Looking Back

Jonathan Martin

The man who torched a minster

Hero of Trafalgar, Captain William Pryce Cumby, is Heighington's most famous dead person

Rare chance to see the grounds of Skeeby Manor this weekend

1941 air raid that devastated Masham

Solemn bell marked execution of Darlington murderer who shot dead fellow Irish ironworker

Looking Back: Fraudster sobs after being found guilty of Guisborough tax scam

Looking Back: A station in the middle of nowhere

Looking Back: UFO car that landed in Darlington identified by readers

Looking Back: Religious battle of wills in Dale

When the streets of Knaresborough were “almost impassable” as mourners said farewell to Sir Charles Slingsby

Disaster on fox-hunting ferry - the death of six huntsmen and nine horses

Lord Ernest's colourful life filled with scandal

A capital day out for Aske Hall staff to witness the marriage of Marquess of Zetland's eldest son

Looking Back: 19th century petroleum hair wash engulfed pregnant woman in flames

Is this the end for the Stanwick Arms at Aldbrough St John?

The cattle dealer bludgeoned to death in 1826 after being seen counting his takings at Leyburn market

How Yorkshire's landscape inspired many well-known authors

Looking Back: Pandas on the loose - not the black-and-white bamboo-eating kind

New book charts Upper Teesdale's changes over 500 million years

Middleton Tyas soldier suffered life-changing effects of war

Armistice Day: How the D&S spoke of the joy it found in towns in the region

Aysgarth village honours its war dead

Torchlight ghost tours of Kiplin Hall over Halloween for those who are not of a nervous disposition

Looking Back: Racing at Northallerton Racecourse revived 150 years ago

How the wreck of the Birger cost 13 lives and one pier in Redcar 120 years ago

Thornton-le-Moor was once home to a brewery that bottled a 'Beer of the Future'

Plaque once more marks an epoch

The Nazi guns that were deeply unpopular memorials

Looking Back: Age-old first fruits ceremony

The day two steam engines somersaulted in a mass of metal down an embankment at entrance to Teesdale

Looking Back: The party to end all parties

How Joe Wilson became an overnight music hall sensation

Struck lifeless by rail disaster

My 600mph brush with death

Remembering Northallerton's bloody past

On This Day, August 3: Archbishop sings for his supper

Looking Back: Mourners shocked as Catholic priest refuses to conduct funeral service

Coverham Abbey - one of North Yorkshire's ancient gems

History of a 190-year-old bridge and the knee-trembling structure it replaced

Waters are wiffy, eggy and a bit farty - but they will do you good

Looking Back: End of retailing era for towns

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On This Day, June 8: Fraud scandal at the paper mill

The blocked windows and secret tunnels of Thornton Hall

The day rail came to Teesdale - 150 years ago

Last letter from hook-handed police killer from condemned cell at York castle

Column goes from post to pillar

Diary reveals life 250 years ago

On This Day, April 13: 'Cops can't catch The Thing'

Grand day for the Tate Testimonial

Life and times of Scotch Corner take a new turn

Looking Back: Riding the stang in Arkengarthdale and lighting a beacon in Richmond

A Northallerton sweet shop through the ages

An odd Oddfellow, and a jolly Martian

Rishi Sunak: Two ways to help our small farmers

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