Decisions. Decisions!
In honour of #InternationalPencilDay - should I opt for blush pink, sky blue, sunshine yellow or go au naturel?
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If Tuesday was captured in an expression, then carved in stone and topped with moss?
⛪ Parish Church of St Oswald. Fulford. York. UK.
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"How should haberdashers & that sort of folk be judges of the qualifications of a tutor!!”
Alas, the answer is NOT to be found within this irreverent missive from the pen of one William Gray in 1837 and the scion of Grays Solicitors of York.
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Amid slivers of cloud and as mossy gravestones stand proud under a dappled warm afternoon sky - the aged trees cast no shadow over an iconic church spire.
⛪ Parish Church of St Olave. York. UK.
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Framed by doric pilasters and decorated columns as elaborate cornicing, cherubs and extravagant swags hover protectively - a gorgeous window awaits the curious visitor.
⛪ Parish Church of Holy Trinity. Leeds. Yorkshire. UK.
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From Churchyard to Spa Town?
Within the pages of the MARCH publication of The Dalesman Magazine I unearth the poignant story of a Yorkshire lass from Harrogate.
⚰ Churchyard of St Stephen. Acomb. Yorkshire. UK.
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One beautiful March afternoon I introduced my fellow sleuth @yorkfhs.bsky.social to the occupant of a favourite grave in Acomb YORK whose poignant story can now be discovered within the pages of the MARCH publication of The Yorkshire Dalesman Magazine.
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"Though women are angels, yet wedlock's the devil." ~ Lord Byron (1788-1824)
Within the pages of the FEBRUARY publication of The Dalesman Magazine - I muse upon memories of my love of weddings, and the fall-out of a matrimonial scandal from the year 1874.
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Heigh ho. Heigh ho. It's off to the archives I now go!
Monday. The view from my perch as I grab a quick lunch before those archives beckon once more.
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Hidden from view behind an old buttress and framed by a unique stone door frame - a charming and beautifully adorned chancel door beckons to the curious.
⛪ The Parish Church of St Oswald. Fulford. York. UK.
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Aged stone in hues of a soft grey palette captured against the dying of a January day.
⛪ The Parish of All Saints. Rudston. Driffield. UK.
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II) Admired by Byron and Wellington while ignored by her feckless spouse 'Bold Webster' - the 'fair, fickle and false' Lady F was also a victim of assault, libel AND kidnap!
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Before the morning had ended on this day in the year 1815 - the poet Lord Byron had been joined in matrimony to one Anne Isabella Milbanke at her family home at Seaham Hall in Seaham County Durham.
* SPOILER ALERT *
Alas, they were NOT to live happily ever after!
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Wishing everyone a very Happy Christmas. 🎄
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Wishing everyone a very Happy Christmas. 🎄
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Monday afternoon. The view from my world.
From my garden to their forever home. A little ancestral grave festive gift and tidy up for my maternal 2 x Greats.
🪦 York Cemetery. York. UK.
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"Christmas isn't a season. It's a feeling." ~ Edna Ferber.
In the delightfully seasonal DECEMBER publication of THE DALESMAN - I muse upon the final month of the year, an ancestor unveiled and the untold tale of a ghost of Christmas past.
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II. For this bed of concrete to be ‘well rammed’ was composed of ‘5 parts of broken bricks and 1 part of the best stone lime freshly burned’.
Be still my beating heart!
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The decision to work with a genealogist as you embark on a fascinating journey to uncover the lives of your ancestors can be exciting - but, it can also prove daunting.
But when those long-lost ancestors finally reveal themselves?
I STILL feel a buzz like no other!
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Remember! Remember?
In the NOVEMBER publication of THE DALESMAN MAGAZINE - I muse upon sleuthing the 'missing infants', the meaning of ancestral inheritance and a legacy of murder.
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Where there’s a Will - there IS a way!
If you need a guiding hand researching or deciphering a Last Will and Testament - help is at hand.
Why not let your fingers do the talking and tap a message to tee@deadsleuth.com?
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Remember! Remember?
In the NOVEMBER publication of The Yorkshire Dalesman magazine - I muse upon sleuthing the 'missing infants', the meaning of ancestral inheritance and a legacy of murder.
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A broken wing, a halo and with one tiny perfect foot peeking out from under an elaborate stone gown while protected by a delicate cobweb are all that remains of an angel perched upon an tombstone.
⚰ York Cemetery. UK.
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School's OUT!
In the SEPTEMBER publication of The Yorkshire Dalesman, I muse on memories of my school days, and the controversial antics of the clergyman of Boston Spa who would trigger the Victorian equivalent of a viral internet phenomenon in the year 1877.
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As summer shadows dance across verdant grass, iconic familiar old stones are bathed in a low evening sun.
⚰ The Cholera Burial Ground. York. UK.
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III. Although it would take a few years before the doors of the York Penitentiary in Bishophill would open, and Gray died shortly after - it all began with a letter.
HAPPY LETTER WRITING DAY!
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Thursday. The view from my world as I find myself lost among the long forgotten dead of the Parish of Micklegate in York.
What a day to be alive!
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