My family emigrated many years ago from England to the United States. Just cannot imagine what type of life those ancestors had? Knowing they done good to leave.
A couple of connections between places and people you've mentioned in your videos, which I'm still catching up with in 2024! First the name Albemarle mentioned in this video. From 2002 until 2010 I lived in Grove, Oxfordshire and two streets away from my house was Albemarle Drive, not named after the Norman knight you told us about, but after the Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle transport aircraft introduced in 1940 which flew out of RAF Grove until it was handed over to the USAAF in 1942. The other name you mentioned in another video was Burton Agnes and there is a steam locomotive preserved at Didcot Railway Centre which carries the name Burton Agnes Hall. Why was a GWR locomotive given the name of a hall so far away from GWR territory? It was because the Hall class was so large that the GWR were struggling to find names for them, having exhausted the names of halls in their own territory!
I live on Tower Street, when we were kids, they built new bungalows on Castle Crescent, we used to play on the building site (well it was the 70`s) we found many horse bones, sculls, teeth etc, obviously the remains of the stables, it made the Free Press at the time.
Hi again. Another brilliant blog. Sir Robert Hilton of swine married the daughter of Robert constable called Joan of flamborough. I intend to visit hull again in the new year again and stop with a friend to visit the ruin and also have a look at the remains of winestead manor (another contender for the dwelling of the Hilton's). Can't find any Hilton connections with skipsea another if your visited sites but still another very interesting presentation. Yours Jordon
The Old Yorkshire episodes are often shorter; they were conceived as a way to keep making videos between the big tentpole episodes about railways and docks, which often take a few weeks to see through from start to finish. Think of them as bite sized appetizers to keep you going till the next big one!
I'll be visiting Stamford Bridge and briefly mentioning the battle in the first episode of my Lost Railways of Yorkshire videos, on the York-Beverley line. Hopefully I might get to do some more filming done now that we're allowed out into the countryside a little more!
You could have said a lot more about the Pilgrimage of Grace, you know. It wasn't just a little local uprising; the whole East Riding was in on it, and the leaders planned it carefully, bringing in North Lincolnshire and the North Riding. Everybody who was anybody joined (sometimes reluctantly, sometimes with only a pretence of reluctance) until they had thirty thousand horsemen for their confrontation with Henry's forces at Doncaster. And how many people died in fighting during the whole Pilgrimage? One. Killed by mistake in a small skirmish a day or so before the big meeting with the Duke of Norfolk which brought the Pilgrimage to an end. What really annoyed King Henry was that Hull capitulated right at the outset of the rising, his precious fortress opened its gates to a delegation of East Riding gentlemen who persuaded the custodians of Hull to join them. There were repercussions after the second rising was put down ... oh, and one Rudston, who was in the inner circle of the Pilgrimage leaders, switched sides at some point before the Doncaster meeting and became the Duke's man. He not only escaped any punishment, but King Henry took him on as an Esquire of the Body - a royal bodyguard. Cromwell was apparently not too impressed by this, and said some very unkind things about him. But full marks to him for guessing (correctly) that Henry wouldn't take kindly to having his plans for the monasteries messed about with by a bunch of lowly knights and squires (and lawyers).
I could, but this wasn't a video on the Pilgrimage of Grace, it was a potted history of Flamborough Castle, and not really the place for such a detailed look. At the time, I realised the Pilgrimage deserved a video of its own, and at some point it will get one!
I've not seen that; everything I can find on the subject just suggests that the figure clutching the arrow might not actually be Harold, but we only have two actual 11th century sources other than Bayeux, one claims he was hacked to pieces by swordsmen, the other that he took an arrow to the eye. At this point, if we include Bayeux, it's two sources in favour of the arrow and one against. If we can't use Bayeux, it's still 50/50. We can't really be sure of anything much in history unless we have actual detailed and unbiased modern audio and video evidence, or a huge amount of corroborating sources, all we can do is go with one interpretation; here, I just stuck with the most commonly accepted version that people are familiar with rather than delve into the subject. This isn't a video about Harold, after all!
Another great video. Keep them up. You mention that the Constables moved to Halsham. Is that linked to the Ridgemont Estate? The reason I ask is that I think there are some links between the estate and Russia in the 1820s or so. Not sure what the farm workers were doing there. Drainage work? I came across this because my 3xgreat grandmother was born in St Petersburg in 1824 though her parents were from East Yorkshire. The family came back and she had a daughter at Ridgmont. My family history is boring for others but the Russian angle is interesting. I think there may even be a memorial to someone who died in Russia at the estate though not sure.
Apparently Ridgmont was on the Constable estate, so there's certainly a connection, though I haven't really researched that part of the Constable story yet (though I do plan to, as I would like to follow the fortunes of the Constables in future episodes of Old Yorkshire). If I find anything, I'll get back to you!
