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Saturday, 29 October 2022

The Poltergeist at Moor Farm, North Yorkshire: 1940 to 1950

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This is a record kept by  Kay Hill of unnerving experiences in a moorland farm during and after World War II. In 1938 Kay had become – in t...
Monday, 1 August 2022

Frightful Accident at Sleights Station: 1 August 1901

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On 2 August 1901, the Whitby Gazette carried a shocking headline: Frightful Accident at Sleights Station A Whitby Lady Cut To Pieces This i...
Saturday, 25 June 2022

Heart Echoes in late Victorian Stockton-on-Tees

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A few keepsakes from late Victorian Stockton-on-Tees.   They belonged to Miss Eleanor Bateson of 37 Skinner Street.   Skinner Street, Stockt...
Saturday, 28 May 2022

Letters of Mrs Lucy Browne of Gorleston: 1835 & 1836

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Two letters in the collection that I describe in The Revd William Atkinson of Kirkleatham & Cambridge (1755-1830)  are filled with news ...
Friday, 15 April 2022

Thomas Barlow Allinson writes a letter: 1836

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Thomas Barlow Allinson's letter of 1836 was among the small collection mentioned in The Revd William Atkinson of Kirkleatham & Cambr...
Saturday, 5 March 2022

Jane Atkinson of Kirkleatham (1751-1817), wife of Captain Thomas Galilee

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I've revised an earlier post of May 2013 and, as it belongs with the preceding posts, I'll post it here as well.   The two letters q...

Thomas Atkinson, surgeon (b1753) of Kirkleatham, Canada & Honduras Bay

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This replaces a piece about Thomas Atkinson posted in November 2012.  As it belongs with the preceding posts about the  The Atkinsons of Sca...