Mecca News

‘The Mecca News’ was The Society's award winning journal published three times a year in April, August and December. It contained members’ news, amusing snippets, requests for or offers of help, member updates, and Metcalfe stories of interest past and present.

Why is it called The ‘Mecca’ News? What is the relevance of the name ‘Mecca’?

On this occasion Mecca has nothing to do with religion or playing bingo .... Mecca is the shortened slang nickname that was used by many men called Metcalfe in the Yorkshire Dales, who were therefore known as ‘Mecca’. Once in a while it can still be heard today in the area!

Even in today’s online world, so many looked forward to receiving their Mecca News journal to sit down, relax and have a good read! That is maybe why the journal had been both commended and won the Elizabeth Simpson Award for one name family history society magazines. Unfortunately, following the resignation of the Editor, and the onset of the pandemic, we had to change the format to an electronic newsletter, which we now send out bi-monthly to all members with an email address. Those members without emails are sent hard copies each quarter. The Newletter has similar content to the Mecca News and is full of interesting items.

Have you got a good story or snippet?

The Editor of the Mecca Newsletter is always keen to hear from members with a good story, comment, feedback, snippet that may be of interest to other members. Maybe you saw a comment or story about a Metcalfe in the newspaper. Do take a moment or two and send any suggestions to our Editor (see Contacts).

Back Issues of Mecca News are available online.

Take a look at the list of contents in back issues of the below and see the varied and interesting articles and snippets we have had over the years. They can be accessed online from the The Metcalfe Store or by contacting The Metcalfe Shop Coordinator (see Contacts).

Index to Mecca News Back Issues

We do need a volunteer to index the last 9 years (August 2006 to date) - would you be interested? Contact our Volunteers Coordinator (see Contacts).

Issue No.

Issue Dated

Content

Issue No.:

122

Issue Dated:

2020 - Dec

Content:

Editorial Final Musings - Mike Pope p4: Jottings & Plans from the Chairperson - Jo Heron p5: Timeline of Key Metcalfe Society Events - Mike Pope p6: Dissent in the Northern Dales & Beyond - Peter Dobson p7-10: The First 100 Metcalfe Society Members - Dave C. Metcalfe p11-12: The Metcalfe Museum - Michael Peel p13-15: Mecca Muster Anniversary Photos - Mike Pope & Peter Dobson p16: Cross & Shovel - Michael Metcalfe p17-19: Obituary for Patrick Malham - Lesley Longworth & Mike Pope p20: Reminiscences of an Ex-Chairman - David Lambert p21-22: The New Book - Metcalfe Family Histories - Dave C. Metcalfe p23: Metcalfe Society Committee Members 1980-2020 - Mike Pope p24-25: An Historical Society Perspective - Mike Pope & David Lambert p26-28: When in Command - Command - Graeme J. Metcalfe p29: Mecca Muster Photo Roundup 1980-2009 - Mike Pope & Peter Dobson p30-31: Reminiscences from the Membership - Joan Metcalfe & Valerie Metcalfe p32: Metcalfe DNA Where to Next? - Dave C. Metcalfe p33: Archivist Report - New Members & Birth Briefs - Margaret Hodgson p34-35: The Reverend Lister Metcalfe & my Metcalfe Connection - Mike Pope p36-41: Mecca Muster Photo Roundup 2010-2016 - Mike Pope & Peter Dobson p42-43: Melbourne to Gallipoli - Bernard Metcalfe p44-46: Mecca Muster Photo Roundup 2017-2019 Mike Pope & Peter Dobson p 47: Back Cover - Autumn Colours in the Howgills near Dent - Mike Pope p48

Issue No.:

121

Issue Dated:

2020 - Aug

Content:

Editorial Musings - Dr Mike Pope p4-5: The Metcalfes & the Afflecks - Andrew Metcalfe p6-12: Chairman\'s Jottings - David Lambert p13-15: Future of Metcalfe Society - David Lambert p16-18: Letter from Gallipoli - Bill Metcalf p19-24: Archivist Report, Birth Briefs & New Members - Margaret Hodgson p25-30: Metcalfe Family Histories New Book - Dave C. Metcalfe p31: Back Cover St. Andrew\'s Parish Church Sedbergh, Cumbria

Issue No.:

120

Issue Dated:

2020 - Apr

Content:

Editorial Musings - Dr Mike Pope p4-5: Chairman\'s Jottings p6-9: Message from Chairman - David Lambert p10-12: New Metcalfe Book - Dave C. Metcalfe p13: Robbery & Retribution - James Metcalfe p14-17: Booth Hay Metcalfe Victorian Army Officer - Dr Mike Pope p18-25: Archivist Report & Birth Briefs - Margaret Hodgson p26: Archivist New Members - Margaret Hodgson p26-29: Archivist Wills Project - Margaret Hodgson p29: Metcalfe Teachers Michael Peel p30-32: Yorkshire Group FFHS Jo Heron p33: Unexpected Genealogical Encounters - Dr Mike Pope p34-35: Back Cover Dicky Metcalfe\'s Old Cross Keys Cautley

Issue No.:

119

Issue Dated:

2019 - Dec

Content:

Editorial Musings - Dr Mike Pope p4-5: Mecca Muster - Dr Mike Pope p6-10: Chairman\'s Jottings - David Lambert p11-13: Metcalfe Bread Charity of Banbury - Andrew Metcalfe p14-19: Pedestrianism - Carol Wetton - p20-21: Jane Austen - David Lambert p22-24: Society News Dr Mike Pope p25: Yorkshire Group FHS - Jo Heron p26: Jackie Depelle Muster Presentation - Dr Mike Pope p27: Archivist Report & Birth Briefs - Margaret Hodgson p28-29: Archivist New Members - Margaret Hodgson p29-31: Archivist Wills Project - Margaret Hodgson p32: Four Metcalfe Men - David C. Metcalfe p33-36: Back cover Four Metcalfe Men photographed by Muriel Metcalfe Keswick 1976

