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| Hampsthwaite ResidentsA 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. Family names: Appleby, Atkinson, Baren, Barker, Busfield, Haxby, Hobkinson, Hough, Shuffe, Ridsdale, Whitley, Woodforde-Finden, Wray,  Walter and Ethel Appleby in 1916-17
Walter and Ethel Appleby in 1916-17
Walter and Ethel Appleby, the two youngest of the family of John and Sarah Ann (nee Brotherton) Appleby, who lived at Park View in The Hollins. It was taken when Walter was on leave from France about 1916-17 when Ethel was 18 years old. Ethel Appleby married John Horace Appleby, a well known joiner, on the 26th December 1924. In spring 1931 they went to live at the shop, which is now the Post Office, when the old Post Office was demolished for road widening. They became Postmaster and Postmistress. The photograph was sent in by Beatrice Rush (nee Appleby), who was the last Appleby to be born at Glen Allen on the 14th October 1926. She traces her family back to William Appleby, born 1790 at Brampton Green, near York, who came to The Hollins when he married Ann Leatham, born at Hampsthwaite in 1797. They had a large family, most born and living in The Hollins and marrying into local families. Beatrice's sister and brother were also born in the village  Ernest Atkinson's trip to the Wedgwood factory
 Tom and Ruth Baren
Tom and Ruth Baren
The 1901 census for Hampsthwaite shows Tom Baren living with his parents and five siblings at Saltergate Hill. Tom’s father, Edward, was a farmer there and he and his wife with their children seem to have arrived in the Hampsthwaite area after several years of living in Harrogate where Tom was born in 1876. By 1911 Tom had been married for nine years to Ruth Pumphrey (born 1869 at Ampney Crucis in Gloucestershire) and they lived in Hollins Lane in Hampsthwaite with their children Flora, Thomas, Wilfred and George (another child, Alice, was to be born in1913). Tom was employed as a general labourer. This photograph was obviously taken after 1914 for we see Tom in his Army uniform. He had enlisted in 1915. Sadly, Tom was killed in action in France in 1917 and his name is one of the twenty two names recorded on the village war memorial (click here to read about his war service)  Barton House
 Postcard with left to right: Harold, Ernest and Tom Barker
Barker Family History circa 1914-18
In 1887 in the registration district of Pateley Bridge, Frederick William Barker (1862 - 1930) born in Hampsthwaite, married Margaret Benson (1865 - 1899) born in Darley. Frederick’s occupation was a stone mason as was his father before him. They lived at Barton House on Hollins Lane in Hampsthwaite (now known as Throstles' Nest) and had 8 children;
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 Family of Frank Stephen Brown
Frank Stephen Brown with his parents Frank and Rebecca, his three sisters Alice Agnes, Annie, Elsie and younger brother Robert Edwin Brown.
Frank was employed as a farm labourer. This photograph must have been taken before 1918 because Rebecca died before her son was killed in action in France on 12th September 1918 at the age of 21. His name is one of the twenty two names recorded on the village war memorial (click here to read about his war service)  From left to right: Olive Haxby and husband Charles Askwith Haxby seated next to Mr and Mrs Fred Trembath.
