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Showing posts with label Hinderwell. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hinderwell. Show all posts
Saturday, 5 March 2022

The Atkinsons of Scaling Dam in the 17th & 18th centuries

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This is the sort of thing that one always hopes for – in 2013 I posted the Whaling Journal 1774 of Thomas Atkinson of Kirkleatham and articl...
Saturday, 9 January 2021

Walk the Cleveland Way – in 1866

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An ideal trip back in time for anyone planning to walk the Cleveland Way when lockdown is over, or for people who know it well.  Actually, t...
Saturday, 12 December 2020

Runswick: a tale of landslips – and the cholera of 1866

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The cliffside village of Runswick Bay  [Photograph by mattbuck, reproduced under  Creative Commons licence ]   Runswick (the 'w' in ...
Saturday, 14 November 2020

Cholera: glimpses of the pandemics of the 19th century

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In the 19th century, the usual yearly epidemics of frequently fatal infectious diseases in Britain were eclipsed by successive waves of a fr...
Monday, 28 November 2016

A Cleveland link to a Dublin matricide in 1936?

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A new story. I've recently been contacted by researchers working on the fascinating business I outline below.  It seems almost certain...
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Friday, 3 May 2013

Captain Thomas Galilee (1744-97) and his family

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Jane Galilee (1783-1856), the second wife of George Langborne (1773-1832) , was the daughter of Captain Thomas Galilee of Whitby and Jane At...
Thursday, 29 November 2012

The Weatherill family tree: compiled by Richard Weatherill (1844-1923)

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Excerpt from Richard Weatherill's manuscript Richard Weatherill (1844-1923) compiled a family tree from the memories of his father...
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