At long last! 'EASTRINGTON, AN EAST RIDING VILLAGE' by Susan Butler will be available from the 3rd December 2009.

LAUNCH, BOOK SIGNING, OLD PHOTO EXHIBITION AND REFRESHMENTS all day from 11am on Thursday 3rd December at Eastringon Chapel Schoolroom. Exhibition & book signing continues 4th/5th December.

Containing 360 pages packed with family stories and over a hundred old photographs of the local area, the book tells the story of the village of Eastrington from Saxon times to present day...click here for more details and to view the cover text, index and contents pages.

Please contact me if you would like to know more and/or order a copy.

In 1828 the Aire and Calder Navigation Company who had built and owned most of 'New Goole' took a census of the families living in their new town. It was probably made by James Hewitt Hodson, the company agent, who appears first on the list. The head of the household was listed as well as the numbers of males and females in the household. In some cases the address was given and sometimes the occupation. 1033 people lived then in New Goole. A census of Old Goole was made in 1827 but we only know from it that 584 people were then living there.

I have further information on some of these names and families.

Aire Street, Goole with the Lowther Hotel, the first building in New Goole, shown on the right. I have hundreds of pictures of Goole in my collection - some more appear on the old photographs pages.