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  • 22 Platoon from Army Foundation College

    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 

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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).

  • 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!

  • 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

  • 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.
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Memorial Hall Documentation

The main repository for all Hampsthwaite Memorial Hall policies, guidance and related documentation.
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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.

The Memorial Hall Management Committee have now conducted a Risk Assessment and is taking a steps to qualify the hall as being COVID-19 Secure. Revised Conditions of Hire and associated guidance have been produced with a view to our being able to accept bookings and resume most activities from September 1st 2020 - see Memorial Hall and COVID-19.

Memorial Hall Conveyance (and Constitution) 1953

The present Hall was built in 1967 and commemorates the lives and sacrifice of those villagers who fell in the two World Wars. The Hall was not the first such structure on the site - it had been preceded by a more fragile building which was destroyed by fire on the 10th January 1966.

This Conveyance sets out the legal basis on which the Memorial Hall and its management are established and serves as the Constitution for the Memorial Hall Management Committee.
A re-typed reconstruction of the Conveyance of 1953A re-typed reconstruction of the Conveyance of 1953 (514k bytes)
A scan of the original Conveyance documentA scan of the original Conveyance document (2.13M bytes)
Memorial Hall Booking Form
. . . and related matters including:
  • Scale of Charges (provided for budgeting purposes and subject to change without notice).
  • Maximum Room Capacities (in the context of different usages)
  • Emergency Procedures in Case of Fire
  • Risk Assessment Policy and Record
  • Health and Safety Policy and Accident Record
  • Internet Acceptable Use Policy
  • Complaints Procedure
Memorial Hall Booking Form and Hire AgreementMemorial Hall Booking Form and Hire Agreement (491k bytes)
Maximum Room CapacitiesMaximum Room Capacities (108k bytes)
Memorial Hall Emergency Procedures in Case of FireMemorial Hall Emergency Procedures in Case of Fire (279k bytes)
Risk Assessment PolicyRisk Assessment Policy (129k bytes)
Risk Assessment RecordRisk Assessment Record (84.5k bytes)
Health and Safety PolicyHealth and Safety Policy (97.6k bytes)
Accident Report FormAccident Report Form (114k bytes)
Internet Acceptable Use PolicyInternet Acceptable Use Policy (104k bytes)
Complaints ProcedureComplaints Procedure (95.3k bytes)
Afore Ye Go!Afore Ye Go! (120k bytes)
Memorial Hall Insurance, Licenses and Certificates
. . .  including:
  • Insurance  Certificate
  • Insurance  Schedule
  • MPLC Film Licence No.402026
  • Energy Performance Certificate
  • Logic Fire and Security
Employers Insurance CertificateEmployers Insurance Certificate (214k bytes)
Commercial Combined Insurance ScheduleCommercial Combined Insurance Schedule (119k bytes)
HBC Premises Licence (granted 2012)HBC Premises Licence (granted 2012) (73.6k bytes)
Public Use of Sound Recordings LicencePublic Use of Sound Recordings Licence (37.4k bytes)
The Music LicenceThe Music Licence (233k bytes)
MPLC 'Umbrella' Film Licence ExplainedMPLC 'Umbrella' Film Licence Explained (207k bytes)
MPLC Rightsholders: 
For an up-to-date list of film companies and distrubutors covered by the MPLC Umbrella Licence go to: https://uk.mplc.com/our-rightsholders/
Energy Performance CertificateEnergy Performance Certificate (83k bytes)
Logic Fire and Security Certificates
Fire Detection and Alarm CertificateFire Detection and Alarm Certificate (97.6k bytes)
Fire Extinguisher CertificateFire Extinguisher Certificate (89.7k bytes)
Emergency Lighting CertificateEmergency Lighting Certificate (362k bytes)
PAT Testing CertificatePAT Testing Certificate (89.7k bytes)
PAT Test RegisterPAT Test Register (45.7k bytes)
Memorial Hall Management Policies and Procedures
. . .  including:
  • Conflict of Interest Policy
  • Procurement Policy
  • Safeguarding Policy
  • Equality Policy
  • Volunteers Policy
Conflict of Interest PolicyConflict of Interest Policy (92.8k bytes)
Procurement PolicyProcurement Policy (104k bytes)
Safeguarding PolicySafeguarding Policy (108k bytes)
Equality PolicyEquality Policy (94.6k bytes)
Volunteers PolicyVolunteers Policy (95.9k bytes)
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Memorial Hall Documentation
The main repository for all Hampsthwaite Memorial Hall policies, guidance and related documentation.