Part 1 - Journey to a New World In 1827, a ship, the “Caroline”, a 330 ton brig, set sail from Hull docks on a remarkable and perilous...

I've finally reproduced the last of 3 magazines from the Richmond West Deanery parish. These are church magazines and are from 1922, 1948...

The May 1948 edition of the Richmond West Deanery magazine is now available on the Booklets page (scroll down to the bottom). 1948 is the...

My Father often gives me bundles of old papers to look through. In the latest bundle were 3 old copies of the "Richmond West Deanery...

Census Day 1891 was on Sunday, 5th April of that year. The records for Brompton show that the population had risen by 20% since 1881 -...

3rd April 1881 was Census day in 1881. Full details are here on the Census page (just scroll down to 1881) where I have put the latest...

The 1871 Census of Brompton-on-Swale is now available on the Census page (we now have 1841, 1851. 1861 and 1871 transcriptions ... and...

1861 Census for Brompton is now available on the Census page. I was quite surprized to see a young visitor from Australia and a resident...

With 2021 almost upon us - a census year, I thought I'd better make some more historical census information available. The 1841 census...

While not exactly about Brompton-on-Swale, I hope you find this interesting. This is the 1948 diary of my Great Aunt Elsa Paxton - an...

I've been having a relatively quiet week at work, largely because my Lords and Masters on the other side of "the pond" are taking time...

Fittingly perhaps, I have today published the final 3 research articles for our village War Memorial. James Meechan - who was killed...

Today's update adds two more stories to the War Memorial page. Robert Jewitt, married my great Aunt Lillie Hodgson, but died in the...

The events of 4th Feb 1944, are are still very much within living memory and personally I really think there should be some sort of...

Some more updates to the War Memorial page today. I've added William Connelly - a maritime anti-aircraft gunner and an update on Albert...

Albert Cleaver died in Italy in 1944, just prior to the great Battle for Monte Cassino and the assault on the "Gustav" Line. Somewhat...

I've made a start on those who are commemorated under WW2 on the War Memorial. Joseph Alderson and Lawrence Barr. Both their stories...

While researching the War Memorial I found out about some others with links to the village. These generally served and survived,...

Local historian Ian Spensley's latest article in Richmondshire Today is about Wills left by residents of Brompton on Swale in the 16th,...

Eleven men who gave their lives in the Great War are remembered on the Brompton-on-Swale war memorial. With the stories of Robert...