That was Marmaduke Constable, father of William (of the Pilgrimage of Grace infamy), and he did indeed allegedly die after swallowing a frog that was in his drinking water! Of all the ways to go, I'm guessing that probably wasn't one he'd have wished for. I have to confess, I don't know where he was buried, but apparently he does have an epitaph at St Oswald's. The bad punner in me desperately wants to make a joke about having a frog in his throat...
@@hullhistorynerd Thanks for your reply,I will be visiting St.Oswalds on the 20th of May!!! I will enter the Church(hope it is open?) and have a good look round.Flamborough and indeed Sewerby ,Rudston and Brid and many of the Wolds Villages have interesting churches.(my Mother was christened at Newbald Church) Regards Perer Holden.Saddleworth.There is a Church at Filey also ST.Oswalds and also the William Wordsworth Church at Grasmere St.Oswald.
William Wordsworth was actually the the Church Warden(for 1 Year only) at Rydal ST.Mary's!!!!Did You ever read Mary Annerley RD Blackmore about Flamborough Smuggler's?
@@hullhistorynerd thanks for the reply. I wish I had taken more interest when at school; I'm sure you have heard that often. I asked if he was Welsh because to me , you made him sound Welsh.
@@stevenjohnson4190 Later in the year I will actually be doing a big episode on Edward I and his invasion of Wales - my first history video that isn't really related to Hull but a period and place that I've always been a bit spellbound by!
My family emigrated many years ago from England to the United States. Just cannot imagine what type of life those ancestors had? Knowing they done good to leave.
A couple of connections between places and people you've mentioned in your videos, which I'm still catching up with in 2024!
First the name Albemarle mentioned in this video. From 2002 until 2010 I lived in Grove, Oxfordshire and two streets away from my house was Albemarle Drive, not named after the Norman knight you told us about, but after the Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle transport aircraft introduced in 1940 which flew out of RAF Grove until it was handed over to the USAAF in 1942.
The other name you mentioned in another video was Burton Agnes and there is a steam locomotive preserved at Didcot Railway Centre which carries the name Burton Agnes Hall. Why was a GWR locomotive given the name of a hall so far away from GWR territory? It was because the Hall class was so large that the GWR were struggling to find names for them, having exhausted the names of halls in their own territory!
My favourite place 💕
I live on Tower Street, when we were kids, they built new bungalows on Castle Crescent, we used to play on the building site (well it was the 70`s) we found many horse bones, sculls, teeth etc, obviously the remains of the stables, it made the Free Press at the time.
Marmaduke Contsable was a great grandfather of mine😊
Flamborough .. one of my favourite places. As a licenced pilot I'm often up that way with my drones. Keep your videos coming. I enjoy them all ...
Hi again. Another brilliant blog. Sir Robert Hilton of swine married the daughter of Robert constable called Joan of flamborough. I intend to visit hull again in the new year again and stop with a friend to visit the ruin and also have a look at the remains of winestead manor (another contender for the dwelling of the Hilton's). Can't find any Hilton connections with skipsea another if your visited sites but still another very interesting presentation. Yours Jordon
Great video thanks. I'm all for starting a petition for 'bibbles' to become an official word. Also loved the Drogo skit, he was a rum'un.
Loved the whole thing and really enjoyed the cheeky 1066 bit!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it :)
Can see this castle just outside my window
Another revealing episode History Nerd. Enjoyed that. A bit short, but packed with chocolaty goodness as always....
The Old Yorkshire episodes are often shorter; they were conceived as a way to keep making videos between the big tentpole episodes about railways and docks, which often take a few weeks to see through from start to finish. Think of them as bite sized appetizers to keep you going till the next big one!
@@hullhistorynerd Long or short HHN, we appreciate all you do...
Very interesting, better than the reality stuff we get on tv these days, look forward to the next one.Btw, I was born and bred in Scarborough.
Thank you! Really glad people are enjoying these videos, should be an episode coming this weekend on Bransholme Castle!
As always very intresting and enjoyable
Thankyou!
Ive lived in East Yorkshire all my life, Flambro castle seems to have eluded me! Thankyou so much. Any thoughts on the battle of Stamford Bridge?
I'll be visiting Stamford Bridge and briefly mentioning the battle in the first episode of my Lost Railways of Yorkshire videos, on the York-Beverley line. Hopefully I might get to do some more filming done now that we're allowed out into the countryside a little more!
Another great video
Thankyou :)
Thanks for the background to Flamborough. I’ve been there several time but not seen the castle.
1:45 I spy my surname on those gravestones - I wonder if they're distant relatives? ^.^
My childhood playground
You could have said a lot more about the Pilgrimage of Grace, you know. It wasn't just a little local uprising; the whole East Riding was in on it, and the leaders planned it carefully, bringing in North Lincolnshire and the North Riding. Everybody who was anybody joined (sometimes reluctantly, sometimes with only a pretence of reluctance) until they had thirty thousand horsemen for their confrontation with Henry's forces at Doncaster. And how many people died in fighting during the whole Pilgrimage? One. Killed by mistake in a small skirmish a day or so before the big meeting with the Duke of Norfolk which brought the Pilgrimage to an end. What really annoyed King Henry was that Hull capitulated right at the outset of the rising, his precious fortress opened its gates to a delegation of East Riding gentlemen who persuaded the custodians of Hull to join them. There were repercussions after the second rising was put down ... oh, and one Rudston, who was in the inner circle of the Pilgrimage leaders, switched sides at some point before the Doncaster meeting and became the Duke's man. He not only escaped any punishment, but King Henry took him on as an Esquire of the Body - a royal bodyguard. Cromwell was apparently not too impressed by this, and said some very unkind things about him. But full marks to him for guessing (correctly) that Henry wouldn't take kindly to having his plans for the monasteries messed about with by a bunch of lowly knights and squires (and lawyers).
I could, but this wasn't a video on the Pilgrimage of Grace, it was a potted history of Flamborough Castle, and not really the place for such a detailed look. At the time, I realised the Pilgrimage deserved a video of its own, and at some point it will get one!
Nice video, very educational. How did you get the tiny horse to balance on your shoulder at 5:25?
WIth a tiny horse balancer, of course!
He didnt get an arrow in the eye. I read recently that the tapestry had been stitched at a later date to show an arrow.
Fake news, Norman-style :)
I've not seen that; everything I can find on the subject just suggests that the figure clutching the arrow might not actually be Harold, but we only have two actual 11th century sources other than Bayeux, one claims he was hacked to pieces by swordsmen, the other that he took an arrow to the eye. At this point, if we include Bayeux, it's two sources in favour of the arrow and one against. If we can't use Bayeux, it's still 50/50. We can't really be sure of anything much in history unless we have actual detailed and unbiased modern audio and video evidence, or a huge amount of corroborating sources, all we can do is go with one interpretation; here, I just stuck with the most commonly accepted version that people are familiar with rather than delve into the subject. This isn't a video about Harold, after all!
Another great video. Keep them up. You mention that the Constables moved to Halsham. Is that linked to the Ridgemont Estate?
The reason I ask is that I think there are some links between the estate and Russia in the 1820s or so. Not sure what the farm workers were doing there. Drainage work?
I came across this because my 3xgreat grandmother was born in St Petersburg in 1824 though her parents were from East Yorkshire. The family came back and she had a daughter at Ridgmont.
My family history is boring for others but the Russian angle is interesting. I think there may even be a memorial to someone who died in Russia at the estate though not sure.
Apparently Ridgmont was on the Constable estate, so there's certainly a connection, though I haven't really researched that part of the Constable story yet (though I do plan to, as I would like to follow the fortunes of the Constables in future episodes of Old Yorkshire). If I find anything, I'll get back to you!
Who was the Marmaduke that died after swallowing a Frog? Is he buried in St.Oswalds,Flamborough?
That was Marmaduke Constable, father of William (of the Pilgrimage of Grace infamy), and he did indeed allegedly die after swallowing a frog that was in his drinking water! Of all the ways to go, I'm guessing that probably wasn't one he'd have wished for. I have to confess, I don't know where he was buried, but apparently he does have an epitaph at St Oswald's.
The bad punner in me desperately wants to make a joke about having a frog in his throat...
@@hullhistorynerd Thanks for your reply,I will be visiting St.Oswalds on the 20th of May!!! I will enter the Church(hope it is open?) and have a good look round.Flamborough and indeed Sewerby ,Rudston and Brid and many of the Wolds Villages have interesting churches.(my Mother was christened at Newbald Church) Regards Perer Holden.Saddleworth.There is a Church at Filey also ST.Oswalds and also the William Wordsworth Church at Grasmere St.Oswald.
William Wordsworth was actually the the Church Warden(for 1 Year only) at Rydal ST.Mary's!!!!Did You ever read Mary Annerley RD Blackmore about Flamborough Smuggler's?
Oh eye
was King Edward Welsh ?
Far from it, he invaded Wales and subjugated the Welsh, all future "Princes of Wales" would just be the first born male of the English Royal family.
@@hullhistorynerd thanks for the reply. I wish I had taken more interest when at school; I'm sure you have heard that often.
I asked if he was Welsh because to me , you made him sound Welsh.
@@stevenjohnson4190 Later in the year I will actually be doing a big episode on Edward I and his invasion of Wales - my first history video that isn't really related to Hull but a period and place that I've always been a bit spellbound by!
@@hullhistorynerd good luck with that.
I can't wait to see it