🧵The perfectly formed Ely Dispensary, 13 St. Mary's Street, Ely, Cambridgeshire is a buff coloured brick building with stone rusticated quoins & a carved stone parapet of "Gothic" design. It was built in 1865 as a voluntary medical dispensary with its plaque above the door stating /1

A blue plaque has been unveiled at North Shields' Baptist Church, North Tyneside for abolitionist, Frederick Douglass who gave 2 lectures there in 1846. Douglass escaped slavery in Maryland, USA in 1838.👇 North Shields plaque for abolitionist Frederick Douglass unveiled www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

North Shields plaque for abolitionist Frederick Douglass unveiled

Frederick Douglass gave two lectures at North Shields in 1846, according to a local group.

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St. Martin le Grand church, Coney Street, York named after St. Martin of Tours who was the patron saint of soldiers. The church has an early 15th century tower & west end with traces of 11th century church, particularly in some of the masonry. /1

The Grade 2 listed John Bull Chophouse pub, Coopers Row, Wigan which dates from the 17th century has been badly damaged in an arson attack. 👇 BBC News - Historic Wigan pub 'devastated' in suspected arson attack - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Historic Wigan pub 'devastated' in suspected arson attack

The Grade II-listed John Bull Chophouse went up in flames in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

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The former Victoria Hotel, Keighley, W. Yorks which dates from.the 19th century to be converted into 3 commercial units & 10 one & two bedroom apartments. 👇 BBC News - Former Victorian hotel in Keighley 'coming back to life' - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Former Victorian hotel in Keighley 'coming back to life'

The former Victoria Hotel in Keighley is being converted into commercial units and apartments.

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A £1.3m restoration of Whitby Old Town Hall, N. Yorks, which dates from the 18th century has been completed with repairs to the building's clock tower & roof. 👇 BBC News - £1.3m revamp of Whitby Old Town Hall complete - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

£1.3m revamp of Whitby Old Town Hall complete

Whitby's Old Town Hall building had deteriorated due to age and weathering, the council says.

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A blue plaque has been unveiled at North Shields' Baptist Church, North Tyneside for abolitionist, Frederick Douglass who gave 2 lectures there in 1846. Douglass escaped slavery in Maryland, USA in 1838.👇 North Shields plaque for abolitionist Frederick Douglass unveiled www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

North Shields plaque for abolitionist Frederick Douglass unveiled

Frederick Douglass gave two lectures at North Shields in 1846, according to a local group.

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🧵The perfectly formed Ely Dispensary, 13 St. Mary's Street, Ely, Cambridgeshire is a buff coloured brick building with stone rusticated quoins & a carved stone parapet of "Gothic" design. It was built in 1865 as a voluntary medical dispensary with its plaque above the door stating /1

Horton Cemetery, Epsom, Surrey has been nominated for Everyday History Heroes award for their work to uncover stories of some of the 9,000 patients who died in Epson's psychiatric hospitals from 1899 to 1955. 👇 Historical cemetery shortlisted for national recognition www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Historical Horton Cemetery shortlisted for national recognition

Horton Cemetery is believed to be one of the largest abandoned hospital cemeteries in Europe.

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Horton Cemetery, Epsom, Surrey has been nominated for Everyday History Heroes award for their work to uncover stories of some of the 9,000 patients who died in Epson's psychiatric hospitals from 1899 to 1955. 👇 Historical cemetery shortlisted for national recognition www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Historical Horton Cemetery shortlisted for national recognition

Horton Cemetery is believed to be one of the largest abandoned hospital cemeteries in Europe.

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🧵St. Andrew's West Parish Church, Bath Street, Glasgow designed by John Thomas Emmett & built between 1849 & 1852 in Early English Gothic style. It was built as a Congregational church & cost £10,000. In 1874 with declining numbers the building was sold to industrialist, James Baird who sold it /1

Beautiful mackerel sky over my #OnePlaceStudy St. John's Square, Wakefield tonight.

Do you want to know how to get the most from your #FamilyHistory sources? Join me for this one-hour talk at Family Tree Magazine this THURSDAY 6th August. www.family-tree.co.uk/content-libr... #Genealogy #OnlineTalks #ResearchMethods

A blue plaque at 56 Westgate, Wakefield where chemist, Thomas Gissing owned this shop. The childhood home of novelist George Gissing (1857-1903 was close by at 2-4 Thompson's Yard, Wakefield. George Gissing's father Thomas came to Wakefield in 1856 when he purchased the chemist's business of /1

The former Assembly Rooms, Crown Court, Wakefield date from 1798 & opened in 1801. Used by the Wakefield Star newspaper from 1803 & by the Wakefield Church Institute from 1845 to 1858. The building was badly damaged by a fire in 1858. /1

What's the most frustratingly common name in your family tree? Family historian Elizabeth Jones shares her top tips on tracing your Smith and Jones ancestors: www.whodoyouthinkyouaremaga...

