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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

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Memorial Photos - Felliscliffe Chapel-of-Ease

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Ellis Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Elis an Old French vernacular form of Elias the Latin and New Testament Greek form of Hebrew Eliyahu; see Elijah and compare Elias Lias Ely . This surname is also common among African Americans. English: possibly in some instances from the Middle English female personal name Elice a pet form of Elizabeth . Welsh: from Elis a shortened form of the Welsh personal name Elisse (earlier Elisedd a derivative of elus ‘kindly benevolent’). As usual in Welsh the stress in Elisse is on the penultimate syllable -li- which shifts to initial El- when the name is shortened to Elis. It later became confused with Ellis in 1 above. Americanized form of some original Jewish (Ashkenazic) surname (most likely based on Yiddish form of the Biblical personal name Elijah).
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Allis, Mellis, Bellis, Bellin, Valis, Elles, Kellis, Tillis, Wells
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Illingworth

Illingworth Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire): habitational name from Illingworth in Yorkshire. The placename derives from the Old English personal name Ylla or Illa + the Old English connective -ing- + worth ‘enclosure’. See also Ellingsworth .
Ellingsworth Name Meaning
English: variant of Illingworth a habitational name from Illingworth Yorkshire from the Old English personal name Illa or Ylla (a short form of various personal names containing the first element hild ‘strife battle’) + the Old English connective -ing- + worth ‘enclosure’.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Killingsworth, Hollingsworth, Longworth, Hainsworth, Ainsworth
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Wheelhouse

Wheelhouse Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire): topographic or occupational name for someone living near or working at a wheelhouse from Middle English whele ‘wheel’ + hous ‘house’. According to Reaney the reference is often to a house near a dammed-up stream where a cutler ground his knives on a small water-wheel. The compound is not attested as a vocabulary word in this or any other sense before the 19th century although the surname William de Whelehous is found in 1379.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Greenhouse, Waterhouse, Whitehouse, Fieldhouse, Newhouse, Hillhouse
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Memorial Photos - St Thomas a'Becket - 1-1000

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Memorial Photos - St Thomas a'Becket - 1001-2000

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Memorial Photos - St Thomas a'Becket - 2001 - 3000

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Memorial Photos - St Thomas a'Becket -3001-4000

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Andrews

Andrews Name Meaning
English: variant of Andrew with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This is the usual southern English patronymic form also found in Wales; the Scottish and northern English form is Anderson . In North America this surname has absorbed various cognates from other languages e.g. Polish Andrzejewski Slovenian Andrejčič Serbian and Croatian Andrić (see Andric ) and Czech Ondráček (see Ondracek ). Irish and Scottish: Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Aindreis or Irish Mac Aindriú see McAndrew
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Andreas, Andrew, Andres, Drews, Andrea, Andris, Anders, Andre
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts