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Penhill Benefice Boundary Walk
Above : Fiona Crossley, Rev Scott Lunn and David Read near Kidstones Pass Photos provided by Rev Lunn A 43-mile sponsored walk around the boundary of Penhill Benefice has raised over £950 for St...
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Flower Festival at Aysgarth – photos
As visitors entered the church one of the first arrangements they saw was that of a ‘Yorkshire Dales Cottage Garden’. They were then directed to the baptistry to start their tour....
View ArticleAntiquarian Book Sale
At the antiquarian book sale at the Dales Countryside Museum in early July 2026 over £700 was raised towards the cost of restoring books in the Macfie-Calvert Collection which is in the Research Room...
View ArticleThornton Rust – updates and history
Thornton Rust Bulletin – June 2026 bulletin_junetwentysix Thornton Rust Institute Management Committee AGM March 2026 – draft thorntonrustinstitute_managementagmtwentysix Kennel Field Trust AGM October...
View ArticleYDNPA, Aysgarth Falls Hotel and river pollution
An ARC News Service report on the debate at the YDNPA planning committee on October 3 2023 when approval was given to Aysgarth Falls Hotel for full planning permission for 14 hotel lodges (2...
View ArticleThornton Rust Bulletin, minutes and history
Thornton Rust Bulletin – April 2026 trbulletin_apriltwentysix Thornton Rust Institute Management Committee AGM March 2026 – draft thorntonrustinstitute_managementagmtwentysix Kennel Field Trust AGM...
View ArticleAysgarth Cemetery
I am the clerk to Aysgarth Cemetery. This was created by three parish councils: Aysgarth and District, Burton cum Walden and Carperby cum Thoresby to serve these local communities as the graveyard at...
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Exhibition of Talents at Bainbridge
Above: Visitors at the exhibition, with the exhibits by local school children in the foreground. See below for more photos. Bainbridge Quaker Meeting House yet again, with its...
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VE Day in flowers at Aysgarth church
Just had to share some of the wonderful floral displays at Aysgarth Church which were created to celebrate the 80th anniversary of VE Day (8th May 1945). That at the War Memorial in the church was made...
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New vicar for Penhill Benefice
Above left to right: The Rev Tom Ringland, Bishop Nick, and the Rev Penny Yeadon There was a party atmosphere at St Andrew’s Church, Aysgarth, on Monday (November 4) as members of the Penhill Benefice...
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Remembrance stories
Pte William Thomas ‘Tot’ Dinsdale; Pte Thomas Spence; Major Donald Herbert Rose MC and Sgt Ernest Moore; Col John William Lodge; and Pte John Percival. Plus Aysgarth Parish and WWI Pte William Thomas...
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Waterfall of Poppies at Aysgarth church
A waterfall of poppies is once again cascading over the reredos at Aysgarth church ready for the Remembrance service on Sunday. The waterfall and a large exhibition were created last year as part of...
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Aysgarth Church Harvest Festival 2019
by Juliet Barker The harvest was well and truly celebrated at St Andrew’s! We gave thanks to God for the beauty of our natural world and for the social ties that bring us together as friends and...
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Hard Banks Barn Ice Cream Parlour
Left to right: Andy Singleton and Gillian and Adrian Harrison outside Hard Banks Barn A beautifully restored barn in lovely countryside with an ice cream parlour hidden inside has proved to be a...
View ArticleYDNPA – Planning committee November 2024
An ARC News Service report on the meeting of the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority ‘s (YDNPA) planning committee on November 26 2024. There are two reports here regarding the applications for...
View ArticleYDNPA – Kidstones Gill Bridge
An ARC News Service report Without the evidence of livestock on the Howesyke Estate the application for a rural worker’s dwelling at Kidstones Gill Bridge in Bishopdale was a sham, Alastair Dinsdale,...
View ArticleYDNPA – Planning committee meeting October 2024
ARC News Service reports on the meeting of the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority‘s ( YDNPA ) planning meeting on October 15 2024, at which planning applications were approved regarding Aysgarth...
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Water testing on River Ure
Paul Markie and Nick Gaskell at Aysgarth Middle Falls The water along the length of the River Ure was sampled at 45 sites on August 21, from the top of Wensleydale to beyond...
View ArticleYDNPA – planning committee July 2024
ARC News Service reports on the meeting of the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority (YDNPA) planning committee on July 16 2024. Items discussed included: a slurry bag for Arches Farm at Bolton...
View ArticleLetter to Ofwat
Here is the template provided by the Ilkley Clean River group for a letter to Ofwat concerning its consultation on PR24 draft determinations. You can replace Yorkshire Water and Yorkshire if you...
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