York and District Family History Society
@yorkfhs.bsky.social
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Our latest talk is the ominous sounding ‘Coroners Case Files’ from the York area with @TheDeadSleuth.
A true Victorian melodrama not for the faint hearted!
Wednesday at New Earswick Quaker Hall 7:30pm.
@BALHNews @FederationFHS @clemhallhistory
A true Victorian melodrama not for the faint hearted!
Wednesday at New Earswick Quaker Hall 7:30pm.
@BALHNews @FederationFHS @clemhallhistory
November 4, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Our latest talk is the ominous sounding ‘Coroners Case Files’ from the York area with @TheDeadSleuth.
A true Victorian melodrama not for the faint hearted!
Wednesday at New Earswick Quaker Hall 7:30pm.
@BALHNews @FederationFHS @clemhallhistory
A true Victorian melodrama not for the faint hearted!
Wednesday at New Earswick Quaker Hall 7:30pm.
@BALHNews @FederationFHS @clemhallhistory
The power of nature - Ingleton waterfall walk 4 and a half miles walking in a wondrous and slightly terrifying landscape.
October 29, 2025 at 11:11 AM
The power of nature - Ingleton waterfall walk 4 and a half miles walking in a wondrous and slightly terrifying landscape.
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Our new book about Micklegate is out this week, packed with stories, facts, photos and memories. Details and stockists at www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk/blog/mickleg... @balhnews.bsky.social @yorkfhs.bsky.social
October 12, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Our new book about Micklegate is out this week, packed with stories, facts, photos and memories. Details and stockists at www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk/blog/mickleg... @balhnews.bsky.social @yorkfhs.bsky.social
Lover of fish paste? Chichester is the natural home of crab pate’ and Shippams potted meat factory.
August 25, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Lover of fish paste? Chichester is the natural home of crab pate’ and Shippams potted meat factory.
Wonderful visit to West Sussex archives yesterday then fab curry in Chichester. Today visit to Fishbourne Roman Palace - incredible place - real grapes growing on vines outside. 😳
@deadsleuth.com @balhnews.bsky.social @federationfhs.bsky.social @uoyborthwick.bsky.social
@deadsleuth.com @balhnews.bsky.social @federationfhs.bsky.social @uoyborthwick.bsky.social
August 23, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Wonderful visit to West Sussex archives yesterday then fab curry in Chichester. Today visit to Fishbourne Roman Palace - incredible place - real grapes growing on vines outside. 😳
@deadsleuth.com @balhnews.bsky.social @federationfhs.bsky.social @uoyborthwick.bsky.social
@deadsleuth.com @balhnews.bsky.social @federationfhs.bsky.social @uoyborthwick.bsky.social
I wrote a 6000 word article on water supply in Regency York the other day. Ladybird books summed it all up in 17 simple lines. Genius!
August 1, 2025 at 9:24 AM
I wrote a 6000 word article on water supply in Regency York the other day. Ladybird books summed it all up in 17 simple lines. Genius!
Our next talk is about the Acomb Lunatic Asylum scandal which inspired ‘The Woman in White’.
Wednesday August 6th 7:30 on person or on zoom or on YouTube. See website for membership details. £3 entry fee to cover costs. Usual venue. It’s gonna be amaaazing! @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social
Wednesday August 6th 7:30 on person or on zoom or on YouTube. See website for membership details. £3 entry fee to cover costs. Usual venue. It’s gonna be amaaazing! @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social
July 31, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Our next talk is about the Acomb Lunatic Asylum scandal which inspired ‘The Woman in White’.
Wednesday August 6th 7:30 on person or on zoom or on YouTube. See website for membership details. £3 entry fee to cover costs. Usual venue. It’s gonna be amaaazing! @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social
Wednesday August 6th 7:30 on person or on zoom or on YouTube. See website for membership details. £3 entry fee to cover costs. Usual venue. It’s gonna be amaaazing! @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social
Our very own David Rigby will be telling this story of his ancestor. High stakes on the Knavesmire". A family history story involving: the first lady jockey, high stakes gambling, court cases, imprisonment, infidelity, and death by poisoning. All against the background of Regency York.
June 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Our very own David Rigby will be telling this story of his ancestor. High stakes on the Knavesmire". A family history story involving: the first lady jockey, high stakes gambling, court cases, imprisonment, infidelity, and death by poisoning. All against the background of Regency York.
Our next talk on Wednesday July 2nd at 7:30!
June 22, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Our next talk on Wednesday July 2nd at 7:30!
