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Historic maps of Oughtershaw and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Oughtershaw maps
Oughtershaw photos
We have no photos of Oughtershaw, although we do have photos of these nearby places: Buckden, Stalling Busk, Gayle, Hawes, Semer Water, Hubberholme, Countersett, Wensleydale, Hardrow, Sedbusk, Horton-In-Ribblesdale, Bainbridge, AskriggOughtershaw books
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Yorkshire Coastal Memories Photographic Memories
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Ilkley Town and City Memories
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Yorkshire County Memories
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Memories of Oughtershaw
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The House on the left of the photo was my Nanna And Grandad's house.
Shared on 24 January 2007
I had the best nights out of my life in the George Inn after working at Greenfield Estate where I met my late wife Beth Connel. We married at Hubberholme Church in 1984 and moved to Horton. The George was full of local characters the landlord Bill Jones lived there with his mum (Mar) and Dad Elise who told you off... [more]
Shared on 08 February 2007
My great-great-great-grandad was a blacksmith at Countersett - and I am thinking of coming over from Lincoln to see if there are any Metcalfes buried in the churchyard. He was born in 1805, and married Elizabeth Armstrong who was born 1811.
Shared on 27 October 2009
Winnville opposite Askrigg Post Office was the residence of George Winn and his wife Elizabeth. George was born in 1808 in Nappa Hall Askrigg along with his brothers Richard Metcalfe Winn and John Winn who became the vicar of St Andrews Church in Aysgarth. George followed the family tradition and became a solicitor.
His son William Edmund Metcalfe Winn was... [more]
Shared on 06 July 2006
This photo shows Cragg Farm painted white and Sweetbriar Cottage attached. My mother was Margaret Jane Carr and was born and raised at Cragg Farm. She was 16 years old in 1926 when this photo was taken.
She married Roland Calverley at Kettlewell Church in June of 1935 and moved near Bradford. As a family we used... [more]
Shared on 05 January 2008
William Stockdale, a corn merchant and my great grandfather, married Margaret Baxter in Austwick many years ago.They had 5 children, Robert, Ellen, Clara, Fred and Maude. The latter, born in 1880 was my grandmother. Clara and Fred emigrated to Canada in the early 1900s. Robert, who never actually married went to Giggleswick Grammar School, got a degree from Oxford, then taught... [more]
Shared on 05 March 2007
The two girls crossing the Brokken Bridge ....one is certainly my friend who lived opposite. The other is perhaps myself. Our families moved but we still go back to visit and have recently met up after 50yrs!!
Shared on 02 April 2008
Extracts From Oughtershaw & North Yorkshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Oughtershaw, inspired by Frith photos.
Just south of the abbey's cliffs lie these rocks, which show the inroads made by the alum mining industry during the previous centuries. Before the chemists discovered a simpler method of fixing the dyes used in cloth manufacturing, alum was successfully used for this purpose. It had first to be extracted from rich mineral-bearing stone. This was mined locally both at Saltwick and Sandsend, and... [more]
This is an extract from Whitby Photographic Memories.
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The railway line continues past the houses and the stone bridge of East Row, whilst the flow from the beck makes a tempting paddling pool. Bathing machines were still in use at this time, as we see on the right.
This is an extract from Whitby Photographic Memories.
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Nestling in the shelter of Lythe Bank, the ancient village holds the homes of many of the men who worked in the alum industry and on local estates. Alum was a chemical used in tanning leather and in the dyeworks to fix the dye used in the weaving industry. It was mined and extracted from local stone in the Whitby district,... [more]
This is an extract from Whitby Photographic Memories.
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Read more and see photos from this book.
