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.

All the images are shown here at a very low quality but I own all of the high quality original photographs. If you would like to purchase a high quality copy of any of the pictures on this page, simply contact me. I can send you either a digital image via email or a glossy photo print (by post).

I charge £4.50 for a digital image and £5 for a print.

As a local historian, I have gathered a wealth of knowledge and material about the families and history of East Yorkshire. I offer a reliable and thorough professional genealogy research service - ranging from assistance with a particular 'brick wall' to tracing your entire family tree. I can also research the history of your house. Simply contact me to discuss your research requirements. Consultations are free.

This page shows old pictures of Goole followed by some pictures of villages of the old West Riding in alphabetical order - Airmyn, Drax, Eastoft, Hook, Hensall, Rawcliffe, Reedness, Snaith and Swinefleet.

Click here to go instead to old pictures of Howden and surrounding villages - Asselby, Barmby on the Marsh, Brantingham, Booth, Blacktoft, Broomfleet, Bubwith, Eastrington, Ellerton, Faxfleet, Gilberdyke, Howdendyke, Knedlington, Laxton, Newport, North Cave, Portington, Sandhall, Skelton, Saltmarshe, Sandholme, South Cave, Spaldington, Wressle

Also, see the old mystery pictures taken at events around Goole, Howden, Snaith and the surrounding villages - help in identifying places and people much appreciated!

1. Goole: Barge dock, 1890	2. Goole: Boothferry Road, Whit Monday, 1906	3. Goole: Boothferry Road with Blackburns' clothing	4. Old Goole: Swinefleet Road
5. Goole: abattoir 1930	6. Goole: Heber Terrace	7. Goole: Don Street, 1935	8. Goole: Ouse Street, 1890s
9. Goole: Ted Newell's dance band	10. Goole: Branson Bowles on Boothferry Road	11. Goole: River Quay, 1920s	12. Goole: Carlisle Terrace chapel
13. Goole: Hook Road with Victoria pub on left	14. Goole: St John's church and old vicarage	15. Goole: hospital staff including Dr Harrison	16. Goole: Hook Road houses
17. Goole Grammar school	18. Goole Secondary Modern school	19. Goole: Hudson Ward's mill	20. Goole Railway dock about 1890
21. Goole Town boys of 1908/9 named	22. Goole station with Transpennine train	23. Goole market square	24. Goole: Lipton butcher's shop
25. Goole: filling in Aldam dock - Aire Street in the background	26. SS Cherrybrook in Goole docks. Built 1904, sunk 1940	27.Goole: Aire Street railway station.	28. Discharging timber in West Dock, Goole. M V Fortunity on the move
29. MV Selby in West Dock, Goole. Also railway engine D2613	30. MV Gladonia after launch in 1963. Built by Goole Shipbuilding Co.	31. Stevonia fitting out at Barge Dock side, Goole	32. Goole G S exchange Aug 1953. Mr Kimber, Mike Marsh, Adrian Hopley etc
33. Goole: Boothferry Road early colour pc	34. Goole: J L Latimer, headmaster of GGS	35. Timothy Knowles Willson's bakery on Ouse Street, Goole	36. Clara Willson, nee Broadley, wife of T K Willson of Goole and baby Arthur
37. Goole: TK 'Teacake' Willson's bakery	38. Goole: William Hamond Bartholomew	39. Goole: Doctor William Eden Cass	40. Goole Times building
41. Goole: SS Colne disaster memorial card	42. Goole: Bridge Street	43. Goole Town band 1920 conductor George Perrett. All named	44. New Bridge Hotel, Old Goole. Demolished 2008
45. The Lowther Hotel, Aire Street, Goole, formerly the Banks Arms	46. Lowther Hotel Goole after Zeppelin raid of 1915	47. Carlisle Street Goole after Wellington bombers crashed August 1943	48. Goole: North Street chapel
49. Crappers' butchers' shop. Boothferry Road, Goole	50. Crappers' shop, Boothferry Road, Goole. A different shopfront.	51. Bridge Street, Goole, showing The Vermuyden on the right	52. Beulah Chapel, Old Goole
53. The Cape of Good Hope aka 'Top House', Goole	54. Samuel Hunter's shop, 5 Cross Ouse Street and 29 Ouse Street, Goole	55. The old Steam Packet, Goole	56. J W Wood, paint shop, no. 61, Pasture Road, Goole
57. Goole shipyard. launch of the Grebbestroom in 1946	58. Goole shipyard. The Inland after launch in 1950	59. Goole shipyard. Women workers in wartime	60. Goole shipyard. Welders in 1960
61. Goole: Westfield Avenue	62. Goole: Salisbury Avenue	63. Goole: The Rustiques chapel children with their minister Rev Bramwell Evens later known as 'Romany'	64. Dutch River bridge, Goole, about 1885. Replaced 1890 after being declared unsafe
65. Goole: NER parcel van in 1907. Harry Dixon and Mr Saynor shown.	66. Goole: clock tower, lavatories, and Reno valet corner	67. Old Goole. Swinefleet Road corner looking towards the Dutch river	68. Goole: demolition of alum works chimney, Albert St, June 1952
Airmyn, with The Villa far left, demolished in the early 1970s	Airmyn, with clock tower in distance and The Hall on the right	Airmyn, viewed from the river	Airmyn, with a horse-drawn milk cart
Airmyn	Adlingfleet church before 1914	Carlton bridge	Carlton chapel
Carlton Towers interior	Drax: Hull & Barnsley station	Drax: coursing meeting Ship Inn 1948	Drax/Langrick ferry - Hull & Barnsley bridge
Eastoft: High Street	Eastoft	Hook hall: built 1743 by the Sotheron family	Hook village
Hook shipyard	Hensall station	Hensall chapel in early 1900s	Rawcliffe hall
Rawcliffe: village green	Reedness photo	Reedness: Half Moon on right	Reedness: manor house
Reedness: Half Moon	Reedness: main street	Reedness: ferry house	Reedness
Snaith: Co-op shop	Snaith: High Street	Swinefleet: High Street, John Cavill butcher	Swinefleet church: an early view
Swinefleet	Swinefleet chapel	Swinefleet: the Hill family of wheelwrights	Swinefleet: King's Causeway

Go on to old pictures of Howden and surrounding villages - also includes pictures of many East Yorkshire villages: Asselby, Barmby on the Marsh, Brantingham, Booth, Blacktoft, Broomfleet, Bubwith, Eastrington, Ellerton, Faxfleet, Gilberdyke, Howdendyke, Knedlington, Laxton, Newport, North Cave, Portington, Sandhall, Skelton, Saltmarshe, Sandholme, South Cave, Spaldington, Wressle