Issue No.:

118

Issue Dated:

2019 - Aug

Content:

Editorial Musings - Dr Mike Pope p4-5: Three Brothers Go to War - Dave C. Metcalfe p6-13: Chairman\'s Jottings - David Lambert p14-18: The Borthwick Archive York - Jo Heron p18-19: PC Matthew Metcalfe, Grandfather & Grandson - Michael Peel p20-23: Archivist Report & Birth Briefs - Margaret Hodgson p24-27: Archivist New Members - Margaret Hodgson p28-29: Archivist Wills Project - Margaret Hodgson p30: York Family History Fair - Jo Heron p31: Back Cover - Weather Brewing over the Buttertubs

Issue No.:

117

Issue Dated:

2019 - Apr

Content:

Editorial Musings : Mike Pope 4 - 5\r\nMetcalfe & USA Civil Rights : Michael Peel 6 - 9\r\nChairman\'s Jottings : David Lambert 10 - 14\r\nYorkshire Group FFHS : Jo Heron 15 - 16\r\nRalph Tiplady Metcalfe : Judith Robinson 17 - 18 \r\nFamily History in One Book : Sandra Walton 18 - 19\r\nCharles & Mary Metcalfe Great Grandparents : Dave C. Metcalfe 20 - 21\r\nAncestor in Athens Greece : Jo Heron 22\r\nRed Hall Leeds : Peter Dobson 24 - 26 \r\nArchivist - Report & Birth Briefs : Margaret Hodgson 28 - 29 \r\nArchivist - New Members : Margaret Hodgson 29 - 32\r\nArchivist - Wills Project : Margaret Hodgson 32 - 33\r\nObituaries & A Surprise Hassock 34\r\nDorothy Pope, a Century plus One : Editor 35\r\nBack Cover : A & M Metcalfe\'s Shop in Pickering North Yorkshire

Issue No.:

116

Issue Dated:

2018 - Dec

Content:

Editorial Musings : Mike Pope 4 - 5\r\nMecca Muster 6 October 2018 : Mike Pope Editor 6 - 10 \r\nJo Heron - a Personal Portrait 11 - 12\r\nThe Metcalfes Need You : Mike Pope Editor 13\r\nChairman\'s Jottings : David Lambert 14 - 17\r\nHenry Metcalfe & Sons Whitesmiths : Andrew Metcalfe 18 - 22\r\nNew Committee Members : Mike Pope Editor 22\r\nDan Metcalfe Installation Artist : Mike Pope Editor 23 - 26\r\nMetcalfes in World War I : Jo Heron 27\r\nMoving to E-Journals : Mike Pope Editor 28\r\nWorld War II Enquiry : Jo Heron 29\r\nArchivist - Birth Briefs & New Members : Margaret Hodgson 30 - 31\r\nArchivist - Wills : Margaret Hodgson : Obituaries 32 Manorial Documents : Jackie Depelle 33 - 34\r\nWorld War I Booklet : Jo Heron 35\r\nBack Cover : Margaret Jane Metcalfe\'s Memorial, Sedbusk

Issue No.:

115

Issue Dated:

2018 - Aug

Content:

Editorial Musings : Mike Pope 4 - 5\r\nMetcalfe Society Committee Departures : Mike Pope 5\r\nMetcalfe vs Metcalfe : Andrew Metcalfe 6 - 9\r\nChairman\'s Jottings : David Lambert 10 - 14\r\nView from the Western Front 1918 : Mike Pope 15 - 16\r\nJanson Medcalf an Alternative Theory : Caroline Wetton 16\r\nTwo Sisters Emigrate : David C. Metcalfe 17 - 21\r\nArchivist\'s Report & Birth Briefs : Margaret Hodgson 22 - 24\r\nNew Members : Margaret Hodgson 24 - 26\r\nWills : Margaret Hodgson 27\r\nGDPR A Guide : Mike Pope - Editor 28 - 29\r\nLawrence James Metcalf Obituary : Alison Hutton 30\r\nObituaries & Bench Plaque 31\r\nBack Cover : The River Ure, Hawes & St Margaret\'s Church 32\r\n

Issue No.:

114

Issue Dated:

2018 - Apr

Content:

Editorial Musings : Mike Pope\r\n4 - 5 Treasurer\'s Portrait : Peter Dobson\r\n6 - 9 Private David Metcalfe 2 : Michael Peel\r\n10 - 12 William Metcalfe Mayor of Woodstock 1608 : Andrew Metcalfe\r\n13 - 16 Chairman\'s Jottings : David Lambert\r\n17 - 21 East Yorkshire Metcalfes : Graham Metcalf\r\n22 - 23 Yorkshire Group FFHS : Jo Heron\r\n24 - 25 Archivist - Report & Birth Briefs : Margaret Hodgson\r\n26 - 29 Archivist - New Members : Margaret Hodgson\r\n29 - 32 Archivist - Wills Project : Margaret Hodgson\r\n32 - 33 Obituaries & Gravestones\r\n34 Dorothy Pope, a Metcalfe Centurion : Editor\r\n35 Back Cover : St Michael & All Angels Hubberholme Wharfedale\r\n

Issue No.:

113

Issue Dated:

2017 - Dec

Content:

Editorial Musings - Dr Mike Pope p4-5: Mecca Muster Mike Pope Editor p6-9: Blind Jack Metcalfe - Gail Oliver p10-14: USS Metcalf - Graeme J. Metcalf p15: Chairman's Jottings - David Lambert p16-17: Medcalfs of Rochester Kent - Valerie Jabir p18-21: Archivist Report & Birth Briefs - Margaret Hodgson p22-23: New Members - Margaret Hodgson p23-27: Wills - Margaret Hodgson p27-28: Yorkshire Group FHS - Jo Heron p29: Private Samuel E. Metcalfe Clevelander - Mike Pope p30-32: Nidderdale Brewery Pately Bridge - Michael Peel p33 -3: Obituaries - Mike Pope p35

