to be one of the fastest flowing and fastest-rising rivers in England. Its name comes from the Anglo-Saxon word Sualuae (or Old English roots), meaning "rapid," "tumultuous," or "liable to deluge"

🧵Born in the lonely heights of Yorkshire’s moors, the River Swale rushes down like liquid thunder. At Richmond Falls, the River Swale tumbles over wide, tiered limestone steps right on the edge of the market town. More subdued but still displaying the river's restless spirit. The river is reputed

and Anglican, he opposed parliamentary reform, Catholic emancipation and the New Poor Law. His factory campaigning reflected a paternalistic and deeply conservative vision of society, making him a complex and contradictory figure. (Read the Alt in the Ten Hour Bill image for more on that subject)

described children working exceptionally long hours and used the language of slavery to condemn their treatment. His campaign helped make factory reform a national cause and earned him the nickname “Factory King”. Yet Oastler was no modern liberal reformer. A committed Tory

🧵On 16 October 1830, Richard Oastler’s open letter, “Yorkshire Slavery”, appeared in the Leeds Mercury, exposing the harsh conditions endured by children in Yorkshire’s worsted mills. Written after Bradford manufacturer John Wood drew his attention to the issue, Oastler

He was born in Scotland. Served on various merchant ships. Killed someone, fled to Virginia, served with the US navy then with the Imperial Russian Navy, whist there is alleged to have raped a ten year old German girl, was dismissed and ended up dying in Paris. He is now entombed in Annapolis. phew!

Polish Girl) c.1760 was painted by French artist Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725–1805)

Last one for tonight. There is just something about this painting that I love. It feels fresh like it could have been painted yesterday, even though it is well over two and fifty years old. From the collection of Cannon Hall at Cawthorne near Barnsley, La polonaise (The

I think they had all been drinking!

Toleration was passed in the wake of the Glorious Revolution. It is now Grade II listed. The interior maintains a traditional, simple Quaker layout with 18th-century wooden panelling and folding shutters in the gallery

The Wooldale Quaker Meeting House is a historic place of worship located in the village of Wooldale, near Holmfirth. The current stone building was constructed in 1783, replacing an earlier meeting house on the same site that dated back to at least 1689 when the Act of

Promise 😂

Congratulations 🍾 I think you should celebrate with Yorkshire puddings and have Yorkshire curd tart for desert 😂

"The details of our past are merely windows we look through to see how far we have come." (Unknown) The ruin of Saint Martin's parish church, Wharram Percy, Image: Ralph Rye CC BY-SA 2.0

Would it be the Caledonian Forest

I can imagine 😱

Talking of Morecambe the map reminds me a little of the Morecambe and Wise piano sketch, playing all the !right notes but not necessarily in the right order."

That is wonderful and thank you so much for sharing it, You can feel the pride you have in it. The motto is very true.

Counterintuitively though, the Roman period in Britain, I believe, coincided with a fall in sea levels. Because water levels were low, the low-lying Fens were actually a well-settled, highly productive agricultural area. Blame it on the surveyors!

to modern-day Norfolk and Suffolk with the Simeni (Σιμενοί) and Trinovantes (Trinobates) listed as the tribes for that area.