House History Categorisation

This page is intended to help people designing or running house history projects to structure the information they and their members collect into searchable data structures.

Events found out about a home may be categorised as:

Change of ownership – Notable ‘Home’ event – eg major works/alterations or calamaties (fire, flood etc)

Notable Local Event – eg change of street name or layout

Notable National event – events (eg outbreak of war) that give context of affect to a home or local area

Notable People eg:

Stage & Screen (person) - a star of stage, TV or film lived here.

Movie & TV (location) - something was filmed here or the house was a location

Literary - eg a writer lived here, or was here when they published something

Musical – a famous musician lived here or a piece was written or first performed

Medical – a famous medical person lived here or a medical event took place/was recorded here.

Political/Legal - a famous politician lived here, or a political event happened here, a law was written here.

Architectural – a famous builder / architect lived here or the house is notable for architectural reasons

War/Conflict - someone from here was killed, or honoured, or an event occurred (eg a bomb fell)

Industry - a company was started, or something invented at the house

Scandal - a murder or social/sexual intrigue happened or someone involved in one lived here.

Sport - a famous athlete or sporting person lived here

Artistic - a famous artist or person linked with the artistic world lived here

See Also In Chimni

Chimni Wiki Page: House History Books

ChimniWiki Page: House History Projects

References

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