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.
Distrust of new medical advances, the spread of fake news, conspiracy theories, and a distaste for State intervention in “personal liberty”, are nothing new. In the 18th and 19th Centuries a variety […]
The photograph below shows thirteen ladies from Eastby, and probably also Embsay, at some sort of gathering. I think the photograph may have been taken in the garden at Bridge End Cottage, […]
The Embsay & Bolton Abbey Railway is returning Gasworks No2 to Yorkshire, where it worked for several decades, for the first time in over 80 years. Gasworks No. 2 is a diminutive […]
The Embsay & Bolton Abbey Railway is returning a 110-year-old locomotive to Yorkshire, where it worked for several decades, for the first time in over 80 years. The locomotive will be used […]
Prior to the 20th century most villages in the old West Riding had annual feast days, all held at specific times in the summer months. Addingham Feast was held in the 1st […]
The Elm Tree Inn has long been at the heart of life in Embsay, not only geographically, but also in terms of village life. In the 18th and 19th centuries it was […]
When studying the earliest history of Embsay there are not many facts to go on. We know that people lived in the area in the Bronze Age (2500-800BC) because a bronze neck […]
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