Northern Spring Meeting, April 2019
This was our 16th and final meeting at Hebden – twenty three people attended the first in March 2004 and there were 24 this year, …
Year: 2019
Cleckheaton fingerposts
Cleckheaton residents can now once again enjoy a local landmark in its original glory, the 80-odd-year-old fingerpost outside the Fire Station – at the junction …
Guide-stones in the Craven District: the ‘Skipton stoops’
Around the Skipton area are over 20 small triangular stones, mostly painted white with black lettering, most with a pyramidal top, and found mostly at …
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Mounting-block milestones of the East Riding
The Milestone Society has records of over one hundred surviving milestones in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Over 50 of these, almost half, doubled as …
Milestones on the York to Oswaldkirk Turnpike
Oswaldkirk is a village 20 miles north of York and four miles south of Helmsley in North Yorkshire. It is named after St Oswald (died …
Industrial boundary markers
With the onset of the Industrial Revolution, individual canals and railways were established by acts of Parliament. The companies formed were keen to mark the …
Refurbished milestones in the Holme Valley
Milestones around the Holme Valley have been having a clean-up. New Mill resident Rowan Denton was stuck in road works one day and noticed a …
Northern Spring Meeting, April 2016
34 members made it to Hebden for our 13th year of meetings: still not running out of topics. This time we were entertained (again) by …
Northern Spring Meeting, April 2018
27 intrepid souls braved the fog to make our annual meeting at Hebden in the Yorkshire Dales – beautiful whatever the weather. Two members, from …