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Tag: Quarter sessions

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

January 7, 2022January 7, 2022 northyorkscro1 Comment

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

October 19, 2021October 18, 2021 northyorkscroLeave a comment

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

July 30, 2021July 29, 2021 northyorkscroLeave a comment

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

May 19, 2021May 18, 2021 northyorkscroLeave a comment

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

April 9, 2021April 9, 2021 northyorkscroLeave a comment

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

March 11, 2021March 10, 2021 northyorkscro1 Comment

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

February 19, 2021February 19, 2021 northyorkscroLeave a comment

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

September 3, 2020September 17, 2020 northyorkscroLeave a comment

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

May 22, 2020 northyorkscroLeave a comment

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