Humber News » History http://humbernews.co.uk the news that matters to you! Fri, 04 May 2012 09:41:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=453 Preston Murder investigation – 120 years on! http://humbernews.co.uk/preston-murder-investigation-120-years-on/ http://humbernews.co.uk/preston-murder-investigation-120-years-on/#comments Thu, 10 Feb 2011 08:19:09 +0000 HMN http://humbernews.co.uk/?p=3008 A “Jack the Ripper” investigator, visited Preston and Hedon yesterday to research the case of an unsolved murder of an 18 year old girl in 1891…

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]]> http://humbernews.co.uk/preston-murder-investigation-120-years-on/feed/ 0 History Pin http://humbernews.co.uk/history-pin/ http://humbernews.co.uk/history-pin/#comments Sat, 25 Sep 2010 08:03:42 +0000 HMN http://humbernews.co.uk/?p=2329 HISTORY PIN is a website that aims to show how places have changed through photographs and stories…

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]]> http://humbernews.co.uk/hedons-mysterious-kilnsea-cross/feed/ 0 Saltend – site of first daylight air raid in World War two! http://humbernews.co.uk/saltend-%e2%80%93-site-of-first-daylight-air-raid-in-world-war-two/ http://humbernews.co.uk/saltend-%e2%80%93-site-of-first-daylight-air-raid-in-world-war-two/#comments Tue, 06 Jul 2010 07:15:53 +0000 HMN http://humbernews.co.uk/?p=1198 Saltend experienced the first ever daylight bombing raid to take place in the country during World War Two.

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]]> http://humbernews.co.uk/saltend-%e2%80%93-site-of-first-daylight-air-raid-in-world-war-two/feed/ 0 Lambert House – Hedon History http://humbernews.co.uk/lambert-house-%e2%80%93-hedon-history/ http://humbernews.co.uk/lambert-house-%e2%80%93-hedon-history/#comments Mon, 05 Jul 2010 08:04:36 +0000 HMN http://humbernews.co.uk/?p=1196 …a room almost entirely of church stones complete with gargoyles and other pieces of church masonry. Some of these may have come from stones displaced…

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]]> http://humbernews.co.uk/lambert-house-%e2%80%93-hedon-history/feed/ 0 Hedon Museum celebrates 150th anniversary of fight for social justice http://humbernews.co.uk/hedon-museum-celebrates-150th-anniversary-of-fight-for-social-justice/ http://humbernews.co.uk/hedon-museum-celebrates-150th-anniversary-of-fight-for-social-justice/#comments Tue, 11 May 2010 08:28:35 +0000 HMN http://humbernews.co.uk/?p=945 BEFORE 1860, HEDON WAS RULED by twelve Aldermen who had been elected for life. The Aldermen controlled everything in the town including the rights to run and profit…

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