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oneplacestudies.bsky.social
Now just one and half weeks away, so this is our penultimate #OnePlaceWednesday reminder of our terrific 2025 conference. Whether your interest is in #OnePlaceStudies, #FamilyHistory or #LocalHistory, this event is not to be missed. Not a member? Make tracks to our website to join us and join in!
oneplacestudies.bsky.social Society for One-Place Studies @oneplacestudies.bsky.social · 7d
Our 2025 #OnePlaceStudies Conference and AGM is just two and a half weeks away! Don’t miss out on this excellent event – for just £10 you can join us as a member, join in with this and our monthly webinars, and enjoy our other membership benefits! #OnePlaceWednesday
2025 Conference and AGM. Conference Talks and Speakers: All drawn by horses — Ian Waller. Railway accidents – staff and beyond — Steve Pickthall. Coastal Travel — BJ Jamieson. Boat people — Celia Webber. All aboard for a new life — Maggie Gaffney. Saturday 22 November 2025, 14:00 to 21:30 GMT, via Zoom. One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.
November 12, 2025 at 11:06 PM
oneplacestudies.bsky.social
Who else is scrambling to order England & Wales wills from Probate Search for their #OnePlaceStudy / #FamilyHistory / #LocalHistory research ahead of the imminent price hike? How have you fared with finding the wills you want – any tips to pass on? A wee #OnePlaceWednesday wills thread here. 👇🏻
atcherleyons.bsky.social Steve Jackson @atcherleyons.bsky.social · 13h
Another photo taken during my recent visit to Fawsley for #OnePlaceWednesday! With the cost of wills from Probate Search due to skyrocket next week (from £1.50 to £16 each) I've been ordering more wills relating to my Waters Upton #OnePlaceStudy people. 35 so far with more to be ordered.
oneplacestudies.bsky.social Society for One-Place Studies @oneplacestudies.bsky.social · 17h
It’s #OnePlaceWednesday! Wherever you are and wherever you are researching, for your #FamilyHistory, #LocalHistory or #OnePlaceStudy projects, we hope you’re having a great week. Use the hashtag to tell us about the places and communities you are studying, and to share your OPS news, pics, and chat.
November 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
daveshootsbooks.bsky.social
This 1981 #book about early #theatre in #SaintJohn is back in stock. #Illustrated with #B&W #photos and #illustrations. $20. #Booksky #NewBrunswick #LocalHistory #SocialHistory #drama #arts #acting #opera #music
November 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
history.dulwichsociety.com
This will be fascinating. Joan Alleyn, nee Woodward, is an under-researched figure in early modern theatre. Woodwarde Rd in Dulwich is named for her (not sure why it has an E at the end). #LocalHistory
roseplayhouse.bsky.social The Rose Playhouse @roseplayhouse.bsky.social · 1d
Mon 24 Nov @ 6.30pm online

JOAN ALLEYN – NO MOUSE

Join Calista Lucy, former Keeper of the Archive at Dulwich College, as she pieces together the biography of Joan Alleyn, step-daughter of The Rose's owner, Philip Henslowe, & wife of Edward Alleyn, its star actor.

www.roseplayhouse.org.uk/whats-on
Infographic, together with a photo of the speaker, that reads: Researching The Rose Monday evening online talks CALISTA LUCY Joan Alleyn – No Mouse 6.30pm online Mon 24 Nov 2025
November 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
pastandotherplaces.bsky.social
Villages, churches and ministers. #Scotland Selective resources relating to those who lived and worked in villages and small towns in lowland rural areas in C19th Scotland.
#FamilyHistory #genealogy #LocalHistory #GenHour #Errol #Perthshire 🗃️📚
thepastandotherplaces.wordpress.com/villages-chu...
Villages, churches and ministers
This is a selective list of resources and further reading relating to those who lived and worked in villages in lowland rural areas in Scotland. The parish church dominated social life and villager…
thepastandotherplaces.wordpress.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:36 AM
oneplacestudies.bsky.social
Have you been making the most of free access to military records to research people in your #OnePlaceStudy / #FamilyHistory / #LocalHistory? Free access at Ancestry UK and FindMyPast ends today, but free access to #WW1 and #WW2 records at Fold3 continues until 16 November. #OnePlaceWednesday
free access
www.fold3.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:34 AM
colwynbayheritage.bsky.social
In 1900 the Victoria Pier in Colwyn Bay reached completion with a pavilion able to accommodate 2,500 people. Jules Riviere and his orchestra were secured to perform for the opening season of the pier. #colwynbay #northwales #wales #localhistory #orchestras #seasideentertainment
Jules Prudence Riviere - Colwyn Bay Heritage Group
Born in Paris in 1819, Jules Prudence Riviere began his musical career as a choir boy in France before establishing himself as a French composer.
colwynbayheritage.org.uk
November 12, 2025 at 10:21 AM
inverclydehistory.bsky.social
#OTD #LocalHistory #Inverclyde #PortGlasgow
November 12, 2025 at 8:20 AM
oneplacestudies.bsky.social
It’s #OnePlaceWednesday! Wherever you are and wherever you are researching, for your #FamilyHistory, #LocalHistory or #OnePlaceStudy projects, we hope you’re having a great week. Use the hashtag to tell us about the places and communities you are studying, and to share your OPS news, pics, and chat.
#OnePlaceWednesday. Image: Photo taken in a churchyard, looking across a green field to a large country house and the trees around it. Various gravestones, some recent, some old and covered with lichens, stand in the foreground. One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.
November 12, 2025 at 7:30 AM
janeroberts.bsky.social
All very frenetic today as I decided to do some last minute changes to my #Batley Irish & St Mary of the Angels talk, including new slides, new info & some re-ordering. Thankfully I survived its first public outing tonight, delivered via Zoom
#LocalHistory #OnePlaceStudy
November 11, 2025 at 10:26 PM
rwldproject.bsky.social
🚨ONE MONTH'S TIME!🚨

