News from Guisborough & Stockton: January 1877
From The Weekly Exchange(price One Penny)Thursday 25 January 1877 LOCAL AND DISTRICT NEWSGUISBOROUGHMARRIAGE OF MR J W CLARKE. - The bells of the Parish Church rang merrily last Thursday in celebration...
View ArticleHappy New Year!
Catching up from Christmas, wishing you all a Happy New Year & getting ready to resume my current research project ...In the meantime, I'll post some excerpts from the Hutton Rudby parish magazines...
View ArticleThe Search Box problem
I will try to get round to doing something about the Search Box, but I've got to get started again with the 16th century, and once in it, it's hard getting out ...In the meantime, just use a general...
View ArticleRudby Parish Magazine: February 1892
Excerpts from the parish magazine of Rudby-in-Cleveland:CHURCH OFFERTORIESDec. 27th, 1891 ....................... £1 3s. 8½d.Jan. 3rd, 1892 .......................... 8s. 1d.Jan. 10th, 1892...
View ArticleRudby Parish Magazine: March 1892
More from the old parish magazines:CHURCH OFFERTORIESJan. 24th ................. £1 1s. 7½d.Jan. 31st .................. £1 7s. 11½d.Feb. 7th .................... 9s. 7d.Feb. 14th .................. £1...
View Article1849 cholera genome mapped
The genome of the cholera that caused the 1849 pandemic has been mapped - do see the post on The History Blog.And don't miss checking out the full range of Giant Microbes in the Mütter Museum of...
View ArticleRudby Parish Magazine: April 1892
More from the old parish magazines. The variation in the amount given to the church offertory over the weeks must indicate the absence of some wealthier inhabitants ...Meanwhile, the existence of the...
View ArticleRudby Parish Magazine: August 1892
The parish magazine was made up of two parts. The first half consisted of a nationally-produced section and the second half contained the local news.From the local section for August 1892 we learn of...
View ArticleRudby Parish Magazine: September 1892
More from the old parish magazines:THE FALKLAND COTTAGE HOSPITALRULES FOR ADMISSIONAny sick person in Hutton Rudby or the immediate neighbourhood wishing to be admitted must apply to Lady Falkland, at...
View ArticleRudby Parish Magazine: November 1892
More from the old magazines:CHURCH OFFERTORIESSept 25 ...... £1 11s.10dOct 2 ......... 8s. 5½dOct 9 ......... 19s. 4dOct 16 ......... £1 3s. 3½dMARRIAGEOct 15 – Thomas Halliman, of Hutton, and Jemima...
View ArticleRudby Parish Magazine: December 1892
More from the old magazines. Interesting to see the difference between the report of Harvest Festival and the announcements for the Christmas services – quite clear which was the most enthusiastically...
View ArticleSearch box mended
I notice the search box problem has been resolved and it works again - hurrah!
View ArticleWho was Who in the parish of Rudby-in-Cleveland 1892
In 1892, the Vicar was the Revd John Johnson.In the census of 1891 he described himself as 59 years old, single, born in Kirkby Ravensworth. When he came to the parish after the death of the Revd...
View ArticleExcerpts from the Rudby Parish Magazines of the 1890s
April 18939 April – baptism of Rebecca, daughter of Thomas and Martha Barthram of Hutton1 April – burial of Martha Barthram of Hutton, aged 40 yearsThe Archbishop of York will hold a Confirmation in...
View ArticleLady Falkland's connection to the scandalous Josie Mansfield
The increasing availability of newspaper archives online has enabled me to find out considerably more about Mary Reade of New York, the wife of Byron Plantagenet Cary 12th Viscount Falkland – and to...
View ArticleSmallpox by hospital-acquired infection in Hutton Rudby in 1893
Two rather dark tales from the newspapers:Northern EchoMonday 2 October 1893Stokesley Guardians A case of scarlet fever was reported at Great Ayton, a case of typhoid fever at Stokesley, and a case of...
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Charles William Southeran 1875-1916
I post here a piece sent to me by John Nichols with the story of his grandfather. The jolly photograph seems particularly poignant:The face behind a name on the Hutton Rudby War Memorial“Private...
View ArticleArthur John Richardson of Guisborough 1895-1915
This verse was found by the late Miss Grace Dixon among the Chaloner papers, according to a note in my files.It relates to "Jock" Richardson of Miltoun House, Guisborough. He was in barracks in...
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Thomas Milner of Skutterskelfe: the life & times of a Tudor gentleman
Thomas Milner of Skutterskelfe, a gentleman of about sixty-four years of age, made his will on 28 June 1589, the year after the Spanish Armada. He had inherited his mother's share of the estate of his...
View ArticleThomas Milner of Skutterskelfe: notes, sources & select bibliography
In order to make the preceding piece about Thomas Milner readable, I have moved a good bit of the detail into these notes. Here you will find references, extra information and hyperlinks.Thomas...
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