I have neglected my blogs/posts for a week or two as I needed to focus on preparing various presentations in the diary for this summer. Although I had promised myself I would not embark on any new projects, three of them are! The short list is – 17/5/24 – Barton Civic Society – ‘Early History […]

Only a decade before Abraham de la Pryme, s.p.b., came to Hull the events of 1688 had taken place whereby King James II fled England and was replaced by William Duke of Orange and Anne Stuart (James’ daughter) as joint monarchs (married couple). Presumably Abraham approved of these events as he had been brought-up as

The two book covers shown above are of a two-part publication produced by Malet Lambert Reprints in 1986 (Kingston upon Hull City Council having the copyright and both having an ISBN number). When Abraham de la Pryme compiled his manuscript of primary source material and commentary in, or around, 1700 he was employed as one

The above map is taken from the much referenced booklet published by the East Yorkshire Local History Society in 1958 and entitled ‘The Draining of the Hull Valley’, author June Sheppard. Incidentally, June Shepperd was no relation to Thomas Sheppard (1876-1945) the first curator of Hull Libraries; but she was an early student ay Hull

The above shows a plan of Hull dated 1725 which can be viewed in the Search Room of Hull History Centre. In the lower centre is the mouth of the River Hull ‘Hull Fluv.’ It is clear that even by 1725 the 14th century town walls remained intact and the massive Citadel dominated the east

The small municipal park in Selby is a gem. One thing I like about Selby is that it is compact; within less than a square mile are; the rail station, bus station, the park, Selby Abbey, the market place, lots of shops (mostly small-scale) in close-by streets and alleys, a department store, the River Ouse,