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The Dead Sleuth @deadsleuth.com · 19/08/2026

Kind followers of my ramblings, I shall be thus shuttering my cluttered den for awhile as I ready my departure for fareaway shores. If you find yourself wondering as to my exploits in a land far, far away, your curiosity may yet find a modicum of satisfaction at @teebylo.com #StillSleuthing 🔍️

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The Dead Sleuth @deadsleuth.com · 18/08/2026

I make a welcome return to the seaside within the pages of the AUGUST publication of THE DALESMAN MAGAZINE as I muse upon my love of the picturesque fishing village of Staithes, the legacy of the Victorian photographic pioneer Francis Frith and sleuthing those coastal ancestors. #StillSleuthing 🔍

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The Dead Sleuth @deadsleuth.com · 10/08/2026

It may be a small letter from the year 1874 and penned by the shaky hand of one not long for this earth but it is a letter packed with tantalising genealogical hints about the author's exciting ancestral backstory. What a day to be alive in the archive! #StillSleuthing 🔍 @yorkarchive.bsky.social

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The Dead Sleuth @deadsleuth.com · 01/08/2026

'Ey up! Today is Yorkshire Day! And if you are celebrating - 'av a good 'un. #YorkshireDay

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The Dead Sleuth @deadsleuth.com · 28/07/2026

The ‘who’s who’ of the peerage, a clerical directory for the year 1872 and the epistles of Edward Bouverie Pusey, a leading light of the Oxford Movement and one of my most favourite historical characters. Oh, to be alive in the archive! #StillSleuthing 🔍 @uoyborthwick.bsky.social @teebylo.com

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The Dead Sleuth @deadsleuth.com · 02/07/2026

Against a backdrop of pale grey, framed by a doorway of honey blush stone and protected by creeping fauna and flora - this quaint chancel door awaits the curious church crawler. ⛪ The Parish Church of St Mary Bishophill Junior. York. UK. #AdoorableThursday #StillSleuthing 🔍

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The Dead Sleuth @deadsleuth.com · 29/06/2026

Nestled under an old tree and topped with mossy haphazard tiles, this lychgate is a rich witness to the lives of the folk who once walked the path of this deconsecrated medieval church. Lychgate Loitering: Parish Church of Old St Owald. Fulford. York. UK. #StillSleuthing 🔍

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The Dead Sleuth @deadsleuth.com · 27/06/2026

Proud to champion Armed Forces Day. For all past and present members of our British Armed Forces - THANK YOU for your service, your dedication and your courage. #ArmedForcesDay

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The Dead Sleuth @deadsleuth.com · 26/06/2026

The baptismal font at St James in Piccadilly crafted from white marble and rich in biblical symbolism is the work of Grinling Gibbons (1648-1721) and would witness the baptisms of the poet William Blake and abolitionist Ottobah Cugoano known as 'John Stuart'. #StillSleuthing 🔍

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The Dead Sleuth @deadsleuth.com · 24/06/2026

Why would I photograph my musings about tombstone wanderings in a quiet Yorkshire village in the JUNE publication of THE DALESMAN MAGAZINE against a memorial in the City of York to Dr. John Snow (1813-1858) the pioneer of public health and who proved that cholera is water-borne? #StillSleuthing 🔍

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The Dead Sleuth @deadsleuth.com · 19/06/2026

A war baby and talented dressmaker, a burns victim and war bride whose life ended shrouded in mystery on this day in the year 1962 with an overdose of prescription medication. READ Desperately Seeking Clarice at deadsleuth.com #StillSleuthing 🔍

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The Dead Sleuth @deadsleuth.com · 09/06/2026

I have been haunting the archives since my teenage years through Yorkshire and beyond and if you would like THE DEAD SLEUTH to haunt an archive on your behalf - why not drop me a line at tee@deadsleuth.com or wander over to deadsleuth.com #StillSleuthing 🔍

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The Dead Sleuth @deadsleuth.com · 17/05/2026

