The postcard (photographs 1 & 2) is dated 31st August 1912 and shows Embsay Church from the diagonal field-path coming from Eastby which you will all recognise. Apart from the growth of […]

With the departure of the Veevers family from Skipton, and in the absence of heirs to the property, the house was sold to a cloth manufacturer, John Charles Foster (1856-1914). Foster, from […]

Miles Veevers (1820-1869) was originally from Burnley, the son of a master painter and interior decorator. The eldest of 8 children, Miles followed his father into the trade, together with one of […]

The imposing gateway to Brackenley House is an imposing landmark on Skipton Road at the junction with Brackenley Lane. Within the gates, a driveway curves in towards a fine house of the […]

Most of the people walking their dogs in Embsay woods will have seen the remains of the historic quarrying activities, but the earlier history of this little corner of Embsay is less […]

A token found in Embsay and made of pewter (a tin-lead alloy) has recently been submitted to the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS). We were given the opportunity to investigate it further. As […]

Extracts from the Diaries of Annie Parker Greenwood, eldest daughter of Elizabeth Greenwood, Innkeeper of the Mason’s Arms. This is the second part of an article posted in December about Christmas 1880 […]

Extracts from the Diaries of Annie Parker Greenwood, eldest daughter of Elizabeth Greenwood, Innkeeper of the Mason’s Arms. Over the past few Christmas’s I have posted extracts from Annie’s diaries in the […]

The presence (and decline) of private pew seats in English churches reflects changing attitudes towards social class, the financial struggles of the Anglican church, and religious principles regarding the equality (or otherwise) […]

In May 1847, farmer Joseph Heyworth of Eastby (confusingly, there were two farmers with the same name in Eastby at this time) put some of his property up for auction, which included: […]