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Addingham
The
historic mill village of Addingham is in West Yorkshire, UK,
just
south of the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
About
Addingham:
Addingham is on the A65 road between Ilkley
(3miles east) and Skipton, about 17miles north west of Leeds in the
north of England. It is a former textile mill village which was a
hive of industry in the 18th Century, with five working mills, but
it is now largely a commuter/retirement village with a population
of about 3500. It is in the Wharfe river valley, with the Yorkshire
Dales National Park about 3miles to the north and Rombald's Moor (which
includes Ilkley Moor) to the south.
New Children's
Playground for Addingham
The Civic Society have mailed the whole village to tell you
that:-
'Our proposals for this challenging and exciting venture are going
to be made available to
all Addingham residents at the Memorial Hall on Sat. July 4th. from
10-12 noon.
We want this to be a village & family event to view the approved
plans & drawings and we
will also have available the Play Equipment supplier. Not forgetting
the children we will
have some fun things for them to do. Please support us to benefit
your children.' more...
Drystone
Radio - Your loval community radio station. Run by vollunteers
for the Dales community
Local and Community News items, promoting local Job Vacancies and
to provide a “What’s On Guide” for the local area.
From 16th January 2009 the station will start broadcasting on 106.9
FM to the area within a five mile radius of Cowling. Listeners outside
the FM transmission area will still be able to receive the programmes
via the internet at www.drystoneradio.co.uk.
Ilkley Pages HERE All about Ilkley in our sister site |
What's
your interest?-
Clubs & Societies |
| Whats
going on? - Events
diary |
The society for Addingham - see latest newsletter |
Addingham schools -
Schools |
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The Parish Council - See the Council's website HERE |
The Future
of Addingham? - Future
- Parish
Plan |
New Drama Group website here
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Can You Help? 1.
"I
am requesting any information or contacts regarding the above
camp which I remember attending as a child in the 30s or early
40s. I also have a relative who was there in the early 50s. "Regarding the camp that use to be
on the way up to the Beacon.As children we often walked that
way to get to the top of the hill, crossing the river at the
spring bridge, before entering I believe Harrison’s
farm yard, then we would follow the beck up towards Black
Foss waterfall, spectacular in mid winter.The camp was situated
in this area and could be easily seen from Addingham.I remember
the camp was used mainly by children from the Leeds area,
and use to be visited by famous footballers of that time (the
early to mid fifties). I remember once John Charles the Leeds
United and Wales centre forward visiting the camp, a group
of us went up to try and see him only to miss him by about
half an hour. 2."I am English, living in San Francisco,I work for a society couple and am trying to trace one of their ancestors.Sandra Wiess Smiths grandfather was the founder of what is now Exxon.Her father,Lloyd H Smith married into the Wiess family.Ive traced the father back through a Roland H Smith,to a Rowland H Smith at Pittsburgh in the USA 1880 Census,this census tells me that Rowland H Smith was born in England in abt 1841,a Rowland Smith was born in Addingham that particular year,his mother was named Hannah and Im thinking maybe he added the H in her memory,and emigrated to the USA,I have been unsuccessful in finding any other trace of that particular family and was wondering if you could possibly help,thanks in advance for any assistance you are able to give me". (Dave Jago) 3. "I
am currently tracing my family history and i have found that
the Fieldhouse's lived in both Addingham
and Ilkley in the late 1700's. "Mary Fieldhouse (b. 1800) married
John Pearson Breare at St. Peter's Church on 10 May 1819 and
they had seven children." 4. "My father was born in Adelaide Terrace, Addingham in 1906. Adelaide Terrace is also mentioned on your website's war pages. I have been unable to trace where this terrace was. It may have been renamed, or demolished, but I would welcome any information about it. (Peter Barnes) 5. "My
name's Bryan Jarvis, born in Skipton 1938
& grew up there until my Army service took over at 18
years in 1956. I'm trying to locate a Mr Ernest Taylor who
was the OC of Skipton's Army Cadets in the early 50's. I and
a few friends were cadets under him, and as was the norm then
we were eventually called up to do Military Service. Ernest
lived at 96, Main Street Addingham with his parents, a brother
and sister but worked for Leeds City planning dept. He too,
was called up in July 1956 and he was commissioned into the
Royal Engineers, but on May 1st 1957 he was due to fly to
North Africa from Blackbushe Airport in Hampshire. Just after
take-off one engine failed so the aircraft did an emergency
turn to get back to the airstrip, but crashed in nearby trees.
He was the only survivor of 35 soldiers and families on board,
but suffered very severe burns that needed extensive skin
grafts. But he was tough enough to endure this and then return
to military service. He left the Army as a Captain in September
1966. 6. "My
dad fought in the First World War and was wounded. He was
in the West Yorkshire Battalion. I think he was called up
in 1916 as he was married to my mum 30 december 1915 at a
church in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. I think that he lived
in Gainsborough. So i dont know what Battalion that he served
in during the war. He was a L/Cpl, And he told that he was
in the Green Houreds, but two of his letters say that he was
in the West Yorkshire, and one says The Yorkshire Regiment.
So i am not sure what Battalion that he was in. Could you
maybe tell me of the west Yorkshire Battalion?" 7. A distant relative of mine was Harold Wright whoes name appears on the war memorial. Have you any idea as to why there is no record of how he and some other addingham men met their deaths? (Martin Wright) Abraham Dewhirst: |
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Site designed by Don Barrett, based on previous sites set up by Mike
Tagg.Thanks are due him and to: Arnold Pacey & Kate Mason (personally
and via their books), 'Aspects of Addingham' - Hammond, 'A History
of the Great War' - C.R.M.F. Cruttwell, 'Craven's part in the Great
Wa'r - John T Clayton, 'Battles of the 20th Century' - Clarendon,
'Regeneration' by Pat Barker - Penguin, Hadfield Photocraft, The Addingham
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