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Oulston, North Yorkshire

Oulston maps

Historic maps of Oulston and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis.   View all Oulston maps

Oulston map

Historic map of Oulston

North Yorkshire map

Illustrated Victorian map of North Yorkshire

Oulston map

Historic Map of any Oulston postcode

Oulston maps
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Oulston photos

We have no photos of Oulston, although we do have photos of these nearby places: Crayke, Husthwaite, Coxwold, Brandsby, Easingwold, Byland Abbey, Ampleforth, Wass, Carlton Husthwaite, Stillington, Ampleforth College, Kilburn, Oswaldkirk, Sutton Bank

Oulston books

Displaying 3 of 23 books about Oulston and the local area.   View all Oulston books

Yorkshire Coastal Memories Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14

Ilkley Town and City Memories
Paperback
£13

Yorkshire County Memories
Paperback
£15

Oulston books
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Memories of Oulston

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North Yorkshire memories

Childhood

Kilburn was always a magical place for me as a child, lying as it does beneath the hillside where the White Horse is carved. As children we would cycle the seven miles from our home village to spend the day on and around the horse. A visit to 'Mousey Thompson's 'workshop was often included. I also remember earlier... [more]

Shared on 13 February 2009 by Margaret O'mahony.

High Kilburn

I visited High Kilburn with my mother in 1987. She lived there as a young lady. Her name is Laetitia (Thompson) Lewis. Her parents were Lionel and Alice Thompson. We visited the house where she used to live and then went down to Kilburn and through some other villages before returning to Everingham where my uncle lived... [more]

Shared on 06 June 2008 by Patricia Torres.

New Website

Here in Helperby we have hosted a great Hidden Gardens every July. And this year it will be even better.
Last year was great , the weather hot and the strawberrys were very tasty.
But we wanted to share more of Helperby with everyone. so we made a village website, for the people who live there. They can add what they... [more]

Shared on 17 April 2007 by Helen Jarvis.

The Atkinson Family

My Grandma, Joan Atkinson, was born at Linton-on Ouse in 1927. Her father was the lock keeper there for a number of years and the family lived in the house in the photograph. Joan was the eldest of four children, three of whom were born at Linton-on-Ouse including Betty and Ian. The youngest child, June, was born when the family moved... [more]

Shared on 29 November 2007 by Ross Galbraith.

Extracts From Oulston & North Yorkshire books

Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Oulston, inspired by Frith photos.

Whitby Photographic Memories

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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Whitby Photographic Memories

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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Whitby Photographic Memories

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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