A service will be held at 14:30 on 23 August at Spring Bank Cemetery, Hull to honour victims of the R38 airship explosion over the Humber Estuary on 24th August 1921 which killed 44 of the 49 strong British & US crew. 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Hull service to honour victims of Humber airship disaster

On 24 August 1921, the R38 airship exploded and plummeted into the Humber Estuary, killing 44 crew.

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Sheffield singer, songwriter & multi instrumentalist, Paul Carrack has been honoured with a special "star" plaque outside Sheffield Town Hall. 👇 BBC News - Sheffield music legend Paul Carrack honoured with home city star - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Sheffield music legend Paul Carrack honoured with home city star

Paul Carrack, from Sheffield, has released 19 studio albums and performed with many other big names.

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Happy 65th birthday to former US President, Barack Obama born #OTD in 1961. 🎂

On this day in 1928, Haworth Parsonage opened to the public as the Bronte Parsonage Museum, having been bought by Sir James Roberts and presented to the Bronte Society. The Bronte Museum had operated for the previous 33 years in the upper floor of the Yorkshire Penny Bank at the top of Main Street

Publicity drawing for Forton services on the M6 near Lancaster, 1963.

🧵 6 posts. Plantation wealth left a lasting mark on Yorkshire through its grand country houses and estates. Profits from Caribbean plantations enabled wealthy British families to buy land, build homes, and secure social and political influence, embedding colonial wealth into the county's landscape.

🧵Victoria Hall Methodist Church & meeting rooms, Norfolk Street, Sheffield dates from 1906-08. Designed by Waddington Son & Dunkerley with much of the design being reworked by William John Hale in Gothic & Arts & Craft style. Built from red brick & ashlar with ashlar dressing & hipped & gabled /1

A rare Rowntree's chocolate box made for the coronation of King Edward VII in 1902 to be auctioned in Scarborough. 👇 BBC News - Rare Rowntree's chocolate box to go under hammer in Scarborough - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Rare Rowntree's chocolate box to go under hammer in Scarborough

The silver boxes issued in 1902 were only given to the royal family and the Rowntrees themselves.

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The rescue of George Blake from a fast flowing river at Boston, Lincolnshire in August 1926 by PC Samuel Pope has reunited the two families 100 years on with Blake's daughter meeting Pope's granddaughter at the rescue site on Monday. 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'Unbelievable' Boston rescue reunites families 100 years on

When a three-year-old boy fell into a fast-flowing river in Boston, a PC jumped in after him.

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If you haven't watched last night's Long Lost Family: Born Without Trace yet, then don't read this article. 👇 BBC News - Peterborough man abandoned as a baby finds birth family - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Peterborough man abandoned as a baby finds birth family

David Stevenson was found in a London building in 1960, before being adopted.

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Alexandra Palace, London to to hold a series of events to mark the birth of British TV, launched in November 1936. 👇 BBC News - Alexandra Palace to celebrate role as the birthplace of BBC TV - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Alexandra Palace to celebrate role as the birthplace of BBC TV

Alexandra Palace will host a series of events to mark the birth of British TV, launched in 1936.

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Two extraordinarily moving foundling stories tonight. Well worth watching.

Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳@ancestralenq.bsky.social · 2d ago

Long Lost Family: Born Without Trace is back on ITV1 tonight at 9pm with Davina McCall & Nicky Campbell bringing more stories of foundlings tracking down the people who abandoned them as babies.

Comedian Jimmy Cricket who became a TV & radio star dies age 80. 👇 BBC News - Comedian Jimmy Cricket dies at age 80 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Comedian Jimmy Cricket dies aged 80

In a statement, his family says Cricket spent his last few days surrounded by his family, love, laughter and songs.

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The Greene Man pub, 383 Euston Road, London was originally established as the Farthing Pie House in 1708 where you could buy a mutton pie for a farthing. It changed its name to the Green Man in 1809. Regulars here included author, Daniel Defoe; radical MP, John Wilkes; landscape painter, Richard /1