Category Archives: Yorkshire History and Heritage
Barden Tower and Priest House
Twixt Appletreewick and Bolton Abbey is Barden Tower the former residence of Lord Henry Clifford. Built in the 15th century it has suffered several periods of decay and decline and is the ruin you now see. Nearby is Barden Bridge … Continue reading
Kirkstall Abbey and Kirkstall Lane
Kirkstall Lane End The Kirkstall Lane end is the part of Yorkshire County Cricket ground where Fred Trueman, Mathew Hoggard and other famous Yorkshire bowlers started their run-up to bowl. Now the ground is named by sponsors the Headingley Carnegie. … Continue reading
Give Me Five – Leeds Museums
Give me five of the best local Yorkshire museums in or near Leeds Continue reading
Visiting Churches – Buildings, Interiors and Environment
What do you ‘look for’ and ‘look at’ when visiting a church for the first time or the umpteenth time come to that? This is just a quick list of some of the items you may want to consider on … Continue reading
Bill Foggitt Old Weather Guru
For generations the Foggitt family have kept records of Yorkshire weather and Bill Foggitt one of 3 children turned quirky weather reporting into an art form. Reporting as far back as the Yarm cloud burst and floods in November 1771 … Continue reading
Wars of the Roses – Towton Moor
Click to buy from Amazon This Ballad records the bloody fight between the Yorkists and the Lancastrians on March 29 Palm Sunday 1461 Oh, the red and white rose On Towton Moor grows And red and white it blows Upon … Continue reading
Illuminating Religion in Yorkshire
God doesn’t believe in Atheists or rainbow warriors. The spotlight or more accurately the facebook stained glass The Mosque at Drewton Street Bradford. No matter where I stood for the photograph one or more lights were always in the picture. … Continue reading
Brown Muff’s VC
BROWN MUFF & Co Brown Muff was a department store in Bradford where my father worked after Busby’s closed. Brown and Muff’s could trace its history back to 1814 when a clothes shop was set up in Market Street, … Continue reading
Dent – Rocks, Knits and Drinks
A trip to Dentdale and a drink in the local hostelries of Dent wont make much of a dent in your bank balance. Fresh air in this valley is free and that should appeal to all Yorkshire folk. In addition … Continue reading
Ten East Riding Churches To Visit
Beverley’s church of St Mary has a magnificent west front,outstanding porch and splendid tower built around 1530. Some norman remains but essentially an early English church. The woodwork is fantastic on the stalls and misericords. A rare Priests room contains … Continue reading