Linton On Ouse, North Yorkshire

The Atkinson Family

My Grandma, Joan Atkinson, was born at Linton-on Ouse in 1927. Her father was the lock keeper there for a number of years and the family lived in the house in the photograph. Joan was the eldest of four children, three of whom were born at Linton-on-Ouse including Betty and Ian. The youngest child, June, was born when the family moved... [more]

Atkinsons of Linton

My mother, Joan Atkinson, was born at Linton lock in 1927. Her father was the lock keeper. She lived there for a few years before the family moved to Haxby.

Linton Lock, Linton on Ouse

My family, the Wilkinsons, were Lockeepers from 1851, and left between 1891 and 1901.

Linton-on-Ouse Lock

My ancestor, the Atkinson family lived in this house on the 1901 census, other family members controlled a lock in Leeds

Living at Linton Lock

My grandfather Bertie Dawson was the Lock Keeper for several years.  I also lived there from around 1953 for 3 years, very happy memories !

North Yorkshire Living Memories

Linton-on-Ouse is situated north-west of York in the broad Vale of York. It is a quiet day at the lock: the lock keeper's cottage, a neat and tidy 18th-century structure, waits for passing traffic, but the river seems deserted.

York Pocket Album

The covered way at the side of J Todd's Grocer and Tea Dealer was built for the vicars-choral, so that they could cross from where they lived in Bedern to the Minster Yard without being molested.The grocer's became an office for the National Trust in 1903. It was situated where College Street joins Goodramgate on the eastern side.

York Pocket Album

The covered way at the side of J Todd's Grocer and Tea Dealer was built for the vicars-choral, so that they could cross from where they lived in Bedern to the Minster Yard without being molested.The grocer's became an office for the National Trust in 1903. It was situated where College Street joins Goodramgate on the eastern side.