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  1. R Vallentine is advertising his supply of the best manure, and reminds you of the manure to roots to meat to manure circle, meaning you essentially earn your money back! [not sure he’s thought through the repeat business implications of that] #1876OPS #OnePlaceStudies

  2. This year’s parish officers for Wing are Charles Paine and Richard Hedges (overseers), Henry Chas. Adams and W. Underwood (surveyors), and W. Page (constable). #1876OPS #OnePlaceStudies

  3. It’s been snowing in Wing! A snowball fight evolved into a melee (in both day- and night-clothes) and ended up in court – two charged with breaking a window, one charged with assault and breaking a lamp, plus multiple counter-charges of assault. #1876OPS #OnePlaceStudies

  4. Correspondence to the editor continues on the matter of the Provident Dispensary – this week Rev. P.T. Ouvry of Wing has responded to another letter from the former medical officers that criticised the dispensary’s subscriptions and methods. #1876OPS #OnePlaceStudies

  5. The Leighton Provident Dispensary (covering 13 parishes) was the brainchild of Wing’s Rev. P.T. Ouvry, who acts as secretary, and the Baroness de Rothschild #1876OPS #OnePlaceStudies

  6. 📍 Join the One Place Studies Zoom Party!
    Thursday, Feb 5 at 5pm EST (10pm UTC)
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    #Genealogy #OnePlaceStudies #WikiTree

  7. There is to be an auction of 1,000 fine larch and other poles at the end of the month. #1876OPS #OnePlaceStudies

  8. Brickmaker George Truman was sued by the London and North-Western Railway Company for unpaid goods carriage charges, but was able to demonstrate to the judge’s satisfaction that he had in fact paid and the charges were a mistake. #1876OPS #OnePlaceStudies

  9. Another year of the Wing news appearing in the Leighton Buzzard Observer 150 years ago is now completed, view all the #1875OPS news at wing-ops.org.uk/explorations/n #OnePlaceStudies

  10. A list of carriers from Leighton Buzzard to Wing: Dimmock (from Market Place every day), Jane Hart (every day), Eliza Smith (from North Street every Tuesday and Friday), and William Chappell (every Tuesday and Friday) #1875OPS #OnePlaceStudies

  11. The inquest on ten-year-old Amos Bandy has taken place – poor child is believed to have had a fit and knocked his head while falling into the water closet head-first. #1875OPS #OnePlaceStudies

  12. The 2025 #OnePlaceStudies Conference and AGM is just two and a half weeks away! Don’t miss out on this excellent event – for just £10 you can join us as a member, join in with this and our monthly webinars, and enjoy our other membership benefits! #OnePlaceWednesday
    one-place-studies.org/join-us/
    #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #LocalHistory

  13. Mr Cross has presented a paper on the Amazon district of South America to the quarterly meeting of the Bicester and Claydon Schoolmasters and Schoolmistresses Association. #1875OPS #OnePlaceStudies

  14. Corn dealer Joseph Faulkner supplied baker Henry Rogers with flour weekly, and has sued Henry’s father Joseph (proprietor of the Dove Inn) for the outstanding amount of £64 (!) from Dec 1874 (!) #1875OPS #OnePlaceStudies

  15. An advertisement for the auction of the properties of the late Stephen Capp has appeared for the fourth week in a row, promising “full particulars will shortly appear”, but when, pray tell? #1875OPS #OnePlaceStudies

  16. Henry Bolton and Thomas Ginger were both fined for being drunk last month (with Henry also being disorderly in court), and there were around 300 attendees at the Harvest Festival (fed by Mr Whitman). #1875OPS #OnePlaceStudies

  17. The Wing Brass Band performed in the parade of the Clown Cricketers from London, and also during their match against the Leighton Cricket Club. #1875OPS #OnePlaceStudies

  18. The servants at Ascott Estate won their cricket match against the servants of Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild, despite some torrential rain trying to stop play [also your reporter wishes that first initials for player names had been included] #1875OPS #OnePlaceStudies

  19. We have our first registered #OnePlaceStudy in Germany! Xanthe Hall’s Puschkinallee 5, Alt-Treptow One-Place Study (profile page: one-place-studies.org/puschkin) covers a Berlin villa built in 1885/6, with its coach house and garden. Check out the wonderfully detailed OPS WikiTree page wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Puschk on #OnePlaceWednesday! #FamilyHistory #LocalHistory #OnePlaceStudies #Berlin #Germany

  20. David Green and Alfred Denchfield were each fined 2s 6d plus 13s cost for damage done to William Manning’s fence. #1875OPS #OnePlaceStudies

