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Pam Smith LHG @genejean.bsky.social · 36m

Interesting to know, tempted. I’m juggling subscriptions at the moment. Time to go for some of them.

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Pam Smith LHG @genejean.bsky.social · 39m

Thanks Mike. What’s not to love about the effects of steam locomotion?! 😀👍🚂

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Pam Smith LHG @genejean.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Now you have me considering another rabbit hole! Thank you for your insights. Langton is five miles in distance from Rillington. Also I noticed the spelling variants of de Menyll. There may be a part 2 to this blog. 🤔 #OnePlaceWednesday

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Pam Smith LHG @genejean.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

It does make you wonder? I’m planning to pursue the original medieval record to discover what happened. Intrigued by the question of authority & whether Henry was able to retain his position despite his actions. Some aspects of human behaviour seem remarkably familiar, even after 750 years! 😉

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Society for One-Place Studies @oneplacestudies.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Great to see our website included in the 12 best #HouseHistory websites by @wdytyamagazine.bsky.social. Amongst the 460+ #OnePlaceStudies registered with us by our members are #HouseHistories in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Germany, Spain, USA and Canada. #OnePlaceWednesday

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Pam Smith LHG @genejean.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

🥊 Medieval Fight Night in 13th-century #Rillington? Henry de Menyll reportedly “laid violent hands” on former rector Robert de Okham, then took the Cross. What had happened between them? The records aren’t telling! #OnePlaceWednesday #LocalHistory 🔗 www.rillingtonhistory.com/robert-de-ok...

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Robert de Okham - Rillington History

A faded medieval wall painting, Rillington's first rector and a clerical quarrel that may have ended with a crusading vow. The story of Robert de Okham and Henry de Menyll takes us back to thirteenth ...

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Society for One-Place Studies @oneplacestudies.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

The theme for Day 8 of All About That Place #AATP26, the packed programme for which has already started, is Innovation. Watch the talks (and catch up with those from previous days) on the Society of Genealogists website. #OnePlaceWednesday

All About That Place.
Day 1: Getting Started.
Day 2: Health and Medicine.
Day 3: Tools.
Day 4: Military and War.
Day 5: Work and Fun.
Day 6: Collections and Archives.
Day 7: Changing Places.
Day 8: Innovation.
Day 9: Politics and Rights.
Day 10: Sharing Stories.
Wednesday 7th to Friday 16th October, 2026.
Logos of Society of Genealogists, Society for One-Place Studies, Project Kin, British Association for Local History, A Few Forgotten Women, and Family History Federation.
#AATP26

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Pam Smith LHG @genejean.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Wishing your family well in supporting this special charity. ❤️

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Pam Smith LHG @genejean.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Agreed, and it's a good point to reinforce that there can be a study within a study. It can be stand-alone or part of the bigger family history aspect. #OnePlaceWednesday

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Pam Smith LHG @genejean.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

What did 4d a week buy in Victorian Rillington? Help during sickness, medical care and funeral support—plus a feast day of bands, processions and regalia. My latest blog explores Rillington’s friendly societies. #OnePlaceWednesday 🔗 www.rillingtonhistory.com/a-helping-ha...

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A Helping Hand and a Feast Day: Rillington’s Friendly Societies - Rillington History

In this photograph of Rillington’s Club Walk in 1912, Westgate has been taken over by the occasion. Villagers line the road outside the Fleece Inn, while the men at the centre wear the collars and reg...

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Mish J Holman @mishjholman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Come join me on 30 October for A History of the Census Takers chat party. Please come along and share your stories, talk about the book, and ask questions - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-history-...

An advert for A History of the Census Takers Chat Party on 30 October 2026 at 7pm. Bring snacks, drink, your census stories, and your questions. Via Zoom. The session will be recorded and uploaded to my YouTube channel @Talesof Britain

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Pam Smith LHG @genejean.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Definitely of interest and thank you for thinking of me however, I'm away on half-term duties. Is it recorded?

