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
Category: Malton
Focus on Malton: Architects’ Drawings
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
Focus on Malton: Maps and Plans
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
The Fitzwilliam Family of Malton Archive: 1593-1956
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
The Papers of William Charles Copperthwaite of Malton – Part 4
By Gail Falkingham, Record Assistant This final post on the Copperthwaite papers features material relating to the medieval and later history of the town of Malton. Within the collection, there are a number of notebooks and other papers filled with hand-written notes and newspaper cuttings on a variety of subjects. These include St Mary’s Priory… Read More The Papers of William Charles Copperthwaite of Malton – Part 4
The Papers of William Charles Copperthwaite of Malton – Part 3
By Gail Falkingham, Record Assistant Part 1 of this blog contained an overview of the Copperthwaite papers, with Part 2 looking at the notebook and plans kept by Copperthwaite and the archaeological information on the Prehistoric finds. This post will focus on the Roman discoveries within the collection, selecting examples from the contents of the… Read More The Papers of William Charles Copperthwaite of Malton – Part 3
The Papers of William Charles Copperthwaite of Malton – Part 2
By Gail Falkingham, Record Assistant Part 1 of this blog contained an overview of the Copperthwaite papers, which includes material compiled by Captain Copperthwaite and others. In this second blog, I will focus on the archaeological information relating to Prehistoric finds within the collection, selecting examples from the contents of the notebook and plans. The… Read More The Papers of William Charles Copperthwaite of Malton – Part 2
The Papers of William Charles Copperthwaite of Malton – Part 1
By Gail Falkingham, Record Assistant The Copperthwaite Papers Whilst researching our collections to write a forthcoming blog about the archive material for Malton held by the County Record Office, I found a reference in our collections database to the Copperthwaite papers [Ref: ZUN]. The record entry states “Notes relating to the history of Malton from… Read More The Papers of William Charles Copperthwaite of Malton – Part 1
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