Category Archives: Our Yorkshire
Old and Very Old Yorkshire
Well this is the colour of the dreaded European Passport so I am not sure that a Yorkshire blue would not be more appropriate. Yes I am sure. It also says God’s Own Country when we know and accept that … Continue reading
Seven or More Yorkshire Cathedrals and Minsters
Top Cathedrals for age and Architecture 1.York Minster Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of St Peter is the Mother church of the Province of York AD 627. 2. Ripon Cathedral Church of St Peter and St Wilfrid AD 655. Parish and … Continue reading
Sculptures New and Ancient
Lizards from Cornwall have been carving a path through our dry stone walls. See more sculptures around Chevin Park and Surprise View. Human foot marks have eroded part of the Calf as folk try the ascent to the summit. … Continue reading
Even Older Yorkshire Folk from the Stone Age
The first Yorkshire folk were from the Palaeolithic era over 10,000 years B.C. These 12,000 year old Fred Flintstone characters were able to cross from Europe as the glacial waters of the ice ages melted away and plant and animal … Continue reading
Are The Oldest Yorkshiremen 10,000 Years Old?
On the road from Scarborough to Malton is Seamer, at the easterly end of the Vale of Pickering. It is here that pollen analysis and radio carbon dating have identified a site occupied circa 7,500 B.C. by Early Mesolithic Yorkshiremen. … Continue reading
Fascinating Facts about Filey
‘Keep Filey litter free’ by using one of the patriotic Yorkshire rose emblemed litter bins. It seems to work as returning day trippers remarked to me how clean the town was. I couldn’t see the state of the beach as … Continue reading
Sackville Street to Sunbridge Road Bradford
Sackville Street is as full of life as it ever has been but the nightlife businesses are a bit seedy. The street leads from Westgate down to Sunbridge Road. Or as some may have it from the Boy and Barrel … Continue reading
Original Boundaries of Yorkshire
Association of British Counties Map of Yorkshire. Published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 UK On a map of Yorkshire from the Domesday book the ‘county’ was a significantly larger region taking in parts of Cumberland Westmoreland and Lancashire. Yorkshire … Continue reading
Marine Conservation in Yorkshire
‘You can please some of the fish some of the time but not all of the piscene critters all of the time.’ Of the original 27 conservations zones none were on or near the Yorkshire coast. The nearest is the … Continue reading
Jump on a Yorkshire Bus
Pictures of some older Yorkshire buses run by Yorkshire bus companies have been preserved by Ingy the Wingy and others for us to enjoy. Even more important is the buses themselves are being preserved! Others are still in service. Use … Continue reading