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Tuesday, 28 August 2018

More on the cholera and the Rev R J Barlow

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This exchange of letters casts more light on the events of the Cholera Epidemic in Hutton Rudby in the autumn of 1832:  Mr Peacock uses Mr B...
Saturday, 18 August 2018

Disrobing at the altar, Otley in 1808

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I was looking for something completely different when I came across this exciting story: Tyne Mercury , 3 May 1808 Tuesday last, at Otle...
Wednesday, 8 August 2018

Jacob Honeyman's pony is stolen, 1829

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Jacob Honeyman's pony must have been left to graze by the roadside when it caught the eye of Thomas Boulton.  Boulton's defence – su...
Friday, 3 August 2018

A sea monster at Coatham, 1778

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A newspaper report from this day, 240 years ago.  A most surprising find at Coatham! Caledonian Mercury , 3 August 1778 Friday se'en...
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Wednesday, 25 July 2018

Emma Eteson of Knaresborough (1835-1911)

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The entry on Emma Eteson of Knaresborough  among the dramatis personae of John Richard Stubbs' diaries caught the eye of a reader: Emm...
Saturday, 30 June 2018

Linden Grange, Hutton Rudby, in 1830

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I've written about Linden Grange before, as I explain in this blogpost .  It is the house that lies between Hutton Rudby and Potto, and ...
Friday, 22 June 2018

Hutton Rudby and District Local History Society on Facebook: old photos

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Visit the new Facebook page  of the Hutton Rudby and District Local History Society and you'll find it a source of the most fascinating ...