North Yorkshire History

In January 1832, a young man called Edwin Orphan came before the magistrates.  He had smashed windows in Guisborough parish church because, ...

On 14 June 1645, the New Model Army – Parliament's new national army – inflicted a decisive defeat on the Royalists at the Battle of Nas...

Each one of these cases brings us a little glimpse of the past.  I think the information might also prove useful to family historians. Th...

The new "retail and leisure destination" to be built on the site of the former prison in Northallerton is to be called "the ...

This is a glimpse of the life of Michael Hughes of Yarm.  He had extensive premises in Yarm and had bought land, farms and houses from Beda...

York Herald, 8 December 1804 To be Let On Wednesday the twelfth day of December, 1804, at the House of Mr Godfrey Hirst, Innholder, i...

I can date this Knight, Frank & Rutley brochure from the final pages, because they advertise  auction sales due to take place in May and...

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 Waterlow Bros & Layton’s Legal Diary and Almanac for 1886 Extracted from: List of Country Solicitors Corrected by co...

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 ...