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'Admiral Storr's tower, Hilston...The man behind the name' by Joe Santaniello, an account about Admiral Storr's tower built in 1750 in Hilston, named after John Storr a naval captain at the time of its construction.
'The sights and smells of Hull in 1812' by Arthur G Credland, an account of a letter written in 1812 describing the effects of the whaling trade on the local environment in the nineteenth century.
'The former museum building at Driffield is listed' by Stephen Harrison. In Nov 1996 the Department of National Heritage accorded Grade 2 status to the former museum of antiquities at 25 Lockwood Street, Driffield. It was built in 1878 by J R Mortimer to house his extensive geological and archaeological collection. It is now the Masonic Lodge.
'A grand wedding in Victorian Beverley' by Marjorie Salkeld, a transcription of an account taken from the 'Beverley Recorder' of 10 May 1856 of the wedding of Adelaide Brereton, daughter of Dr Charles Brereton, and John Anthony Hudson at St Mary's Church Beverley.
'The East Riding Antiquarian Society' by J D Hicks, a history of the East Riding Antiquarian Society founded 19 Oct 1892 in Hull. Its aims were the study and preservation of antiquities and the popularising of the archaeology of the East Riding.
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