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Tollerton maps
Historic maps of Tollerton and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Tollerton maps
Tollerton photos
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Linton On Ouse| Newton On Ouse| Easingwold| Great Ouseburn| Sutton-On-The-Forest| Crayke| Stillington| Green Hammerton| Helperby| Kirk Hammerton| Skelton| Brandsby
Tollerton area books
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Memories of Tollerton
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The Old Fox And Goose
We moved to the old Fox and Goose (next to the tiny shop and just up the road from the Blue Bell pub) in 1962. I was 8 and my brother 3. We stayed for around 2 years. My Dad worked for Alne Brick Co. My Mum cleaned houses. Our long narrow back garden was knee deep in daffodils - I have loved them ever since. There was a cellar beneath the old pub that was now our home and an air raid shelter out the back. I went to the tiny village school at the end of the road, all ages in one class together. My best friend was Ruth who lived at the vicarage and she taught me to ride a bike. My brother and I spent many, many happy hours tadpoling in the stream behind the school with our friends. It was a magical time and I carry the tranquility and beauty of that time with me always.
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 !
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
Linton Lock, Linton on Ouse
My family, the Wilkinsons, were Lockeepers from 1851, and left between 1891 and 1901.
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.
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 to Haxby. Joan's mum, Edna, used to make her own icecream in the kitchen on hot summer days. In the winter the house occassionally used to flood and the family had to escape from the rising waters in a boat which was tied at the back door.
Linton Locks
I remember Linton Locks very well as the upper lock gate enabled me to visit the Power Station that was manned 24hrs a day, year in year out. There were three attendents, Aleck Musgrove, an unknown, and Ernest Muir. In the 1940's the power station was generating electricity for the York Electric Supply Co. To feed the turbines with power to turn them, the water came from the river via "The Cut" which was of course was at a higher level than that found below the dam. To stop foriegn objects being dragged into the turbine blades there was an iron grill on the input side of building.This grill also made the "Island" accessable to anyone wanting to go there to swim/paddle. It sure was paneful to the feet if you had no shoes on. Having reached the top of the dam it was safe to paddle here as there was a concrete bottom at only 3 feet deep. Providing one kept within 20 feet of the edge of dam... Read more
