A compilation of recorded stories about different aspects of the town’s history, narrated by Jennifer Allison and recorded and edited by Hal Coleman, the grandson of Mary Edwards. Mary still runs the Talking Newspaper today.
With thanks to the Northallerton and District Talking Newspaper.
An introduction to the Northallerton audio gallery by local historian Jennifer Allison.
Learn about the 16th century Porch House, where King Charles I was once imprisoned during the English Civil War.
One of Northallerton's largest hotels during the 18th and 19th centuries, the Golden Lion was a principle stop on the Great North Road.
Meet Frank Finley Clarkson - an esteemed local silversmith, whose shop in Northallerton is still remembered by some today.
Explore some of the Celtic, Roman and early Christian history from Northallerton and the region.
Listen to how Northallerton and the surrounding region developed during the Anglo Saxon period.
Find out about some of Northallerton's medieval history and learn more about its important hospital and friary.
Life in the Middle Ages could be hard, and wars, poor harvests and disease were frequent.
Northallerton was home to a significant friary of the Carmelite Order, or Whitefriars, known locally as the 'Friarage'.
Photographed: The Fleece Inn, on the site of the Austin Friary in Northallerton
How life continued for ordinary people following the disasters of the last century.
How the divorce of Henry VIII affected Northallerton, from the dissolution of the Monasteries to the Pilgrimage of Grace.
One of the first to be founded in Yorkshire, in 1322, learn more about the Grammar School which was rebuilt in 1776 on the High Street, next to the Buck Inn.
Towards the end of the 17th century, Northallerton was becoming more prosperous. A change in farming led to a growing linen industry, with nearby Brompton having 200 weavers by the 1800's.