Issue No.:

112

Issue Dated:

2017 - Aug

Content:

Editorial Musings - Mike Pope p4 : Membership Subscription Issues - Jo Heron p5 : Chairman's Portrait - David Lambert p6-9 : Marsden Metcalfe - Marsden Holden p10-15 : Chairman's Jottings David Lambert p16-17 : Membership Renewals Update - Jo Heron p17 : From Humble Beginnings - Dave C. Metcalfe p18-23 : Stan Laurel's Perents' Rowing Medal - Peter Jeffries p23 : Archivist's Report & Birth Briefs - Margaret Hodgson p24-26 : New Members & Wills - Margaret Hodgson p26-30 : Snippets - Elizabeth Metcalfe & Editor p30 : Obituaries & Gravestones - Mike Pope p31 : Back Cover St Mary's & St John's Church Hardraw

Issue No.:

111

Issue Dated:

2017 - Apr

Content:

Editorial Musings - Mike Pope p4-5 : Metcalfe County Kentucky - Michael Peel p6-10 : Society Website News - Diane Howarth p11 : Chairman's Jottings - David Lambert p12-13 : Betsy Morphet - Jo Heron p14-15 : DNA Testing - Anthony Metcalfe p16-17 : Frideswide Metcalfe - Andrew Metcalfe p18-20 : Yorkshire Group FHS - Jo Heron p21 : One Man's War - Arnold Metcalfe p22-23 : Metcalfe Pawnshop Customers - David Lambert p24-25 : Archivist Members & Wills - Margaret Hodgson p26-29 : Colonel John F. Metcalfe's WWI & WWII - Mike Pope p30-33 : Obituaries & Gravestones - Mike Pope p34 : Romantic Metcalfes - Christopher Metcalfe p35 : Back Cover St John's Church East Witton

Issue No.:

110

Issue Dated:

2017 - Jan

Content:

Editorial Musings - Mike Pope p4-5: Mecca Muster - Mike Pope p6-9 : Nina Benson Our President - Nina Benson p10-13 : Chairman's Jottings - David Lambert p14-15 : Counted Cross Stitch - Peter Metcalfe p16-17 : DNA Project - Martin Metcalfe p18 : Fred Metcalfe Missing on the Somme - Michael Peel p19-21 : Ancestral Tourism & West Yorks Archive - Jo Heron p22-23 : Calf Top Metcalfe Mountain - Mike Pope p24-25 : Archivist Members & Wills - Margaret Hodgson p26-29 : Surviving the Workhouse - Dave C. Metcalfe p30-34 : Obituaries p35 : Back Cover River Ure at Aysgarth

Issue No.:

109

Issue Dated:

2016 - Aug

Content:

From the Editor page 2 Society News page 8 Chairman\'s Jottings page 12 Archivist Report & Membership Details page 27 Wills Project page 38 Metcalfes Stamps & Coins page 4 The Mysterious Robert Metcalfe page 5 Restoration of Two Metcalfe Grave Memorials..... Page 14 Norfolk Island page 20 Arthur Metcalfe Cyclist page 23 More News regarding Scrope Metcalfe Esq...... page 36

Issue No.:

108

Issue Dated:

2016 - Apr

Content:

From the Editor page 2 Society News page 8 Chairman\'s Jottings page 14 Archivist Report & Wills Project page 23 Membership Details page 26 A Church Living page 5 The Reverend George Metcalf page 10 Wellington\'s Chaplain Page 17 A Metcalfe Drives The Flying Scotsman page 20 Finding Mecca Ministers page 24 Thomas Metcalf of Hucknall page 32

Issue No.:

107

Issue Dated:

2015 - Dec

Content:

From the Editor page 2 Society News page 8 your emails & letters page 10 Chairman\'s Jottings page 12 Archivist Report & Membership Details page 22 Wills Project page 27 Mecca Muster page 5 & others Edgar Metcalfe.... page 14 Voluntary Aid Detachment Page 17 Mecca Plantation Owners and Slave Masters page 28 Manorial Documents Register page 32

Issue No.:

106

Issue Dated:

2015 - Aug

Content:

From the Editor page 2 Society News page 10 Chairman\'s Jottings page 14 Archivist Report & Membership Details page 24 Wills Project page 31 Metcalf\'s Toothbrush page 6 The Right to Vote page 17 Transported for Seven Years! Page 22 Metcalf\'s Comet page 28 Policemen in Manchester page 32 & 33

Issue No.:

105

Issue Dated:

2015 - Aug

Content:

From the Editor page 2 Society News page 8 Chairman\\\'s Jottings page 12 Wills Project page 17 Archivist Report & Membership Details page 27 A French Connection page 5 Deaths at Sea page 15 Silver War Badge Page 19 Recollections of the Home Postal Centre page 22 Retford Meccas page 30 Metcalfe for Congress page 34

Issue No.:

104

Issue Dated:

2014 - Dec

Content:

From the Editor page 2 Society News page 8 Chairman\'s Jottings page 16 FFHS News page 22 Archivist Report & Membership Details page 26 Wills page 35 John Metcalfe. Westmorland Murderer page 4 Blind Syke in Bishopdale page 10 Military Records Page 12 Muster Roundup page 18 Yorkshire Bishops Transcripts page 28 William Metcalfe - Redcoat page 30 The Sampler page 33

Issue No.:

103

Issue Dated:

2014 - Aug

Content:

From the Editor page 2 Society News page 6 Chairman\'s Jottings page 12 Wills Project page 15 Archivist Report & Membership Details page 24 Metcalfes in World War I Page 32 Electoral records - Poll Books page 4 Who was Mrs I Metcalfe? page 8 History in the Making Feature Pages 16-22 We Will Remember Them page 30 Metcalfe\'s and the Tour de France page 34 SWAAG page 36

