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A field seen on a walk near Plumstead, Norfolk, UK. Like many villages around here, it traces its history back to the Domesday Book of 1085. The name means "plum-tree place." I didn't see any of those, but there are a few sweet chestnuts! 
#NorfolkHistory #UKHeritage #Norfolkcounty.

A field seen on a walk near Plumstead, Norfolk, UK. Like many villages around here, it traces its history back to the Domesday Book of 1085. The name means "plum-tree place." I didn't see any of those, but there are a few sweet chestnuts! 
#NorfolkHistory #UKHeritage #Norfolkcounty.

One time I started a blog that was going to be posts about what I style 'folk history': little essays on the stories I've uncovered in my (entirely hobbyist) researches into folk belief, local history, and the more interesting bits of my family history, against a background of social history of the times.

Typically of me, I set it all up, got one post in, and never wrote anymore. But since people seem to like that sort of thing on here, maybe I'll resurrect it?

For what it's worth, this is that one post, a story of my direct ancestor and the convict transports of the 1830s (which I optimistically styled 'part 1 of 2'): https://pastpathways.wordpress.com/2021/07/12/a-transportation-story-part-1-the-cattle-thief/

#ancestry #genealogy #FamilyHistory #SocialHistory #FolkHistory #EnglishHistory #AustralianHistory #ConvictTransports #CrimeHistory #CrimeAndPunishment #19thCentury #Geneadons #PatrickFamily #Norfolk #NorfolkHistory