A tinted postcard, of the Post Office in the village of Castleton in the Esk valley, early in the 1900’s.
Image courtesy of Tina Dowey.
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 Visitors prepare to take to the water at the boathouse on the River Esk at Ruswarp; a scene which even today is replicated on many sunny days. Image courtesy of Tina Dowey.  Dating from around 1270, Danby Castle was more a fortified manor house than a castle. Much of the building has disappeared over the years. Lords of the Manor were De Brus, De Thweng, and the Latimer familys. One interesting resident was Katherine Parr, after her second husband Lord John Latimer died, she married King Henry the VIII and survived the experience. Postcard courtesy of Pat Bennison.  The Windmill at Ugthorpe was erected in 1796 on the site of an earlier structure. A fixed tower mill with automatic fan wheel for turning the unusual cap into the wind. When advertised for sale in 1860 it contained two pairs of mill stones; one French, one Grey. Subsequent owners were Mr C. Walker, Robert Dobson (Senior), Robert Dobson (Junior), Mr Wilkinson; and taken over by Eric Stonehouse of Wakefield. Today it still stands but not as a windmill. Information from ”Yorkshire Windmills” by Alan Whitworth. This photograph taken in 1954 by Alan Richardson, since then the sails and top have gone; it is now a private residence. Alan Gifford has advised: ”Ugthorpe windmill had roller reeling sails, where blind like shutters could be automatically opened and closed, all at the same time.” Image courtesy of Alan Richardson and many thanks to Alan Gifford for the update.  Stape Silver Band at Danby Show 1968. The Band are regular performers at many local agricultural shows. Image courtesy of Alan Richardson.  A close up of Mr Severs, at Roxby Smithy, fixing the shoe to the hoof of the patiently waiting horse. Gareth Severs tells us: ”Really pleased I have found this picture, this is my Great Grandad. He was the Blacksmith at Turton Cottages, Roxby. I have seen other pictures of him and also Mr Jack Welford (Jack America) with his horses outside the Blacksmiths.” Image courtesy of Alan Richardson and many thanks to Gareth Severs for the update.  The Blacksmith at work with a farmer watching the proceedings, the scene framed by the horseshoe arch which form part of the smithy at Roxby. Image courtesy of Alan Richardson.  The Blacksmiths Shop at Roxby, with the distinctive entrance in the shape of a horseshoe, with the date 1858 above the arch. The Blacksmith is now known to be Mr Severs. Carole Ann Leslie tells us: ”That photograph was not taken in the year 2000, as Mr Herbert Severs had died 20 years or more before that. The horse looks very much like Dolly, my Father and uncle Robert’s working, or cart horse as they were called. Their farm; Home Farm was just down the hill in Roxby. It will be around 1946 I would think”. Oliver Richardson has told us: ” I am not sure why the year 2000 was attached to it. My father probably took it in the 1950s or 1960s”. Image courtesy of Alan Richardson, thanks to Carole Ann Leslie and Oliver Richardson for the updates.  The church of St Nicholas, Roxby. A much restored seventeenth century building, with a fine monument in the chancel. Image courtesy of Ken Johnson.  Another tinted view of Ruswarp and the bridges across the River Esk. with the former Ruswarp mill to the left of the image. The postcard appears to have been produced before the mill burned down in 1911. An M.C. postcard courtesy of Ken Johnson. |
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