Issue No.:

102

Issue Dated:

2014 - Apr

Content:

Regulars Society News pages 8&9 your letters&emails pages 10&11 Chairman\'s Jottings page 14 Wills Project page 23 Archivist Report & Membership Details page 24 From the Editor page 38 Features Metcalfe Motor Coasters page 4 Army Records page 17 The Fighting Metcalfes Page 19 Who Do You Think You Are – Live page 28 Stories of Aged Ouseburn Pair page 32 Why our Great Grandparents.... page 34

Issue No.:

101

Issue Dated:

2013 - Dec

Content:

Regulars Society News page 8 Chairman\'s Jottings page 12 emails & letters pages 24-26 Archivist Report & Membership Details page 27 Wills Project page 29 From the Editor page 38 Features Christmases in the 1940\'s page 5 A Family in Arms page 6 Christmas in 1940\'s New Zealand Page 10 Our visit to Yorkshire Page 14 \"Now Metcalfe!\" Page 16 Muster 2013 pages 19-22 Antipodean Treasures page 30 My Worst Xmas page 32 Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge page 34 Have you come across... page 37

Issue No.:

100

Issue Dated:

2013 - Aug

Content:

Regulars Society News page 10 Chairman\'s Jottings page 16 Metcalfe in the First World War Page 28 Archivist Report & Membership Details page 29 Wills page 43 From the Editor page 46 Features 73 inches of rain ..... page 5 Living Tally in the Classic Slum? page 14 Jose Hopper Page 19 The Sheffield Flood page 21 Keld Swaledale Page 24 Is it a conundrum or a conunbell? page 33 Liberty Ship Jesse H Metcalf page 39

Issue No.:

099

Issue Dated:

2013 - Apr

Content:

Mecca News 99 April 2013-CONTENTS Regulars First Word...Chairman\'s Jottings page 3 your email, letters & photographs page 11 Society News page 13 Archivist Report & Membership Details page 24 Last Word...From the Editor Page 38 Features Inventions, Trade Marks& Patents page 7 A Very Heavy Price page 16 Metcalfe/Beresford Links Page 19 Manorial Documents Register page 28 The Families in British India Society page 30 Working on the Railway page 32

Issue No.:

098

Issue Dated:

2012 - Dec

Content:

Mecca News 98 December 2012-CONTENTS Regulars From the Editor page 4 Society News page 9 Wills page 10 Chairman\'s Jottings page 12 Archivist Report & Membership Details page 26 Features Cowside, Langstrothdale... page 5 Royal Connections page 11 Marsdens Story-A Soldier\'s Collection Page 14 AGM & Muster Roundup page 19 A Village, a Dutch Barn and a Mecca page 32 Voyages of the William Mitcalfe page 36

Issue No.:

097

Issue Dated:

2012 - Aug

Content:

Mecca News 97 August 2012-CONTENTS Regulars From the Editor 4 Society News 9 Chairman\'s Jottings 12 your letters & e-mails 14 Archivist Report & Membership Details 22 Features KIRKBRIDE the edge of the known world 5 Sandi\'s Serendipity 11 A Marriage Mug for Benjamin & Elizabeth Medcalf 16 Metcalfes in 1983 20 Marsden\'s Story Part III 26 A Newcomer to Askrigg 29

Issue No.:

096

Issue Dated:

2012 - Apr

Content:

Mecca News 96-April 2012-CONTENTS Regulars From the Editor 4 Society News 11 Chairman\'s Jottings 15 Archivist Report & Membership Details 23 your letters & e-mails 26 Features \"Railway Engineers to the World\" 7 Marsdens Story (Part II) 12 From Beasts and Bravery to Bradford and Bainbridge 19 Wills Project 28 Metcalfe Family Get-Together 31 Suffolk Meccas 35 Serendipity 37

Issue No.:

095

Issue Dated:

2011 - Dec

Content:

Mecca News 95-December 2011-CONTENTS Regulars From the Editor 5 your letters & e-mails 6 Society News 12 Chairman\'s Jottings 17 Membership Application Form 2012 25 Archivist Report & Membership Details 28 Features Using the Computer Index 7 Marsdens Story 15 Nappa Hall Visit 20 Newspapers 22 The Hibernian 24 The Few 27 The Life of Henry Metcalfe....... 30 Alice Metcalfe/Gravestone Project 36

Issue No.:

094

Issue Dated:

2011 - Aug

Content:

Mecca News 094-August 2011-CONTENTS Regulars From the Editor 4 Society News 7 Chairman\'s Jottings 12 your letters & e-mails 14 Archivist Report & Membership Details 22 Features Coat of Arms 5 Warwick Metcalfe 8 The Discovery of The Chronicle of Private Henry Metcalfe 17 Getting Started 25 Theophilus John Metcalfe 5th 28 The Corpse Road 31 The Royal Connection 33 Matthew Metcalf 1727 37

Issue No.:

093-1

Issue Dated:

2011 - Apr

Content:

MN Cover

Issue No.:

093

Issue Dated:

2011 - Apr

Content:

Mecca News 093-April 2011-CONTENTS Regulars From the Editor 2 Society News 5 your letters & e-mails 10 Chairman\'s Jottings 14 Archivist Report & Membership Details 21 Features History & Traditions of Ravenstonedale... 3 Thomas Theophilus Metcalfe 7 On the Trail of A York Hero 17 The Other Side of the Family 27 A Metcalfe Village Hawstead Suffolk 34

Issue No.:

092

Issue Dated:

2010 - Dec

Content:

MN92-December 2010-Contents Regulars From the Editor 5 your letters & e-mails 11 Society News 13 Chairman\'s Jottings 16 Archivist Report & Membership Details 24 Features 30th Anniversary Muster 2, 3 & 34 Impressions of the Metcalfe Society AGM 2010 4 Using the Tithe Map as Background to Local & Family History 6 Little Big Horn 14 Cairn on Crook 19 Mecca DNA Project Update 31 Metcalfe Sycophants 32 The Macfie Collection 35

