Booksonspain · @Booksonspain
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Glorious, cold, misty morning on the Greenway in between and . 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.

#today #OldnallEnd #BalsallCommon #burtongreen #OnePlaceStudy #OnePlaceStudies #warwickshire #berkswell #localhistory #photo #FieldPhoto

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Booksonspain · @Booksonspain
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It’s and I’m 2 weeks (ok, 8 years) into a of (now in and ) in . For my first mini project, I’ve been identifying all the plots in the 1839 and entering them on this Google Maps layer, with notes & (from today) photos. It’s a bit rough, but it’s starting to look like something! Any advice more than welcome :)
google.com/mymaps/viewer?mid=1

#OnePlaceWednesday #OnePlaceStudy #OldnallEnd #berkswell #BalsallCommon #warwickshire #TitheMap

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Booksonspain · @Booksonspain
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@SocOnePlaceStudies thank you so much! “My” hamlet is Oldnall End, which is now in and - I’m not sure yet exactly what its boundaries were, or how much of an identity it had outside tax and property transactions, but I’m looking forward to figuring it out! I can already see it’s going to be hard to stop at just one, but I will be strong :)

#berkswell #BalsallCommon

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