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Saturday, 9 January 2021

Walk the Cleveland Way – in 1866

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An ideal trip back in time for anyone planning to walk the Cleveland Way when lockdown is over, or for people who know it well.  Actually, t...
Thursday, 24 December 2020

The Vassal Singers in Nunthorpe before the First World War

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This was written many years ago by Kay Hill (1905-2005).  I think it must have appeared in some publication but I don't know which.  She...
Saturday, 12 December 2020

Runswick: a tale of landslips – and the cholera of 1866

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The cliffside village of Runswick Bay  [Photograph by mattbuck, reproduced under  Creative Commons licence ]   Runswick (the 'w' in ...
Saturday, 14 November 2020

Cholera: glimpses of the pandemics of the 19th century

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In the 19th century, the usual yearly epidemics of frequently fatal infectious diseases in Britain were eclipsed by successive waves of a fr...
Saturday, 7 November 2020

George Bewick in Hutton Rudby

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 If anybody has any information on the origins of the George Bewick who settled in Hutton Rudby in the mid-18th century, do let me know.   I...
Monday, 26 October 2020

About the picture of Guisborough Priory in an earlier post

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 In a post from 2012 entitled Changing Guisborough market day: 1813 , there is a picture of the priory and this is a message to Ben G, who a...
Saturday, 10 October 2020

Hard labour & transportation to Tasmania: Northallerton, April 1841

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Each one of these cases brings us a little glimpse of the past.  I think the information might also prove useful to family historians. Th...