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war, its history and remembrance, and how it affects our stories

My Debut as a reviewer for Historical Novels Reviews

Posted on February 16, 2021 by Helen Johnson

I am delighted to announce my debut as a reviewer for the Historical Novels Society, a community of historical fiction lovers. The task proved not as easy as I’d imagined Continue Reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 20th century history, fiction, historical fiction, war, Women's history

Fulford, 1066

Posted on August 9, 2019 by Helen Johnson
The Battle of Fulford, 1066

The Battle of Fulford, 1066, was long and bloody.
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Posted in History, Yorkshire | Tagged 11th century, history, people, war, Yorkshire

1066: The return of Earl Tostig

Posted on July 2, 2019 by Helen Johnson
11th century soldiers on the march

In my previous post about 11th century Yorkshire, Northern Powerhouse of 1065, I wrote about how northeners, fed up with mis-governenance under Earl Tostig, made a stand. Tostig was exiled, Continue Reading →

Posted in History, Yorkshire | Tagged 11th century, history, war, Yorkshire

Archaeology and the Battle of Fulford

Posted on August 23, 2018 by Helen Johnson
Chas Jones and Mary Urmston in the trench

    Members of the Battle of Fulford Society, led by Chas Jones, have unearthed more archaeology beside Germany Beck in Fulford, near York, England.  I had the pleasure of Continue Reading →

Posted in History, People, Yorkshire | Tagged 11th century, archaeology, history, war, Yorkshire

Dear Mrs Pennyman…

Posted on October 23, 2017 by Helen Johnson
Roisin Higgins leads the Pennyman letters study

War memorials all over the country display sorrowful lists of men killed in the Great War.   But what of the families they left behind?  What of wives and mothers Continue Reading →

Posted in History, People, Yorkshire | Tagged buildings and architecture, Dalesman Magazine, heritage, history, museums, people, places to visit, war, Yorkshire

Battle of Hastings 1066 – 2016

Posted on October 19, 2016 by Helen Johnson
The Saxon Shield Wall at the Battle of Hastings re-enactment

This year sees 950 years since England was conquered by Duke William of Normandy, afterwards known as William the Conqueror. The losses to England were on a par with the Continue Reading →

Posted in History | Tagged 11th century, heritage, history, war

1066 in Yorkshire

Posted on August 23, 2016 by Helen Johnson
The Shield Wall, battle formation in 1066

  1066: a year indelibly stamped in English consciousness.  We all know that England was invaded in 1066, that William of Normandy conquered England. But there was an other invasion Continue Reading →

Posted in Features, History, People, Yorkshire | Tagged 11th century, archaeology, Dalesman Magazine, heritage, history, war, Yorkshire

Gertrude Bell: at home in Yorkshire and Iraq

Posted on January 26, 2016 by Helen Johnson
East Rounton church hosts a memorial window to Gertrude Bell, inscibed in the languages of both her homes in Yorkshire and Iraq

Gertrude Bell in Yorkshire and Iraq Getrude Bell was a remarkable woman who was equally at home in Yorkshire and Iraq. She died in Iraq in 1926, and now, wild Continue Reading →

Posted in Features, History, People, Yorkshire | Tagged buildings and architecture, Dalesman Magazine, heritage, history, people, places to visit, war, Yorkshire

Great Ayton Remembers

Posted on October 19, 2015 by Helen Johnson
Wicker soldier stands guard over Great Ayton

Great Ayton Remembers the sacrifice of its Great War men   When I joined a ceremony for Great Ayton to remember those who died in the Great War of 1914 Continue Reading →

Posted in Features, Yorkshire | Tagged Dalesman Magazine, heritage, war, Yorkshire

Hainsworth’s Yorkshire Wool Mill

Posted on May 22, 2015 by Helen Johnson
Hainsworths Spring Valley Mills

Wool Mills There was a time when West Yorkshire was full of wool mills.  From the early days of water power, through steam and then electric power, Yorkshire’s wool mills Continue Reading →

Posted in Features, Heritage and Culture, History, People, Yorkshire | Tagged Dalesman Magazine, heritage, history, people, science, war, Yorkshire

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