R Vallentine is advertising his supply of the best manure, and reminds you of the manure to roots to meat to manure circle, meaning you essentially earn your money back! [not sure he’s thought through the repeat business implications of that] #1876OPS #OnePlaceStudies
More #OnePlaceStudies A to Z on #OnePlaceWednesday! Do catch up with the blog posts for A to L if you missed the earlier instalments. 🙂
#OnePlaceWednesday LIVE! 29 April 2026. Image: Artwork representing a laptop computer with images of 12 people engaged in an online meeting. 10am to 12 noon, 2pm to 4pm, 8pm to 10pm (UK times) via Zoom. Link: www.one-place-studies.org/events/ One Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.
Members! Our next #OnePlaceWednesday LIVE is just two weeks away, taking place on Wednesday April 29th. There will be three Zoom sessions for informal chat about our #OnePlaceStudies, sharing info, successes and issues, and getting to know each other. Not a member? Join us and join in!
Great to see that @findmypast.bsky.social Findmypast has just added What is a one-place study? and How to do a one-place study to their family history how-to hub, with the second of the two guides encouraging anyone interested in #OnePlaceStudies to engage with our Society! #OnePlaceWednesday
Cover of ‘Inconvenient People’ by Sarah Wise.
Cover of ‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise.
Inspired by the work of @hellohistoria.bsky.social and her work looking at the incarceration of poor people and others with mental health issues, I added two books by @misssarahwise.bsky.social to my wishlist. It will make a great #OnePlaceStudies project if I see what sites existed in my local area
Interested in researching #HouseHistory (or wider #OnePlaceStudies) in #Worcestershire? If so, this House History Drop-In at The Hive on Saturday (April 18th, 12.30pm—4pm) will provide details of a range of resources, plus expert advice and practical tips. Free, no booking needed. #OnePlaceWednesday
#OnePlaceWednesday. Image: Photo of two white-fleeced lambs, playfully head-butting each other near the top of a grassy bank. Part of a third lamb can be seen on the left side of the image. One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.
Playful lambs in my local #OnePlaceStudy back in April 2023 to kick off #OnePlaceWednesday! What places have ewe – sorry, you – been studying recently? Use the hashtag to post about any aspect of #OnePlaceStudies, that brilliant blend of #FamilyHistory and #LocalHistory, at any time today.
Tomorrow, our member Alexandra Gilbert will tell us about how she made her #OnePlaceStudy public, and describe the joys and challenges of running an open day. The Zoom link was emailed to members on Saturday.
#OnePlaceStudies, where #FamilyHistory and #LocalHistory unite.
This last week, I've dedicated time towards looking into the typical types of employment people may have had in villages in the 18th century - agricultural jobs were the most numerous but non-agricultural work seems to have accounted for around between 1/3 and 1/2 of jobs (?)
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A reminder that our next #OnePlaceWednesday LIVE will take place on Wednesday April 29th! A great opportunity for members to chat with each other about #OnePlaceStudies via Zoom, with sessions across the day to cater for a variety of circumstances and time zones. Not a member? Join us and join in!
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.
The story of Brick Kiln Farm (and those who lived there) continues on Heather Etteridge’s Great Ellingham One-Place Study website, with two posts added so far this month. Some #OnePlaceStudy reading for you on #OnePlaceWednesday!
This new webinar from @sogorg.bsky.social will be useful to those doing #OnePlaceStudies - Houses with Histories: Where Buildings and Family Stories on 14 May
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The Railroad Comes to Dayton is among the latest posts to be added to Candace Wilmot’s Dayton #OnePlaceStudy website. Why not take a look on #OnePlaceWednesday!
Society for One-Place Studies webinar. Tuesday 14 April 2026, 8 for 8.30pm UK time. Image: Photo of an old drinking fountain and water trough in the village of Birchington. The drinking fountain has a small, tiled cover over it looking almost like a miniature church spire. The trough, in front of the fountain as we look at the scene, has several plants, bearing masses of pink flowers, planted in it. A road, cars, shops and houses can be seen in the background. Superimposed on the image are the words: From OPS to Heritage Open Day, with Alexandra Gilbert. One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.
Members! Our next #OnePlaceStudies webinar, From OPS to Heritage Open Day with Alexandra Gilbert (who conducts a #OnePlaceStudy of Birchington in Kent), takes place next Tuesday, April 14th. #OnePlaceWednesday
#OnePlaceWednesday Image: Photo of a small corner of a churchyard, with flowering Daffodils of at least two and possibly three varieties. Behind the flowers, part of the church can be seen; above them and to the left is part of a Yew tree, and below them is the stone wall forming part of the ha-ha which surrounds the church and its yard. One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.
