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Category Archives: History

History is what we know, believe, or can reasonably surmise, about the past.

The Northern Powerhouse of 1065

Posted on February 19, 2019 by Helen Johnson
in 1065, the Northerners flexed their muscles by setting houses on fire. House on fire. Pic from Pixabay

We hear the ‘Northern Powerhouse’ soundbite from time to time.  But in 1065, a year before the Norman Conquest, the ‘Northern Powerhouse’ flexed its muscles. The ‘North’, the mythical place Continue Reading →

Posted in History, Yorkshire | Tagged 11th century, history, North East England, 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

Simon McKeown and his Invacars

Posted on January 18, 2018 by Helen Johnson
Simon McKeown in the driving seat of his AC70 Invacar

Simon McKeown remembers, as a small child, curling up in the footwell of his Grandfather’s car for an illicit ride.  Above him, a sign read ‘The carrying of passengers is Continue Reading →

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

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

Yorkshire’s King Arthur

Posted on June 23, 2017 by Helen Johnson
Oliver Robinson on Roman Road near Bainbridge

Yorkshire – born Oliver Robinson has spent years delving into the murk of Yorkshire’s Dark Ages.  He looked into the years between the departure of the Romans, and the flowering Continue Reading →

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

The Richmond Shilling – a unique Christmas gift

Posted on November 23, 2015 by Helen Johnson
Richmond town crier Barry Heap

The people of Richmond, Yorkshire, enjoy a unique Christmas gift: the Richmond Shilling. It’s a a tradition that can be traced back to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.  At Continue Reading →

Posted in Features, Heritage and Culture, History, Yorkshire | Tagged Christmas, Dalesman Magazine, heritage, history, traditions and culture, 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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