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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 27m

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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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 10h

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 · 10h

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 · 10h

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 · 10h

I would be very happy with a library like that 😊

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 19h

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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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 19h

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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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 20h

fundraising in 1316, the Sheffield Outrages, and more. Seven pages of Yorkshire’s past, ready for your coffee break: payhip.com/b/Ctuiq

The Heritage Letter No2

In this second edition I look at Thomas Chippendale's work for Nostell Priory, the defence of Heptonstall during the English Civil War and recount the interesting way the Manor of Wakefield had of rai...

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 20h

Thank you to everyone who’s downloaded The Heritage Letter! If you’ve not yet had your Sunday read, there’s still time to enjoy this new issue from Thomas Chippendale’s craftsmanship at Nostell Priory to the defence of Heptonstall, the Manor of Wakefield’s inventive

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

But we are. As kids we always played the game of who was the first to see it on the way home. When ill or worried it also had a strangely reassuring feel to it.

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

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

Emley Moor has always been like that for me. I think for more than two thirds of my life I have had a clear view of the mast.

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

Photograph by Mike Peel (mikepeel.net) CC BY_SA 4.0

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

Perched high on the Yorkshire Pennines, the Holme Moss transmitting station was inaugurated OTD 12 October 1951. Located between the steep descent to Holmfirth and the Woodhead reservoirs, Its current 750-foot mast dating to 1984 stands more than 1,700 feet above sea level.

the Holme Moss transmitting station was inaugurated OTD 12 October 1951. Located between the steep descent to Holmfirth and the Woodhead reservoirs, Its current 750-foot mast dating to 1984 stands more than 1,700 feet above sea level

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

"The Heritage Letter" is now available to download from payhip.com/b/Ctuiq Thomas Chippendale’s work for Nostell Priory, the defence of Heptonstall in the Civil War, the curious way the Manor of Wakefield raised funds during the famine of 1316, the Sheffield Outrages and more payhip.com/b/Ctuiq

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

The second of my coffee-break reads, The Heritage Letter, will be out tomorrow. Sunday mornings are the perfect time to enjoy it — just seven pages, but filled with stories from Yorkshire’s past (and a touch of its present). Available from payhip.com/HistoryandHe... after 10.am #Yorkshire #History

Rocks, Muskets and Floodwaters: The Defence of Heptonstall, November 1643

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

Martin. Requisitioned by the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War, it later fell into decline. Dr Gerald Rolph purchased and restored it in 1983; after a major fire in 2005, the castle was rebuilt and stands fully restored today. Images Woldfootage CC BY-SA 4.0

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

of York, owned the estate his marches up its hill said to have inspired “The Grand Old Duke of York.” In 1805, the Stourton family acquired the property, and their descendant replaced the Georgian house with the present Gothic Revival castle, built between 1848 and 1851 by George

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

Allerton Castle in North Yorkshire has a history spanning over a thousand years. Once held by the Mauleverer family from the Norman Conquest to the 18th century, it later passed to the Arundells, who built a new house around 1720. In the late 1780s, Prince Frederick, Duke

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

What a coincidence - hope it was a good night. 😂

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

It's Ferrybridge Road in the Monkhill (as you would expect 😂)area of Pontefract.

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

Colsterdale reservoirs in North Yorkshire. This image shows a sighting tower at Carlesmoor, near the River Laver.Public Domain

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

A sighting tower is a tall structure built by surveyors to give a fixed, elevated point for precise alignment during major engineering works such as tunnels or pipelines. They were vital for projects like the three towers built for Rivelin Tunnel and those associated with the

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

mound though this later proved to be the base of an old
windmill. In truth, Hatfield Chase once covered a wide sweep of country, and some historians now believe the fighting took place near Edwinstowe in Nottinghamshire. Image: Death of Edwin of Northumbria at Hatfield, 633 - F. H. Townsend

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

Northumbria, brought a fragile unity. His reign ended in AD 633 when he was defeated and killed by Penda, the pagan King of Mercia, at Hatfield Chase. Local tradition places the battle at Slay Pits, near Doncaster Road and Lings Lane, where the dead were said to lie beneath a

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

Tomorrow, 12 October, is traditionally marked as the date of the Battle of Hatfield Chase a subject that lies far outside my knowledge comfort zone. After the Romans withdrew, northern England was ravaged by Picts, Scots, and Danes until Edwin, the first Christian King of

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