History and Heritage Yorkshire
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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
Nestled between the M18 motorway and the East Coast Mainline railway, Potteric Carr is a 200-hectare nature reserve on the outskirts of Doncaster comprising reedbeds, ponds, woods, and meadow. It is a surviving fragment of the great Humberhead Levels fenland.
November 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Nestled between the M18 motorway and the East Coast Mainline railway, Potteric Carr is a 200-hectare nature reserve on the outskirts of Doncaster comprising reedbeds, ponds, woods, and meadow. It is a surviving fragment of the great Humberhead Levels fenland.
Moulton Hall near Richmond was rebuilt on the site of a previous building in the mid 17th century for the Smithson family. Perhaps it's most interesting owner though was Sir Ralph Millbanke who sold it when his daughter made a disastrous marriage to Lord Byron.
November 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Moulton Hall near Richmond was rebuilt on the site of a previous building in the mid 17th century for the Smithson family. Perhaps it's most interesting owner though was Sir Ralph Millbanke who sold it when his daughter made a disastrous marriage to Lord Byron.
York's Clifford’s Tower is to be given a new setting. York Council approved plans for a £10 million redevelopment of the surrounding area, replacing the Castle car park with green parkland, walkways and "spaces for reflection." The mound beneath the tower was the site of the 1190
November 10, 2025 at 8:43 AM
York's Clifford’s Tower is to be given a new setting. York Council approved plans for a £10 million redevelopment of the surrounding area, replacing the Castle car park with green parkland, walkways and "spaces for reflection." The mound beneath the tower was the site of the 1190
This Frank Meadow Sutcliffe photograph taken in Whitby brings back memories. My mother, a regular knitter used to buy her knitting wool in hanks. It was then my job to hold out the wool whilst it was wound into balls. It resembled a giants cats cradle.
November 10, 2025 at 7:28 AM
This Frank Meadow Sutcliffe photograph taken in Whitby brings back memories. My mother, a regular knitter used to buy her knitting wool in hanks. It was then my job to hold out the wool whilst it was wound into balls. It resembled a giants cats cradle.
Last one for today. Private Ernest Taylor 1896 - 1916, Service: 15 March 1915 – 1 October 1916 - York and Lancaster Regiment 6th Battalion. On his death a letter was sent from the Rev Rees, Army Chaplain to the Rev Elford, the Vicar of Horbury Junction: 1/4
November 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Last one for today. Private Ernest Taylor 1896 - 1916, Service: 15 March 1915 – 1 October 1916 - York and Lancaster Regiment 6th Battalion. On his death a letter was sent from the Rev Rees, Army Chaplain to the Rev Elford, the Vicar of Horbury Junction: 1/4
Step inside the old prison walls at York and you’re suddenly walking through history: past shop windows trimmed with holly, the scent of baking mince pies in the air, and a sense that Dickens himself might be just around the corner. I have been invited to travel back in time
November 9, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Step inside the old prison walls at York and you’re suddenly walking through history: past shop windows trimmed with holly, the scent of baking mince pies in the air, and a sense that Dickens himself might be just around the corner. I have been invited to travel back in time
The Featherstone War Horse officially titled A Place of Peace to be Together stands in Mill Pond Meadow as a powerful tribute to the 353 local men who died in the First World War. Inspired by the research of local historian Tony Lumb, the memorial grew from a community project that saw 353 trees
November 9, 2025 at 9:36 AM
The Featherstone War Horse officially titled A Place of Peace to be Together stands in Mill Pond Meadow as a powerful tribute to the 353 local men who died in the First World War. Inspired by the research of local historian Tony Lumb, the memorial grew from a community project that saw 353 trees
Across the quiet fields the poppies burn,
Their crimson glow where lost hearts turn;
Each bloom a name the wind recalls,
Whispered softly through autumn’s halls.
Beneath this sky, so still, so wide,
The past walks gently by our side.
'The Poppy Fields - Ackworth' Courtesy of Tim Hill #Remembrance
Their crimson glow where lost hearts turn;
Each bloom a name the wind recalls,
Whispered softly through autumn’s halls.
Beneath this sky, so still, so wide,
The past walks gently by our side.
'The Poppy Fields - Ackworth' Courtesy of Tim Hill #Remembrance
November 9, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Across the quiet fields the poppies burn,
Their crimson glow where lost hearts turn;
Each bloom a name the wind recalls,
Whispered softly through autumn’s halls.
