Month: June 2024
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The Deid Bell of Ratho Kirk
Used across Scotland and northern England, A ‘Deid Bell’ (Scots) went by many names, including a death, mort, skillet, passing or mort bell and was…
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The Woman Who Jumped and Lived
In 1885, Sarah Ann Henley was 22 years old and working as a barmaid at the Rising Sun pub in Ashton.
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Corgis and Toothache at St Peter, Normanby Le Wold
Normanby means ‘The Norsemen’s Village’, first recorded in the Domesday book as ‘Normanesbi’.
Burials & Beyond 