The Gay History Map

Pride of Place is a novel interactive map from Historic England and Leeds Beckett University which is attempting to map out the gay history of locations inwards the UK. The map aims to document in addition to tape the "huge make of places in addition to spaces lived, loved, worked in addition to played inwards past times LGBTQ people through the centuries".

The initial Pride of Place interactive map is an attempt out to crowd-source important  'queer buildings in addition to places' inwards the UK. If y'all connect to the map amongst a Facebook delineate of piece of occupation concern human relationship or amongst your electronic mail y'all tin add together locations to the map.

You tin search the map past times location or past times using the categories inwards the map sidebar. Some of the categories too permit y'all to search past times date. So for illustration y'all tin let on that inwards the 15th century Markby Priory was really pop amongst the local gay youth, 'secular youths create prevarication inwards the dorter amid the canons, in addition to around amongst the canons inwards the same beds, in addition to particularly John Alforde, who to a greater extent than oft than others has such inwards bed amongst him'.