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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

Census returns for Thimbleby House

Thimbleby House

1841	Bilton Wilson (62) Independent Sarah Wilson (30)
1851	Ann Simpson (Head) s (52) Gentlewoman Arthur W. M. Close nephew (5) Clergyman's son Mary Leake (28) Houseservant
1861	Bilton J. Wilson (82) Landed proprietor 23 acres Sarah Wilson wife (50) Margaret Hardisty s (55) Cook Esther Atkinson s (21) Housemaid
1871 Village	Robert S. Close m (59) Vicar Kirby Ravensworth Maria Close wife (52) Elisabeth Stoddart (18) Housemaid
1881 Bilton Garth	Robert S. Close mar (69) Vicar of Kirby Ravensworth Maria Close wife (63) Edward Close unmarr son (23) Nora E. Close daughter (21) Ellen Pattinson servant (21) Cook Hannah Hodgson housemaid (23)
1891 Bilton Garth	Frederick H. Saunders (42) General Practitioner Margaret wife (35) Charles Chambers s (40) Boarder living on own means ? Sidebottom m (47) Cotton Merchant Arthur N. Neville s (31) Assistant-studying medicine John Culverwell wid (50) Butler, Domestic Servant Isabella Dodsworth s (20) Cook Susannah Barker s (18) Housemaid Myddleton Morrell s (19) Groom
1901 Bilton Garth	John Ashby (44) Surgeon Jane E. Ashby (37) wife Joe E. Ashby (11) son Harold C. Ashby (9) son John Ashby (4) son George S. Ashby (7 months) son Elizabeth Brown (37) Cook Hetty Fletcher (22) Housemaid Winifred M. Wood (19) Nurse Alexander Lawson (29) Visitor-Physician & Surgeon
1911 Bilton Garth	Ashby John m.22years (54) Surgeon Jane Ellen m. (47) Harold Crowther s. (19) Architect's apprentice George Stanley s. (10) Scholar Brown Elizabeth (42) Cook Fletcher Harriet Ann (32) Housemaid

N.B. The returns for 1841 - 1871 do not use the description "Bilton Garth" but it has been assumed that it was the same dwelling visited throughout the entire period of the census returns.

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