North Yorkshire History

At Hipswell, 23 year old Christopher Wandesford was now head of the family.  He followed the custom of the time – there was a contract of ma...

This notice – really it's an advertisement – in a Newcastle newspaper of 1743, casts an interesting light on the scope of the operation...

A reader has been in touch and would like to be in contact with anyone who has any information on the family of Joseph Hill Appleton (born i...

An old resident of Hutton Rudby has turned up in Massachusetts, and I think he may like to come home.  You can see him in this fine mid-19th...

I was recently asked through the blog whether I had any information on a "round stone structure that was in a field on the left hand ...

These newspaper notices relate to the mill on the Rudby side of the River Leven: Hull Advertiser & Exchange Gazette, 5 July 1806 Ma...

These notes were taken years ago, from a scrapbook that somebody lent me.  I think, as is often the way with newspaper clippings, they were ...

... from my working notes ... accuracy not guaranteed ... for explanatory note, see post of 14 Feb 2013 Sigsworth FQ 434:  14 & 15 A...

... from my working notes ... accuracy not guaranteed ... for explanatory note, see post of 14 Feb 2013 Nattrass Oddfellows Board:  Bro:...

... from my working notes ... accuracy not guaranteed ... for explanatory note, see post of 14 Feb 2013 Mease Update 29 Feb 2020 :  Joh...

... from my working notes ... accuracy not guaranteed ... for explanatory note, see post of 14 Feb 2013 Hibberd 1840 Whites:  Skuttersk...

... from my working notes ... accuracy not guaranteed ... for explanatory note, see post of 14 Feb 2013 Barker Yorkshire Poll Book 1807:...

Robert may have already visited his brother James in Hampshire, but it is possible that he had never set foot in England before his arrival ...

The summer of 1830 had been an eventful one in the village.  Not only had old Lady Amherst died and the vicar fallen seriously ill, but in A...

In 1831 the population of Hutton Rudby was at its 19th century peak of 1,027 and the township was dominated by linen weavers [1] . In the ...

After the Reformation, the mediaeval frescoes in Hutton Rudby parish church were whitewashed over and a wealthy parishioner left money in hi...

I obtained a copy of St Mary's baptismal register while researching my book on Hutton Rudby in the time of the cholera.  My transcriptio...

Crathorne, as described in White's Directory 1840: Crathorne, a village and parish on the Thirsk road, and on the western side of the ...

Crathorne, as described in Baines' Directory 1823: Crathorne in the wap and liberty of Langbargh; 4 miles SSE of Yarm. The church, wh...