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
This guest post has been contributed by Ken Porteous and Laurie Reed of the Thornton le Street History Group and focuses on their project to interpret tithe maps and apportionments.… Read More Roads to the Past: Interpreting Tithe information
This post tells the story of Quaker Thomas Richardson and how he became known as Great Ayton’s greatest benefactor.… Read More Made in North Yorkshire: Thomas Richardson
This post by Jo Faulkner introduces a series of upcoming posts about the lives of women who appeared at the North Riding Quarter Sessions in the 19th century.… Read More Criminal Women in Victorian North Yorkshire
This week we take a look at some romance in the archives for Valentine’s day with examples of love poems, recipes, letters and a lovers’ knot.… Read More Valentines: Love is in the Archives
This post explores some of the letters in the Whitby Shipowners collection relating to Smuggling Laws and the Impressment of Sailors in 1790s.… Read More Collection Highlights: Committee of Whitby Shipowners
This post Gail Falkingham explores the history of Orchards and Fruit Trees through records in our collections. … Read More Orchards and Fruit Trees
This post from the Made in North Yorkshire series explores the contribution made by Marie Hartley, Ella Pontefract and Joan Ingilby to the documentation of the history and intangible heritage of the Yorkshire Dales… Read More Made in North Yorkshire: Marie Hartley, Ella Pontefract and Joan Ingilby
This post features a selection of snowy scenes from across North Yorkshire… Read More Snow in North Yorkshire
This post looks at a highlight from our collections: the Burnsall Manuscript, written by Revd Bury 1839-1875… Read More Collection Highlight: The Burnsall Manuscript
This festive post by Gwyneth Endersby features a range of historic Christmas cards from our collections.… Read More Seasonal Good Wishes: Christmas Cards in our Collections