Railway Work, Life & Death project co-lead Mike is privileged to give the 2025 @balhnews.bsky.social Dymond Lecture!

‘Heads – you lose!’ Working for the railways in Britain before 1939
Thursday 11 December 2025, 7pm, online

#LocalHistory #Railway200

www.balh.org.uk/dymond2025
Posed staff safety image, showing a railwayman leaning out of a guard's van, about to hit his head on a passing signal post. The image caption reads 'Heads - you lose!', with explanatory text above.
November 11, 2025 at 7:08 PM
oneplacestudies.bsky.social
Tonight!

#OnePlaceStudies, where #FamilyHistory and #LocalHistory unite.
oneplacestudies.bsky.social Society for One-Place Studies @oneplacestudies.bsky.social · 21d
We don’t usually have a webinar in November as that’s the month of our AGM and annual conference. This November however we have our AGM and conference *plus* a webinar! @janeroberts.bsky.social Jane Roberts will be giving a presentation on her #OnePlaceStudy of Batley St Mary’s on November 11th.
Society for One-Place Studies webinar. Tuesday 11 November 2025, 8 for 8.30pm UK time. “Batley St Mary’s One-Place Study” with Jane Roberts. Not a member? Join up and join in! One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.
November 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
virtualtreasury.bsky.social
Great feature in historyireland.bsky.social by bsky.app/profile/mayn... Eamon Darcy on William Molyneux & the birth of #LocalHistory in Ireland.

👀 our Curated collection
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📢 Shout out to funders bsky.app/profile/ria.ie
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Engraving of William Molyneux in full wig and white lace collar c. 1660s Image of the headline to Eamon Darcy's feature in History Ireland: 'A Heap of Rude Materials - William Molyneux and the birth of local Irish history in the age of empires.
November 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
oneplacestudies.bsky.social
It us! 🙌🏻

#OnePlaceStudies, where #FamilyHistory and #LocalHistory unite.
federationfhs.bsky.social Family History Federation @federationfhs.bsky.social · 1d
The Society for One-Place Studies supports and promotes Studies and their owners, and educates the public about the benefits of running One-Place Studies. www.familyhistoryfederation.com/societies-th...
November 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
willardpublib.bsky.social
Join the Southwestern Indiana Historical Society Tue, Nov. 18 at 6:30 PM for “Beulah Gray: Badges of Courage” with Jennifer Greene.
📍Browning Gallery
Free & open to all!
#SWIHS #WillardLibrary #LocalHistory
Alt Text: Event poster for "Beulah Gray: Badges of Courage" featuring medals.
November 11, 2025 at 1:13 PM
colwynbayheritage.bsky.social
The first historical reference to ‘Ros Venych’ was in a charter of 1230 in which Llywelyn sanctions the purchase of the land by Ednyfed. The name was changed to Llandrillo during the reign of Henry VIII. #rhosonsea #llandrilloynrhos #bryneuryn #northwales #wales #localhistory
Prince Llywelyn And Ednyfed Fychan - Colwyn Bay Heritage Group
Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, known as Prince Llywelyn the Great, granted the Abbott and monks the land in Rhos, as well as that in Aberconwy. The first charter was
colwynbayheritage.org.uk
November 11, 2025 at 12:37 PM
pastandotherplaces.bsky.social
Villages, churches and ministers. #Scotland Selective resources relating to those who lived and worked in villages and small towns in lowland rural areas in C19th Scotland.
#FamilyHistory #genealogy #LocalHistory #Churches #Errol #Perthshire 🗃️📚
thepastandotherplaces.wordpress.com/villages-chu...
Villages, churches and ministers
This is a selective list of resources and further reading relating to those who lived and worked in villages in lowland rural areas in Scotland. The parish church dominated social life and villager…
thepastandotherplaces.wordpress.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
inverclydehistory.bsky.social
#OTD #LocalHistory #Inverclyde #Greenock
November 11, 2025 at 8:30 AM
885wfdd.bsky.social
Why is there a Booger Swamp Road in Yadkin County? April Laissle looks at the differing explanations. #WFDD #LocalHistory #YadkinCounty
Carolina Curious: How did Yadkin County’s Booger Swamp Road get its name?
The question has sparked dozens of social media posts. And WFDD's April Laissle discovered that the answer depends on who you ask.
www.wfdd.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
bplmaps.bsky.social
❗Join us this Friday, Nov 14 for our next map collection showing❗

