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Dr Goodeve and Cook's Folly
Account of the life of Henry Goodeve, victorian physician who worked in India. He and his wife bought Cook's Folly, a 17th century house on the Bristol side of the Avon Gorge. The booklet summarises Goodeve's family history and connections, his medical practice in India, including the Calcutta Medical College, and details of the hose at Cook's Folly.
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Ryedale Roots Journal July 2017 - Thornton-le-Dale
The Ryedale FHG Quarterly Journal Article on Recording Monumental Inscriptions Article on ‘Wartime Memories’ Help sought on: Frank (Kirkbymoorside), Stamper (Kirkdale), Bravender (Acklam by Malton), Goodal(l), Bowland and Race (Terrington) Article on Mary Thompson 1832 - 1906 Yorkshire Moors and Dales by Alfred Percy Wilson in 1910 (available from RFHG website) Article on the history of ‘The Great…
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Ryedale Roots Journal January 2018 - Ellerburn
The Ryedale FHG Quarterly Journal Help sought on Tyerman (East Yorkshire), Haykins (Wintringham & Slingsby), Hodgson (Scampston), Carrington (Spaunton Manor), Fawcett (Norton & Malton) Short Story Winner 2017 ‘ When the Bomb Dropped’ Article ‘Lost at Sea’ Article on Bastardy Acts Member Talks: Yearsley Mill, the Millers and Landowners; DNA and Family History Newspaper clippings Article on Directories Article…
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Ryedale Roots Journal July 2018 - Lastingham
The Ryedale FHG Quarterly Journal Help sought on: Gibson (Wiganthrope), Milbank, Melbanke and Mealbank, Harrison and Bastardy Records (Hawnby and West Rounton), Watsons and Bastardy Records (Stonegrave), Goodwill (Yorkshire), Bowes and Bastardy Records (Sproxton and Helmsley) Article ‘The Book of Remembrance’ published by the Beck Isle Museum Article on ‘Deaths - Hangings – Executions and Sayings’ Article…
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Ryedale Roots Journal April 2019 - Goathland
The Ryedale FHG Quarterly Journal Help sought on: Kerry (of Lockton) Article on Acres and Acres – the metric system Article on the Monumental Inscriptions at Salton (RFHG Publication) Newspaper clippings on Salton Article Harold Thomas Styles of Austwick Member Talks: Scampston Hall – a history of the house and gardens; The RAF at 100 – 49 Squadron; Elizabeth Botham and her bakery Article on ‘The Sweet…
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Ryedale Roots Journal October 2019 - Brompton by Sawdon
The Ryedale FHG Quarterly Journal Help sought on: Any History for Lidmoor Farmhouse, near Kirkbymoorside? Rickaby and Harding (Kirkbymoorside) Article on Sir George Cayley, Grandfather of Aviation Article on The Restoration Project at St Stephen’s Church, Snainton Ryevitalise Landscape Partnership – Restoring Biodiversity and Improving Water Quality of the River Rye Member Talks: And the Bride Wore…
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Ryedale Roots Journal April 2021 - Bilsdale
The Ryedale FHG Quarterly Journal Help sought on Boyes & Harding (Appleton le Moors), France & Adamson (Malton & Dewsbury), Sharp & Temple (Beadlam, Pockley and Pickering), Robinson (Nunnington) Member Talks: The History of Family Photographs; Trials and Executions at York; Behind the scenes at ‘Who Do You Think You Are’ Article on Researches into the Sharp Family in and around Helmsley ‘A…
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Ryedale Roots Journal July 2022 - Normanby
The Ryedale FHG Quarterly Journal Report on the Yorkshire Family History Show 2022 Member Talks: M’Lord Cardigan; Transported Across the Sea; The Walls Clan of Coverdale – From the Foresters’ Arms to the Somme Newspaper clippings Article on Normanby Article on the death of Mrs George Bilton 1915 (Harome) Help sought on: Johnson, Hodgson and Headlam (Farndale, Gillamoor and Lastingham), William Noel…
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Ryedale Roots Journal January 2024 - Kirkbymoorside
Kirkbymoorside – location and what records are available Should we lose our Heritage? Proposed destruction of Wills Help sought: Nixon, Richardson, Nessfield and Ellerker (Helmsley), The Refugee Centre WW2 (Beckdale, Helmsley) Kirkbymoorside Monumental Inscriptions – available from the RFHG Website Kirkbymoorside War Memorial – Names of the fallen WW1 and WW2 Recipe for Orange Wine The Black Swan Inn…
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Ryedale Roots Journal April 2024 - Birdsall
Birdsall – location and what records are available Manor of Birdsall – Tenants 3 October 1758 Help sought on Allen at Terrington, Eskdaleside and Slingsby Let’s write a letter Granny’s letter from south east London during the blitz Wills recently transcribed Newspaper clippings for Birdsall Article on in-laws Table of Kindred and Affinity Extract from Birdsall Burials (available on the RFHG website) Will…
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Ryedale Roots Journal April 2025 - Great Edstone
Help sought; Thompson (Great Edstone, Langton and Kilburn) Short Story Competition 2024 – Two more entries Short Article on Utility Furniture How to call the doctor without a telephone Newspaper Clippings Article on Understanding Origins –a member’s trip to Yorkshire Article on Family Connections to Great Edstone Article on walking the Cleveland Way Members’ Meetings via Zoom Will of George Boyes of…
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Bootham School Register 1935
Bootham School Register 1822 to 1935. The School was opened in January, 1823. This Register was intended to cover the whole period of the School’s history from 1822 to 1935, however, the early records are very imperfect, and it was impossible to ascertain the names of all the pupils who attended the School during the first years of its existence. In this Register are 2,853 names of pupils and staff,…
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Ryedale Roots Journal October 2025 - Weaverthorpe
Content – Ryedale Roots Oct 2025 Weaverthorpe Location, and where the files are to be found Help sought: Thompson (Ryton and Birdsall) Article on ‘My Neighbour’s Family’ Reports on Members’ Talks: Researching Yorkshire Ancestors Bible on offer for families with connections to Rillington, Settrington and Nunnington Newspaper Clippings Article on the Wardell Family of Weaverthorpe The Cleveland Way –…
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Historia Rievallensis
A History of Kirkbymoorside, and an account of the most important places in the vicinity; together with brief notices of the more remote or less important ones. Prefixed by A Dissertation on the Animal Remnants, and other curious phenomena, in the recently discovered Cave at Kirkdale. Authored by the Rev. W Eastmead, 1824.
