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NCHT Journals from the 2000s

The North Craven Heritage Trust  publishes a Journal every year. This well respected publication contains articles relevant to the Trust’s aims.

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Journals - 2020 to 2023

Journals - 2010 to 2019

Journals - 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009

Journals - 1992 to 1999

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An index for all the Journals is here. Contents for all the Journals is available here.

NCHT Journal 2009

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Contents 2009

  • Editorial. Maureen Ellis & Michael Slater p1

  • Chairman’s Report. Sylvia Harrop p1

  • Mrs Ethne Bannister. Sylvia Harrop p2

  • Stainforth Wills: a study of kinship. Jenny Dodd p2

  • A Volunteer in the Yorkshire dales National Park. Roger Henson p 7

  • The cow jumped over the moon. Long Preston Heritage Group p9

  • A Millennium of Farming at Lower Winskill. Thomas C Lord p10

  • A Brewer’s Auction Mart Challenge. Keith Hartley p13

  • John Birkbeck (1817-1890) and John Birkbeck (1842-1892), mountaineers. Michael Slater p16

  • Underbridges in Craven. Sheila Gordon p18

  • Curious rock features on Penyghent. Helen Sergeant p21

  • Samual Watson (c1618-1708) of Knight Stainforth Hall, Quaker. Jean Asher p22

  • A Grass for every month in North Craven. Judith Allinson p27

  • Know your area walks. p30

  • Summer Outing 2008, Around Ripon. p32

  • Walks 2008. p34

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NCHT Journal 2008

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Contents 2008

  • Editorial. Maureen Ellis & Michael Slater p1

  • Chairman’s Report. Sylvia Harrop p1

  • The Historic Churches Fund, North Craven. Michael Southworth p2

  • The Twisletons of Craven and elsewhere. Rev Dr John Fiennes Twisleton p3

  • St Alkelda. Michael Slater p6

  • Another Curious Case of Thomas Hurtley. Robert Bundy p7

  • Trenhouse on Malham Moor. Kathleen Slinger (née Coates) p8

  • Joseph Norman Frankland (1904-95): a tribute. p10

  • A Pretty Kiddle of Fish. Mary Slater p12

  • The Birtwhistles of Craven and Galloway. Tony Stephen p13

  • The History of Winter Floods. Robert Starling p17

  • From Indentured Apprentice to Respected Citizen: the story of Craven Bacon and Linen Weaving in Stainforth. David S Johnson p18

  • The first printers in Settle. John Collins p20

  • The Knowles Charity. Rita Hudson p22

  • History in Settle. John Fox, Phil & Rita Hudson p24

  • From Heaven to Fame: tombstone memorials. Canon John G Hunter p25

  • Giggleswick’s Church Bell Heritage. David S Parry p29

  • In High Glee! Sheila Gordon, Mary Slater and Pat Smith p32

  • Summer Outing 2007. p35

  • Walks. p36

  • Know Your Area Walk. p40

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NCHT Journal 2007

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Contents 2007

  • Editorial. Maureen Ellis & Michael Slater p1

  • Chairman’s Report. Sylvia Harrop p1

  • Arthur Lupton – Vice President. p2

  • Acquisition of documents by the NCHT. David Johnson p2

  • Maintenance grants for the historic churches and chapels in North Craven. p2

  • Aestheticism and Athleticism. Kay Exton p3

  • A Peep into the Past. Elizabeth Shorrock p9

  • The Curious Case of Thomas Hurtley. Bill Mitchell p10

  • Keasden School, Hammon Head and the Education Act 1870. Maureen Ellis p11

  • Roman Villa at Gargrave. Elizabeth Hartley and Maureen Ellis p12

  • The Early Clergy of Giggleswick Church. Michael Slater p14

  • Hellifield Peel. Francis Shaw p18

  • Families, Farms and fields: Cowside in Langcliffe, 1591 to 1754. Sheila Gordon, Mary Slater & Michael Slater p25

