THE traditional meet of the Vale of Lune Harriers went ahead on New Year’s Day, cheered on by hundreds of followers and spectators.
Hornby-castle
Stephen-shepley
“THE tiny village of Langthorne, near Bedale, is dying,” announced The Northern Echo, the D&S Times’ sister paper, in 1964. “Year by year, more of the 21 houses in the village are condemned and families move out. Already, 10 houses are under closing orders.” There were no nameboards at the entrance to the village, no signposts pointing to it; the village pub, The Crown, was closed and condemned; there was no main sewerage and 95 per cent of houses still had earth closets. Most of the houses, said 68-year-old Fred Pocklington, were “tumbling down”, and garage owner Ronald Murfin said: “If the council cannot do anything to help the village, you might as well call it dead and all that is left is to bury it.”
Crakehall
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WE VE been on a flight of fancy chronicling the area s dovecotes recently, and now, thanks to Ian Hillary, from Hurworth, we re able to link the wife who survived Henry VIII with a North Yorkshire pigeon pie. Now lockdown has eased, Ian has been out into North Yorkshire to check on some dovecotes which we haven’t yet mentioned in our tour of these curious structures. Dovecotes, of course, were important in the days before refrigerators as they proved a fresh source of eggs and meat. They became fashionable accessories to a country estate around 1700, although the older, more rustic, Durham ones are centuries older than that. Most of the building of dovecotes in our area was done by 1800.
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Bedale
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DOVECOTES have a way of flying us back through time, and connecting us to one of the greatest royal stories of all time and the composition of some of the most romantic poems in the English language. In the days before refrigerators, dovecotes were important as they proved a regular source of fresh eggs and meat. They became fashionable accessories to a country estate around 1700, although the older, more rustic, are centuries older than that, and most of the building of dovecotes in our area was done by 1800 – however, you know all that because you’ve been following what has been a long running series on the locations of dovecotes.
Hurworth
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Hampden
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Bedale
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Thomas-hutchinson
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