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LOCAL HISTORY Part 9 ALL SAINTS CHURCH - SOUTH KIRKBY Hi All
LOCAL HISTORY Part 9 ALL SAINTS CHURCH - SOUTH KIRKBY Hi All After the Saxons were converted to Christianity in our area (mainly by St. Wilfred Arc...

John Harrison (3 April [O.S. 24 March] 1693– 24 March 1776) was
John Harrison (3 April [O.S. 24 March] 1693– 24 March 1776) was a self-educated English carpenter and clockmaker. He invented the marine chronomete...

Selby. History The town’s origins date from the establishment
Selby. History The town’s origins date from the establishment of a Viking settlement on the banks of the River Ouse. Archaeological investigations i...

Origins Ruins of Scarborough Castle The town was reportedly
Origins Ruins of Scarborough Castle The town was reportedly founded around 966 AD as Skarðaborg by Thorgils Skarthi, a Viking raider, though there i...

St Mary Magdalene Church, Campsall History[edit] The present
St Mary Magdalene Church, Campsall History[edit] The present church, dedicated to St Mary Magdalene, was established towards the end of the eleventh ...

John Smiths Brewery Tadcastle built 1884 Stephen Hartley began
John Smiths Brewery Tadcastle built 1884 Stephen Hartley began brewing in Tadcaster in 1758.[1] In 1845 Jane Hartley mortgaged the brewery to David Ba...