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Thursday, 28 December 2017

Schoolmaster wanted at Ormesby, 1793

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An advertisement from 1793.  Revolutionary France had declared war on Britain on 1 February that year.  Little did anyone know that war woul...
Tuesday, 12 December 2017

Charles Hall goes coursing greyhounds, 1818

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York Herald , 12 December 1818 In addition to the several convictions which have lately taken place in Cleveland, under the game laws, Joh...
Friday, 8 December 2017

John Richard Stubbs: death announcement 1916

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For those of you who have enjoyed reading John Richard Stubbs' diaries , this is the announcement of his death in the local newspaper:-...
Saturday, 25 November 2017

New Close Farm, Hutton Rudby, in 1812

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York Herald , 10 October 1812 Hutton, otherwise Hutton Rudby TO BE SOLD, PURSUANT to an Order of the High Court of Chancery, bearing ...
Friday, 17 November 2017

Speedy business, 1825

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A reminder of a slower time:- Yorkshire Gazette , 3 September 1825 On Monday week, Mr John Langdale, of Menithorpe, near Malton, started...
Friday, 3 November 2017

The first Primitive Methodist Chapel in Hutton Rudby is opened, 1821

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I was very pleased to find this report from a Leeds newspaper when I was searching the digitised newspapers available on findmypast.co.uk. ...
Saturday, 28 October 2017

Linden Grange, Hutton Rudby

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I've mentioned Linden Grange, Hutton Rudby, several times on this blog.  It is included in Stately Homes of Hutton Rudby , and it...