Live in or near the City of #Burnside, South #Australia? Interested in carrying out #HouseHistory research? If so, check out History Festival: Researching House History at Burnside Library, an in-person event on Tuesday, May 19! Get the details and book your place via Eventbrite. #OnePlaceWednesday
Interested in researching #HouseHistory in Lawrence, Douglas County, #Kansas? How do I research my house? on the Lawrence Public Library website has an overview of sources that can be used, many of which span the county or state (and which would help with #OnePlaceStudies too!). #OnePlaceWednesday
Busy writing at the moment but still squeezing in my work providing #househistory research for The Times! 😄 Today’s is a London house formerly home to Jane Austen’s brother, Henry (plus a mention of another Austen family house) 😁😀 #househistories #janeausten #history
If you missed my latest #househistories feature in The Times last week! 😀
Today’s #househistories feature in The Times is a wonderful historic home in the Lake District 😀 #househistory #history
Advance notice of a House History Workshop which will take place on Saturday June 13th at City of Vincent Library & #LocalHistory Centre, Leederville, Western #Australia. Free, but booking required. #OnePlaceWednesday
Interested in starting #FamilyHistory or #HouseHistory research? Live in or near #Wymondham? Book your free place on Norfolk Record Office’s beginner’s session Research your family or house history on Saturday, 25 April from 10:30am to 3:30pm, at Wymondham Library! #OnePlaceWednesday
The latest #househistories feature in Bricks & Mortar in The Times (yesterday) is the story of a fascinating house in Greenwich formerly connected to a bank, plus the home of a naval surgeon and a local GP and his family! 😀 #househistory #history #Greenwich
The start of my latest research trip did not start well - with a 7 hour delay at Gatwick!! 😩🙁 But finally made it and about to start researching the history of a house in Guernsey! 😀 #househistory #househistories #Guernsey
My book review of ‘The English House’ by Dan Cruickshank is in the latest issue of @wdytyamagazine.bsky.social 😀 #history #househistories #househistory
A busy day running around researching…incl. a visit to The National Archives 😀 Meanwhile, today’s #househistory feature in The Times is the wonderful story of a house in Cressington Park in Liverpool! 😁 #househistories
A busy week pulling together two big #househistory projects being bound into books! Meanwhile, today’s #househistories feature in The Times is a fascinating house linked with ship owners, a scientist, and an artist! 😀
Photo of a large, thatched dwelling with pale yellow painted walls and a chimney at each end of the roof, and a small, more modern extension on the left side. There are two doors to the building, which is now used as a café. The building is set in a road junction (in Godshill). Behind it are lots of trees, all in leaf, and above is a blue sky with a few white clouds.
Carrying out (or thinking about) a #HouseHistory, #StreetStudy or wider #OnePlaceStudy in the Isle of Wight? The Isle of Wight Record Office has a detailed, 38-page House History PDF full of useful info and guidance. #OnePlaceWednesday
“Houses do not have to be big and grand to be worth researching, [...] Sometimes the humblest tell the more interesting stories.” A story from Australia on how one man explored the #HouseHistory of his family home, with plenty of tips for others wishing to follow his example! #OnePlaceWednesday
Do you live in or near #Strood in Kent? Are you interested in finding out more about #HouseHistory? Medway Archives Centre has a Saturday drop-in: House history this Saturday, February 7th, between 10am and 12 noon! Free, no need to book, just drop in. #OnePlaceWednesday
Having fun researching the history of an old mill in Hampshire! 😁 #househistory #househistories #history
Great Ellingham One-Place Study. Image: Photo looking along a village street on a sunny, blue-skied day. On the left is a two-storey, four-bay cottage with white walls and a tiled roof, with further cottages and their gardens further along that side of the street. On the right, part of another building with white walls can be seen in the foreground, with the spire-topped tower of the village church a little further long the street, partially hidden by a couple of trees. One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.
On Sat 25th and Sun 26th April, our member Heather Etteridge is staging a free #LocalHistory exhibition relating to her #OnePlaceStudy of Great Ellingham in Norfolk: Every House has a Story – Every Story has a Family!
10am to 4pm each day, at St James's Church, Great Ellingham. #OnePlaceWednesday
Listed buildings in your #OnePlaceStudy? This online talk should provide some fascinating insights into the listing process, its history, and inaccuracies, along with a look at new techniques enabling better dating of buildings. #OnePlaceWednesday
The #househistories feature in The Times is back!! Well, actually they have been continuing but I’m a bit behind in posting as I was away 😀 This one is a fascinating glimpse into life in east London over the years! 😁 #househistory
If you are interested in researching #HouseHistory in Evanston, Illinois, Welcome to the Research Room: How to Begin Your Home Research, at Evanston History Center on Feb 21st, 12 noon to 1pm, will help to get you started. Free, but places are limited and an RSVP is essential. #OnePlaceWednesday
This Friday! An advanced #HouseHistory workshop, online, from Norfolk Record Office. Sure to provide tips and info that will help with #HouseHistories and wider #OnePlaceStudies.
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New to the @heritagewshc.bsky.social Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre blog: A new dating technique for historic buildings.
When dendrochronology failed and carbon-14 dating didn't match what was known about certain roof truss features, another technique was tried...
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Advance notice on this #OnePlaceWednesday of a Northumberland Archives #HouseHistory Workshop, Researching the History of your House. This will take place on Wednesday March 18th from 9.30am to 11.30am GMT, at County Hall, Morpeth. Follow the link for more info and to book a free place.
It has been a crazy week with one thing and another, but meanwhile today’s #househistory feature in The Times is a lovely house in west London - the former home of artist Lucien Pissarro, his wife Esther, and their daughter, also an artist, Orovidia 😀😁 #househistories #history
Today’s #househistory feature in Bricks & Mortar in The Times is a fantastic Georgian house in Spitalfields, London! Home to silk weavers and also a former ‘Home for Working Boys’! #househistories #London
For Dad’s Army fans - and #househistory fans 😉 Today’s house history feature in Bricks & Mortar in The Times was the childhood home of John Le Mesurier - aka Sergeant Wilson! 😀 #househistories #dadsarmy
Have been rather quiet as I've been busy juggling multiple projects including the history of a house in Essex! This shows the house as looked in 1833...but was completely altered and renovated in the 1860s so looks nothing like this anymore 😊 #househistory #househistories #history
Today’s #househistory feature in The Times is a lovely late-Georgian house between Brixton and Clapham in London! 😀 #househistories #history
Today’s #househistory feature in Bricks & Mortar in The Times is a fantastic historic home in Wiltshire! 😀 #househistories #history #Wiltshire
A fantastic story in today’s #househistory feature in Bricks & Mortar in The Times! A house often visited by former PM Herbert Asquith and where his infatuation with Venetia Stanley began! #househistories
