North Yorkshire History

A chance find reveals that Thomas Mease of Stokesley (1792-1862) was once the owner of John Wesley's green silk umbrella: Northampto...

Thomas Redmayne of Taitlands has appeared on this blog before (you'll find him first mentioned in July 2014 and on several later occasi...

Listening to the news of the coronavirus, it seems timely to look back on another rapidly spreading disease – the pandemic of Asiatic Chole...

This follows the post  Hutton Rudby 1859-1908: the Cleveland Sailcloth Mill It has always been remembered that William Surtees, who lived...

This follows the post  Hutton Rudby 1834-1849: the Flax-Spinning Mill by the bridge George Wilson was born in Newcastle in 1810, the son ...

This follows the post  Stokesley 1832-1841: the New Mill on Levenside I last mentioned John Mease as he appeared in Pigot's Directory...