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difficulties meant Grimshaw could only keep the property for about four years before he was forced to give it up. See Alt for more details and credits. #Art #Seaside #Yorkshire

views of the sea, the harbour and the medieval castle ruins. The house included a conservatory which Grimshaw adapted as a studio space, allowing him to experiment with the subtle effects of light and atmosphere that became the hallmark of his paintings. Financial

🧵Artist John Atkinson Grimshaw rented ("Castle-by-the-Sea" in Scarborough from brewer and patron Thomas Jarvis from about 1876. The house stood dramatically beneath Scarborough Castle on the headland above the North Bay. Its elevated coastal position provided sweeping

Norman, featuring rounded arches, attached shafts, and scalloped capitals. See Alt for image details and credits. #Medievalsky

of even older historical fragments into its walls where there are numerous fragments of Anglo-Saxon crosses and Norse sculpture, suggesting the church was built on the site of a pre-conquest place of worship. Both the west and south doorways are

All Saints' Church in Sinnington, North Yorkshire, is a Grade II* listed parish church dating back to the early 12th century. Situated on a hilltop at the north-east edge of the village, it is renowned for its preservation of late Norman architecture and the integration

I really enjoy woodland gardens in late April/May when the Azaleas and Rhododendrons are in bloom. This 2011 image is from Temple Newsam near Leeds. Image Tony Oldroyd CC BY-SA 2.0

Thank you so much for sharing. I didn't know that. It is an amazing story.

Thank you so much. I'll have a good read of that tomorrow. I was out for just two and a half hours this morning and I'm absolutely exhausted now. So frustrating. Waiting for the further neurological tests.

hogs. They were discovered when the 14th century chancel was rebuilt in 1867 with some now to be found in the collection of Durham Cathedral. Images: Hogback Stones / Bob Embleton / CC BY-SA 2.0

Some of the finest examples of hogback stones in the country are in the Church of St Thomas, Brompton near Northallerton. The carved probably Anglo-Scandinavian grave covers date to around the 9th-10th century. These three examples show muzzled bears at each end as opposed to

The bath house Find out about the ancient Roman bath house excavated in Castleford.

house continued to be used by the civilian population for some 200 years. The bath followed the standard Roman layout of rooms It was heated by a hypocaust system, with underfloor heating supplied by large furnaces museumsandcastles.wakefield.gov.uk/discover/col... #Roman @johnrmunday.bsky.social

1978, briefly excavated and re-buried to ensure their long-term preservation. Built in the late first century AD it served the Roman military garrison at the fort of Lagentium and those stationed there. After the military abandoned the fort around AD 100, the bath

🧵A rare treat these days, I was out and about this morning helping a friend and colleague travel back in time some nineteen hundred years to Roman Castleford. Under what is basically a traffic junction lie the nationally significant remains of a Roman bath house which were discovered in

That is really interesting as is the ice cream 🍦

I am pleased about that.

Welcome home. Ignore my previous post on the Great Sheffield Flood. It is safe to return 😂

not be weakened. As Lord Devlin once said, the right to trial by jury was not only guaranteed by Magna Carta but was “the lamp that shows that freedom lives”. 5/5

97 percent of criminal cases, which are decided by lay justices or district judges. However, this does not dilute the importance of trial by jury. Yes, juries are not always infallible, but that right, especially in the most serious of criminal cases, is still so important and should 4/5

In 2015, however, Geoffrey Robertson QC, in an article for the British Library, wrote that “Trial by jury is the most venerated and venerable institution of Anglo-American law”. I finished the piece
"Many court hearings do not involve juries, including the vast majority of civil cases and some 3/5

days, following the acquittal of the defendants in the Edward Colston statue criminal damage case, that right has come under the spotlight. Referring to the case, Conservative MP for Ipswich Tom Hunt stated, “If the jury is a barrier to ensuring they are punished then that needs to be addressed” 2/5

🧵Three years ago I wrote a short piece Twelve good men (and women!) and true: a very brief history of trial by jury. I started it
"Some things in life are rightly considered sacrosanct, such as the right to education and to work. One such right is the right to trial by jury. In the last few 1/5

site in the 1870s Images: Photograph of the Old Dale Dyke reservoir embankment, shortly following its collapse in March 1864 Theophilus Smith, Public Domain and Great Sheffield Flood memorial detail by Graham Hogg, CC BY-SA 2.0 #Disaster #Sheffield See Alts

240 people died and hundreds of homes were damaged or destroyed and over 4,000 properties were reported flooded. The disaster prompted significant reforms in British engineering standards for large-scale structures. A new dam was eventually rebuilt on the

The Great Sheffield Flood devastated parts of Sheffield OTD, 11 March 1864, when the Dale Dyke Dam broke as its reservoir was being filled for the first time. A small crack had been discovered in the embankment. Despite attempts to relieve the pressure, the dam breached. Around

Indeed!

I had seen the almshouses several times but didn't know the full story. That is interesting about Anne's brothers. I didn't know that.

and with no children of her own, she chose to leave a lasting legacy. Her estates funded a school and almshouses that have served the village community for four centuries. She died in 1657 and was buried, possibly in a "borrowed" tomb in Westminster Abbey as she had significant medical debts.

she married twice first to Sir William Sandys and later to the younger Richard, Viscount Lumley of Lumley Castle. Widowed and often troubled by debt, she eventually lived apart from her second husband on her estates near Sinnington in North Yorkshire. Despite these difficulties,

🧵I was thinking about writing a short post on the Lady Lumley almshouses in Thornton Dale, built around 1670. In reading about their founder, Lady Elizabeth Lumley (c.1577–1657), I realised how remarkable her life was. Born Elizabeth Cornwallis into a powerful Norfolk family,