Daffodils in a quiet corner of the churchyard in my local #OnePlaceStudy, to kick off #OnePlaceWednesday. Use the hashtag to post about anything relating to #OnePlaceStudies, and to tell us about the places your #FamilyHistory / #LocalHistory / #OnePlaceStudy research has focussed on recently.
Clip of FindMyPast 1921 Census transcription which lists Occupation as Canal Rrotaman and Employer as Shrockpere Man.
Clip of 1921 Census record on FindMyPast. Occupation is retired canal boatman last employed. Employer is Shropshire Union.
#OnePlaceStudies #FamilyHistory And reporting yet another transcription error on FMP's 1921 Census. Just how did they think that was an acceptable transcription?!
The words "Happy Easter" sandwiched between two line drawings of white rabbits. Beneath, the Society for One-Place Studies logo, with the 'O' of the word 'One' replaced with an Easter Eggs, and with a chick added adter the word 'Studies'.
We hope everyone is having an excellent (eggs-ellent?) Easter, and, if you are researching #FamilyHistory, #LocalHistory or #OnePlaceStudies over the weekend, that you are making some fascinating discoveries!
This development, incidentally, means that at long last #Nottinghamshire appears on the list of English counties for which we have member-registered #OnePlaceStudies! 😀
Do you have a place in the county, with ancestral connections or otherwise, which you could research as a #OnePlaceSstudy?
The Heley Brothers are agents for the Biphosphated Guano Company. #1876OPS #OnePlaceStudies
And here is the official announcement from the Borthwick Institute for Archives. Brilliant records for #FamilyHistory, #LocalHistory and #OnePlaceStudies!
Thanks for the tips; I might do that. I'm getting ahead of myself though - I'd planned to do my OPS during retirement (which is a ways away!), but reading people talk about theirs has distracted me from my current projects and made me want to stake a claim before it's too late...
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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
Contacting the One-Placer who conducts the parish OPS to sound them out might be a good idea. You could also check with Steve Pickthall, who registers new #OnePlaceStudies and, as our webmaster, sets them up on the website, and ask for his thoughts / guidance. #OnePlaceWednesday
Photo of York Minster, with various brick-built residential and commercial buildings, plus a few tress, in the foreground.
Two new collections added by #Ancestry, which may help with #FamilyHistory, #LocalHistory & #OnePlaceStudies in (and beyond) #Yorkshire:
● Prerogative & Exchequer Court of York Wills, 1389-1858
● Yorkshire, Bishops’ Transcripts of Baptism, Marriage & Burial Registers, 1558-1912
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#OnePlaceWednesday People doing #OnePlaceStudies note, these are wills proved in Yorkshire, not just by people from Yorkshire. I'll be looking for more of my husband's Nottinghamshire people this weekend. (People from those lines came through Sheffield on the way to the US.)
Nursling One-Place Study. Image: Extract from an old, large-scale Ordnance Survey map showing the Western part of the parish of Nursling. The area is mostly open fields, with a river to the West (marking the parish boundary there), other, smaller water courses, some minor roads, and a railway running North-South near the Eastern edge of the map extract. The small number of buildings include the church of St Boniface, the Rectory, a cottage named Meadowview, Manor Farm, and Nursling (Railway) Station. One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.
The second newly registered #OnePlaceStudy we have for you on this #OnePlaceWednesday is Ivan Hurst’s Nursling One-Place Study in #Hampshire. Ivan’s initial focus is on the 1840s, using Tithe Apportionments and the 1841 census as sources. Our link takes you to Ivan’s Nursling OPS web page.
A boost for #FamilyHistory / #OnePlaceStudies in Oxfordshire, and potentially also #HouseHistory research in Oxford itself, as #Oxfordshire Family History Society delivers an Update to the Big Oxfordshire Names Database (BOND) in March 2026. OFHS membership required to access. #OnePlaceWednesday
Excellent news for fans of #FamilyHistory or #HouseHistory (or wider #OnePlaceStudies, which draw on many of the same sources) in #Norfolk!
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Bourne End One-Place Study. Image: Photo of The Walnut Tree, a public house. The main building is a brick-built, whitewashed two-storey and two-bay house, with a red-tiled roof and flanking brick chimneys. There is a small, single-storey extension (also brick-built and whitewashed, with a red-tiled roof) on the left, and a single-storey wooden building which may be a function room. The tops of trees behind the buildings can be seen, and the sky is blue with white clouds. One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.
The subject of the Bourne End Bucks #OnePlaceStudy Society meeting on 16th April is Bourne End in the Movies. David Wherrell will show films from years gone by of Bourne End, including one of the 1965 Carnival. Starts 8pm. Free for BEBOPSS members, £4 for non-members. #OnePlaceWednesday
