Category Archives: Website

Hot off the press – new articles published

Posted on August 21, 2019 by

Twice in the space of two days we have been able to celebrate the successful publication of an article. On Monday we arrived back in the office to discover the Historical Methods theme issue on crowd-sourcing and citizen science had … Continue reading →

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Download problem for protected data resolved

Posted on June 28, 2019 by

We think we’ve resolved the issues that registered UK Federation users were having with downloading our protected data from A Vision of Britain through Time. Apologies for any inconvenience caused. N.B. For the time being you may find it requires two … Continue reading →

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Problem with protected download data from Vision of Britain

Posted on June 18, 2019 by

Apologies if you are having problems with downloading our protected data from A Vision of Britain through Time. We are aware of the problem, and are working on finding the cause. However, our current capacity to sort this kind of … Continue reading →

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AT RISK PERIOD: This week

Posted on March 6, 2017 by

Apologies in advance for any inconvenience caused if you find A Vision of Britain though Time down at any point over the next few days. We’re working on the final stages of a new release of the system so there may be … Continue reading →

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GB1900 project – first case study

Posted on December 1, 2016 by

The GB1900 project, to transcribe all the text from OS six inch to the mile maps of Great Britain from around 1900, is progressing well. Since launch in late September our 866 registered volunteers have between them done over 1.6million … Continue reading →

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Help us record place names from old maps

Posted on September 22, 2016 by

Today we are launching a new website, http://www.gb1900.org, which needs your help! We are looking for on-line volunteers to transcribe and confirm all the place names from early twentieth century six inch to one mile scale maps of Great Britain. … Continue reading →

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Updating Vision of Britain to include 2011 census information

Posted on August 9, 2015 by

We are currently working to revise A Vision of Britain through Time to include the 2011 Census of Population. Our aim is to launch a revised site in the spring of 2016. This means not just adding 2011 statistical data, … Continue reading →

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