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Melsonby, North Yorkshire
Melsonby maps
Historic maps of Melsonby and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Melsonby maps
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Illustrated Victorian map of North Yorkshire
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Melsonby books
Displaying 3 of 23 books about Melsonby and the local area. View all Melsonby books
Yorkshire Coastal Memories Photographic Memories
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Ilkley Town and City Memories
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Yorkshire County Memories
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Memories of Melsonby
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I have many happy memories of Melsonby as I visited regularly until the 1980's. My father's family (Healey) were from Melsonby and my aunt was a teacher at the C of E school for many years. My father and most of his family are buried in the churchyard in the picture. The right-hand cottage belonged to the Rennison family and as... [more]
Shared on 14 February 2008
North Yorkshire memories
1951 - 1979 Life in Aldbrough St John
Reading Carol's memories brings to mind a lot of happy times in the village, especially the bus shelter and phone box. We managed to make up a lot of our own entertainment, especially the 'village youth club', in a loft above Wilf Martin's butchery business. With a trap door, we could decide who could enter, once in there the music was... [more]
Shared on 29 June 2009
Living in Aldbrough St. John 1954-1972
My former name was Carol Innis and I lived in Aldbrough with my brother Les and parents Ken and Hilda. Les and I spent our childhood and teenage years walking and swimming in the beck, playing football on the huge village green and cricket on the cricket pitch which was maintained to a high standard by Jack Hollywell, then owner of... [more]
Shared on 13 May 2009
BRITTON ,CHARLES,---PORTER,ELIZABETH JANE
Elizabeth jane Porter was my Great Aunt and married Charles Britton at the parish church ,in the parish of Middleton Tyas in the county of York on the 24th of Nov 1891. Their witnesses were John Porter ,Betsy Gardner and Arthur Britton . I would love to know if anyone has any knowledge of any them or their descendants.
Shared on 21 November 2007
Hudson/Brewster Family History
My ancestors were living in Middleton Tyas in the early 1800s any information would be very welcome.Alice Hudson married a William Brewster both were from Middleton Tyas.
Shared on 07 November 2006
I would love to know of any information regarding the Aungiers family who lived in Middleton Tyas in the 1800s.
I know the address for John and Hannah was 5 Cottage. Father of John was James. Any information welcome.
Regards
Pam
Shared on 21 September 2006
After living in Richmond I bought and renovated Pear Tree House (on the right of this 1913 picture) in 1972. The previous occupants had died when I found the house it was covered in ivy and I understand at one time Funeral directors operated from the property.
It took eighteen months to renovate PTH into a double fronted Georgian... [more]
Shared on 17 July 2006
My parents, Fred and Marjorie Reeks bought the shop and Post Office from Mrs Britton in 1947 and they owned the business till about 1985. In the mid sixties Fred got about 100,000 daffodil bulbs from a market garden in Darlington and spent many hours getting a single furrow dug around the perimeter of each of the pieces of the green... [more]
Shared on 10 February 2008
Extracts From Melsonby & North Yorkshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Melsonby, inspired by Frith photos.
Villages of Yorkshire Photographic Memories
Quarrying for limestone and copper brought new people to this quiet agricultural village - mines were still operating in the 1920s. Now Melsonby is a well-kept residential village. The beck runs through the village green and then under this bridge beside the farmhouse and the parish church. St James' dates from 1153 and was restored in 1870 - up until then... [more]
This is an extract from Villages of Yorkshire Photographic Memories.
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Richmond Photographic Memories
Some women artists paint the view of Richmond from across the River Swale. In the left distance can be seen smoke rising from the gasworks beside the falls. Richmond had one of the earliest gasworks in Europe, built in 1820 to provide street lighting for the fashionable Georgian town.
This is an extract from Richmond Photographic Memories.
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Richmond Photographic Memories
The Terrace, another Georgian promenade, offers a spectacular panorama of the town. On the right is St Mary's parish church, in the centre the Grammar School, and to the left Church Mill, demolished in 1969, the last of many Richmond watermills once powered by the River Swale.
This is an extract from Richmond Photographic Memories.
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