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Uncover 1605 history at The Bar Convent! 🏛️📜
The Gunpowder Plot: The Untold Story explores how the conspirators' actions shaped York and the convent's secret past. Great interactive exhibit
Details:
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#York #DaysOutYorkshire #YorkshireHistory #BarConvent
September 21, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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Myton Bridge, leaving the militia to stand and fight or attempt the river crossing. Many drowned, while others were slain or captured, including “men of religion, and seculars, and also priests and clerks.” See Alts for more details. #BattleOfMyton #WhiteBattle #YorkshireHistory
The Victorian bridge, 1868, designed by G. Gordon Page, the designer of the Westminster Bridge in London. Built at the instigation of the landowner Major Henry Miles Stapleton to replace the ferry which had carried people across the Swale for 500 years as the Scots in 1319 destroyed the previous bridge. (Allan Harris)
September 20, 2026 at 6:37 AM
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The Boiler House Chimney, Hanover Square, Hull, 1916* hullarchiteecture.wordpress.com/2026/09/05/t... #VisitHull #ExploreHull #BritishArchitecture #OldBuildings #UrbanHistory #HiddenEngland #HistoricHull #HullHistory #YorkshireHistory #YorkshireTravel #EastYorkshire #UKArchitecture
The Boiler House Chimney, Hanover Square, Hull, 1916*
The Boiler House on Hanover Square formed part of the service infrastructure of Hull Guildhall, providing the heating plant for the complex. The Guildhall was completed in 1916, and the Boiler Hous…
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September 5, 2026 at 4:11 PM
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Can anyone in #HistorySky / #LocalHistory / #YorkshireHistory / #Yorkshire help me out with knowledge of 1970s Bridlington?
lostdiarist.bsky.social David Haraldson @lostdiarist.bsky.social · Aug 23
For ... "reasons," I'm thinking about 1970s Bridlington--the site of one of only two family holidays we had "when I were a lad."

Are there sources for the 1970s fishing fleet/ life? Would boats have sailed out to Doggerland? (I assume they would. But confirmation would be lovely.)
August 24, 2026 at 12:23 PM
handhyorkshire.bsky.social
outnumbered, the English held their position and defeated the Scottish army. The victory secured northern England for King Stephen and became one of the most significant battles of the Anarchy. #Medieval #TheAnarchy #YorkshireHistory #ScottishHistory #Yorkshire
The Battle of the Standard monument near Northallerton, North Yorkshire, marks the site of the pivotal 1138 medieval clash where English forces defeated King David I of Scotland. Image: The joy of all things CFC NY-SA 4.0
August 22, 2026 at 5:35 AM
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#KirkstallAbbey #LeedsHeritage #GothicArchitecture #AbbeyRuins #MonochromePhotography #HistoricSites #yorkshireHistory #BlackAndWhitePhoto #MedievalRuins #UKHeritage
A black‑and‑white photograph of Kirkstall Abbey in Leeds, showing its tall Gothic arches and partially ruined stone walls. The roofless structure opens to the sky, and tree branches frame the top left of the image. The scene highlights the abbey’s dramatic medieval architecture and weathered grandeur
August 13, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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Happy Yorkshire Day!

Did you know Sheffield was home to the UK's first Women's Suffrage Shop run by women for women?

Why not head down to town and check out the plaque on Chapel Walk

#WomensHistory #TradeUnionHistory #YorkshireHistory
August 1, 2026 at 7:55 PM
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Well worth a read! #yorkshirehistory #labourhistory #yorkshire #wentworthwoodhouse
July 23, 2026 at 3:58 PM
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Here is a series of blog posts about a South Yorkshire socialist councillor and campaigner who also happened to be born into the aristocracy. It's quite a story!
cathyhunthistorian.com/2026/07/19/p...
