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Sophia Elizabeth Lawrence: Ripon’s ‘Uncontrollable’ Political Operator
By Nan Sloane The 1832 Great Reform Act is generally seen as a landmark event in British history, the point ... -
Yorkshire’s Most Famous People
We do love a local-done-good in Yorkshire, don’t we? Someone we’re proud to call “one of our own”. And Yorkshire’s ... -
Sharp, Dyson, Hoyle: Bradford’s Famous Trio of Astronomers
By Martin Greenwood What have a crater on the moon, the Greenwich pips and the term ‘Big bang’ got in ... -
A Profile of Yorkshire Abolitionist Richard Oastler
by Gavin Wakefield In the early stages of the Industrial Revolution in Yorkshire factories sprang up all over the West ... -
Beyond The Stereotypes – Four Pastimes That Are Loved In Yorkshire
If, as the author of this piece is, you were born in God’s Own County you’ll be well aware of ... -
William Thomas Marriott, Wakefield’s Philanthropist Spinner
William Thomas Marriott was the third generation of the family to be worsted spinners. His grandfather, Thomas Marriott, had set ... -
The Story of Titus Salt and Saltaire
Salts Mill in Saltaire, Bradford is an iconic Yorkshire building. Built by businessman and philanthropist Sir Titus Salt it has ... -
Mary Tuke – The Mother of York’s Chocolate Industry
By Summer Strevens If we are to examine the true circumstances surrounding the ‘birth’ of York as ‘Chocolate City’ we ...