Information provided by Mr David Haxby (son and resident in Hampsthwaite from 1936-1968 with a short break when doing National Service).  Ladies outside Finden Bungalows
Ladies outside Finden Bungalows
Left to right: Mrs Bussey, Miss Lane, Mrs Baren, Mrs Pawson, Mrs Emmett, Mrs Barker, Mrs Appleby (Nellie)  The Village Assembled
Photo of Hampsthwaite residents - believed to have been taken early 20th century (circa 1930)
 Members of the Hobkinson family
In this photograph we see members of the Hobkinson family which was part of village life for almost a century up to the 1960s. On the right is Frederick Hobkinson who was born in Starbeck, Harrogate in 1874 but by 1881 had moved with his parents to live in Hampsthwaite where his father worked as a platelayer. Frederick took up work as a shoemaker and in 1897 married Mary Jane Heward the Housekeeper & Cook to Doctor Ashby (see the article on Thimbleby House). The couple had removed to West Hartlepool by the time of the 1901 census and Frederick was manager of a shoe repair shop there for a short time before moving to Huddersfield. They returned to Hampsthwaite around 1920 and Frederick had a workshop here at the rear of “Marie Claire”. Later he seems to have worked from a cobbler’s shop near the Old Post Office (see the separate article) for it is said to have been later demolished for road widening. The family lived for a time in Finden Gardens until after the death of Mary Jane in 1947 when Frederick returned to Huddersfield.  Percy Townsend Hough
Percy Townsend Hough arrived as Headmaster of Hampsthwaite C.E. Primary School in 1925. He was highly regarded by villagers as a humane and excellent teacher who commanded great respect from the pupils. He had fought in the Great War as a Captain in the Royal Engineers and received the MC for gallantry. He was a tunneller, laying explosives under Vimy Ridge (described evocatively by Faulks in Birdsong).
He lived in the school house with his wife and son, Richard. He had a lovely garden with lots of roses and he had beehives, so the children got lessons in Bee-keeping. He died very young at the age of 44 in 1937. His widow continued to live on in the village for many years after his death and was an active Church member. View the articles below for accounts of his experiences in WW1:
Frank and Peggy Shuffe - Licensees at the Joiners Arms 1956-1977
Landlord Frank Shuffe is pictured at the bar of the Joiners Arms with Ronnie Burnet OBE - an English first-class cricketer and the last amateur captain of Yorkshire County Cricket Club. The Joiner's Landlord, as Frank Shufflebottom, was an English professional footballer who played as a right back for Bradford City and later became trainer at Valley Parade. Frank died at Harrogate Hospital on 7 February 1973 aged 55. Peggy continued on with their son, John, a keen sportsman until she retired in 1977.  Jane Ridsdale
JANE RIDSDALE The inscription reads: Aged 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 image of Jane is taken from the original 225mm x 305mm copperplate engraving/aquatint and scanned by Moira McTague. The print appears to have been made on a copper plate, of mixed technique: i.e. etching, aquatint, stipple, printed in colour, but with hand colouring too. The artist is John Raphael Smith, a well-known, respected painter and engraver 1751- 1812 (He also engraved ‘The Chalybeate Well at Harrogate’ in 1796. It is interesting to note that Jane published and sold this print herself in Harrogate which she visited regularly. The Assembly Rooms (now the Mercer Gallery) opened in Harrogate in 1806 as a place where people would have enjoyed musical recitals, played cards, attended lectures, and read journals etc. It is possible that it was here Jane would have been able to sell her prints and ‘converse’ with the visiting public.  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. Hannah claimed that Horseman had threatened to kill her if she did not kill Thomas Rhodes, who lived in Hampsthwaite and also had a rival weaving business. Hannah Whitley’s culinary efforts had the desired effect as the pastry made the entire family ill, but instead of killing Thomas, it just resulted in the death of his five-year-old son Joseph Rhodes. Joseph is buried in Hampsthwaite St Thomas a Becket church. Even though she pointed the finger at Horseman, he was not prosecuted as there was no evidence. Hannah was sent to York prison and tried for the murder of Joseph Rhodes and hanged at Tyburn, York on 7th August 1789. Her body was sent to be used for dissection and research. The people at the dinner table in the Rhodes family were Thomas, the father and intended victim; Sarah, his wife, and their children Dinnah, Joseph (who died from the arsenic), and Hannah Rhodes.  Amy Woodforde-FindenA 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]  Maurice Wray aged 78 (2012) at the Boar Statue in Ripley, North Yorkshire.
Recollections of Hampsthwaite by Maurice Wray who was born in Chapel Allerton, Leeds in 1934 but whose mother, Dorothy Vivien Wray (nee Breaks) was born in Hampsthwaite in 1908 and was largely brought up there by her grandparents, William and Sarah Anne Busfield, who lived on Church Lane where Lamb Cottage is now.
Hampsthwaite Residents 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. |