Beneath this sky, so still, so wide,
The past walks gently by our side.
'The Poppy Fields - Ackworth' Courtesy of Tim Hill #Remembrance
Their crimson glow where lost hearts turn;
Each bloom a name the wind recalls,
Whispered softly through autumn’s halls.
Beneath this sky, so still, so wide,
The past walks gently by our side.
'The Poppy Fields - Ackworth' Courtesy of Tim Hill #Remembrance
The manor of Steeton, once known as Stiveton, was held by the Reygate family from the mid-13th century. Its striking two-storey gateway, built around the 1360s or 1370s by William de Reygate, a royal escheator for Yorkshire, once controlled entry to the family’s fortified
November 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
The manor of Steeton, once known as Stiveton, was held by the Reygate family from the mid-13th century. Its striking two-storey gateway, built around the 1360s or 1370s by William de Reygate, a royal escheator for Yorkshire, once controlled entry to the family’s fortified
You never quite know what you will find when renovating buildings. Sometime it is bad and costly news but in this case it was interesting. While restoring the 19th-century University of Huddersfield's Ramsden building Henry Boot Construction uncovered some hand-painted Victorian wallpaper hidden
November 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
You never quite know what you will find when renovating buildings. Sometime it is bad and costly news but in this case it was interesting. While restoring the 19th-century University of Huddersfield's Ramsden building Henry Boot Construction uncovered some hand-painted Victorian wallpaper hidden
The Kohima Epitaph with its famous inscription is to be found at the Kohima War Cemetery in India. It contains the words: "When You Go Home, Tell Them Of Us And Say, For Your Tomorrow, We Gave Our Today". The 2nd Division Memorial in Dean's Park York, is a replica of the one that stands in Kohima.
November 8, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The Kohima Epitaph with its famous inscription is to be found at the Kohima War Cemetery in India. It contains the words: "When You Go Home, Tell Them Of Us And Say, For Your Tomorrow, We Gave Our Today". The 2nd Division Memorial in Dean's Park York, is a replica of the one that stands in Kohima.
Remembrance: Working in munitions factories in WWI could be unpleasant, uncomfortable and very dangerous. Over 200 women lost their lives through accidents, explosions, or poisoning from handling chemical explosives including on 5th December 1916, 35 women who were killed outright at the
November 8, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Remembrance: Working in munitions factories in WWI could be unpleasant, uncomfortable and very dangerous. Over 200 women lost their lives through accidents, explosions, or poisoning from handling chemical explosives including on 5th December 1916, 35 women who were killed outright at the
The former Midland Bank, later HSBC built in 1890 and situated next to the Town Hall which was built at the same time. It was designed by William Henry Howorth. I just enjoyed seeing these two entrances.
November 7, 2025 at 10:16 AM
The former Midland Bank, later HSBC built in 1890 and situated next to the Town Hall which was built at the same time. It was designed by William Henry Howorth. I just enjoyed seeing these two entrances.
I have to collect my Home Sleep Apnoea Test kit today ready for this evening. I can just drop asleep with no warning during the day several times in half an hour! It will be interesting to see what they find. I thought it was my blood pressure dropping low with the medication but maybe not.
November 7, 2025 at 5:54 AM
I have to collect my Home Sleep Apnoea Test kit today ready for this evening. I can just drop asleep with no warning during the day several times in half an hour! It will be interesting to see what they find. I thought it was my blood pressure dropping low with the medication but maybe not.
Many years ago, I was asked to write a guide to the Church of St Peter and St Leonard in Horbury the village I called home for over forty years. Built by the renowned architect John Carr and consecrated in 1794, the church replaced an earlier Norman building that Carr himself was granted permission
November 7, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Many years ago, I was asked to write a guide to the Church of St Peter and St Leonard in Horbury the village I called home for over forty years. Built by the renowned architect John Carr and consecrated in 1794, the church replaced an earlier Norman building that Carr himself was granted permission
I honestly didn't know about this when I posted this about the Tees Transporter Bridge this morning 😱. It was the mist/fog in the shot that made me choose it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 6, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I honestly didn't know about this when I posted this about the Tees Transporter Bridge this morning 😱. It was the mist/fog in the shot that made me choose it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Just been having a little look at Cleckheaton Old Cemetery which I can see from my bungalow. It really is in a horrendous state but has a certain charm to it. The
Cemetery Chapel dated 1853, is in need of restoration, it was built in the Classical style.