#yorkshirehistory #wentworthwoodhouse #labourhistory
Part One. The Public Life of Lady Mabel Smith: An Introduction, including sources consulted
Lady Mabel Smith was born in 1870 into one of the wealthiest aristocratic families in England – the Fitzwilliams – but, defying the expectations and conventions of her class and sex, she beca…
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July 22, 2026 at 1:50 PM
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Clowes Methodist Church, 29 Greenwood Avenue, Hull, 1957 hullarchiteecture.wordpress.com/2026/07/19/c... #VisitHull #ExploreHull #BritishArchitecture #OldBuildings #UrbanHistory #HiddenEngland #HistoricHull #HullHistory #YorkshireHistory #YorkshireTravel #EastYorkshire #UKArchitecture
Clowes Methodist Church, 29 Greenwood Avenue, Hull, 1957
Clowes Methodist Church in Greenwood Avenue has a long, low outline, built in brick, with a tall front gable. That gable forms a clean triangular roof, standing slightly forward like a marker for t…
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July 19, 2026 at 3:12 AM
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The Old English Gentleman, Mason street, Worship Street, Hull, 1805* hullarchiteecture.wordpress.com/2026/07/14/t... #VisitHull #ExploreHull #BritishArchitecture #OldBuildings #UrbanHistory #HiddenEngland #HistoricHull #HullHistory #YorkshireHistory #YorkshireTravel #EastYorkshire #UKArchitecture
The Old English Gentleman, Mason street, 21-25 worship Street, Hull, 1805*
The Old English Gentleman at Mason Street (associated with 21–25 Worship Street) is recorded in directories from around 1805, but the surviving pub fabric reads as a later Victorian building, with …
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July 14, 2026 at 4:36 PM
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The Newcastle Packet, Sandside, Scarborough, 1899 hullarchiteecture.wordpress.com/2026/07/01/t... #Visitscarborough #Exploreyorkshire #BritishArchitecture #OldBuildings #UrbanHistory #HiddenEngland #Historicyorkshire #YorkshireHistory #YorkshireTravel #NorthYorkshire #UKArchitecture #erictugwell
The Newcastle Packet, Sandside, Scarborough, 1899
The Newcastle Packet, Scarborough is a Tudor‑Revival pub rebuilt in 1899, characterised by its black‑and‑white half‑timbered façade, steep red‑tiled gables, and a prominent brick chimney rising fro…
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July 1, 2026 at 2:19 PM
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Beacon Garth, Cliff Road/ Redcliff Road, Hessle, early 20th Century hullarchiteecture.wordpress.com/2026/06/28/b... #VisitHull #ExploreHull #BritishArchitecture #OldBuildings #UrbanHistory #HiddenEngland #HistoricHull #HullHistory #YorkshireHistory #YorkshireTravel #EastYorkshire #UKArchitecture
Beacon Garth, Cliff Road and Redcliff Road, Hessle, early 20th Century
Beacon Garth is an impressive early 20th-century house in the Tudor Revival style. It is built of red brick with stone dressings, decorative half-timbering, tile-hanging, large mullioned and transo…
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June 28, 2026 at 12:45 PM
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Lee's Rest House, Anlaby Road, Hull, 1915 hullarchiteecture.wordpress.com/2025/04/15/l... #VisitHull #ExploreHull #BritishArchitecture #OldBuildings #UrbanHistory #HiddenEngland #HistoricHull #HullHistory #YorkshireHistory #YorkshireTravel #EastYorkshire #UKArchitecture
Lee’s Rest House, Anlaby Road, Hull, 1915
Built between 1912 and 1915 by T.H. Hare for the trustees of Dr. C.A. Lee’s will, these Neo-Georgian almshouses, now old people’s homes, are arranged in a formal, symmetrical layout around a …
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June 11, 2026 at 1:35 PM
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Henson Villas, Pearson Park, Hull, 1950 hullarchiteecture.wordpress.com/2026/06/05/h... #VisitHull #ExploreHull #BritishArchitecture #OldBuildings #UrbanHistory #HiddenEngland #HistoricHull #HullHistory #YorkshireHistory #YorkshireTravel #EastYorkshire #UKArchitecture
Henson Villas, Pearson Park, Hull, 1950
Henson Villas were built around 1950 as a tight, disciplined block of three. They were two‑storey red‑brick houses with a slate roofline, tall shared chimneys, a striking brick mass around the entr…
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June 5, 2026 at 1:10 PM
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Boyes, Holderness Road, Hull, and Site of the Savoy Cinema, 1960s hullarchiteecture.wordpress.com/2026/05/30/b... #VisitHull #ExploreHull #BritishArchitecture #OldBuildings #UrbanHistory #HiddenEngland #HistoricHull #HullHistory #YorkshireHistory #YorkshireTravel #EastYorkshire #UKArchitecture
Boyes, 310 Holderness Road, Hull, and Site of the Savoy Cinema, 1960s
On this site in March 1945, 12 people died when the Savoy Cinema was struck in an air raid, I understand by machine gunfire, and said to be amongst the las Hull casualties of the war. The Savor was…
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May 30, 2026 at 1:50 PM
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Thornton Village Hall, Holy Apostles Church, Walker Street, Hull, 1960 hullarchiteecture.wordpress.com/2026/05/28/t... #VisitHull #ExploreHull #BritishArchitecture #UrbanHistory #HiddenEngland #HistoricHull #HullHistory #YorkshireHistory #YorkshireTravel #EastYorkshire #UKArchitecture
