North Yorkshire History

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...

In Chester, the Wandesfords found a welcome and were treated with kindness and friendship by the gentry families.  Within the strong walls o...

York Herald, 27 April 1850 REJOICINGS AT INGLEBY GREENHOW It was a day of gaiety and festivity long to be remembered at Ingleby Manor ,...

This seems a very male entertainment and I harbour dark suspicions of the piece entitled Woman's Rights : Darlington & Stockton Ti...

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...

At last!  A chance discovery tells us more about the Hutton Rudby Paper Mill - production moved to Yarm in about 1829:- Hartlepool Northe...

Local news and local names - I thought this sort of thing might be useful or interesting to readers:- Yarm Seasonable Benevolence Du...

If the working day in the 1850s was a great deal less frenetic than today, holidays were fewer.  John’s parents would generally go to a se...

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

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

Yarm Town Hall, built 1710 A Deed donated to the Hutton Rudby History Society may be of interest to people looking for ancestors in Yarm...

William Hutton, in his A Trip to Coatham , gives a wonderfully vivid account of the story of Tom Brown, the hero of the battle of Dettingen ...