of Mary I. John Aubrey thought it a fable, not as dragons were impossible in principle, but cos this dragon violated basic physical laws. #FolkloreThursday
From Aubrey’s Nat Hist.
John Aubrey looked at Salisbury Plain in the 1680s & thought of Virginia. Was the Plain’s openness not ancient & natural, but made by human intervention like the savannas of the Americas? New blog!
www.louiserylandepton.co.uk/blog/john-au...
John Aubrey suspected elm trees weren’t native to England & travelled to Durham to prove it. He was right. My new blog on Aubrey’s Natural History explores his thoughts & love of trees.
www.louiserylandepton.co.uk/blog/john-au...
Delighted that my blog on John Aubrey has been published by @royalsociety.org exploring the science of this early Fellow. An exhibition opens on Saturday @chippenhammuseum.bsky.social with items from the Society’s collection.
royalsociety.org/blog/2026/06...
Join us 6th June, 2pm when Dr Louise Ryland-Epton @lrylandepton.bsky.social takes us on a journey through the amazing world of Wiltshire-born scientist, writer & antiquarian John Aubrey.
👉Reserve your place by email - [email protected]
🎟️Tickets £10, payable on the day.
#science #history
Dr Louise Ryland-Epton
Dr Louise Ryland-Epton
Dr Louise Ryland-Epton
Dr Louise Ryland-Epton
Dr Louise Ryland-Epton
To mark the 400th anniversary of the birth of natural philosopher John Aubrey FRS, and accompanying exhibition at Chippenham Museum, guest blogger Louise Ryland-Epton explores the radical ideas contained in his long-unpublished 'Natural History of Wiltshire'. Read more: https://bit.ly/43Tti9U
To mark the 400th anniversary of his birth, guest blogger Louise Ryland-Epton explores the radical ideas contained in John Aubrey's long-unpublished 'Natural History of Wiltshire'.
What is the strange beast carved over the door of a tiny south Wiltshire church? In the 1660s, mathematician and clergyman Lancelot Morehouse — friend of John Aubrey — set out to find the answer. He r...
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What is the strange beast carved over the door of a tiny south Wiltshire church? In the 1660s, mathematician and clergyman Lancelot Morehouse — friend of John Aubrey — set out to find the answer. He r...
Did John Aubrey — writing in the 1680s — come closer to the truth about Salisbury Plain than anyone had realised? In his Natural History of Wiltshire he asked a question: was this vast open landscape ...
The importance of Aubrey's Natural History manuscript in the history of natural history is considerable and has not been sufficiently recognised. In part, this poor recognition has been due to John ...
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Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre
Still time to book your place on a journey through the amazing world of Wiltshire-born scientist, writer & antiquarian #JohnAubrey with historian & author @lrylandepton.bsky.social Saturday, 6 June at 2pm.
👉Reserve your place by email - [email protected]
🎟️Tickets £10, payable on the day.
Still time to book your place on a journey through the amazing world of Wiltshire-born scientist, writer & antiquarian #JohnAubrey with historian & author @lrylandepton.bsky.social Saturday, 6 June at 2pm.
👉Reserve your place by email - [email protected]
🎟️Tickets £10, payable on the day.
