Setting their hands: Making their Mark
A look at how people signed documents using their mark with examples from our collections. … Read More Setting their hands: Making their Mark
Tag: Quarter sessions
Criminal Women: The Life & Times of Mary Ann Stonehouse of Whitby
This post by Gwyneth Endersby continues our series on Criminal Women by exploring the life and times and Mary Ann Stonehouse of Whitby through her many appearances at the Quarter Sessions court. … Read More Criminal Women: The Life & Times of Mary Ann Stonehouse of Whitby
Criminal Women: A Mysterious Parcel
This post features the story of a mysterious parcel sent by train from Middlesbrough to Guisborough found to contain a five-week old baby.… Read More Criminal Women: A Mysterious Parcel
Criminal Women: Hannah Chapman and Mary Ann Kemp
This post by Jo Faulkner explores the stories of Hannah Chapman and Mary Ann Kemp who appeared in the mug shots of the Victorian police charge book. … Read More Criminal Women: Hannah Chapman and Mary Ann Kemp
Criminal Women: Jane Stanway & Isabella Griffin
This post by Jo Faulkner continues our Criminal Women series, exploring the lives of Jane Stanway of Skelton and Isabella Griffin of Middlesbrough who feature in the photographs of the Police Charge Book.… Read More Criminal Women: Jane Stanway & Isabella Griffin
Criminal Women: Hannah McKay & Caroline Griffiths
This post by Jo Faulkner continues the Criminal Women series, telling the stories of Hannah McKay and Caroline Griffiths through records in the Quarters Sessions collection. … Read More Criminal Women: Hannah McKay & Caroline Griffiths
Criminal Women in Victorian North Yorkshire
This post by Jo Faulkner introduces a series of upcoming posts about the lives of women who appeared at the North Riding Quarter Sessions in the 19th century.… Read More Criminal Women in Victorian North Yorkshire
Thomas Moxom: The Case of the Cutlass & the Customs Officer
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
Focus on Whitby Records – Part 3
Court Records Until 1971, courts of Quarter Sessions met four times a year to hear cases relating to all but the most serious crimes. The County Record Office holds the surviving records of the North Riding of Yorkshire Quarter Sessions, with minute and order books dating from 1605 onwards. The sessions were originally heard in… Read More Focus on Whitby Records – Part 3
North Yorkshire County Record Office 