Blog entries for 2023

Dusnton House as seen in c.1798.

The Dunston Estate

I have mentioned Dunston House/Estate before, however in preparing for a new historical plaque to mark the location of the site I have been conducting more research. This post documents some of that research. Please do note this is a brief account and some details may be left out. I plan to continue the research […]

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The old Thatched Cottages on Chapel Street in Thatcham, c.1920.

Listed, Lasted, Lost (part 2)

In the previous post we looked at what listed building means and a few examples. I will post more on these buildings in Thatcham in future posts. Just the same as you can have a building listed you can apply to have a listed building removed, or rather delisted. A building that is on the

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