Our 50th celebration festival of family and local history on Saturday June 28th at Acomb Parish Hall
will be opened by our favourite DJ Jonathan Cowap! Loads of societies from across the UK attending too!
Great day planned. @federationfhs.bsky.social @ypsyork.bsky.social @balhnews.bsky.social
will be opened by our favourite DJ Jonathan Cowap! Loads of societies from across the UK attending too!
Great day planned. @federationfhs.bsky.social @ypsyork.bsky.social @balhnews.bsky.social
June 4, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Our 50th celebration festival of family and local history on Saturday June 28th at Acomb Parish Hall
will be opened by our favourite DJ Jonathan Cowap! Loads of societies from across the UK attending too!
Great day planned. @federationfhs.bsky.social @ypsyork.bsky.social @balhnews.bsky.social
will be opened by our favourite DJ Jonathan Cowap! Loads of societies from across the UK attending too!
Great day planned. @federationfhs.bsky.social @ypsyork.bsky.social @balhnews.bsky.social
Ever wondered why many of our ancient churches are still standing? The one you see here (St Crux) has been demolished. Our talk at the Friends Meeting House in New Earswick on Wednesday 4th June will explain it all. See you around 7:30pm! @cecs-york.bsky.social @ypsyork.bsky.social #churchhistory
June 2, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Ever wondered why many of our ancient churches are still standing? The one you see here (St Crux) has been demolished. Our talk at the Friends Meeting House in New Earswick on Wednesday 4th June will explain it all. See you around 7:30pm! @cecs-york.bsky.social @ypsyork.bsky.social #churchhistory
You will all recall the naval battle of Flamborough Head in 1779 - the only time the Americans tried to invade us during the American War of Independence. John Paul Jones was Scottish by the way! Not even his real name. Countess of Scarborough a leased warship defended our northern shores. #navy
May 22, 2025 at 9:19 AM
You will all recall the naval battle of Flamborough Head in 1779 - the only time the Americans tried to invade us during the American War of Independence. John Paul Jones was Scottish by the way! Not even his real name. Countess of Scarborough a leased warship defended our northern shores. #navy
Did you know water used to be supplied to houses and streets in wooden pipes? Elm was the material of choice as it didn’t rot. All the elms have gone now though…
@balhnews.bsky.social
@cecs-york.bsky.social @ypsyork.bsky.social
@snexplores.bsky.social
@balhnews.bsky.social
@cecs-york.bsky.social @ypsyork.bsky.social
@snexplores.bsky.social
May 19, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Did you know water used to be supplied to houses and streets in wooden pipes? Elm was the material of choice as it didn’t rot. All the elms have gone now though…
@balhnews.bsky.social
@cecs-york.bsky.social @ypsyork.bsky.social
@snexplores.bsky.social
@balhnews.bsky.social
@cecs-york.bsky.social @ypsyork.bsky.social
@snexplores.bsky.social
A beautiful day in a very quiet place. A memorial to the fallen of the Boer War and of all subsequent wars. Selby cemetery.
May 18, 2025 at 9:31 AM
A beautiful day in a very quiet place. A memorial to the fallen of the Boer War and of all subsequent wars. Selby cemetery.
Looking forward to my first face to face meeting with Yorkshire family history groups as Chairman, at Selby Abbey 10:30 June 21st. Hope you can all attend.
Thankyou for arranging it Jen c/o Selby FHS.
@doncasterdistfhs.bsky.social
www.yorkgroup.org.uk
@hdfhs.bsky.social
Thankyou for arranging it Jen c/o Selby FHS.
@doncasterdistfhs.bsky.social
www.yorkgroup.org.uk
@hdfhs.bsky.social
May 11, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Looking forward to my first face to face meeting with Yorkshire family history groups as Chairman, at Selby Abbey 10:30 June 21st. Hope you can all attend.
Thankyou for arranging it Jen c/o Selby FHS.
@doncasterdistfhs.bsky.social
www.yorkgroup.org.uk
@hdfhs.bsky.social
Thankyou for arranging it Jen c/o Selby FHS.
@doncasterdistfhs.bsky.social
www.yorkgroup.org.uk
@hdfhs.bsky.social
Fabulous day yesterday in sunny Islington with two amazing presentations by Dr Sophie Kay and Martin McDowell on DNA and genealogy. The Federation is a superb organisation and I would urge all local and family history societies to join or be affiliated. Thankyou Debbie. @federationfhs.bsky.social
May 11, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Fabulous day yesterday in sunny Islington with two amazing presentations by Dr Sophie Kay and Martin McDowell on DNA and genealogy. The Federation is a superb organisation and I would urge all local and family history societies to join or be affiliated. Thankyou Debbie. @federationfhs.bsky.social
One of our members, David Rigby, was a guest on BBC Radio York as part of the VE day commemorations. You can hear him from 10.20 talking about his research into the WW2 veterans in his family. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... @david-rigby.bsky for more information.
