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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!

General Repository for photos and other data relatiing to Hampsthwaite Residents

For bookings, contact:
https://hampsthwaitevillageroom.org.uk/

See also the History section for a brief history of Hampsthwaite Village Room

The Parish Church of St Thomas a'Becket

For full details of The Parish Church of St Thomas a'Becket access the church  web site.

For information relating to the History of the Parish Church see the article in the history section of this website.

The Methodist Church in Hampsthwaite

These pages list the Parish Council Mailings, Notices and other information relating to current issues.

Return to Parish Council main article

For bookings:
Email: bookings@hampsthwaite.org.uk
or Text:  0789 4442227

See also the History section for a brief history of Hampsthwaite Memorial Hall

Photographs of scenes and events in and around Hampsthwaite

Do you recognise the cast members in this photo? If so please email with your suggestions

The earliest written record of the settlement (circa 1180) is as “Hamethwayt” in the Early Yorkshire Charters.

The name 'Thwaite' comes from the Old Scandinavian word 'thveit', meaning 'clearing, meadow or paddock' and Hampsthwaite could mean the thwaite, or meadow, of Hamr or Hammall, or simply from Heim, meaning home, but it is almost certainly derived from the Old Norse Homp, 'land bordering on a river and liable to flooding' (an alternative possibility was put forward that the name 'Hamps' may derive from the Middle English, 'Hanespe', which means 'summer dry', or dry in summer but this would be an unlikely combination of Old Norse and Anglo Saxon).

Records show that flooding was indeed a feature of the River Nidd, which runs through here, although the Roman road from 'Olicana' (Ilkley) to 'Isurium' (Aldborough) crossed the Nidd at Hamps-thwaite and this led to the development of a market.

Hampsthwaite was situated within the Forest of Knaresborough, which was established as a royal hunting preserve in the time of the Conqueror. The church of Hampsthwaite was in existence soon after the Norman Conquest and was at one time in the possession of the monks of Knaresborough.

The family of the writer William Makepeace Thackeray lived in Hampsthwaite, as did the family of Amy Woodforde Finden (1860-1919) who was best known as the composer of “Kashmiri Song” from The Four Indian Love Lyrics by Laurence Hope. In the churchyard are the graves of Joshua Tetley, the founder of the Tetley's Brewery in Leeds, and his wife Hannah.

Details of the many groups, societies, sports clubs and recreation activities open to residents of Hampsthwaite. 

Services available to residents of Hampsthwaite

Meeting halls, sports clubs, pubs and places of worship in Hampsthwaite

Details of places are given in good faith.
Email : places@hampsthwaite.org.uk to suggest amendments or additions.

Businesses are listed as the result making a contribution to village events or by recommendation from local residents and evidence that they are active within Hampsthwaite.

Addymans | Backhouse Bros. | Darnfields | DT Online | DT Forge | Harrogate Timber | Hopkinsons | Image Design | Integrated Laboratory Services | The Joiners Arms | March of the K9s | Northern Energy | Phase 4 |The Pizza Oven Shop | Quireboys | Robinsons Integrated Solutions | Simon Carlton - guitar lessons | Simon Graeme | Snaffling Hog Box | Sophie's Coffee Shop | Sophie's Corner Shop | Steve Blaylock Creation Sculpture | Thompson's Auctioneers | Village Store | White Rose Tours

Email : business@hampsthwaite.org.uk for details of how to make a recommendation.

• Click here for the Parish Council website (or click on the  image of the Village Room)

• Click here for Details of the work of the Community PayBack Teams

COFFEE, CLICK & CONNECT

• If you or know someone who would like some help with using your smartphone, tablet or laptop, then why not pop along to our Coffee, Click & Connect sessions held each Wednesday between 1.30pm and 3.30pm
• Contact Jo on 07710 660799 or email jo@nidderdaleplus.org.uk for Coffee, Click & Connect
• If you or know someone who would like some help with using your smartphone, tablet or laptop, then why not pop along to our Coffee, Click & Connect sessions held each Wednesday between 1.30pm and 3.30pm
• Contact Jo on 07710 660799 or email jo@nidderdaleplus.org.uk for more information.

• We have conducted a Community Room Risk Assessment and made it available to all users.
• We have cleaning, handwashing and hygiene procedures in line with UK Government guidance
• We have taken all reasonable steps to help hall users keep safe from COVID-19
• We have taken all reasonable steps to help Hirers maintain Social Distancing when using the  Community Room
• Where people cannot keep 2m apart we have advised Hirers on the mitigating actions they might take to manage transmission risk

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Details of events and meetings at Hampsthwaite Memorial Hall.