Thornton Village Hall, Holy Apostles Church, 47 Walker Street, Hull, 1960
Designed by York firm, Ferrey and Mennim, the Holy Apostles church is constructed in mid‑20th‑century ecclesiastical modernism, a blend of traditional church form and postwar functional design. The…
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May 28, 2026 at 12:55 PM
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The Grapes, 27 Saturday Market, Beverley, date unknown hullarchiteecture.wordpress.com/2026/05/17/t... #ExploreBeverley #BritishArchitecture #OldBuildings #UrbanHistory #HiddenEngland #Historicbeverley #BeverleyHistory #YorkshireHistory #YorkshireTravel #EastYorkshire #UKArchitecture #Beverley
The Grapes, 27 Saturday Market, Beverley, date unknown
The Grapes is a prominent corner property with a traditional upper storey and a later shop and pub frontage at street level, but is best understood as a building with a long commercial history rath…
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May 17, 2026 at 10:56 AM
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20 Grimston Street, Hull, Date Unknown hullarchiteecture.wordpress.com/2026/05/17/2... #VisitHull #ExploreHull #BritishArchitecture #OldBuildings #UrbanHistory #HiddenEngland #HistoricHull #HullHistory #YorkshireHistory #YorkshireTravel #EastYorkshire #UKArchitecture
20 Grimston Street, Hull, Date Unknown
This is a conundrum. I don’t know anyone who knows what this is or was. Some speculate it was a pub, but no evidence I have seen. The triangle shaped gables with round windows suggest somethi…
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May 17, 2026 at 10:40 AM
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Former NatWest Bank, 60 Saturday Market, Beverley, 1864 hullarchiteecture.wordpress.com/2026/05/16/f... #VisitBeverley #ExploreHull #BritishArchitecture #OldBuildings #UrbanHistory #HiddenEngland #HistoricBeverley #YorkshireHistory #YorkshireTravel #EastYorkshire #UKArchitecture #Beverley
Former NatWest Bank, 60 Saturday Market, Beverley, 1864
Here we see a lovely Italianate bank building from 1864, designed by W. Hawe, it seems for the Yorkshire Banking Company, later the National Provincial, and then the NatWest. It is a three-storey s…
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May 16, 2026 at 7:53 AM
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Derwent Grove, Hull, 1887 hullarchiteecture.wordpress.com/2026/05/15/d... #VisitHull #ExploreHull #BritishArchitecture #OldBuildings #UrbanHistory #HiddenEngland #HistoricHull #HullHistory #YorkshireHistory #YorkshireTravel #EastYorkshire #UKArchitecture
Derwent Grove, Hull, 1887
Derwent Grove, just off Prince’s Road, follows the late‑Victorian terrace pattern typical of Victorian 1880s expansion: narrow brick frontages, simple elevations, small forecourts or none, an…
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May 15, 2026 at 1:37 PM
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The Avenue Building, 156-157 High Street, Hull, 1900 hullarchiteecture.wordpress.com/2026/05/15/t... #VisitHull #ExploreHull #BritishArchitecture #OldBuildings #UrbanHistory #HiddenEngland #HistoricHull #HullHistory #YorkshireHistory #YorkshireTravel #EastYorkshire #UKArchitecture
The Avenue Building, 156-157 High Street, Hull, 1900
The two‑storey red brick Avenue Building anchors a narrow stretch of High Street, its tall eleven rectangular windows and carved stonework above the entrance giving it a late Victorian style; carve…
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May 15, 2026 at 1:34 PM
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24/25 Humber Street and 26/27 Humber Street. Date unknown* hullarchiteecture.wordpress.com/2025/02/27/2... #ExploreHull #BritishArchitecture #OldBuildings #UrbanHistory #HiddenEngland #HistoricHull #HullHistory #YorkshireHistory #YorkshireTravel #EastYorkshire #UKArchitecture
24/25 Humber Street and 26/27 Humber Street. Date unknown*
Probably formerly home to Haberland and Glassman, established in 1847, and to William Machin & Co, at number 24. This white building has a relatively narrow frontage and a pitched roof with a t…
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May 9, 2026 at 8:25 AM
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Dock House, Tower Street, Hull, Mid Victorian hullarchiteecture.wordpress.com/2026/05/09/d... #VisitHull #ExploreHull #BritishArchitecture #OldBuildings #UrbanHistory #HiddenEngland #HistoricHull #HullHistory #YorkshireHistory #YorkshireTravel #EastYorkshire #UKArchitecture
Dock House, Tower Street, Hull, Mid Victorian
The former Dock House at the entrance to the former Victoria Dock. The building was utilised as a hostel for the Homeless and Rootless Project. The house has a steep, dark slate gabled roof with a …
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May 9, 2026 at 8:09 AM
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8 and 10, New Walk, Beverley, 1870* hullarchiteecture.wordpress.com/2026/05/06/8... #BritishArchitecture #OldBuildings #UrbanHistory #HiddenEngland #HistoricHull #HullHistory #YorkshireHistory #YorkshireTravel #EastYorkshire #UKArchitecture #Beverley #HU17
8 and 10, New Walk, Beverley, 1870*
Designed by William Hawe around 1870, the building is two storeys high with attics, constructed in white brick and finished with rusticated stone quoins. It has a French mansard roof in slate, feat…
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May 6, 2026 at 11:11 AM