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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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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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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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Homeless but not alone
Above: Olwyn (left) and Kate Chorley with the type of gifts which will be useful. Two Richmondshire families have joined forces to provide many homeless people in nearby towns and cities with useful...
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Adam Hurn–an obituary
Above: Adam Hurn (right) with Adam Henson Over 300 people attended the gathering at Askrigg on November 26 to celebrate the life of Adam Hurn where he was remembered for being a wonderful, caring vet...
View ArticleHomeless but not Alone – update
We would like to extend our very great and heartfelt thanks to all those who have contributed in any way to our appeal for the homeless. The response has been absolutely magnificent and we have been...
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New ‘village’ in Bishopdale
Above: Aysgarth Lodge Holiday site is in the foreground. Aysgarth Lodge Holiday site between Aysgarth and West Burton looks more like a village than a campsite, Cllr Rowland Dent told Burton cum...
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Kennel Field Trust update
The work by Thornton Rust villagers to conserve the ecology and history of the Kennel Field has now been celebrated with an interpretation board thanks to a grant from the Yorkshire Dales Millennium...
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Choral Evensong at Aysgarth church
The recently renovated bells of St Andrew’s, Aysgarth, will welcome the Bradford Cathedral Girl Choristers on the afternoon on Sunday March 8. The choristers will then lead a traditional service of...
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The “Doctor’s Window”
Above: The “Doctor’s Window” at St Andrew’s Church, Aysgarth, which depicts the raising of the son of the widow of Nain (Luke 7:11-15). Before the National Health Service (NHS) was introduced in...
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A Mothering Sunday story
The carved wooden pulpit at St Andrew’s Church, Aysgarth, has an unusual feature: on the central panel there is an old woman. I like to think that the man who donated the pulpit to the church, Frank...
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Children’s Playtime early 1890s
When I was helping to scan the Aysgarth and Upper Wensleydale Parish Magazines for the Friends of the Countryside Museum archives it was very difficult not to be tempted into reading some of the...
View ArticleWest Burton CofE School – NYCC to be questioned
On Wednesday morning (July 18) the ‘Shadow Board of Governors’ for West Burton CofE School will present a question at the full meeting of North Yorkshire County Council. This follows the decision by...
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Memories of a beetle collector
A boy filling his pockets with bottles so that he could collect beetles and other creepy crawlies conjures up memories of Gerald Durrell – or even his mentor, Theodore Stephanides. But this Theodore...
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Nightingale Duet
From The Church Monthly: In April and May 1892 the Vicar of Aysgarth, the Rev Fenwick Stowe, reported on how a ‘miners’ strike’ had affected the train service in Wensleydale, and the Rev Theodore Wood...
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Emigrating to Canada in 1892
When reading this account I had several thoughts: The first was my negative reaction to the arrogance of the first paragraph – that the British, so steeped in their belief in their empire, should think...
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Bouquets for Waifs and Strays
Maypole dancing in the Vicarage garden following a Flower Festival probably in the 1930s. There was great excitement at St Chad’s Home for Waifs and Strays in 1894 when a large hamper of flowers...
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Light Pollution near Aysgarth
When a friend begged me to go and take some photographs of Aysgarth Lodges Holidays site in February I didn’t realise how important they would be later. Even though that was the ‘low season’ I was...
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VE Day 2020 celebrations in Aysgarth
Jean Cockburn (93) and Irene Pickard (85) have been friends in Aysgarth for over 65 years and not even a pandemic could keep them apart, especially on VE Day. Jean slowly made her way into the centre...
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A Book to Dance to
The local musicians who led Dales folk dancing right through the night in the early 1900s are celebrated in a book full of fascinating detail and music published as part of the Yorkshire Dales Folk...
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