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Linda Hardy
@lindahardy.bsky.social
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English born Australian
My interests: Genealogy mostly researching in England
loves old buildings, thatched cottages, architecture and history, photography, animals, nature, gardens, the sea, books
Location: Queensland, Australia
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The Dutch House, Kew Palace
#London #Walking #HistoricRoyalPalaces #ThamesPath #Photo
Photo showing a 17th century mansion build in red brick, the surviving portion of a royal palace. It’s late autumn, and tree branches frame the top edge of the photo with remnants of leaves and seeds. The sky is overcast.
December 9, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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Greenland Dock at Rotherhithe dates from the end of the 17th century when it was created as the Howland Wet Dock. In the 18th century it became a centre of the whaling trade and was renamed Greenland Dock. It later became part of the Surrey Commercial Docks.
December 9, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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An excellent terrace of 18th century roughcast and thatched cottages in Little Barford, Bedfordshire 🤩
Now and in c.1905
(Archive image from st-neots.ccan.co.uk/content/cata...).
December 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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'The whole building seemed to be a natural part of the hillside, as if it had grown there.' - Alan Garner describing Highmost Redmanhey (Birtles Farm, Cheshire).

Come & find out more on Historic Buildings in the Landscape during an online talk, 30 Dec:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/buildings-...
December 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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#WindowsOnWednesday Southwark
December 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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The Houses of Great Chesterford
December 9, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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#wallsonWednesday
SW5
December 10, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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Explore 700 years of festive cheer at Ightham Mote in #Kent: from yuletide folklore to Tudor festivities, a Victorian Christmas & the traditions of Charles Henry Robinson to the the nostalgia of 1985, the year Ightham Mote entered National Trust care 🎄❄️

www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/kent/i...
A view of the south elevation of Ightham Mote, a moated timber framed medieval house, with a dusting of snow
December 10, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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15 & 17 Elder Street, London ✨

Grade II listed 18th-century townhouses with elegant brickwork, sash windows & detailed doorcases. Part of a historic street shaping the city for centuries.

#HistoricBuildings #EverydayHeritage #London
December 10, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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very pretty #flowers
#photography
December 11, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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The Houses of Southwark in close association with #AdoorableThursday
December 11, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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11th Day of Advent.
Murph's Images Advent Calendar 2025 #advent #adventcalendar #xmas #Charlbury #Christmas #trees #door #cornerhouse #frontdoor #runuptoChristmas2025 #photography
December 11, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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Snowy day in. 2017 ☃️☃️
December 11, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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I need some extra eyes please, can anyone read the surname of the spouse of Alexander Allan and Elizabeth ?, been transcribed as Meane but not sure if it is Meane, marriage is from 1743 in Portsea, Hampshire, thank you #Genealogy
need help deciphering the surname of Alexander Allan and Elizabeth ?, been transcribed as Meane but not sure if it is Meane, thank you
December 10, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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🪬🧿 Bakehouse close, Edinburgh - Film location of many movies from Outlander to the new Frankenstein By Guillermo Del Toro

#edinburgh #scotland #alleyway #architecture #outlander #travel #history #cityscape #filmlocation #bakehouseclose #alttext
Exterior view of Bakehouse Close in Edinburgh. It's a narrow alleyway between tall, old buildings constructed of stone and dark wood. The alleyway is paved with cobblestones, leading the viewer's eye toward a dark archway at the far end. The building on the left is primarily stone on the lower level, with a dark, weathered wooden structure above. Several drainpipes run down the exterior. The building across the alleyway has a mix of stone and stucco elements. The sky above is overcast, creating a soft, diffused light. Bakehouse Close is a well-known film location, having been used in productions such as Outlander and Guillermo Del Toro's new Frankenstein.
December 1, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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#TreesOnTuesday Southwark
December 1, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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The Joy of Southwark
December 1, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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#pmjweeklychallenge #chimneys
November 19, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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#windowsonwednesday Walton-on-the-Naze
November 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Shakespeare woz here!
The birthplace of William Shakespeare in Henley Street, #StratforduponAvon
December 2, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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Portal to the past. Alderman Stairs, featured on John Rocque’s map of 1746, also known as Alderman Parsons Stairs & Lady Parsons Stairs, probably named after a previous owner and his wife. Connecting river to land, these steps once bustled with people & activity, now quiet, eerie & full of ghosts.
Black & white photo of Alderman Stairs, ancient narrow stone steps, along a narrow passage way leading down to the river Thames. A stone causeway is visible and, across the river, the misty outline of Butler’s Wharf.
December 2, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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Dean Village, Edinburgh.
December 2, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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I am finding the Ancestry website being particularly slow this evening #Ancestry
December 2, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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#AdoorableThursday Southwark
November 26, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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4/5 #autumn

One of my favourite spots in Epping Forest.

#OMsystems OM1 #olympus12100f4

#photography #autumnleaves
#landscapephotography
A serene autumn forest scene with massive beech trees featuring smooth gray bark and gnarled, twisted trunks. The forest floor is carpeted with russet-brown fallen leaves, and bright green foliage fills the canopy above, filtering dappled sunlight through the trees.
November 27, 2025 at 10:41 AM