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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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Hampsthwaite Parish Council meetings are held normally on the second Tuesday of every other month (May, July, Sept, Nov, Jan, Mar) starting at 7.30pm in the Village Room - all welcome. - Click here for the Parish Council website (or click on the image of the Village Room)
- Click here for Details of the work of the Community PayBack Teams
Hampsthwaite Housing 2025
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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Search HERE for HBC Planning Applications and Appeals by keyword, application reference, postcode or by a single line of an address.
Representations made via Public Access will be available on the Comments tab. Those made either by post or email will be listed on this page and whilst it will say 'Not Available' the comments can be viewed under the Documents tab.
Useful contacts:Parish Council websitehttp://www.hampsthwaite-pc.org.uk/ Clerk to the Council: clerk@hampsthwaite-pc.org.uk Harrogate Borough Council:
Planning DDS - PlanningEnquiries@harrogate.gov.uk
Customer services - customerservices@harrogate.gov.uk
Dog Warden tel.01423 556633
Website www.harrogate.gov.uk
Tel.OI423 500600
District Councillor : Michael Harrison Email: cllr.michael.harrison@northyorks.gov.uk North Yorkshire County CouncilCustomer services - customer.services@northyorks.gov.uk
Highways/footpaths/street lighting - Tel.08458 727374
County Councillor : Michael Harrison Email: cllr.michael.harrison@northyorks.gov.uk
Environment Agency 08708 506506 / 08459 881188
Police PCSO Lucy Walker (PCSO 5032) - Dial 101, press option 2 and ask for Lucy Walker or collar number PCSO 5032. Email: lucy.walker@northyorkshire.police.uk
Fire & Rescue tel.01423 504082
Yorkshire Water tel.08451 242424
Hampsthwaite Parish Council Hampsthwaite Parish Council meetings are held normally on the second Tuesday of every other month (May, July, Sept, Nov, Jan, Mar) starting at 7.30pm in the Village Room - all welcome. - Click here for the Parish Council website (or click on the image of the Village Room)
- Click here for Details of the work of the Community PayBack Teams
Hampsthwaite Parish Council
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