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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.
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
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).
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.
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!
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
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
Amy Woodforde-Finden
A highly successful composer of the late Victorian and Edwardian eras, Amy Woodforde-Finden, together with her husband and step-son, is laid to rest in the churchyard of St Thomas à Becket Parish Church. Inside the church there is an impressive marble monument of her, created by the renowned sculptor George Edward Wade. It was unveiled in 1923 and a few years later, Finden Gardens in Hampsthwaite was named in her honour.[Click on title or image to link to articles]
Amy Woodforde-Finden Centenary Events (2)
Amy Woodforde-Finden : 'An Evening with Amy'A centenary concert to celebrate the life and works of Amy was held in Hampsthwaite Memorial Hall on April 21st 2023 Click on images to open full-size in new window and use the Browser back arrow to return to here.

St Thomas a'Becket

The churchyard of St Thomas a'Beckett, and its Chapel-of-Ease at Felliscliffe hold within them a wealth of local heritage via their Memorial Inscriptions and Burial Records.

Why so many infant deaths, what was happening in society at the time of burial, was there a war or an illness affecting the population? How many local families are represented there and are there any well known names - or not so well known but with an interesting story attached? Is the design of the Memorial interesting in terms of its art work or the language used?

This section of our website aims to list photographs of all Memorials, together with their Inscriptions and Church Records so that such questions may be answered by browsing or searching both now and in the foreseeable future - even long after some inscriptions may have faded beyond readability.

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Click on name for details of the Memorial, its Inscription, associated Records and other information as available. Memorials are listed in alphabetical order of Surnames - or may be searched for by name, or any of the words in the inscription, using the Search Box on the left.

Memorial Surnames (click to select)
A to G		H to N		O to U		V to Z and Unknown

Surnames A-G						Back to TOP
A	B		C	D	E	F	G
Abbott Addyman Akers Albro Alderson Allanson Allen Andrew Andrews Annakin Appleby Arnold Arrand Ashby Ashman Ashton Atkinson Aykroyd	Bailey Baines Baren Baroni Barrow Barton Baul Beck Bell Bentley Betts Bilton Binns Birtwistle Bone Bowers Bowhill Bramley Bray Briggs Brooke Brotherton Budd Burrill Bussey	Bainbridge Barber Barker Barrett Bartle Bass Baxter Beecroft Benson Berry Bickerdike Bingley Birch Bolton Bottomley Bowes Bradley Brash Brewis Britton Brot Brown Burnett Busfield Butterwick	Calderbank Calvert Campbell Carney Carr Carrington Carver Chester Chowler Clarke/Clark Clarkson Clayton Clements Close Clough Coatham Cobb Coburn Collier Conoal Cook/Cooke Cooper Corbett Couchman Coverdale Coward Craven Crawford Cryer Cundall	Dakin Daulby/Dalby Dales Dallas Darnbrook Darnbrough Davenport Davey Davidson Davies Dawson Day deRouffignac Dearlove Denton Dewar Dewes Dibb Dickson Dinsdale Dixon Dobbie Dobson Dodd Downs Dracup Drury Duxbury	Edinger Elliot Ellis Ellison Elsworth Emsley Etheridge Ewbank	Fairburn Farling Farndale Fawcett Feasby Feather Fenwick Finn Finney Firth Fisher Flockhart Forrest Foster Fowkes Fowler Frank Frankland Fryer Furniss	Gamble Gilbert Gill Gillings Goodall Graham Grange Grant Greaves Green Greenwood Grimshaw Gurd Gurney
Surnames H-N								Back to TOP
H		I	J	K	L	M	N
Habbishaw Haden Hall Hannam Hardcastle Hardy Hare-Gill Harling Harper Harris Hattersley Haxby Hayton Hebblethwaite Henderson Hepworth Herron Hill Hobson Hollier Hornby Houseman Howgate Hullah Hutchinson	Haddock Hainsworth Hammond Hanover Hardisty Hare Harkness Harmston Harrington Harrison Hawe Haygarth Healey Hellawell/Helliwell Henson Herring Hibbert Hinchcliffe/Hinchley Hodson Holmes Horner Hough Howard Hudson Humphries	I'Anson Illingworth Ingleby Ingram Inman Irish Iveson	Jackson Jamieson Jarrat Jeff Jeffray/Jeffrey Jennings Jewison John Johnson Jones Jowett/Jowitt Judson	Kay Kendal Kent Kirby Knightson Knowles Knox	Latimer Leedham Liddle Linfoot Lister Lockwood Long Longster Louden Loveday Lowe Lowis Lumley Lundell Lupton Lyles Lythe	Maloney Malthouse Manton Marshall Marsland Marston Martin Mason Massey Matthews Mawson McAleese McLean Meadley Meadus Medley Mennell Metcalf Metcalfe Milner Milnthorpe Milton Mitchell Moon Moore Moorhouse Morley Morrell Morris Mountain Mudd Murrell Myers	Natt Nelson Ness Newell Newby Noble
Surnames O-U						Back to TOP
O	P	Q	R	S		T	U
Oliver Link:1218,Outhwaite] O’Donnell	Page Paines Parker Patrick Paul Pawson Peakman Pearson Peck Peel Penrose Peterson Petty Phillips Pickles Pinkney Place Price Pridmore Pringle Pugh Pullan Pumphrey		Radcliffe Ramsey Rayfield Redfearn Render Reuter Reynard Rhodes Richardson Ridsdale Riley Roberts Robinson Robson Roper Ross Rusby Rushforth Ryder Rylah	Salisbury Sansam Scott Scurley Settle Shephard/Shepherd Sigsworth Simmons Skaife/Scaife Snelling Snowden Spencer Stack Stephen/Stephens Stockdale Stott Stroughair Surr Swale/Swales Swiers/Swires	Salt Schofield Scruton Sell Shaw Shires Silversides Simpson Skirrow Smith Snow Spark Spurr Steel/Steele Stobbart Stothart Stringer Stubbs Sutcliffe	Taylor Terry Tetley Thackeray Thompson Thornton Thorpe Tibbetts Tinto Topham Townson Travers Tunstall Turner Turpin	Umpleby
Surnames V-Z and Unknown						Back to TOP
V	W		X	Y	Z		Unkown
Vasey Vause Verity Vero Vint	Waddington Wainwright Walbank Waller Walton Warren Warrington Watmough Wheelhouse Whitehouse Wilks Willis Wilson Woodforde-Finden Woodhouse Wooler Wright	Wade Waite Walker Walshaw Wardman Warrener Watkinson Watson Whitaker Wilkinson Willcock Willman Wood Woodhall Woodroffe Wrigglesworth		Yates Yeoman Young

St Thomas a'Becket

The churchyard of St Thomas a'Beckett, and its Chapel-of-Ease at Felliscliffe hold within them a wealth of local heritage via their Memorial Inscriptions and Burial Records.