  • Flagstone in North Ribblesdale. Bill Mitchell p29

  • Moving Boundaries. Sheila Gordon and Rita Hudson p31

  • The Clog Song. Rob Clarke p33

  • Summer Outing. p34

  • Early Maps and Mapmakers – Part 2. Bill Mitchell p36

  • Mills have left their mark on the Dales. Bill Mitchell p36

  • Walks. p37

  • The restoration of the tower clock of St Alkelda’s Church, Giggleswick. p40

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NCHT Journal 2006

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Contents 2006

  • Editorial. Maureen Ellis & Michael Slater p1

  • Chairman’s Report. Sylvia Harrop p1

  • Mason’s marks on Cow Bridge. Diana Kaneps p2

  • The Cotton Mill at Low Westhouse. Geoff Brown p3

  • The Resting Stone. Diana Kaneps p4

  • Settle Steam. John Middlemiss p5

  • Keasden Moor Pond. Maureen Ellis p6

  • Have Spoon, Will Travel. Roger Mitchell p7

  • Richard Frankland Academy Memorial. p8

  • The Founding of the Craven Herald, 1850-1875. Bill Mitchell p9

  • Keasden Sign Post. Colin Price & Maureen Ellis p9

  • Hand-me-Downs. Anthea Bickley p10

  • Burton in Lonsdale in the late medieval period. Tony Stephens & Susan Gregory p13

  • Memories of a Dales life. Tom Spencer p17

  • Settle Mechanics’ Institute. Sylvia Harrop p18

  • Recollections of Thomas Archibald Murray. Elizabeth Shorrock p23

  • The Witch of Clapham. Helen Sergeant p26

  • Rods, poles and perches. Michael Slater & Ian Saunders p27

  • The walks programme. p30

  • Know your area walks. p33

  • Summer outing. p35

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NCHT Journal 2005

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Contents 2005

  • Editorial. Maureen Ellis & Michael Slater p1

  • The Logo. Michael Slater p1

  • Chairman’s Report. Sylvia Harrop p1

  • Bill Mitchell, NCHT President. Sylvia Harrop p2

  • Members’ Update. Maureen Ellis & Michael Slater p2

  • The North Craven Historical Research Group. Rita Hudson p3

  • Dancing Bears. Jim Nelson & Maureen Ellis p3

  • The Resting Stone. Sheila Gordon & Rita Hudson p4

  • The Discovery of Victoria Cave. Tom C Lord p5

  • The Horner Family – Photographers in Settle. Michael J Slater p7

  • Brunton House and its Owners 1754 to 1933. David Harrop p10

  • The Renovation of the Folly’s North Wing. Mark Rand p14

  • Settle and John Lettsom. Alan King p17

  • The Changing Face of Settle. John Chapman p19

  • Settle’s Royal Connection. Helen Sergeant p22

  • Bygone Businesses in Upper Settle. Jim Young p23

  • Old Shops of Settle. Lois Whaites p24

  • The Rise and Fall of a Building – Settle Mechanics’ Institute. Rita Hudson p24

  • The Walks Programme. p27

  • Summer Outing. p27

  • Sunday Walks. p28

  • Know your area walk – Keasden. p32

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NCHT Journal 2004

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Contents 2004

  • Editorial and Members’ Update. Maureen Ellis & Michael Slater p1

  • Chairman’s Report 2004. Sylvia Harrop p2

  • Website for the North Craven Heritage Trust. David Holdsworth & Frank Woodhams p3

  • A logo for the North Craven Heritage Trust? p3

  • North Craven Historical Research Group. Phil & Rita Hudson p4

  • Water, water everywhere: A history of the water supply of Langcliffe. Harold Foxcroft p5

  • Barn Door Graffiti, Keasden. Abigail Amos (edited by Maureen Ellis) p7

  • The working life of a mill girl. Contributed by Elizabeth Shorrock p9

  • Clough Hole. Maureen Ellis p10

  • Ingleborough Archaeology Group Broadwood Excavation. David S Johnson p11

  • Disputed boundaries plans of Ingleborough. Michael J Slater p13

  • Places and boundaries on the surveys on Ingleborough by Saxon and Newby. Michael J Slater p16

