The Thompson family were farming Kirkbymoorside, aka Kirkby Moorside, for generations before our 3rd Great Grandparents, Bethel THOMPSON (1800-1872) married…
250 years ago, our 5th Great Grandfather, Matthias WISKER (1742-1829), purchased a glass grinding and scientific instrument manufacturer in Spurriergate,…
The Blue Bell Inn sits opposite River Head, at the northern end of the Driffield Navigation. The landlord in the…
"You can take a man out of Yorkshire but you cannot take Yorkshire out of a man." You can always…
Today, a convict ancestor is a matter of pride for Australians. It provides a connection to the earliest pioneer (and…
Our Great Grandfather, William THOMPSON (1891-1964), led the charge! “England’s only mounted section of the Home Guard, which nightly patrols…
Sergeant H Robert Thompson, Royal Canadian Air Force, was serving with 14 OTU at RAF Market Harborough, training as a…
Leading Signalman Robert Thompson, aged 24, served as one of six Royal Navy staff aboard the CAM Ship, SS Empire…
In 1966 Raindale Mill was relocated from Raindale, near Pickering, to York and reconstructed stone by stone at the Castle…
James "Jim" Thompson (1881-?), our Great Granduncle, took a leap of faith in September 1907. Married in York just four…
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