PLEASE NOTE: Shown below is the calendar generated automatically by the Hallmaster online booking system. If your event is not shown the booking is not yet completed and if it is shown an invoice will be issued either near to the event or at the end of a month.

For bookings, contact:
Booking Secretary
E: bookings@hampsthwaite.org.uk

If you need to visit the hall prior to an event, please make an appointment with the Booking Secretary to help us avoid any inconvenience to other hirers.

Use the links in the Directory to reveal information on village buildings and their occupants.

• Hampsthwaite C.E. Primary School
• The Parish Church of St Thomas a'Becket
• War Memorial
• Memorial Hall
• The Joiners Arms

Buildings may also be located using the Search box or by means of our  Interactive Map of the village

Pack meets in the Memorial Hall on Tuesday evenings between 6.00pm and 7.30pm.

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.

• The ideal venue for:
  Business Meetings, Public Meetings, Sales Promotions, Exhibitions, Markets and Fairs, Jumble Sales, Training Events, Internet Workshops, Presentations, Group Meetings, Clubs and Societies, Community Events, Education Classes, Dances, Film Screenings, Keep Fit Classes, Concerts, Drama Productions, Wedding Receptions, Funeral Repasts, Family Celebrations, Children’s Parties, Anniversaries, Fashion Shows . . . and many more!

General information for residents of Hampsthwaite

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.

HBJFC is run for the benefit of children living, or attending school, within the Hampsthwaite and Birstwith area catering for boys and girls ages 6 through to 11. Saturday morning coaching sessions are run in Hampsthwaite on Feast Field. For details visit http://www.hbjfc.co.uk/

Hampsthwaite Memorial Hall can provide facilities and resources for most events and has a good car park with marked spaces for over 50 cars. There is a well-equipped kitchen and catering area with dishwasher, water-heater, micro-wave, Rangemaster Pro induction cooker and ample supplies of crockery, glassware and cutlery. Adjacent to the Kitchen is a Servery with hatchways through to both the Main Hall and Dining Room (or small hall) which can be used as a bar. The Memorial Hall is licenced to sell alcohol.

The Main Hall includes a well-equipped stage area and Green Room at one end, with P.A. system, both rear and front projection facilities for DVD, Blu-ray or data, ample stage-lighting, star-cloth, a mirror ball, and can be rigged with a ceiling canopy if needed. The Main Hall can open out into the adjacent Sun Lounge to accommodate larger numbers or as a bar area. The Dining Room, or small hall, is used for meetings, for groups, to place a buffet for example, or as another alternative bar area. There are ample chairs to furnish each of the spaces using either rectangular or circular tables. Table cloths and chair covers are available on request.

Hampsthwaite Village Plan

See the Yorkshire in Bloom website for details of this campaign which is open to all communities in the County, from villages through to the largest cities. It aims to encourage people to work together to care for their local environment. Entrants are judged according to a set of criteria which include floral enhancement, community, cleanliness, permanent landscaping, conservation and recycling.

Amy Woodforde-Finden

Hampsthwaite residents are welcome to attend and to participate in the organisation of this major annual event.

See the Feast section of this web site for more details

• Films screened at 7.30pm unless otherwise stated.
• See see Memorial Hall Events Calendar for dates and programme.
• Tickets available from Hampsthwaite Village Store ( or at the door if available) - why not book a table and come as a group?

A History of Hampsthwaite - book series written and published by people in Hampsthwaite.

To Order your copy or copies [Books 1 & 4 are £5.95 each + £3 postage, Book 3 is £6.95 + £3 postage and Books 1,2,3 & 4 (a set) are £25 + £3 postage] send your order with a cheque payable to Hampsthwaite Village Society to:

Hampsthwaite Village Book, Lamb House, Church Lane,
Hampsthwaite, Harrogate HG3 2HB.

Please enclose your name, address and a contact telephone number.

* Covers Postage and packaging for UK mainland only. For postage outside UK mainland, please email book@hampsthwaite.org.uk for price

Hampsthwaite Memorial Hall is the main community centre for the village and commemorates the lives and sacrifice of those villagers who fell in the two World Wars.

