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Did your #OnePlaceStudy have a turnpike road? #Rillington did, and part of this old route formed the current A64. #OnePlaceWednesday
Thought I knew something about English history but I never heard of Church Courts, which enforced local morality and registered wills. Great resource for genealogists and social historians, as @joesaunders1.bsky.social @howtohistory.bsky.social explain. how-to-history.com/2026/04/29/c...
Joe Saunders In medieval and early modern England the Church, initially the Catholic Church and then Church of England, operated a system of ecclesiastical courts. Such courts, famously called the …
We are pleased to announce that we now run events and tours, including a series of Spring/Summer tours of London. For more information see here: how-to-history.com/events/
We are pleased to announce that we now run events and tours, including a series of Spring/Summer tours of London. For more information see here: how-to-history.com/events/
Any turnpike roads in your #OnePlaceStudy?
#OnePlaceWednesday
Turnpike Roads, by Pam Smith. For historians, turnpikes reveal how people, goods and information moved across the landscape before the arrival of modern transport. how-to-history.com/2026/05/27/t...
Turnpike Roads, by Pam Smith. For historians, turnpikes reveal how people, goods and information moved across the landscape before the arrival of modern transport. how-to-history.com/2026/05/27/t...
Join me for some historic London walking tours.
The first one on London's pubs is next week!
More will be added over time & listed on How-to History. Pubs, execution sites, Roman London, & early modern food tours are currently on sale. I'm excited to share my London with you. #earlymodern
I had been wondering where local church records could be found - this has given me the nudge to locate the ones relevant to my home county of Nottinghamshire
Here is the University of Nottingham's Archdeaconry archive:
www.nottingham.ac.uk/manuscriptsa...
Turnpike Roads, by Pam Smith. For historians, turnpikes reveal how people, goods and information moved across the landscape before the arrival of modern transport. how-to-history.com/2026/05/27/t...
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Tours Historic London Pubs Tour London, England Tickets Great Fire of London Walking Tour London, England Tickets London’s Lost Execution Sites London, England Tickets London’s Food His…
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Tours Historic London Pubs Tour London, England Tickets Great Fire of London Walking Tour London, England Tickets London’s Lost Execution Sites London, England Tickets London’s Food His…
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…
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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…
Tomorrow I'm leading a tour of London's historic pubs. There will be drinking, stories, & walking. Thank goodness it will be a little cooler. If you do find yourself free in the afternoon & want to join last minute, please do. Ping me a message here & I'll let you know the meeting spot. Cost, £12.
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…
