Bishop Monkton, The Village Stream c.1960
Photo ref: B339010
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Photo ref: B339010
Photo of Bishop Monkton, The Village Stream c.1960

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A Selection of Memories from Bishop Monkton

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 Bishop Monkton

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We moved here in 1978/9 when I was 4 to 8 - St John’s Crescent, and was heartbroken when my parents split 5 years later and we had to move with my mother back to Knaresborough. Lots of lovely memories. The old schoolhouse where we grew Hyacinths in the outside sheds in winter, the ponies in the field next to the path that led to the modern school building. The huge climbing frame that ...see more
This is where I grew up moving in when I was seven years old. I remember falling in the beck shortly after moving in as it was just across the road from the school. The locals always said that you weren't a local unless you fell into the beck. I remember that there were trout in it and some of the kids used to tickle them. Never got the hang of it myself. The Paper Mill and the Mechanics Institute were ...see more
We lived in Bishop Monkton for thirty seven years from 1967. The Post Office is now a private residence, as is the village shop (Central Stores). Central Stores was run by a guy called Mitchell, succeeded by 'The Broadbents', then 'The Rawlings'. If I remember correctly, Mrs Cusworth returned to the village to run Central Stores (having previously run 'the other shop', with her husband running The Forge ...see more