Category Archives: Yorkshire History and Heritage
Welcome to Saltaire – BD18
As a UNESCO World Heritage site a visit to Saltaire is a must. This is due to the present amenities and Saltaire’s extremely interesting past. Set alongside the river Aire from which it gets part of its name Saltaire also … Continue reading
Black Diamonds Built Wentworth Castle
Wentworth Castle at Stainborough near Barnsley has fine gardens and parkland to walk around. Now-a-days Wentworth Castle buildings are used as a college of further education known as The Northern College. Access into the house is therefore strictly by pre-booked … Continue reading
Yorkshire Regiments
The East Yorkshire Regiment landed in St Nazare on 10th September 1914 and the battalions and some of the soldiers are researched in detail on 1914-1918 web site ‘The Long Long Trail’. This seems to be a good site for … Continue reading
Plot Night 1605
‘Remember remember the 5th of November gunpowder treason and plot’ so it isn’t bonfire night but Plot Neet or just Plot! The Plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1605 included plotters Robert Catesby,Thomas Percy, Christopher and John … Continue reading
Yorkshire Bank Funding National Trust
The UK’s biggest ever plant hunt is underway with a survey that will cover tens of thousands of plants at more than eighty significant National Trust Gardens. The project is sponsored by Yorkshire Bank, sponsors of the Outdoor Programme which … Continue reading
Walking Close to Yorkshire History
Walking is one of the best ways to get close up to history. You will get the time to consider how things you see came into being and how they relate to the then society. Researching your walk will often … Continue reading
Birth of The Great Yorkshire Show
From The Yorkshire Agricultural Society’s original objectives and a record of the 19th century shows, the early success of the great Yorkshire show can be plotted Continue reading
Hull History Centre Homage to Heritage
All our yesterdays can be studied at Hull history centre which has a fascinating range or records and archives… Continue reading
West Riding Centre of the Teasel Trade
Woven cloth needs fulling to raise a nap and Teasels were and still are used in this process. The peak consumption was in the 1830’s but Teasels are still used to create a pile on some products including tennis balls, … Continue reading
Ripon Of Men and Fishes
The founders of Ripon St Eata and St Wilfrid were fishers of men in the Middle Ages. The Cathedral, containing one of Europe’s oldest crypts, was founded on the ruins of St Wilfrid’s Abbey about 672 AD, the small crypt … Continue reading