Journal - Ryedale Roots - January 2025

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