Issue No.:

091-1

Issue Dated:

2010 - Aug

Content:

MN91 Cover

Issue No.:

091

Issue Dated:

2010 - Aug

Content:

Mecca News 091- August 2010-CONTENTS Regulars From the Editor 2 Society News 6 Chairman\'s Jottings 11 your letters & e-mails 13 Archivist Report & Membership Details 24 Features The Indian Judge 3 Perhaps we were getting it wrong 8 Military Records 14 Metcalfes in Upper Wensleydale 1605/1613 18 Listen to the Band 31

Issue No.:

090

Issue Dated:

2010 - Apr

Content:

to follow

Issue No.:

089-001

Issue Dated:

2009 - Dec

Content:

Index of the Mecca News Contents for Issues 1-89 prepared by CS Metcalfe M305

Issue No.:

089

Issue Dated:

2009 - Dec

Content:

Mecca News 89 December 2009 Contents From the Editor 2; Society News 6; your letters & e-mails 8; Chairman\'s Jottings 12; Archivist Report & Membership Details 24 Poor Law Project 4; The Eldon Testimonial 11; National Farm Surveys 1940-43 14; The Morning Chronicle 18; There was a Flower 22; Where there is a Will 30; The Day of the Muster 34

Issue No.:

088

Issue Dated:

2009 - Aug

Content:

Mecca News 88 August 2009 Contents From the Editor 2; Society News 8; your letters & e-mails 10; Chairman\'s Jottings 12; Archivist Report & Membership Details 24 How Strange.... 3; The Metcalfes of Hawstead Suffolk 14; D\'ye Ken John Peel? 17; Simon Metcalf landowner, trader and ill tempered Yorkshireman 18; Still in the Buggy 22; Descendants of Charles TheophilusBaron Metcalfe of Fernhill 28; The Hearth Tax 31

Issue No.:

087

Issue Dated:

2009 - Apr

Content:

Mecca News 87 April 2009 Contents From the Editor 2; Chairman\'s Jottings 8; Society News 12; Archivist Report & Membership Details 24; your letters & e-mails 30 John (Blind Jack) of Knaresborough 3; Harry Metcalfe\'s Cycling Journey .....1932 4; A Family Obelisk 14; The Parish Clerk 15; FFHS News 17; Lists 18; Diary of a Victorian Junior Officer. Part 2. 21; Austwick Coincidence 28; Metcalfe\'s and the GAR 31

Issue No.:

086

Issue Dated:

2008 - Dec

Content:

Mecca News 86 December 2008 Contents From the Editor 2; Society News 6; your letters & e-mails 10; Chairman\'s Jottings 12; Archivist\'s Report & Membership Details 24 Nappa Hall Under New Ownership! 3; Captain George Robert Metcalfe 8; Voyage to Australia. Part 3. 14; The Metcalfe Shield 18; Ada\'s Story 21; Metcalfe DNA Project 29; Crazy Ancestors? 35

Issue No.:

085

Issue Dated:

2008 - Aug

Content:

Mecca News 85 August 2008 Contents From the Editor 2; Your letters & e-mails 6; Society News 8; Chairman\'s Jottings 10; Archivist Report & Membership Details 24 THEY THINK IT\'S ALL OVER.... 3; Voyage to Australia. Part 2. 12; Federation of Family History Societies 20; Diary of a Victorian Junior Officer. Part 1. 21; Cambridgeshire Metcalfes 32

Issue No.:

084

Issue Dated:

2008 - Apr

Content:

Mecca News 84 April 2008 Contents From the Editor 2; your letters & e-mails 8; Chairman\'s Jottings 10; Society News 14; Archivist Report & Membership Details 22 Voyage to Australia 3; The Weather Glass 9; Metcalfe\'s of Fort Collins 15; Mrs Vera Adams 20; Metcalfe\'s Missing Millions 31; The Weavers of Barnard Castle 34

Issue No.:

083

Issue Dated:

2007 - Dec

Content:

Mecca News 83 December 2007 Contents From the Editor 2; Society News 8; your letters & e-mails 10; Chairman\'s Jottings 12; Archivist\'s Report & Membership Details 24 Muster Roundup 3; Christmas in the Dales 5; Those in glasshouses... 14; Blind Jack of Knaresborough 18; DNA Profiling won’t help 22

Issue No.:

082

Issue Dated:

2007 - Apr

Content:

Mecca News 82 August 2007 Contents A Pure Bred Metcalfe 2; An Unfortunate Start in Life 10; Nappa Hall Memories 14; Bishopdale Archives 2007 18; How Old Am I? 23; The Luddite Connection - Part 3 30; T\' Auld Gaet 34 From the Editor 2; Society News 8; your letters & e-mails 11; Chairman\'s Jottings 12; Archivist Report 24; Membership Details 24

Issue No.:

081

Issue Dated:

2007 - Apr

Content:

Mecca News 80 MN81 April 2007 Contents From the Editor 2; Chairman\'s Jottings 13; Your letters & e-mails 15; Society News 18; Archivist Report & Membership Details 26 The Luddite Connection: Part 2 - Trial and Tribulation 5; Copyright - Photographs 10; not to the want of zeal or knowledge 16; From Ravenstonedale to Lancashire 20; With a Little Bit O\' Luck - Again 33; This Absurd Tradition 34

Issue No.:

080

Issue Dated:

2006 - Dec

Content:

MN80 December 2006 Contents From the Editor 7 Society News 8 Your Letters & e-mails 10 Chairman\'s Jottings 15 Archivist Report 24 Membership Details 24 The Luddite Connection Part 1 4 A New and Quite Different Project 12 Lest We Forget 18 The Metcalfe Orphans of New Zealand 32