It has been such a pleasure to have been a part of York's Dead Good Festival for 2026 and there can be no better way to celebrate the last day of this unique festival than with poetry and music at the beautiful York Cemetery. #StillSleuthing 🔍 with @teebylo.com and @soquietus.com

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The Dead Sleuth @deadsleuth.com · 17/05/2026

On this day in 1792 Anne Isabella was born at Elemore Hall in County Durham to Sir Ralph Milbanke and his wife the former Judith Noel. And at Seaham Hall in January 1815, history would take her on a different path after her calamitous marriage to the poet Lord Byron. #StillSleuthing 🔍️

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The Dead Sleuth @deadsleuth.com · 02/05/2026

Are you intrigued or perplexed with your ancestral history? Founded by @teebylo.com - The Dead Sleuth is a registered company located in the City of York offering professional genealogy, research and writing services for those looking to solve their family history riddles. Tee at deadsleuth.com

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The Dead Sleuth @deadsleuth.com · 20/04/2026

Within the pages of the APRIL publication of The Yorkshire Dalesman Magazine - I muse upon the siren call of serendipty as I sleuth my elusive ancestors who once loved and lived in the historic market town of Malton in North Yorkshire AND a town I once called home. #DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍

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The Dead Sleuth @deadsleuth.com · 19/04/2026

What is this Death? Firebrand. Exile. Political revolutionary. Epistolary genius. Poet. George Gordon Lord Noel Byron died on April 19 in 1824 during a thunderstorm in Missolonghi Greece from the effects of a fever and probable medical incompetence. #DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍️

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The Dead Sleuth @deadsleuth.com · 19/04/2026

MISTAKE! Can you see it? One chilly April day in 1965, an attractive young woman was joined in unholy matrimony to a notorious criminal. And the fallout from this lavishly short union between Frances Shea and Reg Kray would leave a trail of devastation in its wake. #DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍

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The Dead Sleuth @deadsleuth.com · 16/04/2026

Against a backdrop of honey blush stone, nestled within a stone archway and dressed with sofly rusted hinges - an aged chancel door entices the curious. ⛪ The Parish Church of St Peter & St Paul. Scaryingham. Yorkshire. UK. #DeadSleuth #ADoorableThursday #StillSleuthing 🔍

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The Dead Sleuth @deadsleuth.com · 15/04/2026

Before I share an intriguing story about a priest with delusions of grandeur for the good folk of Selby Family History Group - I’m delving deep inside this fascinating archive. 🗓️ TUESDAY APRIL 21 2026 at 10am 📍 calculating.moisture.recorders #StillSleuthing 🔍 @uoyborthwick.bsky.social

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The Dead Sleuth @deadsleuth.com · 13/04/2026

A letter of ribbons, a chilly ride home to York on a skittish mare and ‘Walker’s Sermons’. Although the author of this ponderous letter begs her recipient’s patience for a ‘shabby epistle’ - MY patience with the transcription has been sore tested. #StillSleuthing 🔍 @yorkarchive.bsky.social

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The Dead Sleuth @deadsleuth.com · 07/04/2026

''Dear Father, I have the Misfortune to acquaint you that I was convicted and am to suffer the 7th of April" ~ Dick Turpin Dear Reader, I have the fortune to acquaint you that this book has arrived and unlike the gentleman in question - one has yet to suffer for it ~ Tee #StillSleuthing 🔍

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The Dead Sleuth @deadsleuth.com · 07/04/2026

"This Rogue is theirs, and we the honeft Folks" Epigram on Turpin (1739) Executed on this day, the myth of the highwayman and iconic Essex boy Richard Turpin remains entangled, along with his bodily remains within the chronicles of the City of York. Requiesce in pace. #StillSleuthing 🔍

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The Dead Sleuth @deadsleuth.com · 30/03/2026

Decisions. Decisions! In honour of #InternationalPencilDay - should I opt for blush pink, sky blue, sunshine yellow or go au naturel? #DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍 @yorkarchive.bsky.social

