We are delighted to offer online access to digital copies of some of our archives.
This is a new service made possible by grants from the Heritage Lottery Fund towards two Archives 4 All projects. These were part of a programme of projects supported by The National Archives that helped to encourage new ways for people to see archives. All Archives 4 All projects finished in March 2008
The East Riding Archives and Local Studies Service got funding for two projects: 'Blood, Thunder and High Society' and 'Rural Roots'.
The 'Blood, Thunder and High Society' project enabled us to catalogue the family and estate papers of the Strickland-Constable family of Wassand Hall near Hornsea and create an exhibition. The 'Rural Roots' project enabled us to fund a project outreach officer to work with three rural communities – Bolton, Easington and North Newbald.
Both projects enabled us to make digital copies of documents in our collections so that they can be seen online. There are about 1,500 images available online for each project.
The projects gave us the chance to develop our catalogue so that it can show images of actual documents. Only a small number of items in the catalogue have images linked to them at the moment.
What can I see?
Blood, Thunder and High Society
You can see:
- The diary of Lady Jessica Sykes' life in South Africa during the Boer War 1899.
- Extracts from a diary of Christopher Sykes 1852.
- The ship's log book kept by midshipman (later Rear Admiral) William Pakenham whilst on tour in the Mediterranean with a detailed record of daily life on board ship 1879-1880.
- The diary of William Pakenham's tours of duty in Australia and New Zealand 1884-1887
- William Pakenham's naval reports during the Russo-Japanese War in 1905.
- Various photographs of members of the Strickland-Constable family c.1890-1922
Rural Roots
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For Bolton you can see: a survey of property 1903, wills of local people 1825-1849, papers about work on Bolton Methodist Chapel 1869-1870, a valuation book 1910, land tax assessments 1783-1832 and a housing overcrowding survey 1936.
- For Easington you can see: inspector's reports for the school 1904-1950, an estate survey 1770, an enclosure plan 1771, a valuation book 1910 and land tax assessments 1782-1832
- For North Newbald you can see: the Enclosure Act 1777, various wills of local people 1763-1819, a valuation book 1910 and land tax assessments 1787-1832
How do I find Documents Online?
Documents online can be found in the following ways:
When you are searching the catalogue if you see a green tick in the column titled 'thumbnail' this means that there is an image linked to this catalogue item. You will then need to click on the number highlighted green in the left hand column. This displays the full catalogue entry for the item. You then need to click on the URL address, which is also highlighted in green. This will open up a new screen with thumbnails of images of documents. Click on these thumbnails to enlarge them and move from image to image.
If you want to find all of the documents online for the 'Blood, Thunder and High Society' and 'Rural Roots' projects you can go to our catalogue search page and enter 'bloodandthunder' or 'ruralroots' into the 'any text' box as a search. The results you get will contain all of the catalogue items for each project that link to digital copies.
You can also click on the two links below. This will take you to the same search results as above:
To see the blood and thunder documents please click on the link below:
To see the rural roots documents for the three villages of Bolton, Easington and Newbald please click on the link below:
Copyright
You are entitled to print single copies for private use from documents online. If you need duplicate copies or intend to reproduce any documents then you will need to apply in writing to:
The Archives and Local Studies Manager, County Hall, Beverley,
East Riding of Yorkshire
HU17 9BA
