I’m Kirsty Hooper, a local historian living in Warwickshire, England. This website grew out of my fascination with the tangible and intangible traces of other lives in the landscape around me. I’m proud to be a member of the Society for One-Place Studies, where you can find out more about One-Place Studies and visit registered studies all over the world.

I’m a professional writer, researcher and genealogist – learn more about me and my work at KH Genealogy & Research Services. My background is as a Hispanist and historian, and I’m currently writing a book about London’s 19th-century Spanish community.

What brings me joy: following footpaths, getting lost in old maps and newspapers, making music, stepping into new linguistic worlds (Galician, Spanish, Polish, Ukrainian, Swedish), delving into Jungian psychology, playing my cornet and flugelhorn, wrangling cats …