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NCHT Journals from the 2010s

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 2024

Journals - 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019

Journals - 2000 to 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 2019

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Contents 2019

  • Chairman’s Report. John Asher p1

  • NCHT 50th Anniversary celebration. p2

  • Dr E Margaret Buckle, Dales poet and teacher at Settle Girls’ High School. Kathleen Kinder p4

  • Grain House, Giggleswick. Emmeline Garnett p8

  • A medieval stone. p10

  • Robbery and retribution: the true story of James Metcalfe and his transportation to Australia. Mary Slater 11

  • Kirkby Malham Church Historic Buildings Fund Grant. p12

  • Arthur Raistrick and the Pig Yard Club excavation of Sewell Cave 1933-34. Tony Stephens p13

  • The Wills of Women in 16th century North Craven. Charlotte Moody p16

  • Bits and Pieces. p20

  • The Settle-Carlisle Railway: the Naming of Ribblehead Station 1876/7 by Rev Edward Harrison Woodall. Martin Pearson p21

  • The Settle market charters. Thomas Lord and Michael Slater p24

  • Zion Independent Congregational Chapel in Upper Settle. Anne Read p28

  • The Mystery of the St Alkelda Stained Glass Panel. Kathleen Kinder p32

  • The Green, Langcliffe: making sense of an enigmatic building. David S. Johnson p34

  • Summer Outing: Along the A59. David S. Johnson p39

  • Walk: Lawkland Hall Wood at Bluebell Time. Giles Bowring p40

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NCHT Journal 2018

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Contents 2018

  • Editorial. Maureen Ellis & Michael Slater p1

  • Chairman’s Report. John Asher p1

  • Obituary: Harold Foxcroft 1929-2017 Audrey Foxcroft. Anne Read and Maureen Ellis p2

  • The NCHT webserver p2

  • The collection, digital imaging and digital conservation of local historical documents. Michael Slater p3

  • Milk Kitting. Mary Taylor p5

  • More fact than fantasy: a literary glimpse into Giggleswick’s past. Mary Slater p7

  • Death and Disease in North Craven 1610 – 1820. Michael Pearson p10

  • An 18th Century Shopkeeper - the account book of William Carr of Settle. Sheila M Gordon p15

  • Agnes Burrow: Limestone Scaurs near Settle. Mary Slater p17

  • Mystery Datestone. p17

  • Water under Settle. Graham Ball and Michael Slater p18

  • The Buckhaw Brow Underpass. p20

  • Raisegale, Ingleton Fells: in search of a lost farmstead. David S Johnson p21

  • Stephen Park within Gisburn Forest – a pre-sixteenth century deer-park of the Hamerton family? Graham Cooper and Helen Wallbank p29

  • Mear Beck Farmhouse, near Settle. Anthony Bradley p34

  • Eel Ark Hill. George Redmonds and David Shore p34

  • Summer Outing: More pele towers in the Penrith area. p36

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NCHT Journal 2017

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Contents 2017

  • Editorial. Maureen Ellis & Michael Slater p1

  • Chairman’s Report. John Asher p1

  • In search of Prior Moon’s Birthplace. Tony Stephens p2

  • Marshfield House, Parents’ National Educational Union (PNEU) Preparatory School in Settle. p5

  • Surgeons, Apothecaries and Man-midwives – Settle medics from the 17th to the 20th century. Mary and Michael Slater p8

  • Patterns of Bequest among the ‘Middling Sort’ in the parish of Giggleswick: 1600-1750. Claudia Minett p12

  • Burrow – The History behind the Headstones. Mary Slater p18

  • John Tatham of Settle, Quaker Botanist. John Beckett p20

  • A Yorkshire Farmer’s Wife Tells Us Her Story. p22

  • William Taylor’s Trade Token, 1668. p23

  • A Life of Letters. Brian Shorrock p24

  • The Settle and District Conservative Club House Company Ltd. Graham Cross and Michael Slater p25

  • Knight Stainforth Packhorse Bridge. p29

  • An Anglian landscape: Reef Knolls and Duns. George Redmonds and David Shore p30

  • Oxenber: The History of an Ancient. Woodland Michael Pearson p33

  • More about Settle Gas Works and Stumps. Mike Howarth p38

  • The Portable Antiquities Scheme in North and East Yorkshire: 2016 Round-Up. Rebecca Griffiths p40

  • The Summer Outing 2016 – Lanercost Priory and Naworth Castle. David S. Johnson p45

  • Walks Slaidburn Village and Archive. Kevin Illingworth p46

  • Visit to The Grange Garden. p46

  • Limestone Quarrying in North Craven. Dr David Johnson p47

  • NCHT Mince Pie Walk. Michael Southworth p48

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NCHT Journal 2016

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Contents 2016

  • Editorial. Maureen Ellis & Michael Slater p1

  • Chairman’s Report. John Asher p1

  • Guidelines for the submission of articles. p2

  • The Horton Wills Project: A study of wills in the period 1418-1603. Horton History Group p3

