Against a backdrop of pale grey, framed by a doorway of honey blush stone and protected by creeping fauna and flora - this quaint chancel door awaits the curious church crawler. ⛪ The Parish Church of St Mary Bishophill Junior. York. UK. #AdoorableThursday #StillSleuthing 🔍

Nestled under an old tree and topped with mossy haphazard tiles, this lychgate is a rich witness to the lives of the folk who once walked the path of this deconsecrated medieval church. Lychgate Loitering: Parish Church of Old St Owald. Fulford. York. UK. #StillSleuthing 🔍

Proud to champion Armed Forces Day. For all past and present members of our British Armed Forces - THANK YOU for your service, your dedication and your courage. #ArmedForcesDay

The baptismal font at St James in Piccadilly crafted from white marble and rich in biblical symbolism is the work of Grinling Gibbons (1648-1721) and would witness the baptisms of the poet William Blake and abolitionist Ottobah Cugoano known as 'John Stuart'. #StillSleuthing 🔍

Despite the ravages of time, a decorative stone celebrating the life of one JOSEPH KIRK who died in the year 1815 in his 53th year stands defiant. ⚰ Parish Churchyard of St Stephen. Acomb. York. UK. #TombstoneThursday #StillSleuthing 🔍

Why would I photograph my musings about tombstone wanderings in a quiet Yorkshire village in the JUNE publication of THE DALESMAN MAGAZINE against a memorial in the City of York to Dr. John Snow (1813-1858) the pioneer of public health and who proved that cholera is water-borne? #StillSleuthing 🔍

A war baby and talented dressmaker, a burns victim and war bride whose life ended shrouded in mystery on this day in the year 1962 with an overdose of prescription medication. READ Desperately Seeking Clarice at deadsleuth.com #StillSleuthing 🔍

I have been haunting the archives since my teenage years through Yorkshire and beyond and if you would like THE DEAD SLEUTH to haunt an archive on your behalf - why not drop me a line at [email protected] or wander over to deadsleuth.com #StillSleuthing 🔍

It has been such a pleasure to have been a part of York's Dead Good Festival for 2026 and there can be no better way to celebrate the last day of this unique festival than with poetry and music at the beautiful York Cemetery. #StillSleuthing 🔍 with @teebylo.com and @soquietus.com

As the afternoon sun plays hide and seek - I'm enjoying the view among the bluebells and creeping buttercups in one of my favourite gardens of the dead. 🪦 York Cemetery. York. UK. #StillSleuthing 🔍 with @teebylo.com and @deadsleuth.com

On this day in 1792 Anne Isabella was born at Elemore Hall in County Durham to Sir Ralph Milbanke and his wife the former Judith Noel. And at Seaham Hall in January 1815, history would take her on a different path after her calamitous marriage to the poet Lord Byron. #StillSleuthing 🔍️

On the day before her 68th birthday and with her beloved granddaughter Anne Isabella Noel King by her side - the estranged spouse of the poet, the Lady Byron died on May 16 in the year 1860. ⚰ Kensal Green Cemetery. London. UK. #StillSleuthing 🔍 @deadsleuth.com

Are you intrigued or perplexed with your ancestral history? Founded by @teebylo.com - The Dead Sleuth is a registered company located in the City of York offering professional genealogy, research and writing services for those looking to solve their family history riddles. Tee at deadsleuth.com

I. In celebration of York's Dead Good Festival – SoQuietus Tee with @deadsleuth.com presents LIGHT & LINEAGE – HEALING ANCESTRAL INHERITANCE. Join Tee for a unique afternoon on SUNDAY MAY 10 2026 as she chronicles the poignant and challenging discoveries of her family history research. #SoQuietus

Within the pages of the APRIL publication of The Yorkshire Dalesman Magazine - I muse upon the siren call of serendipty as I sleuth my elusive ancestors who once loved and lived in the historic market town of Malton in North Yorkshire AND a town I once called home. #DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍

‘What is this Death? – a quiet of the heart?' Firebrand. Exile. Political revolutionary. Epistolary genius. Poet. Lord Byron died on April 19 in 1824 during a thunderstorm in Missolonghi Greece from the effects of a fever and probable medical incompetence. #StillSleuthing 🔍️ @deadsleuth.com

What is this Death? Firebrand. Exile. Political revolutionary. Epistolary genius. Poet. George Gordon Lord Noel Byron died on April 19 in 1824 during a thunderstorm in Missolonghi Greece from the effects of a fever and probable medical incompetence. #DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍️

MISTAKE! Can you see it? One chilly April day in 1965, an attractive young woman was joined in unholy matrimony to a notorious criminal. And the fallout from this lavishly short union between Frances Shea and Reg Kray would leave a trail of devastation in its wake. #DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍

Against a backdrop of honey blush stone, nestled within a stone archway and dressed with sofly rusted hinges - an aged chancel door entices the curious. ⛪ The Parish Church of St Peter & St Paul. Scaryingham. Yorkshire. UK. #DeadSleuth #ADoorableThursday #StillSleuthing 🔍

Before I share an intriguing story about a priest with delusions of grandeur for the good folk of Selby Family History Group - I’m delving deep inside this fascinating archive. 🗓️ TUESDAY APRIL 21 2026 at 10am 📍 calculating.moisture.recorders #StillSleuthing 🔍 @uoyborthwick.bsky.social

A letter of ribbons, a chilly ride home to York on a skittish mare and ‘Walker’s Sermons’. Although the author of this ponderous letter begs her recipient’s patience for a ‘shabby epistle’ - MY patience with the transcription has been sore tested. #StillSleuthing 🔍 @yorkarchive.bsky.social

''Dear Father, I have the Misfortune to acquaint you that I was convicted and am to suffer the 7th of April" ~ Dick Turpin Dear Reader, I have the fortune to acquaint you that this book has arrived and unlike the gentleman in question - one has yet to suffer for it ~ Tee #StillSleuthing 🔍

"This Rogue is theirs, and we the honeft Folks" Epigram on Turpin (1739) Executed on this day, the myth of the highwayman and iconic Essex boy Richard Turpin remains entangled, along with his bodily remains within the chronicles of the City of York. Requiesce in pace. #StillSleuthing 🔍

Heading back into the office after the Easter weekend...

Wishing everyone a very Happy Easter 🐣 #DeadSleuth #YorkyHistoryLass #CravingChocolate #StillSleuthing 🔍

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 🔍

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