Cemetery Chapel dated 1853, is in need of restoration, it was built in the Classical style.
November 6, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Just been having a little look at Cleckheaton Old Cemetery which I can see from my bungalow. It really is in a horrendous state but has a certain charm to it. The
Cemetery Chapel dated 1853, is in need of restoration, it was built in the Classical style.
Cemetery Chapel dated 1853, is in need of restoration, it was built in the Classical style.
Rising through the fog the Tees Transporter Bridge seems half dream, half memory, a ghost of the industrial age suspended above the river. Linking Middlesbrough and Port Clarence, it is both monument and machine: Image: Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge, The Joy of All Things CC BY-SA 4.0
November 6, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Rising through the fog the Tees Transporter Bridge seems half dream, half memory, a ghost of the industrial age suspended above the river. Linking Middlesbrough and Port Clarence, it is both monument and machine: Image: Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge, The Joy of All Things CC BY-SA 4.0
I have just had Bob the Patterdale out in the garden and it is the archetypical 6th November morning. Damp, dank and downright depressing. But the decorators are back around eight and now the sitting room walls have dried properly they look tremendous with another coat today.
November 6, 2025 at 6:51 AM
I have just had Bob the Patterdale out in the garden and it is the archetypical 6th November morning. Damp, dank and downright depressing. But the decorators are back around eight and now the sitting room walls have dried properly they look tremendous with another coat today.
Protests and demonstrations are not a new phenomenon and were a common part of Victorian and earlier life. Bonfire night, because of its origins was often a focal point for protest with Guy Fawkes seen as a rebel with right on his side. Such was the case in Wakefield 1/2
November 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Protests and demonstrations are not a new phenomenon and were a common part of Victorian and earlier life. Bonfire night, because of its origins was often a focal point for protest with Guy Fawkes seen as a rebel with right on his side. Such was the case in Wakefield 1/2
Guy Fawkes was born around Aprill in 1570 in Stonegate, York. He was baptised at St Michael le Belfrey (below) on the 15th of that month. His father, a Church of England lawyer, died when Guy was eight. His mother later married a Catholic, which, along with Guy’s schooling at St Peter’s
November 5, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Guy Fawkes was born around Aprill in 1570 in Stonegate, York. He was baptised at St Michael le Belfrey (below) on the 15th of that month. His father, a Church of England lawyer, died when Guy was eight. His mother later married a Catholic, which, along with Guy’s schooling at St Peter’s
Engraving of Finkle Street in York Once known as ‘Mucky Pig’ or ‘Mucky Peg’ Lane it is situated in the former pig market area. Finkle is a common street name in the North meaning bend or corner, stemming from the old Norse word Old Norse word fenkl – elbow.
November 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Engraving of Finkle Street in York Once known as ‘Mucky Pig’ or ‘Mucky Peg’ Lane it is situated in the former pig market area. Finkle is a common street name in the North meaning bend or corner, stemming from the old Norse word Old Norse word fenkl – elbow.
I've got the decorators in the new little bungalow today. Not a lot you can do but trying to give it a mid century feel. Looking forward to seeing it. That's the sort of colour scheme for the living room. After all the medical and other problems it feels so good to be doing this.
November 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I've got the decorators in the new little bungalow today. Not a lot you can do but trying to give it a mid century feel. Looking forward to seeing it. That's the sort of colour scheme for the living room. After all the medical and other problems it feels so good to be doing this.
Frank Meadow Sutcliffe image of Bay Bank, Robin Hood's Bay. Not the idyllic tourist village we know today but the working fishing village it had been for hundreds of years. It was just as steep though both then and now!
November 4, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Frank Meadow Sutcliffe image of Bay Bank, Robin Hood's Bay. Not the idyllic tourist village we know today but the working fishing village it had been for hundreds of years. It was just as steep though both then and now!
Everybody knows of the role played in the Gunpowder Plot by Yorkshireman Guy Fawkes whose escapades we remember every 5 November. Fewer people are aware of the role played by two other Yorkshiremen John (Jack) and Christopher (Kit) Wright, brothers from Welwick near Withernsea
November 3, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Everybody knows of the role played in the Gunpowder Plot by Yorkshireman Guy Fawkes whose escapades we remember every 5 November. Fewer people are aware of the role played by two other Yorkshiremen John (Jack) and Christopher (Kit) Wright, brothers from Welwick near Withernsea