Notable Yorkshire Families
Many of the heritage sites are connected with specific families. Just a few (more to follow) of the recorded Yorkshire families include -
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Ashton
Aske
Barton
Bigod
Boynton
Burton
Calverley
Chamberlain
Clarvaux
Clifford
Constable
Conyers
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Dacre
Danby
Darcy
Dyneley
Everingham
Eyland
Fairfax
Fauconberg
Fitzhugh
Fitzwilliam
Foljambe
Frost
Fulthorpe
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Gascoigne
Gowsell
Gray
Greystoke
Hastings
Hatfield
Helperby
Helyard
Hotham
Howard
Hudswell
Hutton
Ingleby
Knyvet
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Lacy
Lambert
Lascelles
Lee
Lovell
Lumley
Maleverer
Malory
Manners
Markenfield
Markington
Metcalf
Middleton
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Montague
Montford
Mowbray
Musgrave
Neville
Ogle
Percy
Pigot
Plays
Plumpton
Poole
Pudsey
Pulleyn
Pyckering
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Radcliff
Risom
Roos
Sage
Scrope
See
Shorthose
Stanhope
Stanley
Stapleton
Strangways
Tailbois
Talbot
Tankart
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Tempest
Thorpe
Toft
Tunstall
Tyrwhitt
Twyer
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Details of the early families can be found in relatively modern publications such as Burke’s Peerage but also early records such as the Visitations of Yorkshire and of the North. More>>
Famous People
From personalities to politicians there are plenty from past and present - but that’s enough p’s. Not only are there statues and plaques to famous Yorkshire men and woman of the past but there are awards for today’s achievements. More>>
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