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Oldnall End One Place Study

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January 6, 2024January 6, 2024 Kirsty

One Year On: A One-Place Reflection

December 4, 2023December 4, 2023 Kirsty

The joy of probate inventories, or, a glimpse of 17th- and 18th-century life at the Brickies

November 11, 2023 Kirsty

Update! The Mystery House is now the slightly-less-mysterious house

September 6, 2023 Kirsty

Cottages for the win, or, moving to a new phase of the project

August 30, 2023August 30, 2023 Kirsty

Roll up, roll up, and join the experiment to find out if I can write a house history in less than 20,000 words…

June 21, 2023June 21, 2023 Kirsty

Oldnall End and the Canal that Wasn’t

May 24, 2023May 25, 2023 Kirsty

A walk along one of Berkswell’s oldest roads: Barretts Lane

March 22, 2023March 22, 2023 Kirsty

Now you see it… on the hunt for the mysterious Garlington House

January 25, 2023January 25, 2023 Kirsty

“Putting on the Local History Goggles,” or, in search of two lost cottages

Balsall Common Barretts Lane Barretts Lane Farm Berkswell Berkswell Manor Brickmakers Arms Catherine Barratt Court rolls Docker family Dockers Lane Garden House Garlington Meadow Goodall family History House History Housing development HS2 Job Findon John Whitehead Kelsey family Land tax London and Birmingham Railway Malthouse Manor Cottage Manorial records Mastodon Oldnall End Oldnall End Piece Old Waste Lane Penelope Reader Photography Probate Inventories Ram Hall Reader Family Samuel Reader Society for One-Place Studies Spencers Lane Station Road Survey of English Place Names Tithe Apportionment Village Farm Walking Watson family William Reader Yew Tree House

  • A Two-Year, One-Place Reflection: 2024 in ReviewJanuary 27, 2025
    Can it really be two years since I bit the bullet and registered my one-place study of Oldnall End with the Society for One-Place Studies? It’s been a great adventure discovering all sorts of new… Read more: A Two-Year, One-Place Reflection: 2024 in Review
  • One Year On: A One-Place ReflectionJanuary 6, 2024
    Exactly one year ago today I wrote my first blog about my new one-place study of Oldnall End in Warwickshire. I had a double motivation. On the one hand, I wanted to capture the stories… Read more: One Year On: A One-Place Reflection
  • The joy of probate inventories, or, a glimpse of 17th- and 18th-century life at the BrickiesDecember 4, 2023
    I’ve had a lovely day today finishing off the history page for the 17th-century farmhouse on Station Road which we know today as the Brickmakers’ Arms, or the Brickies. It’s part of my project to… Read more: The joy of probate inventories, or, a glimpse of 17th- and 18th-century life at the Brickies
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