@nickkingsley.bsky.social
Historian of the country house; archivist; FSA; Chairman of Gloucestershire County History Trust; author of Landed Families blog
There's a new post on my blog concerning an Anglo-Irish family with a seat in Co. Offaly that was rebuilt in the 1890s but burned in the Troubles in 1923: landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2025/11/617-...
November 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
There's a new post on my blog concerning an Anglo-Irish family with a seat in Co. Offaly that was rebuilt in the 1890s but burned in the Troubles in 1923: landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2025/11/617-...
The latest posts on my blog concern a family of Herefordshire gentry who became bankers in the 18th century and barons in the 20th century, and acquired seats in Gloucestershire as well as Herefordshire: landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2025/11/616-... and landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2025/11/616-...
November 5, 2025 at 9:04 AM
The latest posts on my blog concern a family of Herefordshire gentry who became bankers in the 18th century and barons in the 20th century, and acquired seats in Gloucestershire as well as Herefordshire: landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2025/11/616-... and landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2025/11/616-...
Just a quick mention of the fact that my blog (landedfamilies.blogspot.com) will pass a significant milestone in the next day or two: 5 million page-views. From my first post early in 2013 it has been quite a journey!
Landed families of Britain and Ireland
This site, which was short-listed for the Society of Architectural Historians (GB) Colvin Prize in 2019, presents my research into the landowning families of the British Isles and the country houses w...
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October 24, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Just a quick mention of the fact that my blog (landedfamilies.blogspot.com) will pass a significant milestone in the next day or two: 5 million page-views. From my first post early in 2013 it has been quite a journey!
The latest post on my blog concerns a recusant family whose seat in Staffordshire was sacked and burned in the Civil War and eventually replaced by a seat in Sussex, which burned down twice. An unhappy relationship with flames. landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2025/10/615-...
October 23, 2025 at 9:19 AM
The latest post on my blog concerns a recusant family whose seat in Staffordshire was sacked and burned in the Civil War and eventually replaced by a seat in Sussex, which burned down twice. An unhappy relationship with flames. landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2025/10/615-...
The latest post on my blog, concerning the #Bickley family, is a story of 'rags to rags in three generations', with lots of outstanding genealogical puzzles: landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2025/10/614-...
October 9, 2025 at 9:21 AM
The latest post on my blog, concerning the #Bickley family, is a story of 'rags to rags in three generations', with lots of outstanding genealogical puzzles: landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2025/10/614-...
And here's the missing link to my post on the Bickfords of Dunsland and the Cohams (now Coham-Flemings) of Coham House: landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2025/09/613-...
(613) Bickford and Coham (later Dickinson) of Dunsland House and Coham House
Coham of Coham Bickford of Dunsland This post tells the stories of two Devon families, who were linked by marriage and by their successive p...
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October 2, 2025 at 6:57 AM
And here's the missing link to my post on the Bickfords of Dunsland and the Cohams (now Coham-Flemings) of Coham House: landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2025/09/613-...
The latest post on my blog concerns two interlinked Devon families: the Bickfords of Dunsland (whose house passed to the National Trust and burned down just before it was due to open to the public) and the Cohams (now Coham-Flemings) who have been at Coham House for A Very Long Time.
October 2, 2025 at 6:52 AM
The latest post on my blog concerns two interlinked Devon families: the Bickfords of Dunsland (whose house passed to the National Trust and burned down just before it was due to open to the public) and the Cohams (now Coham-Flemings) who have been at Coham House for A Very Long Time.
The draft VCH history of Coates near Cirencester by Alex Craven, with input from Grace Owen, Beth Hartland and Jan Broadway, has been published on the @ihr.bsky.social website: www.history.ac.uk/sites/defaul....
September 20, 2025 at 9:51 AM
The draft VCH history of Coates near Cirencester by Alex Craven, with input from Grace Owen, Beth Hartland and Jan Broadway, has been published on the @ihr.bsky.social website: www.history.ac.uk/sites/defaul....
As a holiday task while in Cornwall last week I have updated an early post on my blog about the #Adams family of Bowden House, #Totnes #Devon with much new genealogical information: landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2013/04/30-a...
(30) Adams of Bowden House, Totnes and Old House, Sydenham
Adams of Bowden House William Adams (1752-1811), a merchant and banker who served several times as Mayor of Totnes and became the town’s MP...
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September 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
As a holiday task while in Cornwall last week I have updated an early post on my blog about the #Adams family of Bowden House, #Totnes #Devon with much new genealogical information: landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2013/04/30-a...
Another new post on my blog, this time about a Welsh family who built a handsome seat in #Pembrokeshire in the early 19th century: landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2025/08/610-...
August 27, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Another new post on my blog, this time about a Welsh family who built a handsome seat in #Pembrokeshire in the early 19th century: landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2025/08/610-...
The latest post on my blog concerns a merchant family from Newcastle, and later London, who had seats in Northumberland and Leicestershire: landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2025/08/609-...
August 23, 2025 at 6:25 AM
The latest post on my blog concerns a merchant family from Newcastle, and later London, who had seats in Northumberland and Leicestershire: landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2025/08/609-...
