Staithes Museum seeking help to solve mystery of 18th Century schoolmaster's diary

Staithes Museum seeking help to solve mystery of 18th Century schoolmaster's diary

Staithes Museum is on the hunt for a missing piece of local history — a diary belonging to Thomas Kirton, an 18th Century Staithes schoolmaster who once attempted to solve one of the greatest scientific challenges of his age: the problem of finding longitude at sea.