North Yorkshire History

 Probate of Ralph Day 1704

More notes on Thomas Graham.  For this information I am very grateful to Trevor Littleton of the Cumbria FHS:- The parents of Monkhouse ...

Ayton Hall stands near the River Leven in the large picturesque village of Great Ayton.  At the end of the 18th century it was the home...

Here they are performing Paolo & Francesca in 1939: I wonder if they were performing the 1902 play by Stephen Phillips .

A jolly crowd! Nunthorpe WI Drama Group 1952

I hadn't realised we had this photograph - it goes rather nicely with previous posts about Nunthorpe Women's Institute, I think. ...

Do have a look at this post on Paul Stainthorp's blog about his ancestor Francis Stainthorp (1765-1822) - I have to say I was particula...