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Campop blog #13: In 2021 only 7.6% of people in E&W walked to work and around half travelled by car - a massive change from modes of travel in the pre-1800 era, which are explained by Alan Rosevear in this week's blog CAMPOP campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog/2024/09/1…

Campop blog #14: How dangerous was childbirth in historic Britain? Considerably higher than today, but never the most common cause of mortality among adult women CAMPOP #demography #twitterstorians campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog/2024/09/1…

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CAMPOP blog #15: Although people did migrate frequently in the British past, Kevin Schurer describes how the analysis of surnames shows that much migration happened within clear regions campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog/2024/09/2…

New post this morning: Kevin Schurer maps surnames to explore regionalism and migration patterns in the British past: campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog Please subscribe if you'd like to receive weekly notifications about the blog :) #twitterstorians

Did you know that 2022 was the first year that more births in England and Wales took place outside marriage (or civil partnership) than within? But how common was sex before marriage in the British past? Find out in our latest blog post: campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog #twitterstorians

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CAMPOP blog #16: Having a child before marriage was rare in historic Britain, but sex before marriage was not. Today’s blog explains who was having sex before marriage, who ended up as unmarried mothers, and how they were viewed campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog/2024/10/0…

New blog post alert! Today, over 1 in 5 of the UK population are aged 60 and over. We tend to think that in the past, old people were more scarce. But was this the case, and how did it change over time? #twitterstorians campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog

CAMPOP blog #17: Older people now make up bigger proportions of populations than ever before: today's blog is Richard Smith on the long-run evolution of population ageing and dependency ratios. Highlights 👇 #twitterstorians #demography campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog/2024/10/1…

A great blog from CAMPOP CAMPOP covering three topics: old age and dependency ratios; births (and conceptions) outside of marriage, & Surname migration

📣We have a fantastic new blog post today!📣 Emily Chung asks: what kept the rich and poor apart in industrial Manchester? Hint: it *wasn't* (as many had assumed!) segregated housing zones... campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog #twitterstorians #manchester #phd

What kept the rich and poor part in industrial Manchester? Read my blog about this and many more on Top of the CamPops!

A fantastic post on our blog today! Paul Warde takes us back to the world before fossil fuels: to the "organic economy". What other sources of energy were available in the past - and how might alternatives shape the future? campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog #twitterstorians

CAMPOP blog #19: How is a cow like a battery? Paul Warde explains alongside outlining the importance of the transition to (and from) coal as an energy source campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog/

📣New blog post alert! 📣 Today, Kevin Schurer's post discusses the history of the North-South divide. How deep are the historical roots of the divide, and has it looked any different over time? campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog #twitterstorians

📣New blog post alert 📣 Do you know... Who dies of old age? When Queen Elizabeth II passed away in 2022, her death certificate cited "old age". But how common is death from old age now, and in the past? campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog/ #twitterstorians