The latest post on my blog concerns a family who were among the founders of Barclays Bank and last supplied its chairman in the 1980s: landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2025/07/607-...
July 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The latest post on my blog concerns a family who were among the founders of Barclays Bank and last supplied its chairman in the 1980s: landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2025/07/607-...
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July 18, 2025 at 11:22 AM
#Job alert! Come and join us for 12 months in our lovely @chppc.bsky.social team @ihr.bsky.social. We're seeking a fixed-term #Lecturer in Historic Environment, who'll work on @vchlondon.bsky.social projects & more. Closing date 29 August. Please share!
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The latest post on my blog concerns a Shropshire family who held an estate on the edge of Shrewsbury from the 14th to the 19th centuries: landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2025/06/606-...
June 30, 2025 at 6:52 AM
The latest post on my blog concerns a Shropshire family who held an estate on the edge of Shrewsbury from the 14th to the 19th centuries: landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2025/06/606-...
Today has been our 45th wedding anniversary, celebrated with Lobster Thermidor and Strawberries Romanoff. Retro or what? I am a child of my time!
June 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Today has been our 45th wedding anniversary, celebrated with Lobster Thermidor and Strawberries Romanoff. Retro or what? I am a child of my time!
The latest post on my blog concerns a Yorkshire family which has held the same estate since the early 17th century... and are still there, although the great house is now a wedding venue in separate ownership. landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2025/06/604-...
June 8, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The latest post on my blog concerns a Yorkshire family which has held the same estate since the early 17th century... and are still there, although the great house is now a wedding venue in separate ownership. landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2025/06/604-...
My latest posts concern some of the Best families: one of obscure peers with a rather attractive minor seat in Dorset, and the other, who from Yorkshire roots built an estate in Berkshire in the C19.
landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2025/05/602-... and landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2025/05/601-...
landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2025/05/602-... and landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2025/05/601-...
May 15, 2025 at 6:18 AM
My latest posts concern some of the Best families: one of obscure peers with a rather attractive minor seat in Dorset, and the other, who from Yorkshire roots built an estate in Berkshire in the C19.
landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2025/05/602-... and landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2025/05/601-...
landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2025/05/602-... and landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2025/05/601-...
The latest post on my blog concerns a Kentish brewing family with a clutch of seats around Maidstone: landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2025/04/600-...
April 28, 2025 at 9:27 AM
The latest post on my blog concerns a Kentish brewing family with a clutch of seats around Maidstone: landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2025/04/600-...
The latest post on my blog concerns a Scottish family with a seat on the southern edge of the central belt which they seem to have more often let than occupied! landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2025/04/599-...
April 9, 2025 at 12:24 PM
The latest post on my blog concerns a Scottish family with a seat on the southern edge of the central belt which they seem to have more often let than occupied! landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2025/04/599-...
The latest posts on my Landed Families blog concern a family of courtiers with seats around Oxford until the early 20th century: landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2025/03/598-... and landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2025/03/598-...
March 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The latest posts on my Landed Families blog concern a family of courtiers with seats around Oxford until the early 20th century: landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2025/03/598-... and landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2025/03/598-...
The latest post on my blog concerns a family who made their money from a C19 Sheffield brewery and still hold a 1600 acre Yorkshire estate with a comfortable C18 house and a fine folly belvedere tower: landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2025/01/596-...
January 19, 2025 at 10:27 AM
The latest post on my blog concerns a family who made their money from a C19 Sheffield brewery and still hold a 1600 acre Yorkshire estate with a comfortable C18 house and a fine folly belvedere tower: landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2025/01/596-...
The latest piece on my blog concerns a Scottish family with a legal tradition and a seat on the River Tay: landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2025/01/595-...
January 13, 2025 at 9:58 AM
The latest piece on my blog concerns a Scottish family with a legal tradition and a seat on the River Tay: landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2025/01/595-...
My first blog post of 2025 concerns the families of the super-rich newspaper tycoons, the Viscounts Camrose and Kemsley, and their many houses, only one of which remains in their possession today: landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2025/01/594-...
January 6, 2025 at 1:57 PM
My first blog post of 2025 concerns the families of the super-rich newspaper tycoons, the Viscounts Camrose and Kemsley, and their many houses, only one of which remains in their possession today: landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2025/01/594-...
The latest post on my blog tells the rather remarkable story of Richard McCarthy, later Berridge, the son of an Irish soldier who made a fortune in the brewing industry in London and became the largest landowner in Ireland. And who was a serial philanderer.
December 26, 2024 at 7:53 AM
The latest post on my blog tells the rather remarkable story of Richard McCarthy, later Berridge, the son of an Irish soldier who made a fortune in the brewing industry in London and became the largest landowner in Ireland. And who was a serial philanderer.
The latest post on my blog follows the complex story of the junior branch of Berney family in Norfolk and their many houses: landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2024/12/592-...
December 20, 2024 at 6:42 AM
The latest post on my blog follows the complex story of the junior branch of Berney family in Norfolk and their many houses: landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2024/12/592-...