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Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · 11m

In 1773 all the buildings within the castle walls were demolished & replaced with a courthouse built in Palladian style. The Northernhay & Gardens & Rougemont Gardens surround the castle. The castle was listed as a Scheduled Monument in 1923. /3

Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · 11m

replaced with a curtain wall & substantial gatehouse before 1200. The outer bailey with walls & barbican were probably in existence in 1136 when King Stephen besieged the castle. They were dismantled after 1587. It became a residence during the reign of King John but was in poor condition by 1325./2

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Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · 11m

The Castle Gateway & Athelstan's Tower which form part of Exeter Castle commonly known as Rougemont Castle. Built in 1069 for William I into the northern corner of the Roman city walls under the supervision of Baldwin de Meules who became its first custodian. The original timber stockade was /1

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Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · 8h

The abandoned St. Michael & All Angels Church at Bedham, near Petworth, West Sussex which was built in 1880 & abandoned in 1959. It was used as a school in the week & a church on Sunday. 👇
BBC News - The ghostly abandoned school hidden in Sussex woods - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The ghostly abandoned school hidden in Sussex woods

The ruin of St Michael and All Angels'church and school lies deep in the woods in Bedham.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · 2h

Giles Naish who works at the chocolate factory that his great great grandfather Joseph Rowntree helped to establish. 👇
BBC News - 'I work at York chocolate factory my ancestor founded 130 years ago' - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'I work at York chocolate factory my ancestor founded 130 years ago'

Giles Naish says he is proud of his connection to chocolatier and philanthropist Joseph Rowntree.

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Friends of Lister Lane Cemetery (KAVS) @listerlanecem.bsky.social · 2h

Remembering a few buried in unmarked public graves, who died on this day in:

Edward MacClea, died 1845, aged 36 years, tailor
Mary Ann Moor, died 1857, aged 11 days
Frederick Mitchell Sykes, died 1862, aged 8 months
Elizabeth Boyle, died 1868, aged 7 years
Joseph Aitken, died 1868, aged 5 years

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Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · 18h

Interesting day ghost hunting & tour of St. Olave's Cemetery & York Cemetery with @graveyardsquirrel.com

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Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · 7h

Shafts of late afternoon autumn light & sun rays penetrate through the trees in York Cemetery. An afternoon of looking at the graves & bringing the stories of those here back to life with @graveyardsquirrel.com
The Grade 2 listed York Cemetery opened in 1837 & is administered by the /1

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Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · 4h

I'm drawing inspiration from the scribes of @graveyardsquirrel.com.
I'm trying to think more about the use of vocabulary when posting 😆

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CV5480 @cv5480.bsky.social · 5h

Every so often a census paper throws up an interesting entry.

Harry Houdini and his wife noted in the 1911 census staying in Huddersfield.

#ancestry
#census
#houdini
#musichall

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Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · 7h

York Cemetery Trust with support of the Friends of York Cemetery. It is 24 acres with 124,500 burials & 28,000 graves. /2

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Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · 7h

Shafts of late afternoon autumn light & sun rays penetrate through the trees in York Cemetery. An afternoon of looking at the graves & bringing the stories of those here back to life with @graveyardsquirrel.com
The Grade 2 listed York Cemetery opened in 1837 & is administered by the /1

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Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · 7h

Was Jack Sparrow based on Jack Ward a fish gutter from Faversham, Kent who in the late 16th century became a pirate raiding Spanish ships for gold? 👇
BBC News - Is Jack Sparrow based on a 16th Century Kent pirate? - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Is Jack Sparrow based on a 16th Century Kent pirate?

Jack Ward plundered treasure from the Spanish in the Caribbean in the late 16th Century.

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Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · 8h

A collection of WW2 Home Guard papers belonging to Major James Webster says the men of the Home Guard were highly skilled soldiers according to Suffolk historian Taff Gillingham. 👇
BBC News - WW2 Home Guard soldiers not 'old duffers', says Suffolk historian - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

WW2 Home Guard soldiers not 'old duffers', says Suffolk historian

A collection of papers reveals the volunteer force's extensive training exercises.

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Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · 8h

The abandoned St. Michael & All Angels Church at Bedham, near Petworth, West Sussex which was built in 1880 & abandoned in 1959. It was used as a school in the week & a church on Sunday. 👇
BBC News - The ghostly abandoned school hidden in Sussex woods - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The ghostly abandoned school hidden in Sussex woods

The ruin of St Michael and All Angels'church and school lies deep in the woods in Bedham.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · 8h

St. Peter's Church in Cound, Shropshire are hoping to preserve the medieval Doom or Last Judgement painting which was uncovered in 1891 & is thought not be 600 years old.
#Shropshire 👇
BBC News - Cound church hoping to preserve medieval wall painting - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Cound church hoping to preserve medieval wall painting

The painting depicts Christ judging all souls going to either heaven or hell and was found in 1891.

www.bbc.co.uk

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 1d

By the 1840s, Huddersfield’s Castlegate was a dense, noisy warren of courts, yards, and lodging houses, the town’s poorest quarter, where overcrowding and filth bred disease and despair. Yards had decayed into slum housing; cesspools overflowed, and

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 1d

The second of my coffee-break reads, The Heritage Letter, will be out tomorrow. Sunday mornings are the perfect time to enjoy it — just seven pages, but filled with stories from Yorkshire’s past (and a touch of its present). Available from payhip.com/HistoryandHe... after 10.am #Yorkshire #History

Rocks, Muskets and Floodwaters: The Defence of Heptonstall, November 1643

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Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · 17h

Rarely seen letters & documents from the private collection of famous Irish writer James Joyce go on display at the Museum of English Rural Life. 👇
BBC News - James Joyce's private collection goes on display in Reading - BBC News
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James Joyce's private collection goes on display in Reading

An exhibition of rarely-seen documents belonging to the Irish writer are on display in Reading.

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Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · 17h

Bourne, Lincolnshire holding a Worth Weekend festival to celebrate the bicentenary of the birth of fashion designer Charles Frederick Worth who was born there in 1825. 👇
BBC News - 'Father of haute couture' celebrated in home town
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Fashion designer Charles Worth celebrated in home town of Bourne

Charles Worth was born 200 years ago in Bourne and became the most famous fashion designer of his time.

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Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · 17h

Duchess of York pub partially recreated in new exhibition at Leeds City Museum about 6 decades of music in the city. 👇
BBC News - Leeds venue The Duchess where pre-fame Oasis played is celebrated - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Leeds venue The Duchess where pre-fame Oasis played is celebrated

The Duchess of York in Leeds was once the place to play for bands on the verge of stardom.

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 17h

Useful advice on how to get rid of default AI searches on Google Chrome
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How to Remove AI From Your Google Chrome Experience - Opus

Follow these steps to resist the AI-pocalypse in your everyday web browsing.

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Tee @teebylo.com · 1d

Whiling away an October afternoon among the dead of York with @ancestralenq.bsky.social

🪦 Parish Churchyard of St Olave. York. UK.

#LadyBrigante #DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #TeeAndTombstones #YorkyHistoryLass #FamilyHistorySleuth #Genealogist #StillSleuthing 🔍

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Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · 18h

Interesting day ghost hunting & tour of St. Olave's Cemetery & York Cemetery with @graveyardsquirrel.com

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Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · 18h

Rest in Peace Oscar winning actress Diane Keaton who has died age 79. 👇
BBC News - Actress Diane Keaton dies aged 79, US media report
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Diane Keaton: Oscar-winning actress dies aged 79, US media report

She was best known for roles in films including in The Father of the Bride, The Godfather and Annie Hall.

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