East Yorkshire local and family history

This morning I was awakened by the song [ is that the word?] of a cuckoo just outside my bedroom window. We used to hear them commonly in th...

At last it feels like summer and time for gardening and  barbecues. Last week I went on an evening visit to Wressle Castle. And what a won...

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...