Caldbeck, Sheep Shearing c.1955
Photo ref: C567031
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Photo ref: C567031
Photo of Caldbeck, Sheep Shearing c.1955

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This scene on a Caldbeck farm has not changed for centuries. As the shearer on the right shears a Swaledale sheep, his mates on the left fold the fleeces in the time-honoured way, ready for selling. Caldbeck village is situated alongside the Scandale Beck near Ravenstonedale, on the northern flanks of the Howgill Fells, in an area rich in prehistory. It is fortunate to be bypassed by the A685 road to Kirkby Stephen.

A Selection of Memories from Caldbeck

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Caldbeck

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My great grandmother was Margaret James who with her husband John, were tenent farmers near Calbeck from about 1897 to the late 1920's or early 1930's. My Mother told me that as a young girl, she, my Mother, spent her summers 'at the family farm at Caldbeck', that would be in the 1920's. I am wondering if my great grandmother would be buried at Caldbeck? I did make a short visit to Caldbeck on a holiday to England about ...see more
As a child my father frequently told me that his father was buried next to John Peel in Caldbeck graveyard. I now live in Australia, but in 1997 I visited Caldbeck hoping to see my grandfather's grave. Unfortunately it was not in Caldbeck graveyard. A kind lady from the church shop helped me by showing me a complete map of all the graves in the churchyard. There was not a grave with the name James Rice on it. I ...see more