Society for One-Place Studies 1⃣🏘️🔎 Cristina As with any OPS you’ll need to consider how you will access the records you need. The records you need will depend on the goals of your OPS, what you want to find out etc #OnePlaceWednesday

Although these Ramsons (photographed yesterday) were not in a #OnePlaceStudy , they reminded me of Tyneham | Where time stopped in 1943 OPS. A pre-war pupil's essay displayed in the schoolroom there years ago described how hens laid eggs tasting of garlic after eating Ramsons leaves! #OnePlaceWednesday

There are many different ways to tackle #OnePlaceStudies . In the early stages, it's helpful to set boundaries (of the place being studied, and the core time period) and achievable goals. A mini-project can give you a starting point from which your OPS can grow. #OnePlaceWednesday

Reflecting on a month of #OnePlaceStudy blog posts for the #AToZChallenge on #OnePlaceWednesday !

spent Monday and Tuesday this week working on new/updated pages for the #GreatPackington #OnePlaceStudy website (apprenticeships & religion).
Attending a day of online talks for Strathclyde Institute for Genealogical Studies students today! Great week so far! 😊
#genealogy #familyhistory #OnePlaceWednesday

It's #OnePlaceWednesday and #Staffordshire Day ! Check out the #OnePlaceStudies in the county registered by our members: one-place-studies.org/staffordshire/

Is there a place in #Staffordshire with #LocalHistory of particular interest to you, or which is significant in your #FamilyHistory ?

Shipdham Church, Norfolk with its 18th century top-knot.

Happy #MayDay 💐
Now is the season for picking posies.
#medieval misericord from the “labours of the month” series in St Mary’s, Ripple. #woodensday

This #StaffordshireDay explore an incredible range of historical views of the county. And remember, some of these will be on display in the brand new Staffordshire History Centre when it opens later this year. staffspasttrack.org.uk

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Did you know that King James I was brutally murdered at Blackfriars on what is now the site of an unassuming pub? Find out more in our brand new sheet map of Perth and Scone — our first in Scotland — when it hits the shelves on 11 May. We can't wait!

#OnePlaceWednesday Holland Marsh, Ontario
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#OnePlaceStudy #Genealogy #CollaborativeGenealogy

We have a newly-registered #OnePlaceStudy in #Leicestershire to announce on #OnePlaceWednesday ! Melanie Caldicott's interest in this place began with the Caldecott family who lived at Catthorpe Manor—now she is studying the whole village. 💚

Profile page: one-place-studies.org/catthorpe/

Traditionally, on May Day, celebrations included dancing around the maypole and crowning a May Queen. 🌺

The earliest recording of dancing around the Maypole was in Wales in the 14th century, and this tradition soon spread.

📷 Thaxted, Essex, between 1947-1955.

Coming up on 17 May, an online event from Somerset Archives with the VCH_Somerset county editor, Mary Siraut. Details in the link:

swheritage.org.uk/events/coffee-…

The old vicarage that faces on to All Saints Church, Claverley, Shropshire.

“An interesting C15 house with original beamed ceilings and evidence of the original screen. Its picturesque end gable ... is Elizabethan or Jacobean.” (Pevsner)

#windowsonwednesday

The crowning of May kings and queens, and the setting up of a decorated May tree, or Maypole, around which people danced remains a popular custom in some villages around the country. Two of the most well known/tallest poles are in Yorkshire at Nun Monkton and Barwick-in-Elmet

Pupils from St. George's School, Altrincham, dancing around the maypole in 1912.
Trafford Local Studies collection, cat. ref. TL0404
#Altrincham #MayDay #Maypole #localhistory

Hutcheson Sq, 1928
Playground and tenements Archives Ref: D-CA 8/1557

A recurring question: how do you start a #OnePlaceStudy ? Check out the excellent answers to Cristina Cristina's query, and maybe add your own?

Incidentally, we think @JulieGoucher (Sutera, Sicily OPS) will be very interested in this! #OnePlaceWednesday

A recently donated image of Low Moorgate #Rillington #OnePlaceStudy shows many landmarks. Grade II Holly House on the right, Teapot Row on the far left and the massive beech tree only recently removed. The first post office & shop in the middle. So many clues. #OnePlaceWednesday