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Society for One-Place Studies May 21, 2025

Lanes and Roads of Oldnall End🔗 on the website for the #OnePlaceStudy of #OldnallEnd looks at the origins, history and properties of this place’s ancient lane and road system. Naturally, the #OnePlaceCensus features! Well worth a look on #OnePlaceWednesday.

Lanes and Roads of Oldnall End

Lanes and Roads of Oldnall End

The ancient lane and road system of Oldnall End remains virtually unchanged today, although some long unnamed lanes have gained a name (or even several) over time. The map below shows the hamlet&#8…

Oldnall End One Place Study

Kirsty Hooper Jan 6, 2024

It's my #OnePlaceStudy blog's first birthday! Today I've been reflecting on what I've learned in a joyous year of researching #OldnallEnd - and where I want to go next. Huge thanks to everyone who's shared this #OnePlaceStudies #LocalHistory journey so far!
https://oldnallend.uk/2024/01/06/one-year-on-a-one-place-reflection/

One Year On: A One-Place Reflection

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 and histori…

Oldnall End One Place Study

Kirsty Hooper Sep 6, 2023

It's #OnePlaceWednesday and I've blogged - follow the link to read my reflections on moving to a new phase of my #OnePlaceStudy, focusing on #HouseHistory (and three new house histories as well!) #LocalHistory #OldnallEnd #Genealogy
https://oldnallend.uk/2023/09/06/cottages-for-the-win/

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

One of my biggest challenges is knowing when to stop researching and start writing. I love digging into archives and documents, piecing the evidence together, and crafting the stories that emerge &…

Oldnall End One Place Study

Kirsty Hooper Aug 30, 2023

It's #OnePlaceWednesday and I've blogged! I challenged myself to write a concise #HouseHistory of one of the cottages in my #OldnallEnd #OnePlaceStudy and this is the result: https://oldnallend.uk/2023/08/30/roll-up-roll-up-and-join-the-experiment-to-find-out-if-i-can-write-a-house-history-in-less-than-20000-words/

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

I love house histories – researching them, writing them, reading them. In working on the history of my own house, I’ve found Gillian Tindall’s The House by the Thames and the Peop…

Oldnall End One Place Study

Kirsty Hooper Aug 3, 2023

New instance, new #introduction, so hello (again)! I'm Kirsty and you'll find me talking here about #FamilyHistory #LocalHistory #HouseHistory #OnePlaceStudies, especially my #OnePlaceStudy of #OldnallEnd in #Warwickshire. I specialise in the history of #Hispanic communities in the UK & I'm currently finishing a book about London's 19th-century Spanish community. I visited #Ardnamurchan #Scotland this summer & this #photo of #Kilmory beach shows you why I didn't want to come home :)

Booksonspain Feb 8, 2023

#today was a glorious morning so I walked through #OldnallEnd to #Berkswell. On the way I passed through what in 1839 was called Ram Field. I think its new residents might have something to say about that name!

#OnePlaceStudies #OnePlaceWednesday #LocalHistory #Warwickshire #TamworthPig #Walking #Pig

Booksonspain Jan 25, 2023

I #blogged! "Putting on the local history goggles...", a reflection on visiting the site of some lost cottages in our local park.
https://oldnallend.uk/2023/01/25/putting-on-the-local-history-goggles-or-in-search-of-two-lost-cottages/

#OnePlaceWednesday #OldnallEnd #Berkswell #Warwickshire #OnePlaceStudies #LocalHistory

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

Oldnall End One Place Study

Booksonspain Jan 21, 2023

Glorious, cold, misty morning #today on the Greenway in #OldnallEnd between #BalsallCommon and #BurtonGreen. The trees on the horizon form the boundary between fields that in 1839 were called Middle Close and Far Close, named for their position in relation to a farmstead now long gone.

#OnePlaceStudy #OnePlaceStudies #Warwickshire #Berkswell #LocalHistory #Photo #FieldPhoto

Booksonspain Jan 13, 2023

Inspired by this week's walks, #today I went to the #library and picked up all these fab #books about #Berkswell. I read them all when I first moved here, but now I've learned more about our #LocalHistory it's like meeting old friends. Libraries ROCK.

#OldnallEnd #OnePlaceStudy
#OnePlaceStudies #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #Warwickshire