Howdenshire History: local and famly history research in East Yorkshire

Professional genealogy and family history research for Yorkshire
Old photos and old pictures of the Howden and Goole area
Local and family history of Eastrington, East Yorkshire
Local and family history of Howden, East Yorkshire
Local and family history of Goole, Yorkshire
Local and family history of Gilberdyke, East Yorkshire
Local and family history of Laxton, East Yorkshire
Memories and history of Reedness, East Yorkshire
Local history books about Goole, Howden, Gilberdyke, East Yorkshire

Eastrington, an East Riding village, by Susan Butler. Local history book; history of Eastrington, East Yorkshire.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.

"Goole Worthies" - people from Goole's history

These pages include information about a wide range of people who have all, in their own way, made their contribution to the history of Goole. Members of the WEA Goole Local History Class have gathered a wealth of material about a variety of Goole people from the last few centuries.

We have carried out interviews, searched old newspapers, and conducted genealogical research about Goole families. The findings have been preserved in a scrapbook of "Goole Worthies", from which the following accounts are taken. If you would like to comment on any of the people described, please do get in touch.

Click on the links below for a more detailed account of each of these "Goole Worthies".

 

  • William Hamond Bartholomew - a 19th century Aire & Calder engineer, who hugely influenced the development of the port of Goole
  • William Eden Cass - Goole's first doctor, born 1801, who sailed to the Arctic and battled cholera in Victorian Goole
  • George Greenfield - an interview in 1900, describing his early memories of Goole ... the building of the canal, port, schools, coming of the railway etc.
  • Thomas Sheppard - founder of Sheppards' music shop in Goole in 1887
  • George Alan Glew - the last eponymous owner of Glew's Garage, Goole
  • Mary Elizabeth Green - the "Little Angel" of Goole; interviewed in 1970, when she was voted Britain's Oldest Knitter!

 

More to come...