East Yorkshire local and family history

I have been busy over the last week giving talks and attending them. Last week I gave a talk at South Cave to the local history group of the...

Tonight, 21st April 2016 we went to Skelton near Howden and stood on the riverbank where the  beacon was lit to celebrate the Queen's 90...

I have recently been contacted by descendants of the Hall family of Hive, near Eastrington and the Eland family of Metham near Blacktoft in ...

I keep thinking that spring is coming but after a lovely day yesterday when I cut the grass today is wet again. But the in-house beekeepers ...

Now it is almost Easter but it feels cold and grey. This week I pruned my raspberries and moved a loganberry but  I am a fair weather garden...

Yet another wet day - I needed my Wellingtons this morning just to let the chickens out and it was raining so heavily that I gave them their...

 A couple of weeks ago I wrote of how in my WEA local history class we were studying the canal contractors who had connections with Goole. ...

I have been asked recently about the history of Newport village hall. I have added East Yorkshire into the title of the post as there are so...

On Thursday night the wind sounded so strong- I think it was Storm Gertrude!- that rather than be lulled to sleep by it we were worried abou...

Now we are in 2016 and still the weather is mild - I have daffodils from my garden on the kitchen table. Also on the kitchen table were two ...