Historic Towns Trust
Organisational & Charity Branding
Digital Design & Content Production
Historical Content Curation & Editing
Catalogue & Archive Development
Education & Outreach Promotion
Newsletter & Membership Portal
The Historic Towns Trust is a pioneering charity which researches and investigates how and why settlements developed the way they did in partnership with local historians, geographers and archaeologists. Their atlases and historical maps are part of an international programme used by individuals, schools, universities, and community groups. They support and promote a greater understanding and sharing of our urban past and raise awareness needed for restoration, sympathetic new development and urban regeneration.
Research Background
The British Atlas of Historic Towns Project was established in 1963 as part of a pan-European project to produce atlases of consistent scale and content for the easy comparison of the growth and development of European cities.
The Historic Towns Trust has published seven volumes of the British Historic Towns Atlas and endeavoured to make much of the content and material (particularly Vols. 1-3) available as a public archive. These include high-quality board folders containing maps, illustrations, a text explaining the history of the town or city, and a gazetteer of the places named on the maps. Our studio developed and produced the Trust's digital online archive of their Atlas Volumes and catalogue of Towns & Cities maps.
Education & Outreach
Building a digital trust library
Despite a rich archive of content full of cultural and national heritage, the charity was missing a resource library accessible to audiences and Trust followers. We curated a collection of the Trust's images, maps and archival content to create a publicly accessible digital library which included historical images, educational lectures, research tools and an index of maps and atlases. We also created quizzes and interactive galleries featuring fun facts about the featured towns and cities to engage audiences in the Trust's research and help members of the public 'map their town's past'.
creating HISTORICAL TIMELINE
MAPPING A TIMELINE OF THE TRUST'S HISTORY
Prior to the site rebrand, the Trust had no cohesive timeline highlighting the key milestones and figures behind the organisation's achievements. We curated, edited and produced a historical timeline to help contextualise to the public and key stakeholders exactly what made the Trust and their research work so pioneering. This timeline is also adaptable to be updated with the Trust's current and ongoing history, adding to the organisation's legacy for future generations.
TRUST NEWSLETTER
DIGITAL DESIGN & COMMUNICATIONS
The Historic Towns Trust Newsletter is a communication tool which promotes the research and outreach work of the Charity. It is aimed at keeping members informed of upcoming events, community activities and lecture or seminar series which is part of the Trust's education and public enagement arm. This communication tool helps supports the Trust's donation programmes and sales of their core product, their publications and maps. It also allows Trust members to read content by the academics, researchers and teams behind the Charity's work.
