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| Information about HampsthwaiteHampsthwaite is a North Yorkshire village 5 miles north west of Harrogate and lying to the south of the river Nidd. See Notices and Events for details of Hampsthwaite events and activities What is AmazonSmile?AmazonSmile is a website operated by Amazon that lets customers enjoy the same wide selection of products, low prices, and convenient shopping features as on amazon.co.uk. The difference is that when customers shop through AmazonSmile, Amazon will donate 0.5% of the net purchase price (excluding VAT, returns and shipping fees) of eligible purchases to the charitable organisations selected by customers. LATEST COVID NEWS See: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/national-lockdown-stay-at-home?priority-taxon=774cee22-d896-44c1-a611-e3109cce8eae&fbclid=IwAR1JZcWoC3I2bYC4yYrTB96mYHsAifR5XxBIDgGr-1rq-79DXA6Aw3c1Mo8 Link to previous announcements from UK Gov and ACRE Memorial Hall COVID Guidance and Procedures.Following Lockdown, Village and Community Halls were able to accommodate indoor sport and exercise, dancing classes and certain other performance-related activity from 25th July 2020. Change of Times: STARTING AUGUST 3rdThe Mobile Post Office service for Hampsthwaite will now call at the Memorial Hall each Thursday afternoon between 13.50hrs and 15.5hrs Businesses encouraged to register on online marketplaceA new website has been launched to enable North Yorkshire businesses and tradespeople who can work under Covid-19 restrictions to share what they offer with customers who need their services. North Yorkshire Buy Local has been created by North Yorkshire County Council and can be found at www.northyorks.gov.uk/buy-local. Businesses and tradespeople that continue to provide essential goods and services during the outbreak are being encouraged to register now on this online marketplace. Businesses can register on the site at www.northyorks.gov.uk/buy-localHampsthwaite Memorial Hall Lottery Page - now LIVE!A £1 ticket gets you the chance to win £25,000 - and much better odds than the National Lottery! Plus lots of other prizes!In addition, our Memorial Hall benefits from 50% of ticket sales which are purchased via our web page - what's not to like? Help us get new toilets and make our stage area even better for the amazing productions regularly put on there. Get as many of your friends as you can to buy a weekly ticket - and that can include friends and family from anywhere in the UK! Hampsthwaite is designated as a Conservation Area and the area to the north and west of Hampsthwaite is recognised as an Area of Great Landscape Value The village has a mixed population of approximately 1200, living mainly alongside two main streets and within a more recent housing development, who enjoy the benefits of a close, mutually supportive community and access to a wide range of facilities. These include a Village Room and the Memorial Hall for larger events, post office, shop, and Joiners' Arms. Visit our History section for more information on Hampsthwaite past. An Interactive Map of Hampsthwaite is available which provides links to database entries on many locations in the village. Yorkshire Industrial Heritage Online Recording and Communicating Yorkshire's Industrial Heritage - this searchable database of Yorkshire's industrial heritage includes some references to places and people in Hampsthwaite. The aim of YIHO is to provide free web access to information about Industrial Heritage Sites within the historic county of Yorkshire. YIHO is a fully searchable database, that has been developed by a group of Industrial History Societies, and which aims to provide an on-line repository for members' knowledge, photographs research notes, audio, and sound recording of industrial sites, artefacts and processes. Hampsthwaite CE Primary School is at the heart of the village and the focus for many community activities. Link to Hampsthwaite in Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The entry includes a comprehensive listing of other sites relating to Hampsthwaite obtained by clicking on the Map sources for Hampsthwaite link at the bottom of the page. The National Library of Scotland has an online 'Map images' resource you can access and view all the maps they have scanned as high-resolution, colour, zoomable images. The maps date between 1560 and 1964 and although relate primarily to Scotland they also have maps of areas beyond Scotland, including old maps of Hampsthwaite.
The easiest way of finding material relating to any particular location is to use the Find by Place search tool. Note also that there is also a Side by Side tool which enables you to view an old map alongside a modern view to compare them. Link to Streetmap.co.uk to see street maps of the village and surrounding area. Link to Google Maps to see street maps, get directions on how to get here and search for local businesses. Link to Flood maps enter your Post Code to see where the Environment Agency estimates there may be floodplains if the river rises above its banks. Link to 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. The original Hampsthwaite village web site remains as an archive and may still be accessed by clicking here Information about Hampsthwaite Hampsthwaite is a North Yorkshire village 5 miles north west of Harrogate and lying to the south of the river Nidd. See Notices and Events for details of Hampsthwaite events and activities |