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Askrigg books (6 available)
- 4 photos on Askrigg appear in 2 Frith books - View photos of Askrigg
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Askrigg memories
Read and share memories of Askrigg and North Yorkshire inspired by Frith photos
Winnville
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 born in Winnville in 1845 and followed his father and became a solicitor also. George, as was his father, was one of the four men of Askrigg (a local councillor). Winnville is now the White Rose Hotel.
Contributed by Julie Brutnell
North Yorkshire memories
Winnville
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 born in Winnville in 1845 and followed his father and became a solicitor also. George, as was his father, was one of the four men of Askrigg (a local councillor). Winnville is now the White Rose Hotel.
A memory of Askrigg contributed by Julie Brutnell
My Grandad's house
The House on the left of the photo was my Nanna And Grandad's house.
A memory of Hawes contributed by Angela Redford
redmire children
My great great grandparents arrived in Redmire in the 1840s or thereabouts.
This photo was taken in 1929 when my mother would have been about nine or ten. She was born in Redmire in 1921 to George and Ellenor Miller who had five more children William, Ethel, Lillian, John and Mary. The family were all stonemasons through the census years. My interest is in this photo. The girl with the longest hair resembles my eldest daughter. Can anyone name her or her family? I would be very grateful. I myself spent quite a few times up there in the summer holidays and stayed with my grandad and uncle John at the Railway Cottages where they lived. Has anyone got any ...read more here
A memory of Redmire contributed by josiephine bell
Extracts From Askrigg & North Yorkshire books
Askrigg station is on the North Eastern Railway route between Northallerton and a conection with the Midland Railway
at Hawes. Askrigg closed to passengers in April 1945, but remained open for goods traffic for another ten years.
An extract from from"50 Classics - Railways".
The staff of Askrigg post office pose for the cameraman. Many of the buildings along the main street are imposing, three-storey houses, dating from the period when the town was a centre for lead-mining, cotton and worsted manufacture. Only the ordinary workers lived in nearby dilapidated cottages.
An extract from from"North Yorkshire Photographic Memories".
Askrigg was already prosperous when the Domesday Book was being compiled. The town continued as the leading industrial and commercial centre for Upper Wensleydale until 1699, when Hawes was granted a market charter. From then on, Askrigg went into decline.
An extract from from"North Yorkshire Photographic Memories".
St Oswald’s parish church at Askrigg is the mother church of Wensleydale, and it is easily the largest church in the dale. The late-Perpendicular building is situated in a commanding position in the village, near the ancient market cross (left).
An extract from from"North Yorkshire Living Memories".
Three-storeyed 18th-century town houses, including the King’s Arms Hotel in the middle distance, line the Market Place of Askrigg, a pleasant village in Upper Wensleydale. Note the stone base of the road sign on the left.
An extract from from"North Yorkshire Living Memories".