The Yorkshire Journal

Welcome to The Yorkshire Journal online

The Yorkshire Journal is dedicated to Yorkshire, England’s largest country. It is free online, published quarterly, four times a year in Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, for everyone who loves the unique characteristics of Yorkshire. Wherever you live The Yorkshire Journal will help you discover more about Yorkshire. Articles in the journal focus on all aspects of Yorkshire’s heritage past and present, which includes features on its stunning landscape, picturesque villages, historic towns and cities, customs, traditions, curiosities and the history of its people. The journal is beautifully illustrated with a magnificent range of photographs, paintings and line drawings.

We encourage contributions and photographs from readers, which will be very welcome. Please submit articles and photographs by email directly to The Yorkshire Journal at theyorksj@hotmail.com for more information please see notes for contributions.

Back issues of the journal are now available by sending us your e-mail address with your request to theyorksj@hotmail.com and we will be pleased to e-mail you with a free copy of the journal you require in PDF.

Please feel free to download the latest journal and we hope you enjoy the articles. We welcome your comments to improve the e-journal.

Andrew Simpson

The Yorkshire Journal

The second issue of The Yorkshire Journal, Summer 2010 contains more fascinating articles.

Castle Hill in Huddersfield is one of Yorkshire’s most important archaeological sites with its imposing Victoria Tower. Also, found out why you can no longer have a drink at the Castle Hill Pub that was. The historical picturesque market town of Otley is where Thomas Chippendale was born. Discover how his book “The Gentleman and Cabinet Maker’s Director” made him world famous and also about buying a Chippendale today. The Scarecrow Festival at the village of Muston is an unusual festival and probably one of the most successful events of its kind in the UK. By reading this article it may just inspire you to take the family for a free fun day out. Just what did happen to those saucy seaside postcards? Found out in this fascinating article that tells why today they are a perfect reminder of those good old seaside days. Crop circles in Yorkshire’s? Yes, believe it or not they did appear in different parts of Yorkshire and whatever your beliefs are about them, you have got to admit that some of the designs of crop circles are amazingly incredible. The 15th century wall paintings in Pickering’s parish church are world famous, they have survived the Puritan Reformation and this is a remarkable story of their interpretation.

We hope you enjoy these contributions.

Click on the cover (left) to download the second issue of the journal.

Andrew Simpson