North Yorkshire History

An advertisement from 1793.  Revolutionary France had declared war on Britain on 1 February that year.  Little did anyone know that war woul...

Here, with very many thanks to Ian Stubbs, who contacted me to offer the use of the photographs on   his flickr stream , are pictures of the...

John Lamb of Ulverston has asked me if I have any information on Alfred Sadler, son of Samuel Sadler.  Alfred, who once owned John's h...

More from Ellis Stubbs' postcard album: Guisborough Priory and Lily Pond Old Ormesby Roseberry Topping Trafalgar Te...

In the 18th and 19th centuries, a family called Jackson farmed at Lackenby and Lazenby, two small hamlets in the parish of Wilton, at the no...