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Thornton Rust maps
Historic maps of Thornton Rust and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Thornton Rust maps
Thornton Rust photos
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Worton| Aysgarth| Askrigg| Bainbridge| Carperby| Newbiggin| West Burton| Countersett| Semer Water| Stalling Busk| Castle Bolton| Redmire| Wensleydale| Low Row| West Witton| Sedbusk| Gunnerside| Preston Under Scar| Carlton| Muker| Yockenthwaite| Grinton| Thwaite
Thornton Rust area books
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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.
Wellock
My great great great grandmother Margaret Wellock was born in this village in 1811. She married Mathew Edward Bywell from Middleham and lived most of her life in West Witton. She later lived in Aysgarth were she died and is buried in the churchyard there. I wonder if there are any Wellocks still living in the village.
BLACKSMITH
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.
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 old photos they could let me see, school ones maybe? The view from the Railway Cottages is breathtaking over the village. I love the place like a passion. I was up there last summer and it has not changed a bit from what I can remember. The Railway Cottages... Read more
Summertime at Overdale Cottage
I have happy childhood memories of a summer my brother and I spent in Burtersett. We, along with our mother had travelled from our home in Canada and were visiting our grandparents William and Ethel Lawson, and our aunt Joan at Overdale Cottage. The four hundred plus year old cottage, was across the lane from the Thwaite Farm and I remember that kind family providing great company and new experiences. We watched the birthing of a calf, and participated in the 'haymaking' which, for us lucky kids, consisted of riding the wagon - perched high up on the bails of hay as they were brought to their rightful place in a barn. I remember hiking the dale to a lake for afternoon swims (Semerwater I believe it is called), and walking a path through the fields to Hawes on Market Day. The only store in Burtersett was also a source of entertainment; the shopkeeper always appearing happy to see us. I also remember antagonizing a bull in the fields for... Read more
My Grandad's House
The House on the left of the photo was my Nanna And Grandad's house.
The Dales
I cycled with my friend Mike Porter and also several times with another friend Derrick Wheatley when we were in the Richmond Cycling Club.
