Askrigg, Main Street 1914
Photo ref:
67231
Photo ref:
67231
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One of Askrigg's main industries was clockmaking, and it is said that more timepieces were made here than anywhere else in the North Riding. Other local industries included brewing, spinning, dyeing, cotton and worsted manufacture and lead mining.
An extract from Yorkshire Photographic Memories.
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After Thomas Metcalfe who owned Nappa Hall had died it was inherited by the Weddells. The Weddells let Nappa Hall to John Winn christened 1738 Thornton Steward and his wife Elizabeth I'anson (9th generation decendant of Captain John I'anson who fought at Bosworth with Henry Tudor and settled in Hauxwell). Elizabeth's brother Christopher I'anson lived in Nappa Mill until he died 1802. John and Elizabeth's only son ...see more
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