Sandsend & Lythe in 1823
Baines' Directory 1823: Sand's End, in the parish of Lythe, wap. and liberty of Langbargh; 3 miles NW of Whitby, situated on the face of a rocky cliff near the sea. Here is an extensive establishment...
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Cousins from Sandsend: John Buchannan & George Pyman
In March 1808, a young married woman called Sarah Buchannan of East Row, Sandsend, was admitted as a member of the Silver Street Congregational Chapel in Whitby.The Silver Street Chapel was built in...
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John Buchannan and the Isle of Skye
In 1840 John Buchannan was thirty years old, a widower with a little girl aged three. His parents and his sister had died more than twenty years earlier. In that year, he applied to the Court of the...
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Paintings of Runswick Bay and Staithes by Jennifer Wyse
For lovers of the North Yorkshire coast: a couple of paintings by the Sadberge artist Jennifer Wyse.Across the footbridge, Staithes, by Jennifer WyseYou can find out about her inspiration and more...
View ArticleMore research to do ...
I've been working my way through my files and boxes of notes and I've got more to come, but I'll be posting it up less frequently over the next few months ... I have a lot of research and writing up to...
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Hutton Rudby between the Wars: in newspaper cuttings
These notes were taken years ago, from a scrapbook that somebody lent me. I think, as is often the way with newspaper clippings, they were mostly undated (I don’t like to think that I didn’t copy out...
View ArticleMeynell family of Hutton Rudby
I've just amended the blogpost of 25 October 2012 on the Roman Catholic population of Hutton Rudby c1780 to 1830, as a keen-eyed reader spotted an error I had made on the Meynell family - so, if you've...
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The planting of the trees on Hutton Rudby Green
In 1878 three young men of Hutton Rudby – two of them were the brothers John and Joseph Hutchinson of Toft Hill – conceived the idea of beautifying the village by planting avenues of trees along the...
View ArticlePhotographs of All Saints', Hutton Rudby online
For those of you who are virtual rather than actual visitors to Hutton Rudby, this is a link to a set of beautiful photographs on flickr of the interior of the parish church (and the King's Head)
View ArticleLaying the foundation stones for the Wesleyan Chapel, Hutton Rudby in 1878
I particularly like the thought of them enjoying their "sumptuous tea" at the end of the proceedings:Northern Echo: Monday 5 August 1878Laying Foundation Stones at Hutton Rudby Last Friday was a...
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Particulars of sale of Leven House and the Sailcloth Mill: 1877
The history of the Hutton Sailcloth Mill – its transmission from Thomas Wayne to Mark Barker to John Mease – can be found in Stately Homes of Hutton Rudby in the section on Leven House.John Mease died...
View ArticleA Girl Drowned at Hutton Rudby: July 1879
from the Daily Gazette for MiddlesbroughThursday 24 July 1879A Girl Drowned at Hutton Rudby On Tuesday morning Ida Smith, 16, was drowned in the River Leven, at Hutton Rudby. The deceased worked at Mr...
View ArticleCharles Bathurst of Skutterskelfe kills his butler: 1730
Local stories tell of the ghost known as the White Lady of Skutterskelfe. I was told that she’s more likely to be a trick of the light, from the mist that gathers where the road crosses the beck –...
View ArticleThe Stokesley parish magazine of 1876
A few notes from the Stokesley, Whorlton & Ingleby Parish Magazine of 1876.(I find to my dismay that I can't find the source of these notes at the moment! Perhaps if I have time to go through my...
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Thorpe Underwood Hall: 1912
I can date this Knight, Frank & Rutley brochure from the final pages, because they advertise auction sales due to take place in May and June 1912.Amongst the landed estates and large country...
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Probate of the Will of John Cole of Stokesley (c1812-1892)
John Cole of Stokesley made his Will on 19 December 1885. He left all his “household goods and Furniture plate linen Books Glass and China” to his two daughters Elizabeth Sarah and Jane. His executors...
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Grove House, Harrogate: 1912
Grove House, Harrogate 1912Following my last blogpost, here is a second Yorkshire property from the Knight, Frank & Rutley brochure of 1912.Grove House was the home of Samson Fox (1838-1903),...
View ArticleNews from Hutton Rudby: 1875 & 1876
York HeraldThursday 21 October 1875from an account of the Quarter Sessions at NorthallertonThe Chairman, in his charge to the Grand Jury, said he was sorry he could not congratulate them upon any...
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Hutton Rudby by Alfred M Aldersen
I haven't photographed this limited edition poster very well, but it's too pretty to leave out ...
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The Live Bait Squadron: 99 years ago
On this day in 1914, three British cruisers were sunk in the North Sea, torpedoed by a solitary German submarine. The Hogue, Aboukir and Cressy were lost with the lives of 1,459 men and boys.John...
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