Articles and posts about the history of the parish and its people. An overview of the villages’ history can be found on the Village History page.
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: […]
The 1850 Ordnance Survey map identifies the area around the Cavendish Pub (then called the Rampant Lion) as Mill Holme. The bridge over Embsay Beck is called Mill Holme Bridge. Holme is […]
Back in May 2025 we held a lively party in the village institute to celebrate the 80th anniversary of VE Day (Victory in Europe – 8 May). For many families living in […]
Skipton Road Field Walls & Brackenley House If you walk around Embsay you will see both gritstone and limestone dry-stone walls built with random sized boulders, as you would expect in a […]
As families waited anxiously for their men to be demobbed, organised events were held in Embsay and Eastby to raise money for the Welcome Home Fund. On June 2nd, the Embsay Girls’ […]
The Millholme Dixieland Jazz Band really enjoyed providing the music and celebrating with our neighbours at the village VE Day commemoration. Several people have asked about the Embsay song. The tune is […]
This article is available in audio format, please click on the play icon below to listen. We hoped that it would be a joyous occasion, and it was! The hall was decked […]
This article is available in audio format, please click on the play icon below to listen. As part of the 80th Anniversary celebrations held at the Village Institute on Monday, I had […]
This article is available in audio format, please click on the play icon below to listen. Since 1941, bookseller and stationer, Joseph John Waterfall and his wife Edith, of “Lyndhurst”, 26 Skipton […]
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