We've had a quick look at some of the stories and statistics behind the Irish in the Black Country, particularly focusing on the census data for 1851. Data is an essential part of the story, but it is just a part. The historian can do loads with that, but it stops being interesting before too long: … Continue reading Black Country Irish: lies, damned lies and statistics
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Black Country Irish: Walsall in the 1850s
Sometimes, otherwise wonderful digital sources are a great frustration. John Denvir, in his survey of the Irish in Britain, points to a mysterious attack upon the Irish in Walsall, in 1851. Excellent, I thought: a story to hook a post on - there are three Walsall newspapers on the British Newspaper Archive. Of course, none … Continue reading Black Country Irish: Walsall in the 1850s
Space to think
GIS is increasingly being seen as much as a place to think as a simple data management and mapping tool Gillings & Goodrick (1996) "Sensuous and reflexive GIS: exploring visualisation and VRML" I'm very grateful to have been allowed to sit in on a GIS course this semester with students from the Archaeology department. Whilst the material is … Continue reading Space to think