Aysgarth
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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
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
Autons of Leyburn
My gggggrandfather,lived At Hammer Gate in 1841.
His son James moved with his family to Grove Square.1851
James's brother William lived at 24 Market place in 1861
The family of James Autons then moved to 74 Commercial Square1861
Only my gggg Uncle William stayed in Leyburn .He was a Solicitors Clerk.
He and his wife.ran the Stamp office at 43 High St, they were also Glass and China Dealers. 1891.In 1901 uncle William moved to 6 Commerial Sq
Some of my cousins lived at Grove Square.
A memory of Leyburn contributed by First name Last name
Norman Barber - watchmaker and jeweller
The jaguar on the right belonged to Norman Barber and was parked outside his shop in Leyburn. At this time my husband, Cedric Barber, was probably in class at Leyburn County Primary School (now an old peoples' home). Cedric's second cousin, Janet Green, lives a short distance from the scene of this photograph.
A memory of Leyburn contributed by JEAN BARBER
Extracts From Aysgarth & North Yorkshire books
A part of the Aysgarth Force. On the left is the parish church of St Andrew, which, though medieval in origin, was rebuilt in the 19th century. It does, however, contain two carved screens, and a reading desk thought to come from Jervaulx Abbey.
An extract from from"North Yorkshire Photographic Memories".
The village owes its fame to Aysgarth Force, which comprises three main waterfalls, and a number of cascades. The upper falls can still be viewed from a 16th century single-arch bridge over the Ure.
An extract from from"North Yorkshire Photographic Memories".
Lying about ten miles
east of Hawes, Aysgarth
is famous for a series of
waterfalls on the River
Ure, the upper of which
can still be viewed from
a 16th-century single
arched bridge. The
village became popular
with visitors to the falls.
An extract from from"50 Classics - Beautiful Villages".
Aysgarth is a tidy little village in central Wensleydale carrying a name which gives away its Norse origins. The war memorial honouring the dead of the two World Wars is seen here in the centre. Aysgarth is perhaps best known for its spectacular series of waterfalls where the River Ure dashes over a series of shelves of limestone in the riverbed.
An extract from from"North Yorkshire Living Memories".
Some women artists paint the view of Richmond from across the River Swale. In the left distance
can be seen smoke rising from the gasworks beside the falls. Richmond had one of the earliest
gasworks in Europe, built in 1820 to provide street lighting for the fashionable Georgian town.
An extract from from"Richmond Photographic Memories".