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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
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The Execution of Hannah Whitley
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Scrubbers and Stones
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Kitchen Refurbishment
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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)
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Cooper

Cooper Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a maker and repairer of wooden vessels such as barrels tubs buckets casks and vats from Middle English couper cowper (apparently from Middle Dutch kūper a derivative of kūp ‘tub container’ which was borrowed independently into English as coop). The prevalence of the surname its cognates and equivalents bears witness to the fact that this was one of the chief specialist trades in the Middle Ages throughout Europe. In North America the English surname has absorbed some cases of like-sounding cognates from other languages for example Dutch Kuiper . Americanized form of Jewish (Ashkenazic) Kupfer and Kupper (see Kuper ). Dutch: occupational name for a buyer or merchant Middle Dutch coper.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Hooper, Copper, Boozer, Comer, Booker, Couper, Coomer, Coover
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Plot No. GR4

Annie Isabella Cooper 1995

Plot No.2060

Mary Cooper 1849
Eliza Cooper 1851
Eliza Cooper 1852
Ann Cooper 1853
Alice Ann Cooper 1854
John Cooper 1867

Plot No. 2061

Richard Warrener Cooper 1860
Dorothy Cooper 1893

Anna Isabella COOPER AG510

Mary COOPER Plot 2060

Richard Warrener COOPER Plot 2061

Inscription

In Loving Memory
Of
Annie Isabella
Cooper
Died 22nd January 1995
Aged 81 Years

In Memory Of
Mary Cooper The Wife Of
John Cooper, Surgeon
Of This Town, Who
Died May 28th 1849
Aged 69 Years.
Also The Following
Children, Daughters Of
Richard And Dorothy Cooper
And Grand Daughters Of
The Above-Named Mary
Cooper Who All Died
In Their Infancy.
Viz Eliza Died January 29th 1851
Eliza Died August 29th 1852
Ann Died June 19th 1853
Also Alice Ann Who Died Nov
15th 1854 Aged 9 Weeks
Also John Cooper, Surgeon
Husband Of The Above-Named
Mary Cooper Who Died Feb
10th 1867 Aged 77 Years

In
Loving And Tender Memory
Of
Richard Warrener Cooper
Surgeon, Hirst Grove, Birstwith
Who Entered Into Rest May 3rd 1860
Aged 40 Years
“He Is Not Dead But Sleepeth”
Also
Dorothy, Wife Of The Above
Who Passed From This
To A Better Life, July 15th 1893
Aged 69 Years
“I Heard My Saviour’s Voice Saying “Come”

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Plot No.	Name	Burial Date	Age
2060	Alice Ann COOPER	15 November 1854	0
2060	Ann COOPER	19 June 1853	0
4	Anna Isabella COOPER	31 January 1995	81
2061	Dorothy COOPER	18 July 1893	69
#	Eleanor COOPER	16 July 1928	72
2060	Eliza COOPER	29 January 1851	0
2060	Eliza COOPER	29 August 1852	0
#	Jane COOPER	10 January 1919	74
2060	John COOPER	10 February 1857	77
#	John Fenwick COOPER	10 September 1892	69
2060	Mary COOPER	26 May 1849	69
2061	Richard Warrener COOPER	6 May 1860	40
#	Susannah COOPER	24 November 1896	89

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