{"id":14031,"date":"2026-05-30T12:31:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T11:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.englishlocalhistory.org\/wp\/?p=14031"},"modified":"2026-10-17T16:59:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T15:59:15","slug":"all-mapped-out-maps-plans-and-charts-in-the-archives-conference-november-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.englishlocalhistory.org\/wp\/2026\/05\/30\/all-mapped-out-maps-plans-and-charts-in-the-archives-conference-november-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"All Mapped Out: Maps, Plans and Charts in the Archives Conference &#8211; November 2026."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tuesday 24 November 2026 at The Gallery, 77 Cowcross Street, London, EC1M 6EJ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year the British Records Association (BRA) annual conference will be held on the topic of records and archives which take the form of maps or geographical plans and charts.<\/p>\n\n\n<div 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class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More information and booking via Eventbrite.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nTuesday 24 November 2026 at The Gallery, 77 Cowcross Street, London, EC1M 6EJ. This year the British Records Association (BRA)&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.englishlocalhistory.org\/wp\/2026\/05\/30\/all-mapped-out-maps-plans-and-charts-in-the-archives-conference-november-2026\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;All Mapped Out: Maps, Plans and Charts in the Archives Conference &#8211; November 2026.&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1057,947],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conference","category-information","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10268,"url":"https:\/\/www.englishlocalhistory.org\/wp\/2025\/06\/03\/the-british-institute-for-libyan-northern-african-studies-archive\/","url_meta":{"origin":14031,"position":0},"title":"The British Institute for Libyan &amp; Northern African Studies Archive.","author":"John Parker","date":"3 June 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"The British Institute for Libyan & Northern African Studies [BILNAS] Archive is based in the School of Archaeology and Ancient History at the University of Leicester and is home to historically significant collections that document the archaeology, history, environment, and culture of Libya and the wider Northern African Region. 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