About

Conversations with Places

Home & History began life as a personal project: researching the history of my own home, a 300-year-old malt house, alongside its renovation.

During that process, in 2018, I uncovered a structural beam marked with a faint daisy wheel - a small, human mark left centuries ago. That discovery inspired what would become the Home & History logo, & crystallised something I had long felt: that buildings quietly carry the stories of the people who made, used, & lived within them.

Since then, I have transformed this personal curiosity into a professional endeavour. I now undertake detailed archival research and produce beautifully designed, clearly written, and carefully contextualised histories of buildings and the people connected to them.

Researching the history of a place often reveals stories that are unexpected, moving, and deeply human. By placing evidence about people, buildings, land, and locality within their wider historical context, it becomes possible to trace connections to broader social history and significant historical events.

Whether you want to understand the past of your home, explore the history of a particular place, or commission other forms of archival research or document transcription, I would be delighted to help. Home & History is not limited to house histories alone.

If you are curious about the layers beneath the surface of your building - or the documents you already hold - please do get in touch. I would be very happy to help you dig into the past.

Home & History researches the past of houses, buildings, and the people connected to them, uncovering the stories held within their fabric, land, and surviving records. By combining careful study of the building itself with archival research drawn from maps, documents, and local sources, each history is shaped by what survives and what can be found. A house history can deepen your enjoyment of your home, make a meaningful gift, enhance a property’s appeal, or simply satisfy curiosity - offering a thoughtfully researched and beautifully presented record of your home’s unique past.

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Archivist & Researcher, Charlie Booth

“We shall not cease from exploration

And the end of all our exploring

Will be to arrive where we started

And know the place for the first time”

TS Elliot