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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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Local Newspaper Cuttings - Hampsthwaite Residential Developmentl

Shaun Wilson's Collection of Newspaper Cuttings pertaining to Hampsthwaite Village:


Abbreviations of Periodocals :
  • AWS Ackrills War Souvenior
  • DM Daily Mail
  • HA Harrogate Advertiser
  • HH Harrogate Herald
  • HK & DO Harrogate, Knaresborough & District Observer
  • KP Knaresborough Post
  • NH Nidderdale Herald
  • PB & NH Pateley Bridge & Nidderdale Herald
  • TLM The Leeds Mercury
  • TMOS The Mail on Sunday
  • TO The Observer
  • TYP & LM The Yorkshire Post & Leeds Mercury
  • YEP Yorkshire Evening Post
  • YG Yorkshire Gazette
  • YP Yorkshire Post
1983.09.30 - Housing poser for village, PB & NH - click for full size image
1983.09.30 - Housing poser for village, PB & NH
1983.10.14 - Villagers unite in estate fight, PB & NH, Page 1 - click for full size image
1983.10.14 - Villagers unite in estate fight, PB & NH, Page 1
1983.10.28 - Fields group attack home plan, PB & NH, Page 1 - click for full size image
1983.10.28 - Fields group attack home plan, PB & NH, Page 1
1983.11.02 - 'Hospital HQ' for village homes fight, H,K & DO, Page 2 - click for full size image
1983.11.02 - 'Hospital HQ' for village homes fight, H,K & DO, Page 2
1983.11.18 - Mobilising for home plan battle, PB & NH, Page 3 - click for full size image
1983.11.18 - Mobilising for home plan battle, PB & NH, Page 3
1983.11.23 - Villagers bare teeth, Observer, Page 9 - click for full size image
1983.11.23 - Villagers bare teeth, Observer, Page 9
1983.12.16 - Village's victory in housing battle, PB & NH, Page 1 - click for full size image
1983.12.16 - Village's victory in housing battle, PB & NH, Page 1
1984 - Villagers win housing battle, PB & NH, Page 1 - click for full size image
1984 - Villagers win housing battle, PB & NH, Page 1
1984.01.04 - 77-home estate is rejected, Observer, Page 1 - click for full size image
1984.01.04 - 77-home estate is rejected, Observer, Page 1
1984.04.11 - Village fights on in estate plan protest, PB & NH, Page 4 - click for full size image
1984.04.11 - Village fights on in estate plan protest, PB & NH, Page 4
1984.05.18 - Homes sign disappears, PB & NH, Page 1 - click for full size image
1984.05.18 - Homes sign disappears, PB & NH, Page 1
1984.06.01 - Village protest at housing plan, PB & NH, Page 1 - click for full size image
1984.06.01 - Village protest at housing plan, PB & NH, Page 1
1989.03.17 - Villagers fear housing plan, PB & NH, Page 1 - click for full size image
1989.03.17 - Villagers fear housing plan, PB & NH, Page 1
1989.05.12 - Villagers set for second homes battle, PB & NH, Page 1 - click for full size image
1989.05.12 - Villagers set for second homes battle, PB & NH, Page 1
1989.07.21 - New homes plan may be rejected, PB & NH, Page 1 - click for full size image
1989.07.21 - New homes plan may be rejected, PB & NH, Page 1
1989.07.28 - Villagers' joy at council rejection, PB & NH, Page 1 - click for full size image
1989.07.28 - Villagers' joy at council rejection, PB & NH, Page 1
1990.06.01 - Battle to block homes - again, PB & NH, Page 1 - click for full size image
1990.06.01 - Battle to block homes - again, PB & NH, Page 1
1990.11.16 - We'll fight housing plan vow villagers, PB & NH, Page 1 - click for full size image
1990.11.16 - We'll fight housing plan vow villagers, PB & NH, Page 1
1991.02.22 - Hampsthwaite homes appeal is rejected, PB & NH, Page 5 - click for full size image
1991.02.22 - Hampsthwaite homes appeal is rejected, PB & NH, Page 5
2017.10.05 - Emotions run high over church and village housing, PB & NH, Page 8 - click for full size image
2017.10.05 - Emotions run high over church and village housing, PB & NH, Page 8
Undated - Village estate scheme raises protest, YP - click for full size image
Undated - Village estate scheme raises protest, YP
Local Newspaper Cuttings - Hampsthwaite Residential Developmentl
Shaun Wilson's Collection of Newspaper Cuttings pertaining to Hampsthwaite Village: