A coat of arms on an old farmhouse plan prompted a simple question. The answer uncovered the story of Sir Richard Etherington, a lawyer, royal official and one of Rillington’s most remarkable former residents. #OnePlaceWednesday #LocalHistory Read more: 🔗 www.rillingtonhistory.com/people-of-ri...

Hull, 1970s, photo by Sean Plunkett (1948-2023).

What Is The Brackenlowe Halt Project? You should always look in your library window. It’s where the most interesting stuff is. Just as our imaginary railway correspondent Angus Young tinyurl.com/mtaj4ed4 @hulllibraries.bsky.social @angusyoung61.bsky.social @brackenloweproject.bsky.social

Still time to book residential places (until 19 June)!

Day out @nationalgalleries.bsky.social for Joan Eardley exhibition. Great curation with other artists. Unexpected picture of sea at Robin Hoods Bay @whitbynats.bsky.social

It's almost kick-off time! The 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup begins today! ⚽ The GHIL Library has put together a selection of books on football, exploring its history, politics, and cultural significance. 🥅 1/2

The Harlaxton Medieval Symposium 2026, focusing on ‘The Rural Parish in Late Medieval England,’ will be held from August 17-20 at Madingley Hall, Cambridge, with deadlines for bookings approaching in late June.

A bit out of our area but definitely worth a visit @whitbynats.bsky.social

These blog pages have been written to accompany an exhibition at North Yorkshire Archives from 21st May to 27th August 2026, with additional sections on parliamentary enclosure and enclosure in focus. @whitbynats.bsky.social @whitbymuseum.bsky.social

Good news! @whitbynats.bsky.social @whitbymuseum.bsky.social

After 25 years of researching #Rillington, I am delighted to share that I have been awarded the Licentiateship of @ihgs.bsky.social. My thesis, “ALL CHANGE”: Railways & Societal Alteration in Mid-C19 Rillington, explores how one parish can reveal wider patterns of social change. #OnePlaceWednesday

Excellent programme harlaxtonmedievalsymposium.org/programme/

@whitbynats.bsky.social members involved? and @whitbymuseum.bsky.social

Colourful image of Whitby's East Side with Burgess Pier, St Mary's and ruins of Abbey church - nice @whitbynats.bsky.social @whitbymuseum.bsky.social

Apply for a Dobson #Scholarship to attend this year’s Harlaxton #Medieval Symposium by Sunday! #MedievalSky #Skystorians

@whitbynats.bsky.social anyone?

Looks to be an interesting book. FYI after wolves died out Whitby monks imported furs from Baltic. @whitbymuseum.bsky.social and @whitbynats.bsky.social

Surviving the Black Death in medieval England: recovering from illness at Warboys, Huntingdonshire www.durham.ac.uk/research/cur...

See more photos and fashion @whitbymuseum.bsky.social

Definitely and maybe June, too!

What do pirates in Madagascar, a red knitted jumper, the sunken warship Vasa, captivity and colonialism, and the Prize Papers have in common? They're all part of our new online lecture series "Ships & Seafaring 1500–1800". Join us weekly on Mondays, 1pm CET, on Zoom #earlymodern #maritimehistory 🗃️

What a lovely venue and yes to valuing seaside heritage but Brighton a bit far away. What should we value in the Whitby area? Definitely Whitby Museum: a cabinet of curiosities @whitbymuseum.bsky.social @whitbynats.bsky.social @seasidenetwork.bsky.social

This is exciting news! So important for Whitby's history @whitbynats.bsky.social and @whitbymuseum.bsky.social Thanks Elisabetta Magnanti & Mark Faulkner @tcddublin.bsky.social

On protecting what matters. @ihr.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.org @histassoc.bsky.social History UK www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

I've been on them and they have fantastic views, especially. front seats upstairs; I can also recommend Arriva x93 between M'boro, Guisborough and Scarborough via Whitby and Robin Hoods Bay.

Very good. Near Kendal www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...

Working with the historic environment @whitbynats.bsky.social

Fabulous museum in a scenic location, too.

Spent the day reading @clevelandnats.bsky.social proceedings from 1889 to 1948. Thanks for making them available. Found the article on Norman architecture in Cleveland churches most useful, esp. Egton in 1890s, image from @whitbymuseum.bsky.social

3 new walks around Lythe parish and onto the moors. Glad to see a new bridge at Foss Mill before leading walk around Mulgrave Woods in September for @whitbynats.bsky.social link in comments

Great news for local history - 'All England, Prerogative and Exchequer Court of York Wills, 1389-1858' online via ancestry. @whitbynats.bsky.social and @whitbymuseum.bsky.social

Storm Jameson's (Whitby born writer) archive reveals vital role of women workers in munitions factories during WW2. The papers, gifted to British Library in 2020, include 7 reports on women in industry collected during visits to munitions factories in 1940. www.bl.uk/stories/blog...

Newts @whitbybotanist.bsky.social

Unimportant and (so far) neglected ceramic sherd from a corrugated jar @whitbymuseum.bsky.social Possibly an import; possibly Anglo-Saxon. First step forward since found in 1920s - ask early medieval pottery expert on Friday!

Louven Howe, North York Moors, Fylingdales. Disturbed Bronze Age barrow and modern boundary stone. Delisted from Heritage list but still cared for by Forestry England. Not bulldozed to create a fire break last year. Archaeological remains are being recorded and assessed.

nice postcard of Beckhole

Great photo @scarbsmuseums.bsky.social there must have been something similar at Whitby @whitbynats.bsky.social and @whitbymuseum.bsky.social there are certainly photos of huts at Whitby.

East Yorkshire - Holderness! Much less or not at all on North Yorkshire coast @whitbynats.bsky.social see maps.nls.uk side-by-side

Of interest to @whitbynats.bsky.social and @whitbymuseum.bsky.social members

After the Fylingdales Moor wildfires - update from the North York Moors National Park. Recovery, restoration, archaeological surveys and future safe keeping. www.northyorkmoors.org.uk/blog/fylingd...

Putting the sea at the centre @whitbynats.bsky.social @whitbymuseum.bsky.social

What a mind to come up with this @vaginamuseum.bsky.social

Lovey scene

Snowdrop walk with Marian Brockway Sun 15th Feb 10am To the old Mulgrave Castle Meet at SB car park bottom of Lythe Bank Sandsend YO21 3TG Circular walk up West Beck , the castle and the old sawmill around 12.30 pm. Followed by coffee at Wits End Cafe.

Anyone able to identify? North Yorkshire moors area @whitbynats.bsky.social @mothman60.bsky.social