Hampsthwaite, The Village Green c.1955
Photo ref: H190007
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This is a corner of the village green at Hampsthwaite, five miles from Harrogate on the banks of the River Nidd. Hampsthwaite was the family home of William Makepeace Thackeray, and its parish church of St Thomas à Becket has Saxon origins.

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