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THIS COMING WEEKEND 21st and 22nd JUNE!I am delighted to announce that 38 young soldiers from22 Platoon at the Army Foundation College will be hosted here todo 'good works' around the village towards their Duke of Edinburgh Award.Please welcome them, thank them, and if you wish, join them!They will be working 1030hrs - 1530hrs around Feast Field on Saturday,followed by Memorial Hall then Village Centreand ending at the churchyard on Sunday.Our Community PayBack Team have kindly loaned several gardening tools,we have sourced others, but if you are able to loan any, especially clippers,trimmers, shears, forks or half moons etc. that would be very helpful.Please label them bring along to leave in the Memorial Hall Foyer
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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).
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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!
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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
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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.
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| Feast Results
Record of past results at Hampsthwaite Village Feast
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| | Sir Frederick Aykroyd Cup | Sid Steele Plate | Wainwright Cup | Bob McLean Cup | | | | 2014 | Harry Mills
Isabel Miles | Hattie Miles | Isaac Mills | Hattie Miles
Isaac Mills
Lucy Carswell | | 2013 | Harry Mills | Abigail Beecroft | Finlay Garnham
Jack Golby | Jack Golby | | 2012 | Finlay Garnham | Olivia le Brocq | Harry Mills | Olivia le Brocq
Hattie Miles
Freddie Harris | | 2011 | Louis Golby | Fiona Boulton | Jack Golby | Danny Booth | | 2010 | Fiona Boulton | Kathlene Shrimpton | George Boulton | | 2009 | Philippa Ashworth | Rebecca Shrimpton | Ollie England | | 2008 | Rebecca Shrimpton
Hayley Ashworth | Ellie Phillips
Katherine Shrimpton | Tom Hailwood | | 2007 | Emily Nelson | Rebecca Shrimpton | Tom Hailwood
James Franklin | | 2006 | Jessica Beecroft | Rebecca Shrimpton | Joshua Filtness | | 2005 | Emily Rowntree | Fiona Boulton
Megan Jackson-Argent | Ashley Evans | | 2004 | Emily Rowntree | Katie Coulter | Harry Hailwood
Tom Hailwood | | 2003 | Benjamin Wood | Katie Coulter | Shaun Coulter | | 2002 | Scarlett Weston | Katie Coulter | Harry Hailwood | | 2001 | Joshua Filtness | Lily Driffill | Adam Hudson | | 2000 | Scarlett Weston | Michelle Fallon | Benjamin Moss | | 1999 | Rosie Driffill
Edward Moss | Jade Splisbury | Benjamin Wood | | 1998 | Hannah Wood | Jade Spilsbury | Ryan Collett |
Notes on Trophies: - Sir Frederick Aykroyd Cup - first presented to the village in 1937 and awarded to the boy or girl gaining most points overall from both Indoor Competitions and Sports.
- Sid Steel Plate - donated by a past member of the committee and awarded to the girl gaining most points overall from both Indoor Competitions and Sports.
- Wainwright Cup - donated in 1998 by a previous Feast Honorary Secretary, George Wainwright, and awarded to the boy gaining most points overall from both Indoor Competitions and Sports.
- Bob McLean Trophy - donated in 2011 by Hampsthwaite Village Society in memory of one of its past Chairs and awarded to the boy or girl gaining most points in Feast Sports
Feast Champion Tests of skill, strength, speed and stamina initiated in 2014 and organised by the Army Foundation College. Winner 2014: Jessica Oakley | Feast Marathon 2014 |
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| Results | | Winner | Name | Time | | Men | | 1st | Henry Stott | 14.43 | | Women | | 1st | Vicky Carswell | 17.42 | | Under16 (boy) | | 1st | George Philips | 16.00 | | Under16 (girl) | | 1st | Phoebe Hewick | 18.32 |
Course Records | | Men | Andy Harris | 13.44 | 2013 | | Women | Vicky Carswell | 16.13 | 2010 | | Under 16 (boys) | Henry Stott | 14.43 | 2014 | | Under 16 (girls) | Phoebe Hewick | 18.32 | 2014 |
Visit Hampsthwaite Village web site archive to view details of the Feast from earlier years
Feast Results Record of past results at Hampsthwaite Village Feast
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