This article is available in audio format: The Death Of Handsome Jane – A Barden Moor Navvy’s Funeral 1878 The construction of the Upper Barden Reservoir began in 1876 and was completed […]
Embsay with Eastby History – The Death Of Handsome Jane
St. Mary’s Church First World War Memorial Window
This article is available in audio format: St. Mary’s Church has a number of stained-glass windows, one of which is a memorial to those who lost their lives in WW1. It was […]
The Barden Moor Reservoir Railway & Its Engines
This article is available in audio format: When Barden Moor Upper Reservoir was being constructed between 1876 and 1882 a standard gauge railway line was laid from Halton Height to carry goods, […]
Christmas At The Mason’s Arms – Eastby 1875
This article is available in audio: Last year I posted extracts from the diary of Annie Parker Greenwood of the Mason’s Arms for Christmas 1876. This year the extracts are from Christmas […]
Embsay Cricket Club – Remembrance
This Remembrance Day, Embsay Cricket Club remembers those players who were killed in the Great War 1914-1918 and the Second World War 1939-1945. They were: 1914 to 1918J Birkett – Duke of […]
The Chapels & Churches Of Embsay & Eastby – Part 6
This article is available in audio: The Wesleyan Methodist Chapel During the 1820’s and early 1830’s the Embsay Wesleyan Methodists held services in the Union Chapel on East Lane which they shared […]
Embsay-with-Eastby History Post – Margaret Cooper
People in Our Parish History: Margaret (neé Sidgwick) Cooper Margaret was one of the Sidgwick family of West Riddlesden Hall when she married Rev. Henry Cooper in December 1859. As a […]
Community Library Local History Files
Embsay with Eastby Community Library Next week we are celebrating our Community library with all of the Local History Files going on a special display in the Village Institute foyer. We are […]
The Chapels & Churches Of Embsay & Eastby – Part 5
This article is available in audio: The Primitive Methodists On East Lane, Embsay is a building with a plaque that reads “PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHAPEL 1822”. Despite being written in stone, it is […]
Embsay-with-Eastby History Post – Skipton Road Bridges
Recently at the Wakefield Archives we came across a couple of images from 1752 which show watercolour sketches of the two bridges on the Skipton Road in Embsay. At the time they […]
