Our next talk will be on Wednesday, 4th February at 2.30pm in the Friends Meeting House, Settle. Tom Lord will be taking us back in time by "Spinning a Yarn -  Craven’s Lost Wood Sheep". Tom asks that you take a look at a Youtube clip before the meeting as he will be touching on the topic during his talk. The clip is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUg2RdIbcao&t=18s It was filmed at Winskill and is an excellent demonstration, with the evidence, of the development of field systems in our...

The 2025 Journal is now online with an updated index - to be found here .

It is with much sadness that we announce the death of our former President, Anne Read M.B.E. Anne became our President in 2015 but she had been involved with the Trust since the early 1970s after she came to live in the area with her husband, Peter, when he took up the position of Director of Music at Giggleswick School. Her professional skills as a librarian were soon utilised by the Trust when she was tasked with the setting up of the Museum of North Craven Life. Anne’s excellent personal...