By Katherine Bullimore, Record Assistant Part One of this post covered the family background and early career of Thomas Blanky or Blenky of Whitby, a seaman who took part in four Arctic voyages of discovery in the 19th century, this post will cover his later life and disappearance on the tragic Franklin Expedition. In 1829… Read More Thomas Blanky of Whitby: Arctic Seafarer
By Katherine Bullimore, Record Assistant Think of Arctic exploration in the nineteenth century, and chances are you think of the doomed Franklin expedition, of the three spookily well preserved bodies of dead sailors excavated in the 1980s, and the eerie underwater pictures of the expedition’s two sunken ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, revealed much… Read More Thomas Blanky of Whitby: Arctic Seafarer
Our first Great North Yorkshire Son or Daughter is VAD nurse Ursula Lascelles, who travelled from the rural North Yorkshire village of Slingsby, to the battlefields of France to support the war effort during World War One. Ursula Lascelles was born in Sheriff Hutton in July 1890, and died in 1992, aged 102. She was… Read More Made in North Yorkshire: Ursula Lascelles
We hold archived records from over 300 schools from across North Yorkshire and continue to collect these records to preserve them for the benefit of future generations. These archives relate to Public Elementary Schools, Charity Schools, Grammar Schools and Independent Schools. Most school archives contain Log Books which can date from the 19th century onwards… Read More Education Records
By Gail Falkingham The archive of the Fitzwilliam family of Malton contains a collection of over 130 architects’ drawings of various buildings in the town, dating from c.1799 to 1929. These include domestic houses and cottages, as well as shops, inns, stables, the Town Hall, bank and mill. The drawings are by a number of… Read More Focus on Malton: Architects’ Drawings
By Gwyneth Endersby, Record Assistant The people of Knaresborough are represented both formally and informally in historic photographs within our collections. Portrayed are individuals, family or friendship groups, official groups, and social gatherings at town events – each scene captured at a particular place and point in time. The vast majority of Knaresborough images we… Read More Focus on Knaresborough: Images of People
By Gail Falkingham, Record Assistant A great place to start with any research is to look at historic maps and plans of an area. The Fitzwilliam archive contains a number of historic maps dating from 1770 to 1846. Some of these show both Old and New Malton, whilst others focus on a particular site or… Read More Focus on Malton: Maps and Plans
By Gail Falkingham, Record Assistant For anyone studying the history of Malton, the collections of the North Yorkshire County Record Office contain a variety of records which provide information on the town, its buildings and inhabitants over the past four hundred years. One of the largest collections relating to Malton is the Fitzwilliam archive [ref:… Read More The Fitzwilliam Family of Malton Archive: 1593-1956
By Gwyneth Endersby, Record Assistant Records we hold portraying places in and around Knaresborough include maps and plans, photographs and works of art. Maps Our extensive collection of historic maps and plans for North Yorkshire includes a small number depicting Knaresborough. The earliest representation we hold, showing the town in some detail, is by Thomas… Read More Focus on Knaresborough: Places
By Gwyneth Endersby, Record Assistant The private records we hold for Knaresborough are broad ranging in both subject matter and date. I’ve chosen to focus here on one of our smaller private collections, which offers a different perspective of the town and provides us with a short but unique snapshot in time. Exercise books from… Read More Focus on Knaresborough: Mr Potts’s Academy