In this installment of From the Vault, we’ll look at maps that demonstrate historic and contemporary shifts to place names.

#bpl #LMEC #maps #bostonmaps #localhistory #bostonhistory #bostonmuseum #thingstodoinboston #bostontourism
November 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
daveshootsbooks.bsky.social
#AsIs #special for a #NewBrunswick #salmon #fisherman: This #book was published in 2001. #Illustrated with #B&W #photos and #illustrations. The previous owner has made many #marks and #notes throughout. If this doesn't bother you, come and get it for $15! #Booksky #LocalHistory #fishing #angling
November 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
daveshootsbooks.bsky.social
Two #LargeFormat #NewBrunswick #military #books: #Fighting26th (1994), and has #B&W #photos and #maps. $225. #NewBrunswickers in the #AirForce (2002) - lots of #photographs and #biographies of the #fliers. $65. #Booksky #RemembranceDay #LocalHistory #SocialHistory #WWI #WWII #BringtheForklift
November 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
daveshootsbooks.bsky.social
We have #JacquesPoitras ' #book and more about the #Irvings:
www.daveshootsbookseller.com/quicksearch/... Save the #shipping and the exchange by picking them up in West #SaintJohn! #Booksky #NewBrunswick #LocalHistory #SocialHistory #NaturalResources #business #oil #lumber
November 10, 2025 at 12:33 PM
inverclydehistory.bsky.social
#OTD #LocalHistory #Inverclyde #Greenock
November 10, 2025 at 8:11 AM
malcolmstoneman.bsky.social
Sutton Heritage Mosaic,
Sutton, #London

A wall mosaic of 1994, by mosaic artists Rob Turner and Gary Drostle. Hand cut and laid by hand by the two artists.

It shows scenes from #localhistory, such as, in the centre, the #Tudor Nonsuch Palace of Henry VIII.

See ALT text for key.

#MosaicMonday
Key. (From left to right) 1. Honeywood House, Sutton's Heritage Centre. 2. The Hannibal Aircraft, synonymous with the former Croydon airport, now the site of Roundshaw estate in Sutton. 3. Beddington Park. 4. The Tudor House, at Cheam. 5. The First Iron Railway, which ran along the River Wandle to transport heavy goods. 6. The Watertower, at Carshalton. 7. Heraldic Antelope, one of the four heraldic beasts linked to prominent families in the borough. This beast comes from the arms of the Carew Family. 8. Heraldic Popinjay, from the arms of the Lumiey, holding the cross of the See of Canterbury, which held Cheam from the time of Canute. 9. A Wandle Mill, originally used in the lavender and agricultural industries of the River Wandle. The mills later became a centre for snuff grinding. 10. Nonsuch Palace, and Park which lay between Cheam and Ewell. The unrivalled palace of Henry Vill as represented in Speed's map of 1610. 11. The Sutton Engine, No.661 here representing the coming of the railways to Sutton and its subsequent development as a suburb of London. 12. Heraldic Lion, from the arms of the Burghersh family, holders of Stone Court in the time of Edward III. 13. Heraldic Greyhound, from the arms of the Gaynesford family, holders of Stone Court in the time of Henry Vi. 14. Carshalton Church, dedicated to All Saints, dates from around the 12th century. 15. Lavender Still, here depicted in one of its earliest forms. This medieval lavender still represents the beginnings of what was to become a great industry in the borough. 16. Whitehall, the thirteenth century Yeoman farmer's house at Cheam. 17. The Oaks, the famous horse race named after the house and founded in 1779. 18. The Cock Inn, The old coaching inn, in the centre of Sutton 19. The Dovecote, which stil stands in the grounds of Carew Manor.
November 10, 2025 at 7:54 AM