Tony
@tony-colnbrook-ops.bsky.social
Colnbrook is a small village on an important road. Running Colnbrook One-Place Study & working on website for same.
Blogging prompts…. Soon to be another shipwrecked New Year’s resolution. #OnePlaceStudies.
December 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Blogging prompts…. Soon to be another shipwrecked New Year’s resolution. #OnePlaceStudies.
More like straight into the 1881 Census where at least two enumerators took a different route. After that I can start matching properties. #OnePlaceStudies.
December 17, 2025 at 11:28 AM
More like straight into the 1881 Census where at least two enumerators took a different route. After that I can start matching properties. #OnePlaceStudies.
Also the last day for me in the archives for 2025. Great minds think alike! #OnePlaceStudies will continue over the break with the joys of data entry. Merry Christmas to all.
December 17, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Also the last day for me in the archives for 2025. Great minds think alike! #OnePlaceStudies will continue over the break with the joys of data entry. Merry Christmas to all.
Joiners apprentice. Similar to a carpenter. Probably got another two years of the apprenticeship to go. A seven year apprenticeship is not unusual, from 14 to 21 years.
December 9, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Joiners apprentice. Similar to a carpenter. Probably got another two years of the apprenticeship to go. A seven year apprenticeship is not unusual, from 14 to 21 years.
In Bucks, from 1908, there was a Compensation Board that paid out when inns & beer houses were closed by the Justices. The reports would say how many people per pub in a village. And the distance between pubs. Temperance societies were angry about the payments. Some inns became temperance hotels.
December 8, 2025 at 11:11 PM
In Bucks, from 1908, there was a Compensation Board that paid out when inns & beer houses were closed by the Justices. The reports would say how many people per pub in a village. And the distance between pubs. Temperance societies were angry about the payments. Some inns became temperance hotels.
There was Chiltern Hills Temperance Association lead by Constance Lady Battersea, she was daughter of Anthony Rothschild of Aston Clinton. Her speeches were reported in local newspapers. Did a lot getting alternatives to pubs in small villages. I think her diaries are in the British Library
December 8, 2025 at 11:11 PM
There was Chiltern Hills Temperance Association lead by Constance Lady Battersea, she was daughter of Anthony Rothschild of Aston Clinton. Her speeches were reported in local newspapers. Did a lot getting alternatives to pubs in small villages. I think her diaries are in the British Library
Longford had an early Quaker Meeting House & burial ground, the cottage still exists. The proximity of the county boundary being an important factor when being persecuted by the Middlesex Justices #OnePlaceWednesday
December 3, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Longford had an early Quaker Meeting House & burial ground, the cottage still exists. The proximity of the county boundary being an important factor when being persecuted by the Middlesex Justices #OnePlaceWednesday
Give some love to Longford #One-PlaceStudy as important work is being done recording the history of the hamlet before it is demolished by Heathrow’s unnecessary third runway and corporate greed.
December 3, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Give some love to Longford #One-PlaceStudy as important work is being done recording the history of the hamlet before it is demolished by Heathrow’s unnecessary third runway and corporate greed.
Lady Julia Inglefield’s work was reported in S Bucks newspapers as she attempted to get employers to take on male workers. The Belgians were living in poverty while in UK. She also attempted to divorce her husband.
December 3, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Lady Julia Inglefield’s work was reported in S Bucks newspapers as she attempted to get employers to take on male workers. The Belgians were living in poverty while in UK. She also attempted to divorce her husband.
Take care and switch off the alarm clock ⏰
December 2, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Take care and switch off the alarm clock ⏰
Sounds like the right time to ask for an extra Xmas present 🎁
November 30, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Sounds like the right time to ask for an extra Xmas present 🎁
Probably explains why my #OnePlaceStudy is doing well!
November 24, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Probably explains why my #OnePlaceStudy is doing well!
#OPSconf25 Thank you for an inspiring day. 👍
November 23, 2025 at 12:18 AM
#OPSconf25 Thank you for an inspiring day. 👍
The errors in the London parishes are can be seen before the Ancestry executives land at Heathrow. The adjacent parish of Stanwell is not in the Borough of Richmond. While Harmondsworth, the parish the aircraft touches down, has one film in reverse order. Problems before their luggage is found!
November 21, 2025 at 12:26 AM
The errors in the London parishes are can be seen before the Ancestry executives land at Heathrow. The adjacent parish of Stanwell is not in the Borough of Richmond. While Harmondsworth, the parish the aircraft touches down, has one film in reverse order. Problems before their luggage is found!
I did not order any Wills for Colnbrook #OnePlaceStudy There are other sources like Lloyd George Finance Act, Land Tax, Tithes, & Water Rates can give ownership information.
November 20, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I did not order any Wills for Colnbrook #OnePlaceStudy There are other sources like Lloyd George Finance Act, Land Tax, Tithes, & Water Rates can give ownership information.
For all Buckinghamshire people in WWI, Buckinghamshire Remembers is a good place to start.
November 14, 2025 at 12:07 AM
For all Buckinghamshire people in WWI, Buckinghamshire Remembers is a good place to start.
Time Team is alive and well living on YouTube with some of the old faces and a lot of archeology. 😁
November 12, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Time Team is alive and well living on YouTube with some of the old faces and a lot of archeology. 😁
Machine learning using one’s own data, like astronomy is acceptable as it is their own data. This research is also being compromised by Starlink’s hundreds of satellites circling the Earth 🌍
November 5, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Machine learning using one’s own data, like astronomy is acceptable as it is their own data. This research is also being compromised by Starlink’s hundreds of satellites circling the Earth 🌍
Artificial Intelligence using the Large Language Model is a whole industry based on theft. Which is one of the reasons I do not modernise the spelling used in transcribed Wills & Deeds for Colnbrook #OnePlaceStudy
November 5, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Artificial Intelligence using the Large Language Model is a whole industry based on theft. Which is one of the reasons I do not modernise the spelling used in transcribed Wills & Deeds for Colnbrook #OnePlaceStudy
The same can be said about Coleshill Hertfordshire between Amersham and Beaconsfield. A place of refuge from the Buckinghamshire Justices of the Peace.
November 4, 2025 at 7:12 AM
The same can be said about Coleshill Hertfordshire between Amersham and Beaconsfield. A place of refuge from the Buckinghamshire Justices of the Peace.
Archivists count in folios, just to confuse ordinary folk.
October 31, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Archivists count in folios, just to confuse ordinary folk.