Local History Book Fair

October 2, 2009

Popular local history events are being planned by East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s archive and local studies service, based at the Beverley Treasure House in Champney Road, Beverley. The annual Local History Book Fair will be held on Saturday, 17 October, at Beverley Minster while an autumn programme of local history lectures and garden tours will start on Monday, 19 October. Chairman of East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Councillor Christopher…

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A History of Primary Education

September 18, 2009

A new exhibition entitled “When I Was Six” is now on display in the Treasure House in Beverley. The exhibition, which presents a history of primary education in the East Riding, was compiled by volunteers of the East Riding Rural Life Project at Skidby Windmill. Fiona Jenkinson, the project co-ordinator, said: “This is the third in a series of Treasure House exhibitions compiled by the team of volunteers, who also…

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Beverley Food Festival 2009

September 17, 2009

Click here for pictures and video from the Beverley Food Festival 2009 All the ingredients are being mixed together for the fourth annual Beverley Food Festival, on Sunday October 4th 2009.  Organised by Beverley Town Council, the event will see the Market Place come alive with the tempting tastes and alluring aromas from upwards of seventy stalls, which will be selling local produce from the East Riding of Yorkshire. There…

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HMS Beverley

August 10, 2009

Lost: 11 Apr, 1943 (Lt. Cdr. R.A. Price, RN.) at 05.52 hours two torpedoes were fired, by U-188 (Lüdden). Allied records indicate that HMS Beverley (H64) was hit and sunk at that time. There were only 4 survivors out of a crew of 158

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The Moulders Arms

August 7, 2009

On entering The Moulders arms it it gives the impression of stepping back in time, as this place has a long history of attracting locals. There are many interesting pictures on the walls showing the people who have used the pub and local sports-teams and schools

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Norwood Park Exhibtion

100 YEARS OF SPORT AT NORWOOD PARK 1909 – 2009 A new exhibition called 100 Years of Sport at Norwood Park opened in Gallery Two of the Treasure House, in Champney Road, Beverley, on 10 July 2009. The exhibition is a celebration of sport at Beverley Town Cricket and Recreation Club at Norwood Park.  Since the club opened in 1909 it has provided the town with a wide variety of…

July 22, 2009
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Homecoming Parade

July 20, 2009

The Yorkshire Regiment will hold a homecoming parade in Beverley on Thursday, 23 July from 2.30pm in the presence of the Lord-Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire, the High Sheriff of the East Riding of Yorkshire, the Chairman of East Riding of Yorkshire Council and the Town Mayor of Beverley. Chairman of East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Councillor Christopher Matthews said: “I am pleased to welcome the Yorkshire Regiment…

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Coronation Garden

July 20, 2009

A Brief History of the Coronation Garden, in Beverley, East Yorkshire  A Georgian town house and another small house once stood on the site of the present Coronation Garden; among its owners was Mark Kirkby, the Hull merchant who created the Sledmere Estate. He lived there until 1748. By the 1820s, the house belonged to the Constable Family of Wassand, and was occupied by a relative, Peter Acklom Esq. Behind…

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Dark Ages Day

July 20, 2009

DARK AGES DAY IN BEVERLEY The garden of the Treasure House in Beverley will be transformed when a Dark Age encampment is set up there on Saturday, 25 July. Members of re-enactment group Ulf Hednar England will be on hand to talk about life in the Dark Ages, and there will be a series of events and activities in and around the Treasure House, centred on the Vikings, Anglo-Saxons and…

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Beverley Guildhall

July 17, 2009

The Guildhall is a beautiful historic building, traditionally the seat of civic governance in Beverley, and now runs as a community museum for the town. Parts of the building date back to the 14th century, with medieval timber walls surviving from the wealthy merchant’s house that originally stood on the site. Since acquiring the building in 1501 the Governors of Beverley (who later became the town council) made many alterations…

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