North Yorkshire History

On 27 January 2013 I told the story of  William Orton of Hutton Rudby , who was found guilty at the York Assizes in March 1821 of forging an...

Amongst the photographs I have received from Australia was this one: It shows notes and cuttings about the parish and rectors of Kildal...

Richard Ord Todd was born in Guisborough.  His mother was Elizabeth Mary Poynter, the daughter of John Poynter and Ann Ord.  Here she is, wi...

A glimpse of life on the Isle of Man in the 1880s.  Private theatricals were evidently all the rage! You may remember from the photograph ...

In February 2013 I mentioned the family of the Revd Thomas Todd, Rector of Kildale, and his wife Elizabeth Jackson.  She was born in Wilton...