The new version of the History of England Members’ App (Coming December 7th 2025) has everything in one place:
Why use the History of England App?
The app is a podcatcher dedicated to the History of England has everything in one place:
- Members shedcasts are split into series making it easier to find what interests you in the big library of episodes
- You can play each series easily start to finish without needing to create a queue or search for them on the feed (though you can create queues and download lists too!)
- you have access to the advert-free History of England
- You will find all History of England series and shedcasts in one place
This update makes it:
- Quick and easy to install the link to your mobile device’s homepage
- Improved management – send episodes to a queue, or to a download manager for offline listening
- Improved playback tools – choose speed, fast forward, scrub forward & back, pause
How to Download
Simply click on this link using your mobile device, iOS or Android
LINK WILL APPEAR ON 7th DECEMBER!!
You will need to log in using your normal membership details on the App to access and play episodes.
A Brief User Guide
I think it’s all self explanatory, but just to make sure you don’t miss anything.
- The first image shows that you can access the menu at the top right of the Home Page to find the Queue and Download managers
- Second image shows the Episode List page. The round icons show if an episode is partly finished, completely finished, or (if blank) not yet started
- Third image shows how to access sub series from the Episode List page in the Shedcast group
- Fourth image is the Episode page, showing playing tools, and that from there you can access your Queue, or Downloads for offline listening
Any questions – you can email me on david54031@gmail.com
I’m sorry, but I cannot get the app to install. I get as far as the ‘download icon’ part, but nothing I do results in the icon (or the app) appearing anywhere in my iphone. When I tap the download thing, all I get are options to send a message via IM or Facebook or email and so on. Nothing about downloading the app. Help? Thank you.
David, I’m sorry about that. Um. You get the Download icon, but then no way to add it to your home page is that right? Note that since it’s essentially a webpage, if you type the app webpage https://app.thehistoryofengland.co.uk/ into a browser. I tink there is then a way to add the link to any webpage to your home page. Or go to the menu in the app webpage (three white bars on the top right) and seclect ‘Install app’ from the drop down and see if that wprks. Other advice on this page here: https://thehistoryofengland.co.uk/resource/using-the-history-of-england-app-for-members/
Eureka! Excelsior! What you suggested worked!
Hi – Same for me. I think i’m following the instructions correctly.
Hi – did you also try the instructions that worked for David M? Let me know…These again are: ”
“Note that since it’s essentially a webpage, if you type the app webpage https://app.thehistoryofengland.co.uk/ into a browser. I tink there is then a way to add the link to any webpage to your home page. Or go to the menu in the app webpage (three white bars on the top right) and seclect ‘Install app’ from the drop down and see if that wprks. Other advice on this page here: https://thehistoryofengland.co.uk/resource/using-the-history-of-england-app-for-members/“.
I just successfully downloaded the app, from here in the US. Normally on my iphone, use the Firefox web browser. I did here initially too, but it did not work. Then I used the Safari browser to download the app, and it worked just fine.
Thank you for this! It will make sorting through previous series easier. There are ones I have wanted to revisit, but didn’t want to scroll through a listing in my podcast app.