  • Notes on the routeway to Kendalman’s Ford. Phil & Rita Hudson p17

  • Underpasses. Sheila Gordon p18

  • Country dances. p18

  • Sunday Walks. p19

  • Summer Outings. p21

  • Know your area walks 2003. p24

  • Obituary – RGK Gudgeon. p25

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NCHT Journal 2003

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Contents 2003

  • Editorial and Members’ Update. Maureen Ellis & Harold Foxcroft p1

  • Chairman’s Report 2004. Sylvia Harrop p1

  • An Appeal to Members. Sylvia Harrop p2

  • Governance of the Trust. Harold Foxcroft p3

  • The Trust’s Archives. David Johnson p3

  • Stoops, Stoups or Stopes. Jill Sykes p5

  • Piscinas. Diana Kaneps p5

  • Carrs in Langcliffe. Michael Slater p5

  • Cattle Creeps or Culverts. Maureen Ellis p8

  • Giggleswick Limeworks. Sean Milward p10

  • Austwick Agriculture. Stan Lawrence p11

  • Outing – Southerscales Nature Reserve. Judith Allinson p12

  • Outing – Summer Outing to Lunesdale. Bill Mitchell p13

  • Outing – Gay Day in Yoredale. Alan & Dorothy Hemsworth p14

  • Know Your Area Walk - Mearbeck. Sue Taylor & Anthony Bradley p16

  • Christmas and Epiphany Recitals. Peter Read p16

  • Craven Camerata. Brian Birkby p17

  • Obituary: Hazel Weston. p17

  • The Sunday Walks. p18

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NCHT Journal 2002

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Contents 2002

  • Editorial. Maureen Ellis & Harold Foxcroft p1

  • Chairman’s Report. Roy Gudgeon p1

  • Where our money comes from …Michael Southworth p2

  • Documents purchased for posterity. Roy Gudgeon p3

  • Historic finds between Clapham and Austwick. John Brassey p4

  • A History of Settle’s Victoria Hall. Ian Smith p6

  • Links between Settle and Accrington. Pat Smith p8

  • The Pryor Family – Cornish Immigrants. Helen Atkinson p10

  • Weaving: A Necessary Art. Hannah Smeds-Davies p10

  • A Quarryman’s Memories: Maurice Lambert. Interviewed by Elizabeth Shorrock p12

  • Scosthrop Moor Barn. Diana Kaneps p13

  • Brooke, Burton, Binyon and the Bare Blue Hill. Dorothy Hemsworth p14

  • Concert. Brian Birkby p16

  • Sunday Walks. p17

  • Obituary: Mildred Slater. p17

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NCHT Journal 2001

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Contents 2001

  • Editorial. Maureen Ellis & Harold Foxcroft p1

  • The Cover and the Hammertons. Maureen Ellis p2

  • Researching the History of a House. Emmeline Garnett p2

  • Getting Started with Historical Research. David D Johnson p5

  • In Praise of the Folly: Past, Present and Future. Anne Read p8

  • A Brief History of Wood House Farm. Michael Southworth p11

  • The King and I (and the General). Alan Hemsworth p13

  • Way Side Features Project. Nick Harling p14

  • Hawkshead Plantation alias Richard’s Wood. Richard Ellis p15

  • Jenny Scott: Creative Embroiderer. Maureen Ellis p18

  • Leeds Parish Church Choir. Brian Birkby p19

  • The Annual Summer Outing. WR Mitchell p20

  • Guided Walks and Outings. p21

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NCHT Journal 2000

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Contents 2000

  • Editorial. Maureen Ellis p1

  • Chairman’s Report. Roy Gudgeon p2

  • The Dated Buildings of Bentham. Sylvia Harrap p3

  • Matters of Grave Concern. TH Foxcroft p4

  • Mill Dam, Mewith. Brian Smith p5

  • Nether Lodge. David S Johnson p7

  • The Great Walkers of 100 Years Ago. Jim Nelson p10

  • The Craven Lime Works. Robert White p12

  • Picture of an Artist. Maureen Ellis p14

  • Two Poems. Anna Adams p15

  • Photographing Bentham for the Millennium. David S Johnson p16

  • Obituary: Kathleen Mary Foster. p16

  • Letters to the Editor. p17

  • Guided Walks: Outings. p18

  • Sunday Walks. p19

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