January 2017

29th Jan., 2017.

Have completed preparation – text of 1900 words plus 3 map extracts – for main article for 2017 Barton Civic Soc. Newsletter. Article entitled ‘History of Baysgarth Park, Barton’ (south range of Baysgarth House and small bit of public park see above). Baysgarth Park is a large, well-wooded public park to the south of Barton’s […]

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21st Jan., 2017

Last Thursday walked with dog from Humber Bridge Country Park along the Humber foreshore to North Ferriby. Good wide footpath alongside railway line with trains frequently passing to and from Hull. Once nearing the village come to a wide grass and bushes area thoughtfully maintained by parish council – in south-west corner is a life-size

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18th Jan. 2017.

High Yorkshire Wolds, Pt. 2. Prehistoric landscape = two sites of Mesolithic flint scatters found, Vessey Pastures in Birdsall parish (a parish that spans part of the high wold, scarp slope and part of the Vale of York like the parishes of the Low Villages in North Lincs.) and east of Wharram Le Street near

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Jan. 16th 2017.

In going through my papers found an article (from 1990s?) ‘From dolines to dewponds’ by Colin Hayfield and Pat Wagner. A doline is a depression in the land surface resulting from the collapse of an underground hollow in the porous bedrock (chalk). Dewponds are man-made, clay-lined shallow surface depressions in which dew condenses to provide a

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Jan. 15th, 2017.

Recent posts overtaken by events – Wednesday 11th forewarned of flood threat, Thursday 12th messages from Environment Agency flood alert line so spent much of day either moving things upstairs or onto table etc. Decided to change bedrooms at same time and in process damaged muscles at base of spine so very painful to move. At

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