Decisions. Decisions! In honour of #InternationalPencilDay - should I opt for blush pink, sky blue, sunshine yellow or go au naturel? #DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍 @yorkarchive.bsky.social

If Tuesday was captured in an expression, then carved in stone and topped with moss? ⛪ Parish Church of St Oswald. Fulford. York. UK. #DeadSleuth #YorkyHistoryLass #ChurchCrawler #StillSleuthing 🔍

"How should haberdashers & that sort of folk be judges of the qualifications of a tutor!!” Alas, the answer is NOT to be found within this irreverent missive from the pen of one William Gray in 1837 and the scion of Grays Solicitors of York. #DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍 @yorkarchive.bsky.social

Amid slivers of cloud and as mossy gravestones stand proud under a dappled warm afternoon sky - the aged trees cast no shadow over an iconic church spire. ⛪ Parish Church of St Olave. York. UK. #DeadSleuth #YorkyHistoryLass #ChurchCrawler #SpireSunday #StillSleuthing 🔍

Framed by doric pilasters and decorated columns as elaborate cornicing, cherubs and extravagant swags hover protectively - a gorgeous window awaits the curious visitor. ⛪ Parish Church of Holy Trinity. Leeds. Yorkshire. UK. #DeadSleuth #ChurchCrawler #StainedGlassSaturday #StillSleuthing 🔍

One beautiful March afternoon I introduced my fellow sleuth @yorkfhs.bsky.social to the occupant of a favourite grave in Acomb YORK whose poignant story can now be discovered within the pages of the MARCH publication of The Yorkshire Dalesman Magazine. #DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍

Heigh Ho! 'Tis to the archives I have come today as I sleuth the life of one man of the cloth and his priestly tenure. If you would like The Dead Sleuth to haunt an archive on your behalf within Yorkshire or beyond - drop me a line at [email protected]. #StillSleuthing 🔍 @uoyborthwick.bsky.social

Under the palest of blue skies and wrapped up against a biting wind - I've managed to squeeze in a moment or three for a little church crawling and tombstone sleuthing before lunch en famille. 💒 The Parish Church of St Mary Bishophill Junior. York. UK. #StillSleuthing 🔍 @graveyardsquirrel.com

"Though women are angels, yet wedlock's the devil." ~ Lord Byron (1788-1824) Within the pages of the FEBRUARY publication of The Dalesman Magazine - I muse upon memories of my love of weddings, and the fall-out of a matrimonial scandal from the year 1874. #DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍

Cemeteries? Graveyards? I LOVE them! If I'm not sleuthing an elusive ancestor, unearthing another life lost to history, or haunting the archives as @deadsleuth.com - I could be wandering among the tombstones somewhere. See YOU in the other side? #DeadSleuthing #GraveyardSquirrel #StillSleuthing 🔍

A headstone decorated with an urn draped in extravagant stone fabric tells of the fate of the teenaged Albert Cregson who was drowned at sea in the year 1860. ⚰ Wakefield Cemetery. Sugar Lane. Wakefield. West Yorkshire. UK. #TombstoneTuesday #StillSleuthing 🔍

Heigh ho. Heigh ho. It's off to the archives I now go! Monday. The view from my perch as I grab a quick lunch before those archives beckon once more. #DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍 @yorkarchive.bsky.social

Hidden from view behind an old buttress and framed by a unique stone door frame - a charming and beautifully adorned chancel door beckons to the curious. ⛪ The Parish Church of St Oswald. Fulford. York. UK. #DeadSleuth #ChurchCrawler #ADoorableThursday #StillSleuthing 🔍

Shielded by tangled ivy and dried ferns - a weeping angel adorns a small pale monument to one Agnes Jane Allison who entered into spirit in the year 1871. ⚰ Symonds Street Cemetery. Auckland. New Zealand. #TombstoneTuesday #StillSleuthing 🔍

Aged stone in hues of a soft grey palette captured against the dying of a January day. ⛪ The Parish of All Saints. Rudston. Driffield. UK. #DeadSleuth #ChurchCrawler #StillSleuthing 🔍 with @graveyardsquirrel.com

I) 'When we two parted. In silence and tears' - Lord Byron On this day in the year 1837, the inspiration for this beloved poem, The Lady Frances Webster-Wedderburn died at her home in London at the age of 42 after suffering much.

"My birthday. And I go to my bed with a heaviness of heart at having lived so long, and to so little purpose." ~ Lord Byron To SO little purpose Lord B? Me thinks not as I'm celebrating your birthday some 238 years later. At regencyrecondite.com - the celebrations continue! #StillSleuthing 🔍

'A guid New Year to aim and An' money may ye see.' In the JANUARY publication of THE DALESMAN - I muse upon memories of Hogmanay, the New Year customs of penny scrambling and a coastal dip, along with sleuthing those seaside ancestors, AND my love of shortbread. #StillSleuthing🔍

Before the morning had ended on this day in the year 1815 - the poet Lord Byron had been joined in matrimony to one Anne Isabella Milbanke at her family home at Seaham Hall in Seaham County Durham. * SPOILER ALERT * Alas, they were NOT to live happily ever after! #DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍

Wishing everyone a very Happy Christmas. 🎄 #DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #TeeAndTombstones #YorkyHistoryLass #FamilyHistorySleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍

Monday afternoon. The view from my world. From my garden to their forever home. A little ancestral grave festive gift and tidy up for my maternal 2 x Greats. 🪦 York Cemetery. York. UK. #DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #TeeAndTombstones #YorkyHistoryLass #StillSleuthing 🔍 @deadsleuth.com

"Christmas isn't a season. It's a feeling." ~ Edna Ferber. In the delightfully seasonal DECEMBER publication of THE DALESMAN - I muse upon the final month of the year, an ancestor unveiled and the untold tale of a ghost of Christmas past. #DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍 with @teebylo.com

I. ‘Tis the day for more sleuthing into the working life of my Victorian protagonist and architect, one Charles Toft Newstead who in the year 1874 was instructing his trusty Excavator with his recipe for CONCRETE! For the curious among us, kindly read on…

In search of a festive stocking filler? Why not treat the history sleuth in your life with the new book about MICKLEGATE from @clemhallhistory.bsky.social Although Micklegate is famous for its many taverns - there is much to discover about this 'Great Street of York' within the pages of this book.