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Ryedale Roots Journal April 2026 -Pickering
Ryedale Roots Quarterly Journal Content Pickering Parish – location and where the records are held The North Yorkshire Moors Railway Help Wanted: Gibson (Cropton, Gillamoor and Lytham, Lancashire) Article on “The Rural Economy of Yorkshire 1788” by William Marshall (1745-1818) The Beck Isle Museum Newspaper Clippings Report on Talks - High Stakes on the Knavesmire, The Life of William Flint, a Sporting…
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The Blue Maids Orphanage
Mary Wright 978 1 911592 02 0 The Blue Maids Orphanage opened in 1795, a generation before Muller’s Orphanage. But it lay at the bottom of Ashley Hill with Muller’s at the top, and has been rather overshadowed by the larger and richer institution. Yet there is a tale to tell even in its relative lack of funds and the struggles of the directing committee to keep it going until eventual closure in 1927.…
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Susanna Morgan: Campaigning for reform in early 19th century Bristol, by Michael Whitfield
After the end of the Napoleonic Wars, Britons were increasingly aware of many social ills; and this awareness contributed to the great wave of reforms which followed the passing of the 1832 Reform Bill. One of the most active of Bristol’s campaigners for reform was Susanna Morgan. She wrote and published on several major causes, and took an active part in new institutions. But, as a woman, she often…
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Our Houses
History of three semis in North Harrow, and a house in each of Church Lane, Albury Drive, Ashridge Gardens, Azale Walk (Old Eastcote)
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Old Currie, Balerno & Juniper Green by George Monies
An illustrated history of these three areas of west Edinburgh, featuring 53 rare period photographs taken in the days when each was a village in its own right and not just a suburb of the city.
Supplied by: Lothians Family History Society Product Ref: LOT-SL009
Old Gullane, Aberlady, Dirleton and Drem by Donald Lindgren
Within an area widely considered to be a golfer’s paradise and where the game has been taught and played since the 1600s, these four villages are steeped in many other kinds of history as well. Aberlady dates to the seventh century, when a chapel was built there facilitating traffic between Iona and Lindisfarne.
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Old Peebles by Rhona Wilson
This lively history also includes photographs of the station and viaduct over the Tweed before Peebles sadly lost its railway link in the late 1960s.
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Scotland’s Last Days of Colliery Steam by Tom Heavyside
Long after steam engines disappeared from passenger rail lines, they were used extensively around Scotland's coal mines until as late as 1981. In this collection of 58 superb photographs, taken by the author during the mid- to late 1970s, these engines are shown hard at work at collieries in Ayrshire, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirlingshire, Lanarkshire and the Lothians. Enhanced by informative captions…
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School and Community
Family and community history through the prism of school logbooks. Edited by Professor Michael Drake
Supplied by: Family and Community Historical Research Society Product Ref: FCH-B154
One-2-One Online Tuition - Workshop 1 "Getting Started" Free P&P
Are you a complete beginner when it comes to researching your family history? Do you want to do a ‘do-over’?! If you’re not sure where to begin, I now offer 1-2-1 online tuition to help you get started or to help you start over again and do it better! I will recommend books and useful websites to help you get started. These workshops make great birthday and retirement gifts. Duration: 1 – 1.5 hours…
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One-2-One Online Tuition - Workshop 2 "Recording your findings and drawing your family tree" Free P&P
Are you a complete beginner when it comes to researching your family history? Do you want to do a ‘do-over’?! If you’re not sure where to begin, I now offer 1-2-1 online tuition to help you get started or to help you start over again and do it better! I will recommend books and useful websites to help you get started. These workshops make great birthday and retirement gifts. Duration: 1 – 1.5 hours…
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