A house through time

[Gillg]

Fell asleep half way through.

[nanny jan]

What did anybody think?  It seems to me that they are running short of properties with a decent history for which they can find the paperwork.  Last night's episode seemed to overly concentrate on the residents once they had left the property, which implies to me they haven't got enough to say about their period of actual residency.

Pheno

I suspect Covid restrictions hampered their research.

[Maiden Stone]

What did anybody think?  It seems to me that they are running short of properties with a decent history for which they can find the paperwork.  Last night's episode seemed to overly concentrate on the residents once they had left the property, which implies to me they haven't got enough to say about their period of actual residency.

I've never seen it before so can't compare with previous series. I found it interesting. 2 families weren't in the house long.

[Tin man]

An interesting episode, rags to riches and back again for some of the residents. Funny that the barrister looking into wizardry and skullduggery was named Harry Potter. 

[Maiden Stone]

Funny that the barrister looking into wizardry and skullduggery was named Harry Potter. 

The solicitor was William Bruce. Was Harry Potter the murdering Satanist?
https://www.headingleyleeds.com/explore-2/2021/9/1/a-house-through-time

[Tin man]

Funny that the barrister looking into wizardry and skullduggery was named Harry Potter. 

The solicitor was William Bruce. Was Harry Potter the murdering Satanist?
https://www.headingleyleeds.com/explore-2/2021/9/1/a-house-through-time

Got my wires crossed. William Dove was the murdering Satanist in the 19th century pleading for his life. William Bruce was the solicitor. Harry Potter was the modern day barrister and historian looking back on the case, 15 minutes into the programme. 

[ThrelfallYorky]

I was a little puzzled that although a great deal was researched about the inhabitants, they seemed to have spent only a couple of years actually IN that house, and anything at all remarkable connected with them occurred AFTER they had left the house.
So really not a lot about that house through time.
Perhaps he should rename it:
"People remotely connected with one particular dwelling, during its lifetime, but not specifically whilst they were living there...."  Nah, not catchy enough, is it?
TY

[IgorStrav]

Ah, interesting to read previous comments.

I thought this was a magnificent series, which explored not only the history of the house but its occupants, trawling for additional information and infilling details of their lives.

It's the sort of social history I find myself trying to research on my own ancestors (and indeed reflects the fascinating by-lines I get sucked into, when I'm investigating my own lines via their siblings and in-laws).

I was thoroughly engaged with the follow-up stories - particularly the one concerning the Rayon researcher and his family, even up to the death of his daughter many years later.

It's about the people who 'touch' on a house by their stays in it, and what influence it played on their lives, as well as the bricks and mortar of the building itself.  Well, it is for me.

Fantastic, highly recommended, and lots of good sources as well as the ones you'd immediately think of.

[brigidmac]

 I loved it
while they did talk about people away from the house there was mention of the impact on those back home and it gave a good idea of society at the time

i wish id seen the previous series

this series can be rewatche don bbc iplayer

is there a link to youtube of previous series

i wonder if they did one about a rural cottage ..residents would have stayed longer