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Pam Smith LHG @genejean.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

“Nan Pam, have you got any books about the workhouse? It’s for my homework.” Have I? He’s come to the right house. 🤣 📚 📚 📚 Could this be the grandson who takes up my interest in history? Trying not to get ahead of myself. First, the homework. #OnePlaceWednesday

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Pam Smith LHG @genejean.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Really interesting about planting mulberries for silk. We’re proud of ours on Waterside, Knaresborough, reputedly planted by James I. Quite a contrast with the town’s flax and linen heritage! Still fruiting, too. #OnePlaceWednesday

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Pam Smith LHG @genejean.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Did the Civil War pass Rillington by? Not quite. Baptisms become births. Marriage goes civil. Soldiers are active nearby. The King returns & a couple marry “according to the Cannon”. A small Yorkshire village meets national upheaval. #OnePlaceWednesday 🔗 www.rillingtonhistory.com/did-the-civi...

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Did the Civil War Pass Rillington By? - Rillington History

At first glance, the English Civil War seems to have passed Rillington by. There was no battle here, no siege and, as far as we know, no famous commander rode dramatically through the village at the h...

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Society for One-Place Studies @oneplacestudies.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It’s #OnePlaceWednesday! Coming up from us today: ❖ 4 new #OnePlaceStudies ❖ Our OPS blogging & social media prompt for October ❖ The September issue of our journal Destinations ❖ New blog posts from 3 one-place studies ❖ And more! Share your OPS news, views, pics, links and chat with the hashtag!

#OnePlaceWednesday.
Image: Colour photo of part of an old, stone-built country house built in stages over several centuries, some parts of two storeys and others of three, with with varying window and chimney styles. In front of this part of the house is a large, sloping lawn, with a large Cedar of Lebanon tree on the right, and a smaller, deciduous tree (probably a Sycamore or a type of Maple) standing closer to the house, on the left. The pale blue sky above is largely covered by white clouds.
One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.

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Pam Smith LHG @genejean.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Gargoyle or grotesque? Gargoyles carry rainwater; grotesques just sit there looking alarming. This one caught my eye in York Minster’s stonemasons’ yard. Its carver gave the frog a demonic meaning & the fish a Christian one. There are mushrooms in a bag. And who is the little face between his legs?

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Merchant Adventurers’ Hall @merchantshallyork.org · 24/09/2026

We are a very old building. We have lots of keys. We have lots of keys that don’t open anything. Join us for a one off installment of, “Keys of the Merchant Adventurers’ Hall that are pretty but completely useless”. 🔑 🧵

We are looking at two pewter plates with an assortment of large brass and iron keys in various shapes and sizes.

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Pam Smith LHG @genejean.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Indeed! Pardon the pun. I was so lucky to have been given them. No permission required from anyone or anything. OPS gold. #OnePlaceWednesday

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Pam Smith LHG @genejean.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It is hilarious! Singing its little heart out! Regina has had a sense of humour lobotomy.

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Pam Smith LHG @genejean.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

📍On the ground in #Rillington Original chapel deeds, red wax seals, trustees, emigrants and 170 years of Rillington #Methodist history. The latest blog follows the people behind the former Wesleyan Chapel on Low Moorgate. #OnePlaceWednesday 🔗 www.rillingtonhistory.com/methodists-i...

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Methodists in Deeds - Rillington History

On Low Moorgate in Rillington stands a red-brick building with three tall, round-headed windows. Today it is a private home, but for generations it was the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. Its history survi...

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Pam Smith LHG @genejean.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Look forward to the grand reveal Liz!

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Pam Smith LHG @genejean.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

My best move for #Rillington #OnePlaceWednesday? Involving villagers near & far. They talk to me & each other, filling gaps in records. Today brought memories of one of the last trains to stop at Rillington & of Ray Buckton ASLEF shovelling coal for a local driver. www.facebook.com/profile.php?...

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Pam Smith LHG @genejean.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

By 1851 a new community was living around #Rillington Station: former labourers, an ostler, a coach proprietor, railwaymen & families plus a bonesetter! The records prove where they came from & where the railway took them next. 🚂. #OnePlaceWednesday 🔗 www.rillingtonhistory.com/the-new-neig...

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The New Neighbours: Who Came with the Railway? - Rillington History

On 7 July 1845, the York and North Midland Railway opened its new line between York and Scarborough. For Rillington, the railway brought far more than trains passing through the parish. It brought a n...