The decision to work with a genealogist as you embark on a fascinating journey to uncover the lives of your ancestors can be exciting - but, it can also prove daunting. But when those long-lost ancestors finally reveal themselves? I STILL feel a buzz like no other! #DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍

"But this is a family matter!" Words uttered in anger during a fierce family argument in the Spring of 1904 would damn an unrepentant defendant the following year as he stood in the dock of York Crown Court. Those Ghosts of Christmas Past Await... #PoliteTourist #LadyBrigante #StillSleuthing 🔍

As the final hour of my desk and kettle duties on behalf of @yorkfhs.bsky.social approacheth - no more will I go a’ sleuthing. Although our YFHS Research Room in York will close the doors for the final time on Thursday November 20 - I will be relieved of my duties forever at 4pm today. Adieu!

'Went the day well? We died and never knew; But well or ill, England, we died for you.' ~ John Maxwell Edmonds Lest We Forget 🥀 ⚰ York Cemetery. York. UK. #ArmisticeDay #LestWeForget #StillSleuthing 🔍 @deadsleuth.com

'At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them.' ~ Laurence Binyon #ArmisticeDay #LestWeForget

Remember! Remember? In the NOVEMBER publication of THE DALESMAN MAGAZINE - I muse upon sleuthing the 'missing infants', the meaning of ancestral inheritance and a legacy of murder. #DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍 @teebylo.com

Where there’s a Will - there IS a way! If you need a guiding hand researching or deciphering a Last Will and Testament - help is at hand. Why not let your fingers do the talking and tap a message to [email protected]? #DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍

‘Is this Guy Fawkes you burn in effigy?' In November 1812 a disgruntled and disgraced “barrel of gunpowder” Lady Caroline Lamb was participating in her own unique Bonfire Night celebration at Brocket Hall. DANCES WITH BONFIRES at regencyrecondite.com #BloggingByron #StillSleuthing 🔍

By the close of the annual horse fair in the year 1853 and as the visitors made their way home from the City of York - 'twas unfortunate however that the evening would not end well for all. THOSE GHOSTS OF CHRISTMAS PAST await your kind attention. YOU walk. WE talk. #PoliteTourist #LadyBrigante

Remember! Remember? In the NOVEMBER publication of The Yorkshire Dalesman magazine - I muse upon sleuthing the 'missing infants', the meaning of ancestral inheritance and a legacy of murder. #DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #TeeAndTombstones #TombstoneTuesday #StillSleuthing 🔍 @deadsleuth.com

I LOVE graveyards! If I’m not in search of a missing ancestor or trawling through parish records - I will be wandering around a graveyard somewhere. For those tombstone tourism exploits why not catch @graveyardsquirrel.com scurrying from graveyard to cemetery and then some? #StillSleuthing 🔍

As the 'Witching Hour' beckons and the veil grows thin 'twixt the living and the dead - I've returned to desk and kettle duty. And, for those curious about the trials and tribulations of the long-forgotten dead of Yorkshire - why not join me? I vanish at 4pm. Still Sleuthing 🔍@yorkfhs.bsky.social

Hey Tee! Enough already with the sleuthing, storytelling, scribbling or spiritual questing as TODAY is #NationalCatDay Sincerely, The Feline 😻 ----- Dear Furry Familiar, Isn't every day National Cat Day around here? Your Humble Servant, Tee P.S. How can I work under these conditions? 😘 ----

With a nod to Yuletide - The Polite Tourist presents an EVENING walk in YORK through NOVEMBER and DECEMBER. Why not come along and listen to the tales of those folk for whom the celebration of Christmas would sadly be their last. The Box Office awaits! www.tickettailor.com/events/polit...

Signed. Sealed. Delivered. I'm Yours? Alas, not for poor Elizabeth maister and her illegitimate daughter as her lover begged the parish wardens for anonymity with the promise of a generous cash settlement in the year 1806. Who said romance is dead? #StillSleuthing 🔍 The Borthwick. York. UK.

'This Star for a Moment Given' Peppered with moss and standing tall among falling leaves underneath a greying October sky - the monument to one John Fisher who died at the age of three months in the year 1851. 🪦 Parish Churchyard of St Olave. York. UK. #GraveyardSquirrel #StillSleuthing 🔍

I have been haunting the archives since my teenage years and they are still one of THE most exciting places to visit when I’m in pursuit of those elusive ancestors! If you need a sleuth to haunt an archive, why not cast your eye what's on offer at deadsleuth.com? #DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍

I. The Polite Tourist offers true crime walks through Victorian history. Through York, Scarboro', and beyond. As The Polite Tourist peels back the long shadows of dark Victoriana - find yourself spirited back to the cruel streets of another world where death was ever present...

DEAR TEE, When those elusive ancestors have been left to their peace and the storytelling streets of York and beyond have fallen quiet - what do YOU do? CURIOUS - - - - DEAR CURIOUS, Inquiring minds may find a smidgen of satisfaction within the pages of the OCTOBER 'Dalesman' SINCERELY TEE

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