May 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
One of our members, David Rigby, was a guest on BBC Radio York as part of the VE day commemorations. You can hear him from 10.20 talking about his research into the WW2 veterans in his family. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... @david-rigby.bsky for more information.
Great night - full house for this one but you can catch it on YouTube if you’re a member. Some distant Oglesby relatives in the audience too. @ypsyork.bsky.social @oneplacestudies.bsky.social @onenameonly.bsky.social @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social
Can’t wait for this one. It’s got everything - the big scandal of the 1870s in York. Wednesday May 7th at New Earswick Quaker meeting house 7:30 pm
May 8, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Great night - full house for this one but you can catch it on YouTube if you’re a member. Some distant Oglesby relatives in the audience too. @ypsyork.bsky.social @oneplacestudies.bsky.social @onenameonly.bsky.social @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social
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Today's #OccupationOfTheDay is…COKE INSPECTOR:
At a gas works, a worker who "investigates complaints from customers as to quantity and quality of coke supplied."
Dict Occup'l Terms (1927)
📷 Selling Coke at the Gas Works (Tidmarsh, 1893-4) c/o M'cr Art Gallery
At a gas works, a worker who "investigates complaints from customers as to quantity and quality of coke supplied."
Dict Occup'l Terms (1927)
📷 Selling Coke at the Gas Works (Tidmarsh, 1893-4) c/o M'cr Art Gallery
March 28, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Today's #OccupationOfTheDay is…COKE INSPECTOR:
At a gas works, a worker who "investigates complaints from customers as to quantity and quality of coke supplied."
Dict Occup'l Terms (1927)
📷 Selling Coke at the Gas Works (Tidmarsh, 1893-4) c/o M'cr Art Gallery
At a gas works, a worker who "investigates complaints from customers as to quantity and quality of coke supplied."
Dict Occup'l Terms (1927)
📷 Selling Coke at the Gas Works (Tidmarsh, 1893-4) c/o M'cr Art Gallery
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Can’t wait for this one. It’s got everything - the big scandal of the 1870s in York. Wednesday May 7th at New Earswick Quaker meeting house 7:30 pm
May 3, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Can’t wait for this one. It’s got everything - the big scandal of the 1870s in York. Wednesday May 7th at New Earswick Quaker meeting house 7:30 pm
A few months ago we were celebrating 300 followers. Now we’ve just passed 500 and we’re really grateful! Come and see us at our 50th Anniversary celebration in June. See below. Loads of stalls from loads of Societies with tons of freebies. Free parking too!
May 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
A few months ago we were celebrating 300 followers. Now we’ve just passed 500 and we’re really grateful! Come and see us at our 50th Anniversary celebration in June. See below. Loads of stalls from loads of Societies with tons of freebies. Free parking too!
Can’t wait for this one. It’s got everything - the big scandal of the 1870s in York. Wednesday May 7th at New Earswick Quaker meeting house 7:30 pm
May 3, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Can’t wait for this one. It’s got everything - the big scandal of the 1870s in York. Wednesday May 7th at New Earswick Quaker meeting house 7:30 pm
Big celebration this June for all local and family historians. @federationfhs.bsky.social @uoyborthwick.bsky.social @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social @ypsyork.bsky.social @cecs-york.bsky.social @yorkuniversity.bsky.social
April 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Big celebration this June for all local and family historians. @federationfhs.bsky.social @uoyborthwick.bsky.social @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social @ypsyork.bsky.social @cecs-york.bsky.social @yorkuniversity.bsky.social
Some lovely feedback from a talk that one of our society members gave recently:
"From Stillingfleet WI
We had a fantastic speaker at our March meeting. David Rigby @DavidRigby5
If you’d like a talk for your society or group please contact us via our email or direct message.
"From Stillingfleet WI
We had a fantastic speaker at our March meeting. David Rigby @DavidRigby5
If you’d like a talk for your society or group please contact us via our email or direct message.
April 10, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Some lovely feedback from a talk that one of our society members gave recently:
"From Stillingfleet WI
We had a fantastic speaker at our March meeting. David Rigby @DavidRigby5
If you’d like a talk for your society or group please contact us via our email or direct message.
"From Stillingfleet WI
We had a fantastic speaker at our March meeting. David Rigby @DavidRigby5
If you’d like a talk for your society or group please contact us via our email or direct message.