This post explores records that relate to bonfire night and fireworks including a copy of the Monteagle letter, warning of the gunpowder plot and John Darley’s notebook of firework recipes.… Read More Remember Remember the 5th of November
This week, Gail Falkingham looks at Hird’s Annals, a history of 19th century Bedale written in verse by shoemaker Robert Hird.… Read More Hird’s Annals of Bedale
As part of our Made in North Yorkshire series, we are proud to share the story of Dr William Pickles, a Yorkshire Dales GP and leading epidemiologist of his time.… Read More Made in North Yorkshire: Dr Pickles
During Black History Month we are sharing a recently discovered handbill for a performance of the Famous Trio of Fisk Jubilee Singers at Bedale in 1912 and the story of Thomas Rutling, a former slave who became a member of the original Fisk Jubilee Singers before settling in Harrogate.… Read More Black History Month
Continuing our focus on Selby, Gwyneth Endersby explores the Cochrane of Selby shipbuilding archive with examples of some records from the collection.… Read More Focus on Selby: Shipbuilding
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
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
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
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
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