Issue No.:

079

Issue Dated:

2006 - Aug

Content:

MN79 August 2006 Contents Chairman\'s Jottings 11 Your letters &e-mails 12 Archivist Report 25 Membership Details 25 Food for Thought 3 Metcalfe DNA Project 5 A Merchant Adventurer 8 A Spring Conference 14 Stonehammer County 16 Well Travelled Meccas 20 Hawaiian Connection 23 By Eck! or Where to Now? 34

Issue No.:

078

Issue Dated:

2006 - Apr

Content:

MN78 April 2006 Contents From the Editor 2 Chairman\'s Jottings 6 Your Letters and e-mails 8 Archivist Report 25 Membership Details 25 Metcalfe Links with Newby Hall 3 A Mecca Puzzle Solved 10 A Curve of Memory...... 13 South African Metcalf\'s 20 Who is Driver Metcalf? 24 Katrina Daughter of Eve 34

Issue No.:

077

Issue Dated:

2005 - Dec

Content:

MN77 December 2005 Contents From the Editor 2 Your Letters & e-mails 8 Chairman\'s Jottings 12 Books 19 Archivist Report & Membership Details 26 Test Your Metcalfe DNA 3 Waltzing Matilda 11 Nappa Hall Ahead 13 New Metcalfe Coat of Arms 14 Gathering of the Clan 16 A Curve of Memory..... 22 Burtersett 31

Issue No.:

076

Issue Dated:

2005 - Aug

Content:

MN76 August 2005

Issue No.:

075

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2005 - Apr

Content:

MN75 April 2005

Issue No.:

074

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2004 - Dec

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MN74 December 2004

Issue No.:

073

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2004 - Aug

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MN73 August 2004

Issue No.:

072

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2004 - Apr

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MN72 April 2004

Issue No.:

071

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2003 - Dec

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MN71 December 2003

Issue No.:

070

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2003 - Aug

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MN70 August 2003

Issue No.:

069

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2003 - Apr

Content:

MN69 April 2003

Issue No.:

068

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2002 - Dec

Content:

MN68 December 2002

Issue No.:

067

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2002 - Aug

Content:

MN67 August 2002

Issue No.:

066

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2002 - Apr

Content:

MN66 April 2002

Issue No.:

065

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2001 - Dec

Content:

MN65 December 2001

Issue No.:

064

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2001 - Aug

Content:

MN64 August 2001

Issue No.:

063

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2001 - Apr

Content:

MN63 April 2001

Issue No.:

062

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2000 - Dec

Content:

MN62 December 2000

Issue No.:

061

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2000 - Aug

Content:

MN61 August 2000

Issue No.:

060

Issue Dated:

2000 - Apr

Content:

MN60 April 2000

Issue No.:

059

Issue Dated:

1999 - Dec

Content:

MN59 December 1999 From the Editor 2, Chairman\'s Report 8, Committee News 10, Secretary\'s Report 12, News from the Archives 14, Membership Details 26 It\'s All In The Genes. Part I - Theophilus the Scribe 3, On the World Wide Web 16, Subsciptions Policy 18, The Northern Family History Fairs 36

Issue No.:

058

Issue Dated:

1999 - Aug

Content:

MN58 August 1999

Issue No.:

057

Issue Dated:

1999 - Apr

Content:

MN57 April 1999 From the Editor 2, Chairmans Report 7, News from the Archives 10 & 33, Secretary\'s Report 12, PRO News 22, Membership Details 24 Metcalfe Research Overseas 8, Metcalfe Records 13, To the Manor Born - Manorial Records 18, Lt Edmund Whiteford Metcalfe 34

Issue No.:

056

Issue Dated:

1998 - Dec

Content:

MN56 December 1998 From the Editor 2, Committee News 9, Secretary\'s Notes 13, Chairman\'s Report 14, Membership Details 30 Nina - An Appreciation 3, Hipswell Mill Part II 7, By Their Misdemeanours Shall Ye Know Them 15, Metcalfe History of the Clan - Launch of The Book 18, Impressions of the Muster 27, A fantastic coincidence 39

Issue No.:

055

Issue Dated:

1998 - Aug

Content:

MN55 August 1998 Regulars From the Editor 2, Secretary\'s Notes 7, Dear Editor 12, Chairman\'s Report 20, Membership Details 21 Features Hipswell Mill 3, From Hell, Hull and Halifax..... 6, The GRO Indexes 8, Unknown Cousins Part II 10, Cathedral of the Dales 17, Federation AGM Report 31

Issue No.:

054

Issue Dated:

1998 - Apr

Content:

MN54 April 1998 Contents Regulars From the Editor 2, Chairman\'s Report 6, Secretary\'s Notes 11, Dear Editor 14, Membership Details 24 Features Unknown Cousins - Part I 3, East Indies Connections 7, Wensley Church 17, The Council of Family Societies 22, A day out ...Courtesy of Yorkshire TV 30

Issue No.:

053

Issue Dated:

1997 - Dec

Content:

MN53 December 1997 Contents Regulars From the Editor 2, Chairman\'s Report 4, Dear Editor 14, Secretary\'s Notes 19, Membership Details 24 Features The Metcalfe Book 6, The Railway Metcalfes 10, Muster \'97 15, New Birth Brief Booklet 20, The Biggest Turnout Yet 21, Deeds of Covenant 30

Issue No.:

052

Issue Dated:

1997 - Aug

Content:

MN52 August 1997 Contents Regulars From the Editor 2, Secretary\'s Notes 9, Committee News 14, Dear Editor 18, Membership Details 31 Features Metcalfes and Brushmaking 3, Copyright 10, A Whitby Coal Cat 13, The Scene of the Crime 16, St Andrew\'s Aysgarth 21, It\'s All Yours 23, Family Reminiscences 29, The William Metcalfe 39

Issue No.:

051

Issue Dated:

1997 - Apr

Content:

