#oneplaceadvent — Public Fediverse posts

#OnePlaceAdvent: document. Not your usual document…one of #Dunster’s doctors, Francis George Hayes, wrote regular newspaper columns reminiscing about his 42 years at Dunster. I’ll be blogging about him in the New Year #OnePlaceWednesday

#OnePlaceAdvent: photo. A mystery photo for you…
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#OnePlaceAdvent: hobby. A photo of #Dunster Association football team, winners of the junior league in 1908! Do you recognise anyone? It would be great if we could put names to faces

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#OnePlaceAdvent: grand house. This is Northanger, #Dunster, c1969. I haven’t yet researched this house or its historical inhabitants. It’s unusual to find a photo of a specific house, so I was pleased to find this one! #OnePlaceStudies

#OnePlaceAdvent: healthcare. #Dunster had its own hospital which was open from 1867-1920. It didn’t just serve Dunster, but surrounding villages too. Read more about it here https://dunsterancestors.co.uk/dunster-hospital/

#OnePlaceAdvent: painting. Did you know that for several years, #Dunster was home to the artist Edward Bearne? His wife Catherine was an accomplished author. Below is a selection of Edward Bearne’s work. He painted in watercolours and oil, and exhibited at the Royal Academy on several occasions, winning the Turner medal. Bearne died in Dunster on 16 April 1913.

#OnePlaceAdvent: winter tradition. Learn more about #Dunster’s celebration of this tradition in my blog post - The Burning of the Ashen Faggot https://dunsterancestors.co.uk/2021/12/21/burning-of-the-ashen-faggot/

#OnePlaceAdvent: food…apples & cider! The word “wassail” is said to come from ‘Waes hael’, a Saxon expression meaning good health. Wassailers sing & make noise in orchards to scare away evil spirits & awaken the apple trees to ensure a plentiful harvest. Article is from 1938 #Dunster

Throwback to visiting St George’s Church in #Dunster and seeing this amazing model church and information on the history of the church and St George #OnePlaceAdvent #OnePlaceStudies

Two very different modes of transport in #Dunster High Street for yesterday’s #OnePlaceAdvent #OnePlaceStudies

#OnePlaceAdvent: occupations. Flashback to some analysis I did on occupations in #Dunster in the 1841 census. I was interested to see how many female employees occupations were recorded. Most men were employed in agriculture & most employed women were servants #OnePlaceWednesday

#AdventCalendar Day 3: water. As part of a scheme of improvements to #Dunster Castle made by (then) owner George Fownes Luttrell, in 1870 an underground reservoir was built which held 40,000 gallons (182,000 litres) of water #OnePlaceStudy #OnePlaceAdvent #OnePlaceWednesday

Day 2 of the #OnePlaceStudy #AdventCalendar is landmark. I’ve chosen Conygar Tower. It was built as a folly to improve the view from #Dunster Castle but I didn’t know until I researched it for my blog that there were other features on the hill too https://dunsterancestors.co.uk/2021/01/27/conygar-tower/ #OnePlaceAdvent

I’ve decided to do a #OnePlaceStudies #AdventCalendar - feel free to join in! Home: cottage on the top was my 3x great grandparents’ home, I was told it was the cottage below but 1910 Valuation Act & censuses proved otherwise. #OnePlaceAdvent #OnePlaceWednesday #Dunster