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  • Hampsthwaite Housing

    Local planning authorities need to regularly identify and update their supply of sites for housing development as part of their adopted local plan. North Yorkshire Council is currently drawing up a new county wide local plan and a new consultation (Issues and Options) is about to begin.

  • VE-Day80 8 - 10 May 2025

    Our Memorial Hall was built to honour the fallen in two world wars and give thanks to those who returned. It is appropriate therefore that we play our full part in the national celebrations and village activities are planned for May 8th VE-Day and Saturday May 10th 2025

  • Jane Ridsdale

    JANE RIDSDALEAged 33 years, born at Hampsthwaite, near Harrogate, Yorkshire, her height is 31 ½ inches.She is remarkably chearfull & enjoys very good health.Published July 1st 1807 by Jane Ridstale, at Harrogate where purchasers of this Print will have the opportunity of seeing and conversing with her

  • The Execution of Hannah Whitley

    Arsenic Poisoning in Hampsthwaite - The Execution of Hannah Whitley In 1789, Hannah Whitley of Hampsthwaite used a pie as the delivery medium for a fatal dose of arsenic, with the poison concentrated in the crust. She claimed She had been coerced into the act of poisoning by her employer, a local linen weaver named Horseman, who was involved in an on-going feud with the intended victim.

  • Joshua Tetley

    Joshua Tetley was the founder of Tetley’s Brewery in Leeds, and he retired with his wife Hannah to Hollins Hall on the outskirts of Hampsthwaite (Hollins Hall Retirement Village).

  • Blind Peter Barker

    Remembering Hampsthwaite’s Blind Joiner - an article by Shaun WilsonLike the market town of Knaresborough, who had ‘Blind Jack’ – John Metcalf, the road builder of Yorkshire in the eighteenth century, the small rural village of Hampsthwaite had it’s blind hero also, almost a century later – Peter Barker who became known as ‘The Blind Joiner of Hampsthwaite.’ Though there are some similarities between John Metcalf and Peter Barker’s lives, these are purely co-incidental and each fulfilled a life, character and career in their own right.

  • Hampsthwaite Open Gardens

     Hampsthwaite Open Gardens - Sat 29th June 12.30am - 5.00pm - Entry £5.00 (accompanied under 15's FREE) Tickets on the day from Hampsthwaite Memorial Hall Plant sales - many named varieties of plants Delicious homemade refreshments Afternoon tea and cakes served from 12.30pm at the Memorial Hall

  • Scrubbers and Stones

    SCRUBBERS & STONES - Sat 29th June 10.30am - 2.30pm - Entry FREE! Explore the Memorials at St Thomas a'Becket Memorials Treasure Trail - for children if all ages Self-Service / Self-Checkout BBQ from 12 noon (inc. veg option) Food £2, Drink £1, Donations? - yes please! Hot & Cold Drinks Laptop & Screen to show Mapping Hampsthwaite’s Past Use a Bucket & Brush to help reveal Inscriptions on the older memorials . . . or just Sit & Enjoy CORPUS CHRISTI BRASS BAND . . . from 11.30am . . . followed by Afternoon Tea & Cakes at the Memorial Hall!

  • Genealogy Websites

    Free genealogy websites will help you start your family history research at no cost as listed by the 'Who Do You Think You Are' magazine.

  • Kitchen Refurbishment

    Memorial Hall kitchen is now completely, and expertly, refurbished by Neil,Batty Builders Ltd as a result of a grant awarded by the National Lottery's 'Reaching Communities' fund.See also the equivalent
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Elton Lane (Birstwith Road)
 Carpenter's CottageCroft View CottageGarthsideGranary House
Hall GarthHampsthwaite ManorThe Medieval WaySunnyside Cottage 
Brookfield
 Phase 2 : Cowen Homes   
Church Lane
AbattoirAshley HouseAshvilleByre CottageChurch of St Thomas a'Becket
Coach HouseCoppingsCorner CottageLamb HouseThe End Cottage
The FoldGooseleaThe GranaryThe Hollies 
KnottfieldLamb CottageLamb InnLongsideNutshell Cottages (site of)
The Old CourtOrchard HouseParish Stables (site of)South RoydSwallow Cottage
Tangfield HouseThimbleby CottagesThimbleby HouseThimbleby LodgeVicarage
Village FarmThe Village War Memorial   
Clint
Hampsthwaite BridgeStation House   
Hampsthwaite House    
High Street
39 High StreetThe Draper's Shop (No. 2 High St.)Hampsthwaite GarageJoiners' ArmsLonsdale House
Northway HousePeckfield CottagesSpring GarthSpring Garth CottageTadpole Cottage
The Village RoomWest View TerraceWinsley HouseWinsley (or Winksey) Cottage 
Hollins Close
Hollins Close Development    
Hollins Lane
Barton HouseClarence TerraceDale HallDovetail HouseMemorial Hall
Methodist ChurchOld Post OfficePackhorse BridgePinfold (site of)Pump Cottage
Skipton Road
The Nelson InnSaltergate Mission
St Thomas a'Becket Walk
Thomas a'Becket Walk    
Village Green
Greenside HouseGreenviewHampsthwaite C.E. Primary SchoolIvy CottageLaurel Cottage
Manor Farm HouseMarie ClaireMission RoomThe Old ParsonageRose Lea
Saddler's CottageTelephone KioskVillage Pump  
Outside the Village
Felliscliffe Chapel of EaseHollins Hall  
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