Howden Online

Welcome to Howden-Online........

This site is dedicated to everything Howden. Howden is a historic market town in East Yorkshire with its impressive Minster clearly visible from the M62.

We are adding and looking for new content all the time. If you have an event you would like to publicise or would like any thing including why not drop us a line at enquiries@howden-online.org.uk. or alternatively fill in the form on our contact us page. Click here >>

A new book for Kenneth Deacon

My American Sky Sailor

The book tells the story of the R38/ZR2 airship disaster when it crashed on flames into the Humber off Hull's Victoria Pier in 1921 killing 44 of 49 on-board.

Also covers the zeppelin raid on Goole and Hull.

Tells the story of a young girl from Goole who loses her boy friend in WW1 and falls in love with one of the Americans on the fated airship.

The book can be purchased from Langrick Publications, Goole Times & Selby Post.

Handmade, Vintage and fashion collections and gifts such as handbags, cushions, perfume, cosmetics, clothing, bridal accessories plus much more!

Find us within Cabello Hair Design, Vicar Lane, Howden

Howden is on the Turner Trail......

JMW Turner RA (1775-1851) was one of Britain's greatest landscape painters, watercolourists and printmakers. Renowned as 'the painter of light', Turner's work helped to place romantic landscape painting on a par with history painting in the 19th Century and helped plant the seeds of impressionism.

Turner first visited Yorkshire in 1797 and returned here throughout his life, inspired by the spirituality he found in its glorious landscapes. He visited more than 70 places, sketching and painting the views from so many angles. Many scenes in his Yorkshire works can still be viewed today.

Howden Minster

Visiting Howden during his first tour of Yorkshire in 1797, Turner already had a reputation for architectural subjects, especially old abbeys and churches. The church of St Peter & St Paul at Howden was one of the largest and finest in East Yorkshire and reflected the very great prosperity of these agricultural lands at the end of the middle ages.

To read more about the trail visit yorkshire.com

HOWDEN LIVE's season of entertainment continues...Check out the new website!!

TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE FROM:

TOUCHWOOD HOMECARE, 2 MARKET PLACE, HOWDEN, EAST YORKSHIRE, DN14 7BJ.
TELEPHONE. 01430 431535 (9-5 Mon-Sat)
Also at DT's Rockshop, 59 Pasture Road, Goole. 01405 767282

Doors open 7.30 for an 8pm start.
Doors close @ 8.15pm unless otherwise stated.

Half price tickets for most events for children aged 16 and under accompanied by an adult.

For more details visit the Howden Live website>>

The Howden Town Forum 'Working towards the regeneration of Howden' holds regular meetings.

Everyone is welcome at the Forum meetings which are held upstairs at the Wellington Hotel. To find out more check out the forum pages.........

Howdenshire History: Genealogy Research Services

Are you trying to trace your ancestors?

Howdenshire History offers a professional genealogy research service for the whole UK - ranging from a few hours' assistance with a particular 'brick wall' to tracing your entire family tree. Please contact me for a free consultation.

Howdenshire History have an extensive catalogue of old photographs and postcards of Howden, Goole and many Yorkshire villages. These evocative old views of the streets where our ancestors once lived can provide a wonderful way of illustrating a family history. For more information visit the website by clicking here or the image above>>

Howden & District U3A
The University of the Third Age (U3A) is a national organisation which has developed a network of local associations providing social, cultural and learning opportunities for retired and semi-retired people at minimal cost.
Activities are run by and for members, who share their interests and skills in a friendly and informal environment, often in members' own homes.
There are no obstacles to joining the U3A. All you need is spare time to learn and share social and cultural opportunties with like-minded people.

For more information on the national organisation please visit the website.

Tickets are available by calling 01430 432510, by calling into the office or buying on the day.

A book written and published by Kenneth Deacon, on the men and women who built the R.100 airship in Howden.

The book tells the story of the building of the R.100 airship designed by Barnes Wallis (of "The Bouncing bomb fame") and built at the WW1 airship station at North Howden in 1925-29.

In the summer of 1930 the airship R.100 successfully flew to Canada and back.
The book tells the story of some of the people involved, and the background of the Officers and crew, and what happened to the best airship ever built in Britain.
It also covers the final stages of the building and testing of the R.101 airship, the final trial flight and the final flight when it crashed and burst into flames in Northern France in October 1930, while on its way to India.
It also tells the survivors stories of how they escaped from the burning wreckage.

Copies can be purchased from Chappelow's Newspaper shop in Howden, The Book Shop in Goole and California Garden Center. Price £7.50.
It is also available direct from Langrick Publications 8, Langrick Ave. Howden DN14 & 7SN. Price £7.50 +p/p

Make cheques/Postal Orders payable to Langrick Publications.

Can also accept Pay Pal.

A new local history book is called ' More Tales From the East Riding and is the sequel to 'Tales From the East Riding' published by Tempus in November 2006.

This fascinating new collection of tales of the East Riding contains momentous events, true crimes, surprising incidents and biographies of the area's famous sons and daughters. The stories cover an area from York down to Hull and include such tales as: Across the Humber, The Civil War in East Yorkshire, When Cholera Came Calling, Mary Wollstonecraft in Georgian Beverley, William Wilberforce, Airships Over East Yorkshire, Rogues' Gallery and many more. This book will appeal to anyone with an interest in the history of the region, and also awaken memories of a bygone time for those who worked or lived here.
Books will be available online from companies like www.play.com or www.tesco.com

Have you got an event going on in 2012 in the Howden area? Get in touch, and it could appear here!!

Still need more information why not check out the Howden Live and the Shire Hall websites to find out what's on and when.

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