January 2022

Travelling east from Barton on Humber in 1900 the route went through (and still does) a number of spring-line villages at the base of the dip slope of the Lincolnshire Wolds before arriving at Immingham. These villages were/are Barrow on Humber, Goxhill and East Halton. The village of New Holland was mainly developed during the […]

If our time traveller back in 1900 (see blog 1 in this section) had crossed the River Ouse at the Booth’s Ferry Bridge and moved into the south bank of the Humber region what would he/she have found? Firstly, unlike on the north bank he/she would have found the road system very similar to today

Our time traveller back in 1900, when comparing then and now, may well decide that in terms of housing the differences in that of the rich and the homes of the poor have become less apparent since 1900. Compare, for example, Brantinghamthorpe Hall (see above) as photographed about 1900 and the mud and thatch huts

Before getting underway I have to admit to not having much knowledge of the topic for Grimsby, although I have some, and I can only repeat what many say that the historic heart of the town was all but destroyed when the Freshney shopping centre was created, a classic example of the ‘brave new (post-war)

The map above is copied from Ms. Jamieson’s article (s.p.b.s) and is entitled ‘sites advanced as certain or possible castle locations within the Holderness region’. So the sites not previously discussed are; ‘certain castles’ = Swan Hill, Burstwick and Roos while the ‘possible castle’ sites are Paull Holme, Aldbrough, Rise and Hornsea. Swan Hill is

Ms. Jamieson in writing her ‘Abstract’ states that her overall objective was to explore ‘the role of ancient monuments, natural places and existing systems of authority (pre-Norman) in the establishment of new centres of power’ (the Norman castle(s). Through her case study of Skipsea Castle she set out to consider ‘ways in which the natural