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Society for One-Place Studies @oneplacestudies.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

It’s #OnePlaceWednesday! Today we’re sharing info on: ❖ 6 new #OnePlaceStudies ❖ An OPS Wordpress plugin ❖ An OPS-themed podcast episode ❖ #31DaysOfGraves in October ❖ Surrey History Centre’s new online catalogue ❖ #HouseHistory resources: St Louis, #Missouri ❖ #AATP 2026 Join in with the hashtag!

#OnePlaceWednesday.
Image: Colour photo of a view looking across a lake. In the foreground are reeds fringing the nearside of the lake. On the far side is sheep pasture, gently sloping upward, with small trees and shrubs dotted along the water's edge, a few more trees in the pasture, and even more trees on the horizon, below a pale blue sky with white cloud.
One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.

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Pam Smith LHG @genejean.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

A village doctor, a mysterious skeleton, two private patients, a “fiery dragon” on the railway and a Victorian with a wonderfully dry sense of humour. Meet Dr Thomas Allanson, who spent more than 50 years watching #Rillington change on #OnePlaceWednesday 🔗 www.rillingtonhistory.com/dr-thomas-al...

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Dr. Thomas Allanson - Rillington History

Some people appear only briefly in the records of a village. Others seem to be everywhere. For more than fifty years, Dr Thomas Allanson was one of the best-known figures in Rillington. He was the vil...

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Pam Smith LHG @genejean.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Totally with you about this summoning.

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Pam Smith LHG @genejean.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Thanks for this post! Lovely to read about one of my favourite places in #Harrogate #RHSHarlowCarr

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Pam Smith LHG @genejean.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

💡When did the lights come on in #Rillington? Electricity didn’t arrive across the village all at once. In 1937, the Parish Council was still asking for the supply to be extended to Rillington Fields. A little investigation … #OnePlaceWednesday #LocalHistory www.rillingtonhistory.com/when-did-the...

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When Did the Lights Come On in Rillington? - Rillington History

Exactly when electricity first reached Rillington has proved surprisingly difficult to establish. We know that it was available in parts of the village by the 1930s, but the evidence suggests that the...

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Pam Smith LHG @genejean.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Astonishing indeed! Great to speak to the locals. They fill in the gaps between records.

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Pam Smith LHG @genejean.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

For anyone who needs to hear this and especially for those who love their rural #OnePlaceStudy on #OnePlaceWednesday

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Pam Smith LHG @genejean.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

☕ A longer #OnePlaceWednesday read today, so put the kettle on. An 1827 memoir takes us inside Rillington’s Bethesda Chapel: its minister George Sykes, the villagers who sought him out, chapel debt, family tragedy and trouble within the congregation. 🔗 www.rillingtonhistory.com/rev-george-s...

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Rev. George Sykes - Rillington History

Today Bethesda Chapel stands quietly on Low Moorgate, its datestone recording the year 1818. It is now a private residence, but two centuries ago this substantial stone building was at the centre of a...

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Pam Smith LHG @genejean.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Rillington is going to #AATP26! 🚂 I’m speaking at All About That Place 2026 with ‘All Change? What Happened When the Railway Came to #Rillington?’ A ten-minute journey through railway arrival, village life and the value of a #OnePlaceStudy. Free and online: 🔗 sog.org.uk/welcome-to-a...

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Welcome to All About That Place - Society of Genealogists

What is All About That Place? A unique free learning event brought to you by the Society of Genealogists, and supported by the Society for One Place Studies, A Few Forgotten Women, British Association...

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Pam Smith LHG @genejean.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Careful. We could Excel at this all day!

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Pam Smith LHG @genejean.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Saw the first episode yesterday evening. Thoroughly enjoyed it. A lovely, quirky house tucked away. Congratulations to Lorna and Megan!

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Pam Smith LHG @genejean.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

That's going some! You're well on your way. I had a big decision, go large and gabble or be ruthless and have pauses for reflection. The latter won! It's more challenging to talk for ten minutes than an hour!

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Pam Smith LHG @genejean.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Looks like today's the day we've all been at it! 👩🏻‍💻🎥🍿 #AllAboutThatPlace #AATP

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Pam Smith LHG @genejean.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Haven't watched it yet but know Lorna Kinnaird and Megan Owens were the genealogists. Lovely to see friends' and colleagues' names up in lights on the credits.

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Pam Smith LHG @genejean.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Recorded and submitted! How are you doing?

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