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The Best Pubs of the Yorkshire Dales
By Mike Appleton Everyone likes a good pub, don’t they? The Dales has several fine inns that have been welcoming ... -
Bradford City Centre in Photos
Bradford was a small market town in Yorkshire until the Industrial Revolution, when its proximity to coal, iron ore and ... -
The First Poet: The Story Behind the Caedmon Memorial in Whitby?
On the clifftop, close to the parish church in Whitby, stands a memorial to Caedmon, Abbess Hilda and the monastery ... -
The History of Coal Mining in Wakefield
Coal had been extracted in Wakefield since the Middle Ages, but it was not until the eighteenth century that mining ... -
The Story of the Wreck of the Rohilla in Whitby
The Rohilla was a 7,400-ton hospital ship driven ashore and wrecked during a fierce storm on 30 October 1914. The ... -
When The Sex Pistols Played Northallerton
by Andrew Graham Stables They may not be everyone’s cup of tea but on Wednesday 19 May 1976, just a ... -
The History of the Leeds-Liverpool Canal
By Margaret Brecknell In the same way that Robert de Romille had transformed the future of the small hamlet of ... -
Whitby and Captain Cook’s Endeavour
By Ian Thompson & Roger Frost Whitby is, rightly, proud of its connections with Captain Cook’s historic ship, the Endeavour. ... -
Scarborough in Old Postcards and Photos
For people from Yorkshire, Scarborough has a nostalgic pull like few other places – yet the town has gone through ... -
History of The White Cloth Hall, Kirkgate, Leeds
By Paul Chrystal Leeds, lying on the fringes of the Yorkshire cloth-producing district, had to compete for trade with better-placed ...