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The Dead Sleuth @deadsleuth.com · 24/03/2026

If Tuesday was captured in an expression, then carved in stone and topped with moss? ⛪ Parish Church of St Oswald. Fulford. York. UK. #DeadSleuth #YorkyHistoryLass #ChurchCrawler #StillSleuthing 🔍

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The Dead Sleuth @deadsleuth.com · 23/03/2026

"How should haberdashers & that sort of folk be judges of the qualifications of a tutor!!” Alas, the answer is NOT to be found within this irreverent missive from the pen of one William Gray in 1837 and the scion of Grays Solicitors of York. #DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍 @yorkarchive.bsky.social

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The Dead Sleuth @deadsleuth.com · 22/03/2026

Amid slivers of cloud and as mossy gravestones stand proud under a dappled warm afternoon sky - the aged trees cast no shadow over an iconic church spire. ⛪ Parish Church of St Olave. York. UK. #DeadSleuth #YorkyHistoryLass #ChurchCrawler #SpireSunday #StillSleuthing 🔍

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The Dead Sleuth @deadsleuth.com · 21/03/2026

Framed by doric pilasters and decorated columns as elaborate cornicing, cherubs and extravagant swags hover protectively - a gorgeous window awaits the curious visitor. ⛪ Parish Church of Holy Trinity. Leeds. Yorkshire. UK. #DeadSleuth #ChurchCrawler #StainedGlassSaturday #StillSleuthing 🔍

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The Dead Sleuth @deadsleuth.com · 19/03/2026

One beautiful March afternoon I introduced my fellow sleuth @yorkfhs.bsky.social to the occupant of a favourite grave in Acomb YORK whose poignant story can now be discovered within the pages of the MARCH publication of The Yorkshire Dalesman Magazine. #DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍

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The Dead Sleuth @deadsleuth.com · 18/03/2026

Heigh Ho! 'Tis to the archives I have come today as I sleuth the life of one man of the cloth and his priestly tenure. If you would like The Dead Sleuth to haunt an archive on your behalf within Yorkshire or beyond - drop me a line at tee@deadsleuth.com. #StillSleuthing 🔍 @uoyborthwick.bsky.social

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The Dead Sleuth @deadsleuth.com · 15/03/2026

Under the palest of blue skies and wrapped up against a biting wind - I've managed to squeeze in a moment or three for a little church crawling and tombstone sleuthing before lunch en famille. 💒 The Parish Church of St Mary Bishophill Junior. York. UK. #StillSleuthing 🔍 @graveyardsquirrel.com

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The Dead Sleuth @deadsleuth.com · 24/02/2026

"Though women are angels, yet wedlock's the devil." ~ Lord Byron (1788-1824) Within the pages of the FEBRUARY publication of The Dalesman Magazine - I muse upon memories of my love of weddings, and the fall-out of a matrimonial scandal from the year 1874. #DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍

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The Dead Sleuth @deadsleuth.com · 09/02/2026

Heigh ho. Heigh ho. It's off to the archives I now go! Monday. The view from my perch as I grab a quick lunch before those archives beckon once more. #DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍 @yorkarchive.bsky.social

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The Dead Sleuth @deadsleuth.com · 30/01/2026

Aged stone in hues of a soft grey palette captured against the dying of a January day. ⛪ The Parish of All Saints. Rudston. Driffield. UK. #DeadSleuth #ChurchCrawler #StillSleuthing 🔍 with @graveyardsquirrel.com

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The Dead Sleuth @deadsleuth.com · 22/01/2026

I) 'When we two parted. In silence and tears' - Lord Byron On this day in the year 1837, the inspiration for this beloved poem, The Lady Frances Webster-Wedderburn died at her home in London at the age of 42 after suffering much.

