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Black Boy Lane, N15, in Tottenham, Haringey, is set to be renamed after the poet and activist John Rose in the New Year.
The change was decided after some people objected to the racial connotations of the original street name.
The Black Boy in question is thought to be a…
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My #countryhousepic today shows Claughton Manor House, Birkenhead, built before 1836 for Sir William Jackson MP, the principal developer of the town of Birkenhead, and designed by Charles Reed (later Verelst). It was occupied by the Jacksons until 1930 and demolished soon after.
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I've been looking at Victorian slum housing in Bridgend.
"Near the toll-bar is Irish Court, so-called for its inhabitants. At its entry is an open and very offensive dung-heap."
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George T Clark Sanitation Report of Bridgend • 1849 🚾
#Wales #History
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Vicars' Close in Wells, Somerset, just beside the cathedral. The oldest Medieval residential street in England. "A planned street from the mid-14th century." Absolutely incredible.
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We love this blog - a mix of family history, place history and suffrage history - because it demonstrates how a place, or address can be a tool for understanding the past.
@HouseHistoryHr @HouseHistorian @OnePlaceStudies (and a bonus for @PostalHealth).
Our new blog 'The Suffragette in my House' written by the fabulous Isabeau is out! Please like & share to promote youth voices in the learning & telling of suffrage stories. mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk… Thanks to Isabeau, the Kemp & Baldock families & @JennyGodfrey19
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Nelly, just one of the people getting a mention in Loughborough Road Histories talk on 30 Nov @VanGoghLondon. There’ll be bits of #pubhistory #househistory #musichall and other early 20th c. women of Loughboro’ Road. Donations for the talk for Nelly’s grave plaque.
Join Loughborough Road Histories' @RoadSw9 talk on Orchid painter Nelly Roberts! 30th Nov, online! And free! 🌸
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37 Grove Road, Acton over a century apart…
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Don't forget to post your memories of the Square. oursquare.huddersfieldhistor… @HuddExposed @discover_hudds @HistoryatHud @gcHist @kirkleescollege
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🙏🙏 @BALHNews for featuring our Loughborough Road Histories book published by @BrixtonSociety
For a bit more of our #localhistory, join us 7pm, 30 Nov. for a virtual book launch and talk eventbrite.co.uk/e/loughboro….
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Posing for the photographer in Buxton Road,Furness Vale. The haberdasher's shop has a sun blind to protect the window display. In the background are Longden's grocery shop and corn store. In the distance,the school can be seen. #Derbyshire #Furness Vale
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Godolphin Road, looking up to Shepherds Bush in the 1930s.
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Jackson's butcher shop in Furness Vale decorated for the 1953 Coronation
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#Otd in 1823 Sir Joseph Paxton, who would go on to become one of Britain’s best-known gardeners and architects, entered the #Chiswick Horticultural Society’s gardens as a labourer. He falsified his age by 2 years, implying extra schooling. brentfordandchiswicklhs.org.… #GardenHistory
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An enormous thank you to Jane from @UkNatArchives for her staff pick of 'House Histories' which featured in the latest newsletter! Thank you 😀 #househistories #househistory #books @TheHistoryPress
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#househistoryhour It looks like a Georgian frontage, but inside there are several different levels and it's joined onto a medieval hall house - I wonder if the wing of the hall house burnt down and was rebuilt as a smarter house. Any insights?
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Exciting news! The #OnePlaceStudies Project on #WikiTree has recently come under new leadership, and the outdated exclusion of #StreetStudies and #HouseHistories has been lifted! Stay tuned from more exciting news from the Project Leaders in future updates!
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Had a great time recently chatting all things #househistories with #AHouseThroughTime and fellow house historian @HouseHistorian for the @HistFestBucks run by @BucksArchives You can listen to our podcast here histfestbucks.co.uk/2021/11/…
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Shad Thames showing warehouses connected across the street by wooden bridges, 1906
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#London #Docks #Edwardian #1900s #1906
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Down Memory Lane: Community & Change in a London Street, by Stephanie White. A fascinating #StreetHistory from the point of view of the residents of Wilmington Avenue, #Chiswick, about their lives during the 1930s, WW2 & the post war decades to the present brentfordandchiswicklhs.org.…
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Back @LambethArchives today. Land owners and street builders found today through lease agreement and checking on dates of a few shops. Still get excited when a lease doc has a plan drawing #househistory #streethistory #oneplacestudy #archives