  • To the Baltic and Beyond: the Remarkable Descendants of John Armistead of Austwick. Mary Slater p6

  • The Farrer family. Ken Pearce p7

  • Aspects of life in Giggleswick and Horton Parishes during the Eighteenth Century. Sheila Gordon p12

  • New evidence reveals eighteenth century Craven drovers summer pasturing their cattle on the Lincolnshire fens. Tony Stephens p16

  • Haver and Stirks: Farming in Austwick from 1550 to 1750. Michael Pearson p20

  • The Settle Coal Gas supply, retorts and stumps. Michael Slater p24

  • North Craven and the Pilgrimage of Grace 1536-37: the view from Giggleswick. Kathleen Kinder p26

  • The Foster, Poor Close and Poor’s Allotment Charity. Ben McKenzie p29

  • Cocket and Swaw Beck, Giggleswick. C Roger Moss and Michael Slater p30

  • A Stained Glass Whodunnit. Anthony B Boyland p34

  • The Summer Outing 2015 – Lancashire Gems. David S Johnson p36

  • The Ingleborough Terraces – a walk back in time. Chris Bonsall p37

  • Malham Field Studies Centre – walk around reserve. David Taylor p38

  • The Settle Town and Country Walk. p39

  • Visit to Settle Town Hall and a talk on Conscientious Objectors. p40

  • Obituary – Miss Hilary Green (1918-2015). p41

  • Obituary – Phyllis Houlton (1921-2015). p42

  • Obituary – W (Bill) R Mitchell, MBE, Hon D Litt (1928-2015). p43

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NCHT Journal 2015

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Contents 2015

  • Editorial. Maureen Ellis & Michael Slater p1

  • Chairman’s Report. John Asher p1

  • Highlights from our published past. p2

  • Sacred Landmarks and Landscapes in North Craven. Kathleen Kinder p3

  • Pimlico House, Gisburn. Kevin Illingworth p8

  • Chapel-le-Dale and Scales. David S Johnson p 9

  • The shop now known as Castleberg Outdoors, Cheapside, Settle. Chris and Graham Ball p13

  • A Settle Draper’s Shop in 1686. Mary Slater p16

  • Your Change, Goodwife. Barry Forster and Anne Read p20

  • Count Baron Records and the Enclosure of Austwick. Michael Person p21

  • The Scribe, The Poet and The Artist. Elizabeth Shorrock p25

  • Datestones on old buildings in Craven, Bowland and Upper Wharfedale. Michael & Mary Slater p26

  • Eldroth Hall. Roy GK Gudgeon p29

  • Dr Bertram Lambert and the Box Respirator. Jeanne Carr p32

  • Mapping the Lordship of Bowland. William Bowland p35

  • Sheep of the Fells. Mary Taylor p37

  • Summer Outing – Either side of Ripon. David S Johnson p40

  • Eighteenth-Century Roads West of Settle. Robert Clarke p41

  • Dry Rigg Quarry. Michael Southworth p42

  • Mince Pie Walk. Michael Slater p43

  • Guidelines for the submission of articles. p44

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NCHT Journal 2014

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Contents 2014

  • Editorial. Maureen Ellis & Michael Slater p1

  • Chairman’s Report. John Asher p1

  • Obituary Stan Lawrence. Maureen Ellis p2

  • Rev. J Robinson and Alphonsine Jarry charities. MJ Slater p3

  • Winters. Brian Shorrock p4

  • Vernacular architecture, Gisburn. Kevin Illingworth p5

  • The Italian ladies in Settle. MJ Slater p8

  • Flodden armour. Editorial p13

  • History of Scottish dancing. Mary Taylor p14

  • Long Preston’s tithe holders. Tony Stephens p15

  • Off-roading in a Trampa. Jill Sykes p22

  • Settle and Carlisle navvy hut. Mark Rand p22

  • Where there’s a will. Mary Slater p26

  • Austwick Hall gardens. Eric Culley, Michael Pearson p28

  • The mystery map of Ingleborough. Jill Sykes p33

  • Summer Outing. David Johnson p34

  • Whelprigg House visit. MJ Slater p36

  • Keasden Moor Wild Flower walk. Judith Allinson p37

  • Low Bentham and Tatham walk. Kevin Illingworth p38

  • Bordley walk. Alison Armstong p39

  • Mince Pie walk. Alan King p39

  • Guidelines for the submission of articles. p40

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NCHT Journal 2013

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Contents 2013

  • Editorial. Maureen Ellis & Michael Slater p1

  • Chairman’s Report. Michael Southworth p1

  • Lifeboats – In Settle? Harold Foxcroft p2

  • Austwick Hall: The Economics of a Yorkshire Dales Estate. Michael Pearson p6

  • The Langcliffe Paper Mill Fire, 1940. p10

  • Growing up in Hellifield: wartime and beyond. Brian Shorrock p12

  • Virginia Woolf and her connections with Giggleswick School. Barbara Gent p13

  • The Ribblesdale Coiners. Mary Slater p17

  • Longridge – A Victorian New Town. Hilary Walklett p20

  • Far Moor Bridge. Roger Moore p23

  • Rural roads of Eldroth and its surroundings in the 18th century. Robert Clarke p25

  • Butter-making on the farm. Mary Taylor p29

  • Thomas Nuttall, Ribblesdale’s forgotten Botanist, Ornithologist and Explorer.

