Philip AllfreyApr 30, 2025

I am delighted to announce that my data paper "Locations of Markets in English Market Towns, 1813: Constructing a dataset" has just been published (open-access!) in @ZfdG

This is a deep dive/behind the scenes look into the process and decisions that went into creating a GeoJSON data set of locations of markets, based on a list in a 19th century text.

It's also very fitting that this is announced first on Mastodon since this platform played a significant role in bringing my work to the attention of the editors.

The dataset itself is deposited with KCommons Works (@hello) and I've just used the editing feature to add the data paper as a related work with the "is documented by" relation.

#PublicationDay #AcademicChat #MarketTowns #DigitalHumanities
#KCommons

https://doi.org/10.17175/2025_005

MJ RayJan 25, 2023
#consultationKlaxon! Combined Authority is asking the public to have their say on #bikeshare options for #marketTowns in #Cambridgeshire & #Peterborough – https://cambridgeshirepeterborough-ca.gov.uk/news/combined-authority-is-asking-the-public-to-have-their-say-on-bike-share-options-for-market-towns/
Combined Authority is asking the public to have their say on bike share options for market towns - Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority

The Combined Authority is launching a survey to explore interest in providing access to a pool of bikes in the Market Towns of Cambridgeshire.  Bike hire schemes can take many forms, from the on-street self-service options seen in Cambridge city centre to bike libraries offering longer term loans. The survey looks to understand what potentially […]

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