  21. In a cricket match between Rothschild estates, H. Windmill accounted for half of the runs scored by Ascott against Mentmore (however Mentmore won by 7 runs). #1875OPS #OnePlaceStudies

  22. Update to last week’s story – it seems that father and son Joseph and William Brand are mixed up in this by unwittingly conveying the stolen sheep to Dunstable. The prisoner has been committed for trial. #1875OPS #OnePlaceStudies

  23. A young man from Leighton has been accused of stealing three sheep and seven lambs from Thomas Ginger. #1875OPS #OnePlaceStudies

  24. Mr Willison is auctioning 73 acres of good sound grass keeping to 29 September 1875. #1875OPS #OnePlaceStudies

  25. Thomas Woolhead was convicted of being drunk, but said a contributing factor was a man named Roadnight who gave him “a smack of the head” on the way home and made him noisy. #1875OPS #OnePlaceStudies

  26. Putting Your Ancestors in their Place🔗 – the revised and updated guide to #OnePlaceStudies written by @janetfew.bsky.social‬ Janet Few and published by @bluepoppypub.bsky.social ‬Blue Poppy Publishing – will be available in print from 28 March. Wonderful #OnePlaceWednesday news!

  27. Mr George Broom of Ascott has been fined for striking Thomas Dimmock on the head with his driving whip. The assault happened after Thomas defended himself against George’s dog. #1875OPS #OnePlaceStudies

  28. Mr Vallentine and Mr Webster were both mourners at the funeral of their friend Mr Fergus of Linslade. #1875OPS #OnePlaceStudies

  29. On #MapMonday here's part of #Collington, the farming community of which is the subject of our only member-registered #OnePlaceStudy in #Herefordshire, as mapped at 25 inches to the mile by the Ordnance Survey in the 1880s.

    OPS profile page: one-place-studies.org/collingt

    #OnePlaceStudies, where #FamilyHistory and #LocalHistory unite.

  30. For #MapMonday here's an old OS 6-inch map focusing on the #Easton #OnePlaceStudy of our member Jenni Butterworth. It sounds like this area, originally outside the historic boundary of the city of #Bristol, has been a challenging study!

    Profile page: www.one-place-studies.org/easton/

    #OnePlaceStudies #FamilyHistory #LocalHistory

  31. In addition to her #RootsTech presentation #OnePlaceStudies: Studying a Village, @Liz has one with a different #OnePlaceStudy focus: #StreetStudies.

    Find out how Liz is researching the history of her street and its residents—lots of great ideas on how you can do the same for the street where you live, or one that your ancestors inhabited! familysearch.org/en/rootstech/

    #FamilyHistory #LocalHistory #StreetStudy #RootsTech2024 #NotAtRootsTech

  32. On the last possible day to submit a response to the Ministry of Justice's consultation on proposals regarding the retention (actually, in most cases, destruction after digitisation) of post-1858 wills, I have emailed my contribution. I restrained my language as best I could, but the phrases “cringeworthy references," “unforgivable and short-sighted cultural vandalism,” “absurd and frankly elitist notion,” and “naïve proposal” do appear. 😠

    #SaveOurWills #Genealogy #OnePlaceStudies

  33. Are you are going to be a virtual attendee at #RootsTech2024? If so, do watch the two 'On Demand' #OnePlaceStudies presentations by our very own @Liz: Studying a Village, and Studying a Street!

    Info + links: one-place-studies.org/going-to

    #StreetStudies #OnePlaceWednesday

  34. #Valentine was a forename given to several of the #Knightley men of #Fawsley in #Northamptonshire. Here we see the monument (inside Fawsley St Mary's) to Sir Valentyne Knyghtley who died in 1566, and the gravestone (in the churchyard) of Charles Valentine Knightley who died in 1932.

    #FamilyHistory #LocalHistory #OnePlaceStudies #OnePlaceWednesday #ValentinesDay

  35. #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

    #OnePlaceStudies #OnePlaceSport

  36. #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

  37. 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

  38. The Great Western Arcade in Birmingham was built over the Great Western Railway cutting just before Snow Hill Station after it was covered in 1874. The tunnel below is 545m long.
    #oneplacestudies
    #localhistory
    #ancestry
    #BAHL
    #genealogy
    #FamilyHistory
    #agragenealogy

  39. The Great Western Arcade in Birmingham was built over the Great Western Railway cutting just before Snow Hill Station after it was covered in 1874. The tunnel below is 545m long.
    #oneplacestudies
    #localhistory
    #ancestry
    #BAHL
    #genealogy
    #FamilyHistory
    #agragenealogy