We are delighted to welcome you to our new blog. We’ll be sharing some of the amazing stories from North Yorkshire’s past to be found amongst the five miles of archive collections that we hold. We’ll give you an insight into those collections; how we look after them, with the help of our dedicated team… Read More Welcome to our blog
Have you ever held an historic document up to the light, noticed an image or pattern within the paper and wondered how it got there and why? These images can tell us a great deal about the manufacture and date of the paper and much more. In this blog, using examples from documents within our collections, you can see a fascinating range of the designs that were used and some of the stories they can tell. … Read More Patterns in paper: an introduction to watermarks found within Record Office collections
Did you know that we regularly receive material to add to our archive collections? Our latest blog coincides with our new temporary exhibition, in which you can see a wide range of items that have recently been added to our collections – from 600 year old deeds to items from the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest when it was held in Harrogate in 1982. … Read More New collections: From 600 year old deeds to the Eurovision Song Contest!
Find out more about talented amateur photographer Louisa Kruckenberg and her images of Lower Dunsforth and area in this blog by Danielle Spargo… Read More The Rediscovered Photographs of Louisa Kruckenberg
In 1957, the Yorkshire Federation of Women’s Institutes ‘adopted’ the residents of a camp in Rendsburg, Germany. This camp housed people of various nationalities who had been displaced during WW2. The WIs provided support by writing letters and sending parcels of food, clothing, bedding, toiletries and medicines. This blog explores the remarkable bond formed between the WIs and the camp residents, told through a collection of surviving papers and images in our archive collections.… Read More How members of Yorkshire Women’s Institutes became ‘Aunties’ of displaced people in Germany
Using a fascinating series of historic maps and other evidence, this blog explores the enclosure of the medieval open fields of the North Yorkshire village of Harome in the 18th and early-19th centuries. … Read More Enclosure and the Landscape: a case study from Harome, near Helmsley
The Unné collection of photographs is one of the highlights of the Record Office collections. Find out more about Harrogate photographer Bertram Unné in this blog by Danielle Spargo… Read More Bertram Unné, Harrogate photographer
Read extracts from Emily Casson’s diary describing a family holiday to Goathland in the North York Moors in July 1871. Emily writes about their excursions to local natural landmarks, the local community, rural events and entertainment, the food they ate and the unfavourable weather.… Read More Emily Casson’s Goathland Staycation
Explore the incredible story of Thomas Place, a freed Jamaican slave who inherited land in North Yorkshire, told through documents held within the Jervaulx Abbey Estate collection.… Read More Thomas Place, Freed Jamaican Slave
The story of the disastrous grand tour of Luke Stapylton, who while visiting Lausanne, made an unexpected offer of marriage to Elizabeth Cruttenden. … Read More A Disastrous Grand Tour
This blog post explores the case against Eugene Aram through the coroner’s inquest papers relating to a skeleton found at Thistle Hill, Knaresborough in 1758.… Read More An Inquest at Knaresborough: The case against Eugene Aram
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