Brenda Duffield, a well known local resident and local historian sadly died after a short illness on 19th Dec. 2011 aged 86. An article about her life and contributions to local history can be seen in Publicatiions/Articles. Some photographs of her family were recently contributed by her for the website gallery - see gallery/people and event.
NEXT TALK
“From White Tower to White Horse” (The life journey of an arms antiquary) - talk by Guy Wilson - Thursday 15th March 7.30 pm Village Hall
Please come and support our next local speaker – Guy, a local resident is well known to many people so a lively evening can be guaranteed! His talk will include “how and why, life and work in the Tower of London, the new Royal Armouries in Leeds, the varied life of a consultant and the joys of cataloguing” interspersed with “a bit of humour, a bit of optimism, a bit of cynicism and include a surprise of two”! Tickets at the door, £5, will include a glass of wine. Everyone welcome.
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Photos of Carlton Husthwaite c1910 kindly given in 2011 by Cliff Large, a grandson of John Kendrew Slater, joiner (one of the sons of John Slater of Slater's firm in Husthwaite). Buildings, members of the Slater family, potato gathering and work in the joiners yard are shown.
See Gallery/miscellaneous
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Husthwaite Family History
For Family History researchers and anybody else interested in the people who once lived in Husthwaite, up-to-date detailed Register of Burials and Grave Plans for the Cemetery at the west end of the village are now available on-line and may be downloaded from under Publications/Family History. Information includes name, occupation, age of death, place of death and burial date for those interred here from 1897 onwards together with the name of the person officiating at the interment. The information shown has all been extracted from the official record held by the Parish Council.
A detailed list of monumental inscriptions for St Nicholas' churchyard is now also available on line. This list was originally made in 1912 for all stones and monuments then standing. It has now been updated and is a useful source of reference, particularly for some of inscriptions which have become illegible or disappeared.
Husthwaite House Plots
Dwelling sites from the early Seventeenth Century to 1841
Professor Stuart Marriot has extensively researched the history of Husthwaite House Plots and has kindly allowed us access to his findings.
Anyone who lives (or has lived) in Husthwaite will find this a fascinating insight into the historical shape of our village and who preceded us in our houses.
See Publications to download the map and the full PDF version of this file.
The Fruits & Orchards of Husthwaite
70 questionaires and dozens of 1 to 1 interviews has resulted in a book ' The Fruits and Orchards of Husthwaite' (Cameron Smith) now completed and on sale at the village shop for £6 in book form or £3 as a DVD.
A tree planting programme includes an orchard of 20 trees planted at the school and one of 12 trees in the paddock behind the pub. The funds are in place to purchase up to 250 additional trees in October for anyone who wishes to establish or renew a small orchard in their garden. The new play area will be completed by then and an estimated 30 trees will be planted in there.
A professor of fruit trees (yes this title really exists) will be visiting the village in May and September and he will be helping to identify old trees whose variety is at present uncertain or unknown.
The Mouseman of Kilburn
Chris Scaife gave a fascinating talk on the Mouseman at the Village Hall.
An intrigued audience heard how his early friendship with Father Paul Neville of Ambleforth proved a starting point for a business that included a multi million pound contract for a Library in North America.
The famous mouse symbol, found on every item crafted by Robert Thompson’s has an uncertain history. The story told by Robert Thompson himself is that one of his craftsmen remarked that they “We all as poor as church mice” whereupon Robert carved a mouse on the church screen he was working on.
That particular mouse has never been found but it has continued as a trade mark of quality and dedication to craftsman ever since.
Carl Fabergé and the English Royal Collection
Diana Leeper, a local expert, gave a fascinating illustrated talk on 21st October 2010 and filled in the history of how so many of these beautiful, priceless objects came to this country from St Petersburg where they were made.
'Yorick's Progress - the latter years of the life of Laurence Sterne' by Martin Rowson (political cartoonist for the Guardian newspaper).
Talk by Patrick Wildgust, curator of Shandy Hall, Coxwold. 17 March 2011