  • Summer Outing. Gill Jones p30

  • A medieval house, Kettlewell. Alison Armstrong p31

  • Vernacular architecture, Gisburn. Kevin Illingworth p33

  • Flora and archaeology – Langcliffe and Attermire. Mike Canaway p33

  • Mince Pie walk. John Fox p34

  • Obituary – Jim Nelson. p35

  • Guidelines for the submission of articles. p36

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NCHT Journal 2012

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Contents 2012

  • Editorial. Maureen Ellis & Michael Slater p1

  • Chairman’s Report. Michael Southworth p1

  • Legacies to support the work of the Trust. p2

  • The Bentham Calculating Machine. Mary Slater p2

  • A Joyful Noise Unto The Lord. Ken Pearce p4

  • A guide to Settle in the early 1900s. Barbara Johnson p8

  • Account of Ingleborough, a remarkable mountain. Pastor p10

  • Nappa Manor Farm. George & Myfanwy Bargh p12

  • A young man in Hellifield in the 1940s. Brian Shorrock p14

  • Wigglesworth Methodist Chapel. Diana Kaneps p16

  • Hipping Stones alias Stepping Stones. Maureen Ellis p17

  • Traditional Farm Buildings in Upper Ribblesdale: a field survey. David S Johnson p20

  • The Christmas Quiz December 2011. p24

  • Navvies and the local community. Eleanor Fisher p26

  • The Family Pig. Mary Taylor p29

  • Summer Outing to Appleby. Jill Sykes & Ken Pearce p31

  • Keasden Flower Walk. p32

  • The vernacular architecture of Winewall. p33

  • Natural history heritage walk. p34

  • Geology heritage walk in Crummackdale. p34

  • Lawkland Hall Estate. p35

  • Picnic-in-the-Park. p35

  • Guidelines for the submission of articles. p36

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NCHT Journal 2011

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Contents 2011

  • Editorial. Maureen Ellis & Michael Slater p1

  • Chairman’s Report. Michael Southworth p1

  • Obituary – Dr John A Chapman. TH Foxcroft, Constance Chapman p2

  • Be careful where you tread. John Hunter p2

  • The Winskill Farms – 400 years of history. Thomas C Lord, Michael Slater p7

  • Life of a railwayman. Derek V Soames p11

  • The Giggleswick Will Project. Sheil Gordon, Mary & Michael Slater p12

  • Marriage, Divorce and Bigamy – The Bindloss Affair. Sheila Gordon p17

  • St. Helen’s Well near Friarshead, between Eshton and Winterburn. Diana Kaneps p21

  • Two items of local interest in the Leeds Museums and Galleries. p23

  • Hay Making and Machinery. Mary Taylor p24

  • Craven farms. Margaret Buckle p26

  • Charles Kinsley, Christian Socialist. Bronte Bedford-Payne p26

  • Life at Bowerley, in Langcliffe, in the 1940s and 1950s. Roger Walton & Susan Brookes p31

  • Summer Outing 2010. Jill Syke p33

  • Know Your Area Walk – Ingleton. p35

  • Sunday Afternoon Walks 2011. p37

  • Guidelines for the submission of articles. p41

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NCHT Journal 2010

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Contents 2010

  • Editorial. Maureen Ellis & Michael Slater p1

  • Chairman’s Report. Michael Southworth p1

  • Obituary – Arthur Ralph Ransome Lupton. TH Foxcroft p2

  • Obituary – Brian Braithwaite-Exley. Sylvia Harrop p2

  • The changing fortunes of charities in the ancient parish of Giggleswick. Michael Slater p3

  • The Earl of Cumberland’s survey of North Craven of 1579. Tony Stephens p6

  • An ascent of Ingleborough in 1818. William Pearson p12

  • The Foulscales Stone. Diana Kaneps p15

  • The history of Victoria Hall. John & Helen Reid

  • Trig Points. Richard Ellis p17

  • Ingleborough Hall. Ken Pearce p19

  • The enigma of Miss Nancy Mason of Clapham, Eighteenth Century Mathematician Extraordinaire. Sylvia Harrop p20

  • Notes of the history of the Friends Meeting House at Airton in Malhamdale. Laurel Phillipson p23

  • Schoolboy Tales. Bian Shorrock p26

  • Floras. Maureen Ellis p27

  • Names of Ribblesdale Caves. Helen Sergeant p30

  • Summer Outing 2009 – The Richmond Area. p31

  • Know Your Area Walk – Austwick (continued). p32

  • Walks 2009. p33

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