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Askrigg, Post Office 1911
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The staff of Askrigg post office pose for the cameraman. Many of the buildings along the main street are imposing, three-storey houses, dating from the period when the town was a centre for lead-mining, cotton and worsted manufacture. Only the ordinary workers lived in nearby dilapidated cottages.

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Memories of Askrigg, Post Office 1911

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. These memories are of Askrigg, Post Office 1911

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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