THE HOLDERNESS GAZETTE reported yesterday on the ceremony to make two local historians Honorary Freemen of Hedon.
The ceremony at the Town Hall last week conferred the Honours on Dr Martin Craven and Dr John Markham for their “eminent service” to the town. Both men have served and promoted the town through their published books and lectures about the history of Hedon.
If you know anything at all about the history of Hedon, then it is more than likely that either Dr Craven or Dr Markham discovered that information first and shared it with the rest of us.
Local history is interesting and engaging – but more than that it is a tool: If we know our history and where we come from, then it is likely we will be better prepared for the future.
The Gazette reports that being a Freeman allows them the right to take their sheep over Haven Bridge without paying, and to graze their cattle on the Westlands!
The rights of a Freeman may be a bit dated, but this is a well deserved honour! Congratulations to our new Freemen of Hedon!
I used to Know Anthony Craven (at Ivy House School Hedon) 9n the years up to the second world war. He had a younger brother, Martin, & they lived almost in Preston on the LHS of the road from Hedon. Is this the Dr Martin Craven referred to?
Geoffrey Ducker.