Victorian Gardens
This post by Gail Falkingham looks at various aspects of Victorian gardens through a range of 19th century material from our archive collections.… Read More Victorian Gardens
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Made in North Yorkshire: Kearton Brothers
Next in the Made in North Yorkshire series, we celebrate the brothers Richard and Cherry Kearton from Thwaites in Swaledale and look back at their achievements as pioneering early wildlife photographers. … Read More Made in North Yorkshire: Kearton Brothers
Reproducing history: Reprographics
Emily Ward takes an interesting look behind the scenes of our Reprographics department and explains how we produce copies of items in our collections and the equipment used.… Read More Reproducing history: Reprographics
Focus on Selby – Toll Bridge
In this post Gwyneth Endersby explores the history of Selby Toll Bridge from its origins in 1790 through various records in our collections. … Read More Focus on Selby – Toll Bridge
Thomas Moxom: The Case of the Cutlass & the Customs Officer
This post by Gwyneth Endersby tells the fascinating story of Thomas Moxom, indicted in the 1775 Quarter Sessions for attacking Customs’ Officer Richard Bottrell at Robin Hood’s Bay.… Read More Thomas Moxom: The Case of the Cutlass & the Customs Officer
Sources for Researching Garden History
This post by Gail Falkingham explores sources for researching garden history at the North Yorkshire County Record Office, featuring examples of many of our documents.… Read More Sources for Researching Garden History
Roads to the Past: Wood End estate
This guest post written by Ken Porteus of the Thornton le Street History Group looks at their Roads to the Past project and features research on an account book relating to the Wood End estate in 1785.… Read More Roads to the Past: Wood End estate
Made In North Yorkshire: Sir George Cayley
This Made in North Yorkshire feature tells the story of Sir George Cayley (1773-1857) known as the ‘Father of Flight’.… Read More Made In North Yorkshire: Sir George Cayley
Introduction to Shipping Records
By Tom Richardson, Record Assistant We hold a wide range of sources for maritime history spread across a number of the collections in our custody. This article will focus on some of the records of merchant ships and their crews found amongst these collections. Scarborough’s Company of Shipowners and Master Mariners Within the Scarborough Corporation… Read More Introduction to Shipping Records
Yorkshire Society’s School, Lambeth, London
We hold in our collections the 1854 annual report book and a book of songs of the Yorkshire Society’s School [Z.1443]. The School was established in 1812 by Dr James Saner (1779-1860) who was originally from Hanlith, Kirkby Malham and practised as a surgeon in London. The school at Lambeth provided boarding and education for the… Read More Yorkshire Society’s School, Lambeth, London
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