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 This image of a foxhound presumably having escaped from one of the “meets” at Skelton Castle. Must have been more interesting than chasing across the countryside! Dating from the early 1900s, this Phoenix series postcard could still be replicated today, although the vegetation fronting the walls is now much reduced. Image courtesy of Peter Appleton.  A custom dating back to the reign of King Henry II; the legend says a group of noblemen were hunting wild boar in Eskdale, and slew a hermit who tried to protect the animal. The Bishop of Whitby Abbey as a penance ordered them to construct on Ascension Eve each year a hedge of wood with a penny knife to withstand three tides. Completion of the hedge was announced by blowing a horn as seen in the postcard image. Image courtesy of Joyce Dobson & Keith Bowers.  East Row road bridge was obviously demolished by serious flooding 20th May 1910. The present day road bridge continues to be a problem for modern road traffic, despite the addition of an adjacent footbridge. The modern weather conditions have obviously been experienced before, as our image clearly shows. Richard Fox has advised the Archive; the Whitby Gazette on 24th May 2010 to comemmorate this event presented the original commentary to a photograph of the disaster: “A severe storm on 20 May 1910 reduced the East Row Bridge to rubble as the beck became a raging torrent that tore up trees from Mulgrave Woods and hurled them into a bridge. East Row Bridge was built from 1778-1780 to a design by John Carr. Some commentators have suggested the pillars were undermined by the spate but it was the large amount of wood that effectively blocked the arches and caused a dam behind the bridge that caused it to break. It was this blocking of the small arches that prompted the design of a single arch that could not be blocked by tree debris. The previous wooden bridge at East Row was dismantled in 1777 and moved to Raithwaite”.
 The hamlet of Darnholme in the valley of the Murk Esk. Little changed apart from more tree cover in the present day scene. Image courtesy of Joyce Dobson & Keith Bowers.  Pond Farm Hinderwell. The family home of theTyerman’s as well as general farming they also bred Cleveland Bay Horses. Members of the Tyerman family also lived in Holme Farm, Hinderwell High Street. The family had strong connections to the Brown Cow on the High Street.  Home of the Tyerman family with strong links to Pond Farm and the Brown Cow. Both the farm and the inn are almost opposite on the High Street in Hinderwell. Holme farm was later the home of the Sanderson family. Image courtesy of Elaine Meadows (nee Tyerman).  Family group wedding with the marriage of Emily Jefferson to Stanley Hill; 16th June 1913. Jefferson was the female side of the Tyerman family line. Image and names courtesy of Elaine Meadows (daughter of Joseph Henry Tyerman – Junior).  The small signal cabin on the zigzag line down to Skinningrove was situated under the viaduct before the infilling by shale from Liverton mine creating the embankment which can be still seen. Trains from Carlin How ran down the zigzag and under the viaduct, then reversed by the points shown down to Skinningrove; the signalman is standing by the points lever. The elaborate ironwork on the viaduct is now hidden by the shale embankment. Image courtesy of Joyce Dobson.
This view of Zetland Road shows the original brick pavements and unmetalled road. How the pram on the right of the image must have been vibrated as it was pushed along on the pavement. Notice also the absence of the now familiar red post box on the support wall for the monumental masons displays.  Known now as The Mariners Cottage; the Shoulder of Mutton was listed in Bulmer’s Directory of 1893 with George Lloyd as the licensee. Reputedly one of the oldest houses in Staithes and the image shows the ladies gathered in their ’Steers’ bonnets (I wonder whose reputation was being discussed?) outside the inn and adjacent shop. Terry Kent has advised: “My great great grandfather was killed in May 1870 when a he was a crewman on the “Earl of Elgin” which was in collision with the “Jesmond” off Staithes. The inquest was held in this Inn.” Image courtesy of Joyce Dobson and Keith Bowers, thanks to Terry Kent for the update. |
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