Ryedale Roots Oct 2020 Coulton
Contents:
‘Keep your feet dry!’ A letter from Thomas England, West Indies Merchant and Ship-owner
Extracts from ‘Annals of Yorkshire’ (available on the RFHG website)
Introduction to our new Treasurer – Tony Pink
Remembering Fireworks and ‘Mischief Night’ by Ron Scales
Member Talks: The Women’s Land Army; Adoption;
Help sought on: Smith and Todd (Ampleforth), Marshall (Appleton-le-Street), Hugill (Marton, Sinnington, Bilsdale, Hawnby, and Lastingham), Duck (Kirby Misperton)
3 Stories from the 2019 Short Story Competition
Article ‘The Plight of Deaf Children in the Early 19th Century’
Article ‘Hardwicke’s Marriage Act 1754
Book Review ‘On Chapel Sands’ by Laura Cumming
Book Review ‘The Sterling Affair’ by Nathan Dylan Goodwin
Short Stories from the Gravestones at Lastingham (Monumental Inscriptions available from the RFHG website)
A Shaggy Dog Story
A Success Story – the Will of Robert Thornton 1808
Newspaper clippings
