Old Edlington, South Yorkshire
Old Edlington maps
Historic maps of Old Edlington and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Old Edlington maps
Old Edlington photos
We have no photos of Old Edlington, although we do have photos of these nearby places: Conisbrough, Wadworth, Maltby, SprotbroughOld Edlington books
Displaying 3 of 23 books about Old Edlington and the local area. View all Old Edlington books
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Memories of Old Edlington
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Rural Councillor Mrs Ellen Tait
Can anyone help with dating an article from the "Sunday Dispatch" re Mrs Ellen Tait. She was a rural councillor and lived in a council house in Edlington. She was a remarkable lady and I would appreciate help with my research.
Shared on 12 March 2008
My memories are the happy times I spent as a child at the lido. We had little money, just a bottle of water and dry bread and jam on a Sunday morning and fun in the Lido. I well remember Harry Wood the baths attendant. He used to let us stay over our time. My brothers used to throw me in... [more]
Shared on 28 July 2007
I lived in Rawmish, and as a special treat my dad's mate Tony Williams got his mate the caretaker to let me have my own personal look roun't castle. My dad used to work at the pit offices in Denaby. When I used to go and see my dad in't olidays I'd go train spotting to the station and then ride... [more]
Shared on 23 May 2008
Extracts From Old Edlington & South Yorkshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Old Edlington, inspired by Frith photos.
Just south of the abbey's cliffs lie these rocks, which show the inroads made by the alum mining industry during the previous centuries. Before the chemists discovered a simpler method of fixing the dyes used in cloth manufacturing, alum was successfully used for this purpose. It had first to be extracted from rich mineral-bearing stone. This was mined locally both at Saltwick and Sandsend, and... [more]
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The railway line continues past the houses and the stone bridge of East Row, whilst the flow from the beck makes a tempting paddling pool. Bathing machines were still in use at this time, as we see on the right.
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Nestling in the shelter of Lythe Bank, the ancient village holds the homes of many of the men who worked in the alum industry and on local estates. Alum was a chemical used in tanning leather and in the dyeworks to fix the dye used in the weaving industry. It was mined and extracted from local stone in the Whitby district,... [more]
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