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Independent researcher/writer/broadcaster in the history, heritage and culture sectors. Editor, History and Heritage Yorkshire Magazine, Also write's on poverty, community and other things. Regular Bylines Network writer. Servant to a Patterdale

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 44m

Barnsley museum and the council's wider heritage offer (as indeed their cultural offer as well) as been excellent over several years and have been fortunate to be asked to write on several of their events and initiatives.

Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · 4h

Experience Barnsley museum wins best small museum award & main overall award. 👇
BBC News - Experience Barnsley museum wins national 'family friendly' award - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Experience Barnsley museum wins national 'family friendly' award

Judges say there are

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Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · 4h

Experience Barnsley museum wins best small museum award & main overall award. 👇
BBC News - Experience Barnsley museum wins national 'family friendly' award - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Experience Barnsley museum wins national 'family friendly' award

Judges say there are

www.bbc.co.uk

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 2h

This is a link to the short article www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Sutton Bank: Iron Age and Nazi history of landmark to be explored

Archaeological digs will investigate hill fort site and medieval battlefield in North York Moors.

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 3h

It was fairly common I think. What was more unusual was that Sutton Bank had been extremely popular with German flyers. Given the climate at the time that translated into probably more defensive works. I believe the article I read related to some archive material being unearthed.

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 3h

Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0,

History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 3h

its familiar landscape led to fears of invasion, and trenches and defences were built around the airfield.

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 3h

Whilst we are talking Sutton Bank and Roulston Scar (see previous post on the Battle of Byland). I was reading about an interesting military history about the Yorkshire Gliding Club. Founded in 1934 the club drew top German pilots to Sutton Bank in the pre-war years. During World War Two,

The Yorkshire Gliding Club at Sutton Bank

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 4h

belongings behind at Rievaulx. Byland was Bruce’s greatest triumph since Bannockburn, and a deep humiliation for the English crown. Lower Image Roulston Scar from Sutton Bank The Sutton Bank plateau ends at Roulston Scar. Graham Horn / CC BY-SA 2.0

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 4h

English, led by the Earl of Richmond, held the
heights above Byland, but Bruce outflanked them as Highlanders scaled the cliffs and attacked from the rear. The English broke and fled. Richmond was captured, and Edward escaped in panic — leaving his

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 4h

By autumn 1322, Robert the Bruce held the upper hand. Edward II’s failed invasion of Scotland had ended in famine and retreat, giving Bruce the chance to strike south. In October, his army swept into Yorkshire, where Edward was staying at Rievaulx Abbey. OTD 14 October, the

Memorial commemorating the Battle of Old Byland

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 21h

That is what comes of all this medication. 😂

History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 22h

It is. It's a little village about three miles south of Wetherby.

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 23h

image St Edward King and Confessor Catholic Church, Clifford, Mark Stevenson CC BY-SA SA 2.0

History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 23h

mill owned by the Grimston Brothers that was established in the village in 1831. It was built on the site of a former Wesleyan Chapel, hence its location on Chapel Lane.

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 23h

Today marks the feast day of St Edward the Confessor. The Romanesque style Roman Catholic church that bears his name in the village of Clifton has an interesting history. It was built to serve the population of Irish workers that came to work in the flax

The Romanesque style Roman Catholic church that bears his name in the village of Clifton has an interesting history. It was built to serve the population of Irish workers that came to work in the flax mill

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you for sharing. It sounds really interesting

History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 1d

his life was cut short dying in October 1893, his nocturnes continue to shimmer with quiet brilliance: a haunting body of work that keeps the Victorian night forever alive. Tree Shadows on the Park Wall, Roundhay, Leeds
John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836–1893)
Leeds Art Gallery Leeds Museums and Galleries

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 1d

John Atkinson Grimshaw was a master of moonlit streets and mist-draped docks, a painter who captured the very texture of the Victorian dream. His cityscapes, illuminated by the soft glow of gaslight, startled viewers with their precision and poetry, scenes where realism met reverie. Though

Shadows on the Park Wall, Roundhay, Leeds
John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836–1893)
Leeds Art Gallery Leeds Museums and Galleries

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 1d

The defence of Heptonstall, November 1643, just one of the fascinating nugget size pieces in the latest newsletter. Visit payhip.com/b/Ctuiq to download.

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of 13 October reported "Harrogate welcomed the Jarrow marches to-day as cheerfully as if they were a relief column raising a siege."

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 1d

lack of support drew criticism with angered, marchers feeling betrayed. This was aggravated by reduced benefits from the Ministry of Labour. Despite Labour's reluctance, the marchers found unexpected support in Conservative-dominated Harrogate. The Guardian

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 1d

The Jarrow march reached Harrogate OTD, 12, October in 1936. The marchers travelled 15½ miles from Ripon to arrive in Harrogate on that date, and then departed for Leeds the following day. It faced various challenges. The Labour Party conference's

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 1d

I would be very happy with a library like that 😊

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century, and much of its stone was quarried for other buildings in the 18th century. Image petralovespurple CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

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Ayton Castle is the ruins of a fortified manor house, originally built on the site in the 12th century. A pele tower, the structure visible today, was constructed around 1410 by Sir Ralph Eure for defence against Scottish raiders. The castle was abandoned and became a ruin by the late 17th

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