MN51 April 1997 Contents Regulars: From the Editor 2, Secretary\'s Notes 9, Dear Editor 14, Computer Notes 17, Membership Details 20 Features:- The Metcalfes as Millers 3, Rules and Regulations 7, How I found my Metcalfes and the Consequences : Part 2 10, I am my own Grandpa 13, The Metcalfes of Hull 15, Ralph Tiplady Metcalfe 27

Issue No.:

050

Issue Dated:

1997 - Jan

Content:

MN50 January 1997 Contents:- Regulars: From the Editor 2 Secretary\'s Notes 9 Dear Editor 22 Computer Notes 33 Chairman\'s Column 33 Membership Details 38 Features: The Metcalfes in St Helena 11 Autobiography of Fred Metcalfe 16 The Lady Mary of Middleham 18 How I found My Metcalfe Family.... 20 Agincourt. The rise of Nappa 30 Christopher Metcalfe Gentleman... 36 Once Bitten, Twice Shy 44 I Am Still Stuck! 47

Issue No.:

049

Issue Dated:

1996 - Aug

Content:

MN49 August 1996 Contents:- Regulars: Committee News 2 Secretary\'s Notes 6 Dear Editor 10 Computer Notes 23 Membership Details 24 Features: A Kiwi\'s Genealogy Jaunt 3 Who deals with what ? 8 The Metcalfe Windows 11 St Margaret\'s Church Hawes 14 Data Protection Act 1984 18 You never know what you will find20 Clifford Metcalfe 30 Putting on a show 31

Issue No.:

048

Issue Dated:

1996 - Apr

Content:

MN48 April 1996 Contents Regulars From the Editor 2 Dear Editor 12 Secretary\'s Notes 13 Computer Page 17 Membership Details 21 Features A Stroke of Good Luck or the making of the Fortune of Joe Metcalfe 3 The 1996 Mecca Muster 6 Another View of the Landlord and Tenant Relationship 14 St Oswald\'s Church Askrigg 18 An Encounter with Ned Kelly 28

Issue No.:

047

Issue Dated:

1995 - Dec

Content:

MN47 December 1995

Issue No.:

046

Issue Dated:

1995 - Aug

Content:

MN46 August 1995

Issue No.:

045

Issue Dated:

1995 - Apr

Content:

MN45 April 1995

Issue No.:

044

Issue Dated:

1994 - Dec

Content:

MN44 December 1994

Issue No.:

043

Issue Dated:

1993 - Aug

Content:

MN43 August 1993

Issue No.:

042

Issue Dated:

1994 - Apr

Content:

MN42 April 1994

Issue No.:

041

Issue Dated:

1993 - Dec

Content:

MN41 December 1993

Issue No.:

040

Issue Dated:

1993 - Aug

Content:

MN40 August 1993

Issue No.:

039

Issue Dated:

1993 - Apr

Content:

MN39 April 1993

Issue No.:

038

Issue Dated:

1992 - Dec

Content:

MN38 December 1992

Issue No.:

037

Issue Dated:

1992 - Aug

Content:

MN37 August 1992

Issue No.:

036

Issue Dated:

1992 - Apr

Content:

MN36 April 1992

Issue No.:

035

Issue Dated:

1991 - Dec

Content:

MN35 December 1991

Issue No.:

034

Issue Dated:

1991 - Aug

Content:

MN34 August 1991

Issue No.:

033

Issue Dated:

1991 - Apr

Content:

MN33 April 1991

Issue No.:

032

Issue Dated:

1990 - Dec

Content:

MN32 December 1990

Issue No.:

031

Issue Dated:

1990 - Aug

Content:

MN31 August 1990

Issue No.:

030

Issue Dated:

1990 - Apr

Content:

MN30 April 1990

Issue No.:

029

Issue Dated:

1989 - Dec

Content:

MN29 December 1989

Issue No.:

028

Issue Dated:

1989 - Aug

Content:

MN28 August 1989

Issue No.:

027

Issue Dated:

1989 - Apr

Content:

MN27 April 1989

Issue No.:

026

Issue Dated:

1988 - Dec

Content:

MN26 December 1988

Issue No.:

025

Issue Dated:

1988 - Aug

Content:

MN25 August 1988

Issue No.:

024

Issue Dated:

1988 - Apr

Content:

MN24 April 1988

Issue No.:

023

Issue Dated:

1987 - Dec

Content:

Mecca News 023-December 1987-Contents Introduction, An American VC, Murder Most Foul, Adding to our Laurels, Times Past, Famous Metcalfes.

Issue No.:

022

Issue Dated:

1987 - Aug

Content:

Mecca News 022-August 1987-Contents Introduction, Mecca Muster & AGM 1988, A Good Old Age, Secretary’s Notes, Monuments found in Shirley Derbyshire Churchyard, Charities and Poor Relief – Leeds 16/17th Cent., Pavers Marriage Licences 1674-1714.

Issue No.:

021

Issue Dated:

1987 - Apr

Content:

Mecca News 021-April 1987-Contents Introduction, Secretary’s Notes, Book Corner, Wills Proved at Chester Fourth & Last Part, Origins of the Name, Nappa Hall Wensleydale, The Metcalfes in “Yorkshire Village”, Fountains Abbey Lease Book, Metcalfe Index Lists 1986, Freemen of the City of London 1709-1894, Richmond Pioneer of Shorthand.

Issue No.:

020

Issue Dated:

1986 - Dec

Content:

Mecca News 020-December 1986-Contents Introduction, Secretary’s Notes, Mecca Muster 1986, Contemplations from the K.O.G.I., From Hawnby near Hemsley Yorkshire to Nova Scotia Canada, Wills Proved at Chester Part Three, Census Returns.

