Whitby to Loftus Line by M.A.Williams

Due to continuing demand, a second edition has now been published.
Only available from the Gateway Business Centre, Staithes.
400 copies already sold.

To obtain a copy please contact:
admin@jetcoast.co.uk
01947 844100

Can be collected or posted.  As the Centre is run by volunteers, we cannot be sure of definite opening times.  Please contact first to arrange.

Next Publication (early 2014) also available from the Gateway Business Centre

Tunnels & Viaducts of the Whitby to Loftus Line by M.A.Williams

Sandsend East Row Viaduct

Kettleness Tunnel Entrance

Deepgrove Tunnel Entrance

Ugthorpe Local History Exhibition

Held in St. Anne's Hall on Sunday,10th November 2013.
Another successful event with hundreds of exhibits enjoyed by over 200 visitors.

St Hilda Triptych Mosaic and Tapestry

  See how the mosaic was made on

 http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.480602141983383.113506.171146492928951&type=1

The mosaic and tapestry made their first public appearance at the Well Service in July this year.   Community Art at it's best!

 

 

Old Farm Machinery in action in Sneaton

Watch a video of the 1917 Titan and the binder on

http://youtu.be/IrTsBpSMIs4

Mulgrave CRP Channel

Photos from our most recent survey to find the location of 
Roxby Old Hall, June 2013

Whitby to Loftus Line

"Whitby to Loftus Line"

by

M.A. Williams

Available to buy from 

Jet Coast Development Trust

Gateway Business Centre

Staithes

Tel. 01947 844100

admin@jetcoast.co.uk

With Postage £25.00

The MCRP Survey Group has been asked to assist in undertaking earthwork and geophys surveys on the site of Old Roxby Manor, with a view to erecting an information board near Roxby Church. 
Please ring 01947 844100 or email admin@jetcoast.co.uk for further information.
Group members organised a heritage walk around the village in 2011.

(Watch the video on You Tube MulgraveCRP channel)

All that remains of the Manor 



Carved stone in boundary wall

Our project was funded for three years from 2009 to December 2012, with a total attendance of 1245 at all our organised activities.
Although funding has now ended, we will be continuing our oral history recordings.

Next month (March) we will be field walking, and also hope to spend a day in Whitby Museum once the library refurbishment is complete.

Please telephone 01947 844100 if you are interested in coming along.
Email admin@jetcoast.co.uk

The St. Hilda Mosaic and Tapestry should be completed by March 2013.


 



 

 

 



Recording Oral History

Five people from the Lythe and Sandsend area have been trained in oral history techniques.  Recording volunteers will start in the New Year in the Village Hall.

Learning the Basics

Group members spent a really enjoyable couple of days with a local photographer, taking photos of the same views that Tom Watson took almost a hundred years ago.  We also had the opportunity to see how a plate glass camera worked, and actually dared to turn off intelligent auto on our digital SLR's and set our own aperture speeds and use manual exposure.

We hope to continue taking photos during 2013 to record up to date images of Tom Watson postcards of all the villages in the Mulgrave Ward.

                                              Some of our photos actually turned out OK!

MCRP Publications

Still available at Guisborough & Whitby Bookshops, Holman's Whitby

PLUS

2013 WHITBY TO LOFTUS

RAILWAY CALENDAR

Success with our latest Field Survey

We identified this crop mark in a field near Ellerby, and undertook a magnetometer survey over the whole area.  The map results from the recorded data, clearly showed an irregular shaped ditch, similar to those previously discovered around Iron Age settlements.

Auger soil sampling tests proved the presence of the ditch, but further investigations will be needed.

The difference in soil texture and colour proved the existence of a ditch
approximately 2m wide by 1m deep at it's widest point.

Another successful Exhibition

Mickleby local history group held another fantastic exhibition on 14th October.  Over 50 people dropped in to see all the interesting field finds discovered around the village, look up ancestors on old census information, see the results of recent geophysics surveys undertaken by MCRP group members and take a look at a draft of the soon-to-be published heritage trail around Mickleby to Ugthorpe.  Added interest was supplied through a display of old farm machinery and implements.

Can anyone identify this object, brought in by a resident?

Recent Photos

Site Visit to Mulgrave Woods with

Cleveland Mining Heritage Society 22.9.12

Tom Watson Exhibition, Lythe Village Hall, 1st & 2nd September

ateended over the weekend by 200 people

Community Archaeology Next Visits

Wed 3rd October
Monday 8th October
Monday 22nd October  (meet 10am Hinderwell Village Hall)

Mickleby Local History Exhibition
Sunday 14th October
Village Hall (afternoon)

Old Railway Tunnels

Watch a short video of a walk through Deepgrove and Kettleness Tunnels

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn34pnqQcnU&list=UUHx6pXfQTeNAHDC4C70s7CQ&index=1&feature=plcp

Coming Events

Tom Watson Exhibition, Lythe Village Hall - Sat 1st, Sun 2nd September

Guided Walk, Staithes Foreshore to Port Mulgrave
Wed 5th September
Meet Gateway Business Centre, Bank Top Car Park 11am
The Staith, near the Cod & Lobster, 11.15am

St. Hilda Mosaic

The three panel community mosaic was started at the annual Church Garden Fete in July 2012.  Residents will have the opportunity to add more pieces at the Hinderwell Methodist Church coffee morning on Bank Holiday Monday, 27th August at 10am.