Ryedale Roots Jan 2025 - Sherburn

Sherburn – location

         Help sought: Hutchinson, Williamson (Hawnby)

         Plough Monday – An English Country Custom

         Costumes of Yorkshire by George Walker 1814 (available from the RFHG Website)

         Member Talks: The Battle of Waterloo

         Conversation piece about a man who takes pride in his possessions

         Book Review: ‘The Deserter’s Tale’ by Nathan Dylan Goodwin

         Members Outing to the NYCRO

         Newspaper Clippings

         Grandma Snow’s recipe for Ginger Nuts

         Article on Breach of Promise

         Article on Sherburn Local History Society

         Winning Story from 2024 Short Story Competition – Census 1911

         Entries from 1834 Electoral Role

         ‘A Family Divided’ by Malcolm Smith

         ‘Silent Voices of World War 1’ – Article by Geoff King (book available from the RFHG Website)

         ‘My REVELEY Line’ by Pam Reveley

         Meaning of ‘Nurse Child’

         Update on Wills added to our growing list

         ‘Restoring the Past’ by Keith Thomas

         ‘An Eggstaordinary Inheritance’ by Keith Thomas

         Article on Testers and Half Testers

         ‘Thomas Kirby – Station Master’ The result of a visit to our research room