Issue No.:

019

Issue Dated:

1986 - Aug

Content:

Mecca News 019-August 1986-Contents Introduction, Wills Proved at Chester Part Two, The Metcalfe Index – Additions January-December 1985, Interests First Aroused, The Gentleman’s Magazine, Secretary’s Notes, Westminster Abbey Muniment Room.

Issue No.:

018

Issue Dated:

1986 - Apr

Content:

Mecca News 018-April 1986-Contents Introduction, Secretary’s Notes, Wills Proved at Chester, How to Locate Wills in the Lancashire Record Office, From Fosters Yorkshire Pedigrees, From a 1930 Catalogue of Documents for Sale, A Problem to Unravel – Metcalf(e) Saddleworth Yorks, With a Little Bit O’Luck, A Lincolnshire Metcalf Family, How The Metcalfe Society Began.

Issue No.:

017

Issue Dated:

1985 - Dec

Content:

Mecca News 017-December 1985-Contents Introduction, Secretary’s Notes, From The Yorkshire Dalesman November 1947, A Stranger Visits Yorkshire, Hipswell Mill.

Issue No.:

016

Issue Dated:

1985 - Aug

Content:

Mecca News 016-August 1985-Contents Introduction, Secretary’s Notes, Southerscales George, Porch House Northallerton, Famous Metcalf(e)s : Baron Metcalfe, Governor General of Canada, The Jewel in the Crown, Account of the Appearance of Mr Peter Metcalfe After Death Presentation to Mr W Metcalfe (of Penrith).

Issue No.:

015

Issue Dated:

1985 - Apr

Content:

Mecca News 015-April 1985-Contents Introduction, The Metcalfe Index, Secretary’s Notes, General Index, Birth Briefs, A Study of Metcalfs, A Visit to the British Museum Reference Library, Knaresborough Wills, The Yorkshire Gentry, The Yorkshire Woollen & Worsted Industries, Obituaries in The Times 1951-75, Regarding Philip Metcalfe 1733-1818, Variations on a Theme, We are All Human!

Issue No.:

014

Issue Dated:

1984 - Dec

Content:

Mecca News 014-December 1984-Contents Mecca News 014-December 1984-Contents Introduction, Secretary’s Notes, D’ye Ken William Metcalfe? Mecca Muster 1 September 1984, Metcalfe Entries in The Wensleydale Advertiser 1844-46, A Series of Wilkes, The Metcalfe Family of Lancaster, Swaledale, Birth Briefs, History of the Deanery of Doncaster, Famous Metcalf(e)s : Jack Metcalfe the Bainbridge Hornblower, An Enterprising Woman

Issue No.:

013

Issue Dated:

1984 - Aug

Content:

Mecca News 013 - August 1984 - Contents Introduction, Famous Metcalf(e)s: Blind Jack of Knaresborough, Birth Briefs, Mecca Muster ’84, Oddities, Non-appearance in Parish Registers

Issue No.:

012

Issue Dated:

1984 - Apr

Content:

Mecca News 012-April 1984-Contents Introduction, Secretary’s Notes, Birth Briefs, GOON’s Conference Spofforth March 1984, Lodge Hall Ribblehead, The Metcalfes of Raisgill, Ashes and Gauber, The Metcalfe Index, Lancashire Wills 1621-1855

Issue No.:

011

Issue Dated:

1983 - Dec

Content:

Mecca News 011 - December 1983 - Contents English Surnames, Series 1, Yorkshire West Riding by Dr George Redmonds Metcalfes in 1983 Strays from Sutton on Hull Census returns 1871 Barnard Castle, Co Durham, burial registers from 11 July 1816 to 17 October 1848 Addingham Treasures ex YPRS volume 66 25 Years in Raisgill - from parish registers of Arncliffe including Halton Gill and Hubberholme Darlington News - from History of Darlington Longstaffe Gentlemans Magazine - April 1808

Issue No.:

010

Issue Dated:

1983 - Aug

Content:

Mecca News 010 - August 1983 - Contents A list of Yorkshire parishes having chapelries Ingleton Fells and Chapel-le-Dale Grinton Registers Some Metcalfes noted in books Cumberland to Canada - James Metcalfe

Issue No.:

009

Issue Dated:

1983 - Apr

Content:

Mecca News 009 - April 1983 - Contents Introduction The Siege of Raydale 1617 The Metcalfe Index Birth Briefs Metcalfe Wills 1700-44

Issue No.:

008

Issue Dated:

1982 - Dec

Content:

Mecca News 008 - December 1982 - Contents Introduction Secretary’s Notes Birth Briefs Intestacy Curiosities of the Census Newspaper Cuttings Mecca’s Lament

Issue No.:

007

Issue Dated:

1982 - Aug

Content:

Mecca News 007 - August 1982 - Contents Introduction A Visit to the Genealogical Library Huddersfield

Issue No.:

006

Issue Dated:

1982 - Apr

Content:

Mecca News 006 - April 1982 - Contents Introduction Wills Metcalfe Nicknames

Issue No.:

005

Issue Dated:

1981 - Dec

Content:

Mecca News 005 - December 1981 - Contents Introduction Metcalfes in Ireland Family Reunion The Metcalfe Index

Issue No.:

004

Issue Dated:

1981 - Sep

Content:

Mecca News 004 - September 1981 - Contents Introduction An Unexpected Source of family History A Short History of My Family by George Buxton

Issue No.:

003

Issue Dated:

1981 - Apr

Content:

Mecca News 003 - April 1981 - Contents Introduction The Metcalfe Index North Yorkshire County Record Office Medecalf Information Given in Baptism Registers/Census Returns Calendar Change 1752

Issue No.:

002

Issue Dated:

1980 - Dec

Content:

Mecca News 002 - December 1980 - Contents Introduction Be a Guest at Nappa Hall Census Returns A Funny Story

Issue No.:

001

Issue Dated:

1980

Content:

Mecca News 001 - 1980 - Contents Introduction Information Received The Metcalfe Clan

Issue No.:

Issue Dated:

Content:

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