Askrigg, Railway Station 1911
Photo ref:
63466
Photo ref:
63466
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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.
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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
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 ...see more
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