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The Dead Sleuth @deadsleuth.com · 22/01/2026

"My birthday. And I go to my bed with a heaviness of heart at having lived so long, and to so little purpose." ~ Lord Byron To SO little purpose Lord B? Me thinks not as I'm celebrating your birthday some 238 years later. At regencyrecondite.com - the celebrations continue! #StillSleuthing 🔍

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The Dead Sleuth @deadsleuth.com · 21/01/2026

'A guid New Year to aim and An' money may ye see.' In the JANUARY publication of THE DALESMAN - I muse upon memories of Hogmanay, the New Year customs of penny scrambling and a coastal dip, along with sleuthing those seaside ancestors, AND my love of shortbread. #StillSleuthing🔍

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The Dead Sleuth @deadsleuth.com · 02/01/2026

Before the morning had ended on this day in the year 1815 - the poet Lord Byron had been joined in matrimony to one Anne Isabella Milbanke at her family home at Seaham Hall in Seaham County Durham. * SPOILER ALERT * Alas, they were NOT to live happily ever after! #DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍

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The Dead Sleuth @deadsleuth.com · 08/12/2025

"Christmas isn't a season. It's a feeling." ~ Edna Ferber. In the delightfully seasonal DECEMBER publication of THE DALESMAN - I muse upon the final month of the year, an ancestor unveiled and the untold tale of a ghost of Christmas past. #DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍 with @teebylo.com

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The Dead Sleuth @deadsleuth.com · 01/12/2025

I. ‘Tis the day for more sleuthing into the working life of my Victorian protagonist and architect, one Charles Toft Newstead who in the year 1874 was instructing his trusty Excavator with his recipe for CONCRETE! For the curious among us, kindly read on…

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The Dead Sleuth @deadsleuth.com · 20/11/2025

In search of a festive stocking filler? Why not treat the history sleuth in your life with the new book about MICKLEGATE from @clemhallhistory.bsky.social Although Micklegate is famous for its many taverns - there is much to discover about this 'Great Street of York' within the pages of this book.

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The Dead Sleuth @deadsleuth.com · 17/11/2025

The decision to work with a genealogist as you embark on a fascinating journey to uncover the lives of your ancestors can be exciting - but, it can also prove daunting. But when those long-lost ancestors finally reveal themselves? I STILL feel a buzz like no other! #DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍

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The Dead Sleuth @deadsleuth.com · 13/11/2025

As the final hour of my desk and kettle duties on behalf of @yorkfhs.bsky.social approacheth - no more will I go a’ sleuthing. Although our YFHS Research Room in York will close the doors for the final time on Thursday November 20 - I will be relieved of my duties forever at 4pm today. Adieu!

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The Dead Sleuth @deadsleuth.com · 11/11/2025

'At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them.' ~ Laurence Binyon #ArmisticeDay #LestWeForget

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The Dead Sleuth @deadsleuth.com · 10/11/2025

Remember! Remember? In the NOVEMBER publication of THE DALESMAN MAGAZINE - I muse upon sleuthing the 'missing infants', the meaning of ancestral inheritance and a legacy of murder. #DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍 @teebylo.com

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The Dead Sleuth @deadsleuth.com · 06/11/2025

Where there’s a Will - there IS a way! If you need a guiding hand researching or deciphering a Last Will and Testament - help is at hand. Why not let your fingers do the talking and tap a message to tee@deadsleuth.com? #DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍

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The Dead Sleuth @deadsleuth.com · 05/11/2025

‘Is this Guy Fawkes you burn in effigy?' In November 1812 a disgruntled and disgraced “barrel of gunpowder” Lady Caroline Lamb was participating in her own unique Bonfire Night celebration at Brocket Hall. DANCES WITH BONFIRES at regencyrecondite.com #BloggingByron #StillSleuthing 🔍

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The Dead Sleuth @deadsleuth.com · 03/11/2025

I LOVE graveyards! If I’m not in search of a missing ancestor or trawling through parish records - I will be wandering around a graveyard somewhere. For those tombstone tourism exploits why not catch @graveyardsquirrel.com scurrying from graveyard to cemetery and then some? #StillSleuthing 🔍

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