Following Ralph Watson
In this guest post the artist and weaver Max Mosscrop describes the process of weaving linen cloth from a design in an 18th century manuscript.… Read More Following Ralph Watson
Category: Private collections
Collection Highlights: Business & Industry
This post explores some collection highlights on the theme of business and industry in North Yorkshire.… Read More Collection Highlights: Business & Industry
Valentines: Love is in the Archives
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
Collection Highlights: Committee of Whitby Shipowners
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
Collection Highlight: The Burnsall Manuscript
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
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
Diaries of a Ripon Reporter
We hold in our collection the diaries of James Pulleine Lee (1851-1915), a newspaper reporter from Ripon who wrote for the Ripon Gazette. James Pulleine Lee was born in 1851 to John and Mary Lee of Low Skellgate, Ripon. His father was a Bailiff at the County Court and the Deputy Superintendant Registrar in Ripon… Read More Diaries of a Ripon Reporter
Focus on Knaresborough: Mr Potts’s Academy
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
Focus on Knaresborough: Cockfighting
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. Cockfighting agreement &… Read More Focus on Knaresborough: Cockfighting
Focus on Knaresborough: Estate and private collections
By Gwyneth Endersby, Record Assistant The estate and private records we hold for Knaresborough are broad ranging in both subject matter and date; yet it’s also fair to say that, in terms of physical extent, the majority of these deposits are comparatively small against those we hold for other places in North Yorkshire. Most possess… Read More Focus on Knaresborough: Estate and private collections
North Yorkshire County Record Office 