Collection Highlight: Rare Chinese Prints
This post by Jo Faulkner features four rare 18th century Chinese woodblock prints, discovered in the Chaloner of Guisborough collection.… Read More Collection Highlight: Rare Chinese Prints
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Focus on Richmond: Maps and Plans
By Linda Turnbull, Archivist The County Record Office holds thousands of historic maps and plans covering the whole of North Yorkshire and dating from the 16th-20th centuries. These holdings include substantial collections of parish tithe maps, enclosure maps and historic Ordnance Survey maps. Maps can also be found in estate archives, local authority archives, parish… Read More Focus on Richmond: Maps and Plans
Focus on Richmond records – Part 1
By Linda Turnbull, Archivist Introduction May is Local History Month and the North Yorkshire County Record Office had been invited to do a pop-up archive at a number of libraries in North Yorkshire. Whilst we cannot fulfil these planned events, due to the coronavirus lockdown and temporary closure of the libraries (and the Record Office),… Read More Focus on Richmond records – Part 1
North Yorkshire County Record Office 