Financing roads has always been a challenge for communities & governments. In the 1600s the English started putting up barriers -- turnpikes -- and charging fees. @genejean.bsky.social and @howtoreadthisch.art tell all. N.E. USA still calls toll roads turnpikes. how-to-history.com/2026/05/27/t...
Pam Smith Turnpike roads were a system of road management used in England. They were first established in the seventeenth century but not used extensively until the eighteenth. The first turnpike w…
🧵Standing on the corner of Middleton Avenue and Denton Road in Ilkley is a rare surviving Penfold pillar box, one of the most distinctive Victorian post boxes still in use today. Its designer, John Wornham Penfold, was a prominent architect and founding member of the Royal Institution
Summer on the River Nidd beneath #Knaresborough Viaduct. Places matter because memories happen there. #FamilyHistory #LocalHistory
This set of maps are among my favourite & they're quite different to our OS reprints; they're designed to be used for a key moment & kept as current as possible for operational success.
It's not about finding the nearest cinema or a factory, its about preserving life where possible.
Thinking about this month’s blogging prompt #OnePlaceArchaeology, we had a great tip on Facebook from @genejean.bsky.social: Archaeological watching briefs are a good place to start. Here is a link for North Yorkshire www.northyorks.gov.uk/environment-...
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A fascinating day at #ShibdenHall exploring the world of #AnneLister. Heiress, businesswoman and keeper of famous coded diaries, she challenged expectations from an early age. Dressed in black and wearing a top hat, she was formidable, independent & utterly unapologetic. #FamilyHistory #LocalHistory
Excited for another #BigRedBook focused on #Pocklington in the East Riding of Yorkshire! #LocalHistory #OnePlaceStudy It’s not #Rillington but it's close. 👍😀
After 25 years of researching #Rillington, I am delighted to share that I have been awarded the Licentiateship of @ihgs.bsky.social.
My thesis, “ALL CHANGE”: Railways & Societal Alteration in Mid-C19 Rillington, explores how one parish can reveal wider patterns of social change. #OnePlaceWednesday
On the ground in Rillington.
This eighteenth-century road map shows #Rillington between Malton and Scarborough. Look closely & you’ll spot several small streams, or rills, crossing the route. Roads, water and settlement shaped this landscape long before the railway. #OnePlaceWednesday #LocalHistory
History and Heritage Yorkshire
Advice and information about how we preserve our heritage for future generations.
Alan Godfrey Maps (3,900+ publications and counting!)
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Did your #OnePlaceStudy have a turnpike road? #Rillington did, and part of this old route formed the current A64. #OnePlaceWednesday
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Society for One-Place Studies
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Ouistreham (Pegasus Bridge) 1944.
The thrilling story of D-Day's first action is laid out next to reproductions of the actual maps used on the day. A fascinating overview & discussion on the skill, bravery & luck of those who took part. www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/dday.htm #WWII
Pam Smith LHG
Alan Godfrey Maps (3,900+ publications and counting!)
Right.
That's TWO @vch-home.bsky.social #BigRedBooks submitted to our friends @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social in the last few days, one for the East Riding of Yorkshire, focused on the town of #Pocklington, and the second for #Oxfordshire on the area to the south and west of Chipping Norton. 🗃️
