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Saturday, 30 November 2019

Hutton Rudby Mechanics' Institute, founded 6 November 1850

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So little is known of the Hutton Rudby Mechanics' Institute, that I quote this piece in full.  It gives such a flavour of the event and...
Friday, 29 November 2019

The Rising of the North 1569

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Exactly 450 years ago, the Rising of the North or Northern Rebellion of 1569 was reaching its crisis, as readers of Chris Lloyd's recent...
Sunday, 3 November 2019

More on Joseph Honeyman (d 1848)

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Dave Honneyman has just contacted me to say that the Joseph Honeyman of my last post (the seaman who died of cholera on board the brig Zeph...
Saturday, 2 November 2019

Joseph Honeyman of Hutton Rudby, dies of cholera in 1848

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York Herald, 4 November 1848 CASE OF CHOLERA, AND CAUTION TO DRUNKARDS On Tuesday last, an inquest was held before Mr John Settle, at t...
Monday, 14 October 2019

Mrs Annabel Dott & the Goathland Homes for Officers: correction

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I've just amended a couple of posts in the fascinating story of the redoubtable Mrs Annabel Dott – the series of blogposts that make up ...
Thursday, 10 October 2019

Taitlands near Settle, home of Thomas & Jane Redmayne

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If you've ever read about John Richard Stubbs and his family on this blog –  A Boroughbridge Boyhood in the 1850s  introduces them – yo...
Saturday, 5 October 2019

Stokesley races, 1727

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This is the earliest newspaper notice for horse racing at Stokesley that I have been able to find.  You can see that it was a good financia...