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Liz Craig

@willsmanonename.bsky.social

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Tracing my #FamilyHistory in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 & 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Passionate about #OnePlaceStudies, #LocalHistory & cats. Practicing my photography skills. Usually only follow history accounts! My websites & socials 👉🏻 https://linktr.ee/WillsmanOneNa

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Liz Craig @willsmanonename.bsky.social · Nov 10

My research interests: #StreetStudy of St Ronan’s Avenue in #Southsea
#OnePlaceStudies of #Sudbourne & The Temple Lodge Home for Inebriate Women in #Torquay
#OneNameStudy of Willsman & variants Welsman & Wellsman.
Interested in #genealogy, social history, medical history & women’s history
#GenHour

St Ronan’s Avenue at night, decked with red, white and blue bunting following a street party

Sudbourne church, with gravestones of the Keer and Raymer families in the foreground

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Liz Craig @willsmanonename.bsky.social · 17h

Look after yourself 💐

Liz Craig @willsmanonename.bsky.social · 17h

Transcription of the 1st of 3 #Sudbourne school log books is complete! 🥳 I'm double-checking the transcript prior to publication. Transcription of the 2nd log book is well underway #OnePlaceWednesday

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Liz Craig @willsmanonename.bsky.social · 18h

If any one-placers are planning to attend the Guild of #OneNameStudies conference in Portsmouth, let me know - let’s have a #OnePlaceStudies meet up! #OnePlaceWednesday

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Liz Craig @willsmanonename.bsky.social · 18h

Booking for the Guild of #OneNameStudies 2026 conference is now open! There’s often some overlap between #OnePlaceStudies & #OneNameStudies. Even if you’re not a one-namer, the topics are relevant to anyone interested in #FamilyHistory or #LocalHistory
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#OnePlaceWednesday

Guild Conference 2026

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Steve Jackson @atcherleyons.bsky.social · 1d

#OnePlaceWednesday + #31DaysOfGraves Day 8: Glass

Stained glass window in the chancel of St Mary’s church at Fawsley, my local #OnePlaceStudy, “erected in memory of Sir Charles and Lady Knightley By a grateful Tenantry” in 1866. With closer views of Sir Charles K & Lady Selina Mary K, née Hervey.

Five images combined, on a black background. In the centre is the a glass window in its entirety. Top left: A closer view of the bottom left pane of the window, depicting Sir Charles Knightley, facing right, his hands closed in prayer. Bottom left: An even closer view of the top part of the same pane, showing the head of Sir Charles. Top right: A closer view of the bottom right pane of the window, depicting Lady Selina Mary Knightley, facing left, her head bowed and hands closed in prayer. Bottom left: An even closer view of the top part of the same pane, showing the head of Lady Selina.

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Liz Craig @willsmanonename.bsky.social · 18h

How beautiful! I’ll have to go to the museum when I visit #Totnes. I’ve only visited Totnes briefly, to photograph the war memorial which commemorates a man in my #OneNameStudy, but it’s a lovely place & I’d like to go back. This was the mermaid of #Zennor (various incarnations!) last week

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Liz Craig @willsmanonename.bsky.social · 18h

I like the way they’re coming out of the ‘roof’ of the grave!

Liz Craig @willsmanonename.bsky.social · 23h

Turquoise glass cross on a grave for #31DaysOfGraves a day 8: glass

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Liz Craig @willsmanonename.bsky.social · 1d

An angel of a different kind, for day 7 of #31DaysOfGraves 🪽

Liz Craig @willsmanonename.bsky.social · 1d

Several members of my family are buried in this grave. The angel towers over the surrounding graves. My grandmother joked that it reminded her of the grave that Del Boy & Rodney had installed for theirmim on Only Fools & Horses 🫣 IYKYK
#31DaysOfGraves Day 2: angel