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 🔍
#DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍
April 20, 2026 at 9:01 AM
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 🔍
#DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍
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 🔍️
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 🔍️
April 19, 2026 at 11:01 AM
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 🔍️
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 🔍
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 🔍
April 19, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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 🔍
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 🔍
Wishing everyone a very Happy Easter 🐣
#DeadSleuth #YorkyHistoryLass #CravingChocolate #StillSleuthing 🔍
#DeadSleuth #YorkyHistoryLass #CravingChocolate #StillSleuthing 🔍
April 5, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Wishing everyone a very Happy Easter 🐣
#DeadSleuth #YorkyHistoryLass #CravingChocolate #StillSleuthing 🔍
#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
In honour of #InternationalPencilDay - should I opt for blush pink, sky blue, sunshine yellow or go au naturel?
#DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍 @yorkarchive.bsky.social
March 30, 2026 at 1:10 PM
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
In honour of #InternationalPencilDay - should I opt for blush pink, sky blue, sunshine yellow or go au naturel?
#DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍 @yorkarchive.bsky.social
"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
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
March 23, 2026 at 3:43 PM
"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
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 🔍
⛪ Parish Church of St Olave. York. UK.
#DeadSleuth #YorkyHistoryLass #ChurchCrawler #SpireSunday #StillSleuthing 🔍
March 22, 2026 at 6:01 PM
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 🔍
⛪ 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 🔍
⛪ Parish Church of Holy Trinity. Leeds. Yorkshire. UK.
#DeadSleuth #ChurchCrawler #StainedGlassSaturday #StillSleuthing 🔍
March 21, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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 🔍
⛪ 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 🔍
#DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍
March 19, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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 🔍
#DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍
"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 🔍
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 🔍
February 24, 2026 at 11:00 AM
"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 🔍
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 🔍
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
Monday. The view from my perch as I grab a quick lunch before those archives beckon once more.
#DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍
@yorkarchive.bsky.social
February 9, 2026 at 1:15 PM
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
Monday. The view from my perch as I grab a quick lunch before those archives beckon once more.
#DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍
@yorkarchive.bsky.social
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
⛪ The Parish of All Saints. Rudston. Driffield. UK.
#DeadSleuth #ChurchCrawler #StillSleuthing 🔍 with @graveyardsquirrel.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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
⛪ The Parish of All Saints. Rudston. Driffield. UK.
#DeadSleuth #ChurchCrawler #StillSleuthing 🔍 with @graveyardsquirrel.com
II) Admired by Byron and Wellington while ignored by her feckless spouse 'Bold Webster' - the 'fair, fickle and false' Lady F was also a victim of assault, libel AND kidnap!
#DeadSleuth #RegencyRecondite #StillSleuthing 🔍
#DeadSleuth #RegencyRecondite #StillSleuthing 🔍
January 22, 2026 at 12:01 PM
II) Admired by Byron and Wellington while ignored by her feckless spouse 'Bold Webster' - the 'fair, fickle and false' Lady F was also a victim of assault, libel AND kidnap!
#DeadSleuth #RegencyRecondite #StillSleuthing 🔍
#DeadSleuth #RegencyRecondite #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 🔍
* SPOILER ALERT *
Alas, they were NOT to live happily ever after!
#DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍
January 2, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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 🔍
* 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 🔍
#DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #TeeAndTombstones #YorkyHistoryLass #FamilyHistorySleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍
December 24, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Wishing everyone a very Happy Christmas. 🎄
#DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #TeeAndTombstones #YorkyHistoryLass #FamilyHistorySleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍
#DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #TeeAndTombstones #YorkyHistoryLass #FamilyHistorySleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍
"Christmas isn't a season. It's a feeling." ~ Edna Ferber.
In the delightfully seasonal DECEMBER publication of THE DALESMAN - I muse upon the final month of the year, an ancestor unveiled and the untold tale of a ghost of Christmas past.
#DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍 with @teebylo.com
In the delightfully seasonal DECEMBER publication of THE DALESMAN - I muse upon the final month of the year, an ancestor unveiled and the untold tale of a ghost of Christmas past.
#DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍 with @teebylo.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:59 AM
"Christmas isn't a season. It's a feeling." ~ Edna Ferber.
In the delightfully seasonal DECEMBER publication of THE DALESMAN - I muse upon the final month of the year, an ancestor unveiled and the untold tale of a ghost of Christmas past.
#DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍 with @teebylo.com
In the delightfully seasonal DECEMBER publication of THE DALESMAN - I muse upon the final month of the year, an ancestor unveiled and the untold tale of a ghost of Christmas past.
#DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍 with @teebylo.com
II. For this bed of concrete to be ‘well rammed’ was composed of ‘5 parts of broken bricks and 1 part of the best stone lime freshly burned’.
Be still my beating heart!
#DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #TeeAndTombstones #YorkyHistoryLass #StillSleuthing 🔍 @uoyborthwick.bsky.social
Be still my beating heart!
#DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #TeeAndTombstones #YorkyHistoryLass #StillSleuthing 🔍 @uoyborthwick.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 2:09 PM
II. For this bed of concrete to be ‘well rammed’ was composed of ‘5 parts of broken bricks and 1 part of the best stone lime freshly burned’.
Be still my beating heart!
#DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #TeeAndTombstones #YorkyHistoryLass #StillSleuthing 🔍 @uoyborthwick.bsky.social
Be still my beating heart!
#DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #TeeAndTombstones #YorkyHistoryLass #StillSleuthing 🔍 @uoyborthwick.bsky.social
The decision to work with a genealogist as you embark on a fascinating journey to uncover the lives of your ancestors can be exciting - but, it can also prove daunting.
But when those long-lost ancestors finally reveal themselves?
I STILL feel a buzz like no other!
#DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍
But when those long-lost ancestors finally reveal themselves?
I STILL feel a buzz like no other!
#DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍
November 17, 2025 at 10:01 AM
The decision to work with a genealogist as you embark on a fascinating journey to uncover the lives of your ancestors can be exciting - but, it can also prove daunting.
But when those long-lost ancestors finally reveal themselves?
I STILL feel a buzz like no other!
#DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍
But when those long-lost ancestors finally reveal themselves?
I STILL feel a buzz like no other!
#DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍
Remember! Remember?
In the NOVEMBER publication of THE DALESMAN MAGAZINE - I muse upon sleuthing the 'missing infants', the meaning of ancestral inheritance and a legacy of murder.
#DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍 @teebylo.com
In the NOVEMBER publication of THE DALESMAN MAGAZINE - I muse upon sleuthing the 'missing infants', the meaning of ancestral inheritance and a legacy of murder.
#DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍 @teebylo.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Remember! Remember?
In the NOVEMBER publication of THE DALESMAN MAGAZINE - I muse upon sleuthing the 'missing infants', the meaning of ancestral inheritance and a legacy of murder.
#DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍 @teebylo.com
In the NOVEMBER publication of THE DALESMAN MAGAZINE - I muse upon sleuthing the 'missing infants', the meaning of ancestral inheritance and a legacy of murder.
#DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍 @teebylo.com
Where there’s a Will - there IS a way!
If you need a guiding hand researching or deciphering a Last Will and Testament - help is at hand.
Why not let your fingers do the talking and tap a message to tee@deadsleuth.com?
#DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍
If you need a guiding hand researching or deciphering a Last Will and Testament - help is at hand.
Why not let your fingers do the talking and tap a message to tee@deadsleuth.com?
#DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍
November 6, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Where there’s a Will - there IS a way!
If you need a guiding hand researching or deciphering a Last Will and Testament - help is at hand.
Why not let your fingers do the talking and tap a message to tee@deadsleuth.com?
#DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍
If you need a guiding hand researching or deciphering a Last Will and Testament - help is at hand.
Why not let your fingers do the talking and tap a message to tee@deadsleuth.com?
#DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍
I have been haunting the archives since my teenage years and they are still one of THE most exciting places to visit when I’m in pursuit of those elusive ancestors!
If you need a sleuth to haunt an archive, why not cast your eye what's on offer at deadsleuth.com?
#DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍
If you need a sleuth to haunt an archive, why not cast your eye what's on offer at deadsleuth.com?
#DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍
October 16, 2025 at 9:02 AM
I have been haunting the archives since my teenage years and they are still one of THE most exciting places to visit when I’m in pursuit of those elusive ancestors!
If you need a sleuth to haunt an archive, why not cast your eye what's on offer at deadsleuth.com?
#DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍
If you need a sleuth to haunt an archive, why not cast your eye what's on offer at deadsleuth.com?
#DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍
Are you intrigued about the history of your ancestors?
The Dead Sleuth is a registered company located in the City of York offering professional genealogical services for those looking to solve the riddles and absurdities of their own family history.
Curious much?
#DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍
The Dead Sleuth is a registered company located in the City of York offering professional genealogical services for those looking to solve the riddles and absurdities of their own family history.
Curious much?
#DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍
October 1, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Are you intrigued about the history of your ancestors?
The Dead Sleuth is a registered company located in the City of York offering professional genealogical services for those looking to solve the riddles and absurdities of their own family history.
Curious much?
#DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍
The Dead Sleuth is a registered company located in the City of York offering professional genealogical services for those looking to solve the riddles and absurdities of their own family history.
Curious much?
#DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍
School's OUT!
In the SEPTEMBER publication of The Yorkshire Dalesman, I muse on memories of my school days, and the controversial antics of the clergyman of Boston Spa who would trigger the Victorian equivalent of a viral internet phenomenon in the year 1877.
#DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍
In the SEPTEMBER publication of The Yorkshire Dalesman, I muse on memories of my school days, and the controversial antics of the clergyman of Boston Spa who would trigger the Victorian equivalent of a viral internet phenomenon in the year 1877.
#DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍
September 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
School's OUT!
In the SEPTEMBER publication of The Yorkshire Dalesman, I muse on memories of my school days, and the controversial antics of the clergyman of Boston Spa who would trigger the Victorian equivalent of a viral internet phenomenon in the year 1877.
#DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍
In the SEPTEMBER publication of The Yorkshire Dalesman, I muse on memories of my school days, and the controversial antics of the clergyman of Boston Spa who would trigger the Victorian equivalent of a viral internet phenomenon in the year 1877.
#DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍
III. Although it would take a few years before the doors of the York Penitentiary in Bishophill would open, and Gray died shortly after - it all began with a letter.
HAPPY LETTER WRITING DAY!
#DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #YorkyHistoryLass #StillSleuthing 🔍 @yorkarchive.bsky.social
HAPPY LETTER WRITING DAY!
#DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #YorkyHistoryLass #StillSleuthing 🔍 @yorkarchive.bsky.social
September 1, 2025 at 9:01 AM
III. Although it would take a few years before the doors of the York Penitentiary in Bishophill would open, and Gray died shortly after - it all began with a letter.
HAPPY LETTER WRITING DAY!
#DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #YorkyHistoryLass #StillSleuthing 🔍 @yorkarchive.bsky.social
HAPPY LETTER WRITING DAY!
#DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #YorkyHistoryLass #StillSleuthing 🔍 @yorkarchive.bsky.social
Thursday. The view from my world as I find myself lost among the long forgotten dead of the Parish of Micklegate in York.
What a day to be alive!
Still Sleuthing 🔍 @yorkfhs.bsky.social
#DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #TeeAndTombstones #YorkyHistoryLass #LadyBrigante #StillSleuthing 🔍
What a day to be alive!
Still Sleuthing 🔍 @yorkfhs.bsky.social
#DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #TeeAndTombstones #YorkyHistoryLass #LadyBrigante #StillSleuthing 🔍
August 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Thursday. The view from my world as I find myself lost among the long forgotten dead of the Parish of Micklegate in York.
What a day to be alive!
Still Sleuthing 🔍 @yorkfhs.bsky.social
#DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #TeeAndTombstones #YorkyHistoryLass #LadyBrigante #StillSleuthing 🔍
What a day to be alive!
Still Sleuthing 🔍 @yorkfhs.bsky.social
#DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #TeeAndTombstones #YorkyHistoryLass #LadyBrigante #StillSleuthing 🔍