As the current building approached its 50th Anniversary, the Hall Management Committee aimed to broaden the range of activities it can support and bring it up to modern energy saving standards. This would help sustain its future for another 50 years by increasing usage, controlling running costs, and result in several improvements to the fabric of the building.

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A photo gallery of Hampsthwaite residents to add life to our history of the village buildings. Photos are contextualised with the information available to us. See also the article on our War Memorial for information on the sons of Hampsthwaite lost during two world wars and the Gallery section for other photo collections.

We would greatly appreciate comments, corrections or additional contributions - email: Hampsthwaite web site group.

Hampsthwaite Players present two productions each year! A spring production normally a Play, which generally falls around the last week of March, the Group also present an autumn pantomime towards the end of November. Anyone wishing to join the group can do so by contacting Phil (secretary) or Michael Binns (chairman) either by any member of the Hampsthwaite Players or e-mailing hampsthwaite.players@ntlworld.com

Wednesday and Friday afternoons in the Memorial Hall

About this website:

Drag the cursor to reveal different parts of the village and use the zoom tool to enlarge the view.

Click on 'View Hampsthwaite in a larger map' to access StreetView where this is available.

In the Historic county of Yorkshire, there are an estimated 1060 miles of Roman road, possibly more, of which about 480 are known with reasonable certainty (45%), making the picture in Yorkshire fairly typical.

Given that Yorkshire has a wide variety of topography that is fairly representative of all the kinds of terrain through which Roman roads were built in Britain and therefore representative of the variations in planning and construction, it makes an ideal starting point for a study of Britain’s Roman roads.

We meet every Thursday 9.30 - 11.30am at Memorial Hall. We have crafts, art, toys, singing and refreshments. Mums, Dads & Grandparents welcome to bring their children. Open Term Time Only.

Meetings in the Village Room every 3rd Wednesday of each month. Visit http://www.stthomasabeckethampsthwaite.org.uk for details

CalverleyInfo is dedicated to the collection and free publication of all historical and genealogical information pertaining to Calverley Parish and the surrounding district and villages - including Hampsthwaite.

A collection of records, documents, photos and film relating to the history of Hampsthwaite

Details from Hampsthwaite CE Primary School

Download a PDF file publication by Harrogate District Council containing a wealth of information on the history, development, architecture, setting and spatial characteristics of the Hampsthwaite conservation area and including a simplified map showing the area boundary.

New members welcome

We would like to take this opportunity to welcome new and old members to join our friendly club

Situated at the Memorial Hall in Hampsthwaite, we provide high quality playing facilities for those who wish to play socially or who would like to compete in one of our league teams.

The Gravestone Photographic Resource project is an attempt to provide a much needed on-line resource for family historians. When the project first started all the monuments in a burial ground of people born before 1901 were photographed. These images are then used to extract all names and details from each monument. Once all the images have been processed, the information is added to the internet database.Go to the site and search for Hampsthwaite to see the names that appear on the gravestone photographs for St Thomas a Beckett Parish Church

Meet at Birstwith

There are currently over 4 billion records available to search. From historical censuses and parish records, to military records and passenger lists, your family's past is waiting to be discovered. To discover your long lost ancestors, start here.

Organised each year on the weekend following the 17th July - the same day as the Feast

The New Opportunities Fund (NOF) has awarded North Yorkshire County Library Service funding to conserve and promote several unique photographic archives stored at the North Yorkshire County Library Headquarters. Contact North Yorkshire County Library Headquarters to search for Hampsthwaite and see old photos of our village

To preserve and improve the character and amenities of the village. To promote activities of interest to the members.

"Where friends meet hearts warm"
- Scottish proverb

Historical and genealogical information pertaining to the Yorkshire parish of Hampsthwaite and the surrounding district and villages.

Every 3rd Wednesday at 2.30pm in the Methodist Church

Nidderdale Bridge Club meets at Hampsthwaite Village Memorial Hall Mondays at 1:30pm. Friendly duplicate bridge, may be possible to arrange a partner. Contact Kay 01765677956 For further information.

GENUKI aims to serve as a "virtual reference library" of genealogical information

Meets on the first Wednesday of each month

What do YOU know about the LARGEST women's organisation in the country?

Hampsthwaite WI meets at 7.30pm in the Memorial Hall on the first Monday of the month.

Young Farmers meet every Wednesday at 7.45pm in Felliscliffe Village Hall

Link to information on "Friday Night Live"

Thursday evenings from April to September - meet outside the Post Office at 7.00pm