LONG PRESTON HERITAGE GROUP PHYSICAL ARCHIVES
NOTE
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AB01 - Books/Magazines
⦁ Diary of Elizabeth Lee Growing up on Merseyside in the late 19th century
⦁ Nuttall's Journal of travels into the Arkansaw Territory October 1818 - Feb 1820
⦁ Captain Thomas Paulden donated by Reg Postlethwaite
⦁ Yorkshire A celebration of Village Life - ed Philip Lawson
⦁ Craven's Part in the Great War [a roll-call of the dead with a short history of the War] ed John T. Clayton
⦁ British Railway Modelling magazine March 2007
⦁ Long Preston May Day 40th anniversary Programme 1971 - 2010
AB02 Documents
⦁ Four receipts for LP business transactions early 1900s
⦁ Seven pages from Craven Heralds late 1920s
⦁ Robert Slater hand written document concerning the Village Pump
⦁ Three b/w photographs from 1930s
⦁ Folder of notes and copies pertaining to the history of the LP Mechanic's Institute
⦁ Notebook 9x7 of the LP Association receipts and payments 1967 -1975
⦁ Kathleen Jennings Railway Way Bills from early 1900s
⦁ St Mary's churchyard extension 1990's documents
⦁ Enid Parker donation - two mid nineteenth century probate documents, 5 early twentieth century mono photographs, and the Baptist Church registry 1808-37 ]
⦁ Enid Shorrock donation – two Settle Chronicles of 1861 with the story of Nuttall in the Americas
AB03 Documents and photos
used for the LPHG Railway Weekend exhibition
AB04 Artifacts
⦁ Chris Moorby donation of the LP Women's Section British Legion embroidered table cloth (from 1955. Names identified by Frank Irving on 15/10/11 are A (Annie) Irving, Frank’s mother, A (Agnes) Clark, N (Nancy) Procter, H (Hilda) Kayley, M (Mary) Cox, B (Beatrice) Rogerson & Bill Rogerson, M (Mary) Ogden, M (Maude) Garnett, M (Margaret) Popay, R (Rhoda) Harding).
⦁ George Carr donation of small pink teapot, Long Preston School mug 1998 and a framed school photo
⦁ Dandy button, last quarter 18th century, found under cobbles on Main Green summer 2017
⦁ Cross-stitch samplers donated by the family of Nancy Procter of Church Street
AB05 documents, minutes, rules, and accounts
LP Women's Section British Legion
AB06 LP Parish Council records (1 of 2)
(See also AB10 – AB13 & AB16 – AB20)
Folders
Baptist Graveyard
Best Kept Village comp
Making Bye Laws
LP Bypass
A65 traffic calming
A65 restoration order
AB07 LPPC records (2 of 2)
Folders
Charities
Village Greens Byelaws 1894
Street Lighting
Village Green
Smith's Charity
Declaration of Acceptance of Office book
Western Green/ High Ground Cottage (unlabelled folder)
Yorkshire Archive list of documents deposited with them by C P Huff in 1969
AB08 scrap books
Articles in the Craven Herald - 7 volumes donated by Betty Askew of Long Preston
AB09 Artifacts
Aerated drink glass bottles x 2
Wooden rotating stand for cake icing
Wooden butter pat?? ANY IDEAS WHAT THIS IS WOULD BE GRATEFULLY RECEIVED!
AB 10 Long Preston Parish Council Records
(SEE ALSO AB06 – AB07 & AB16 – AB20)
Long Preston Parish Council records (1 of 4)
AB 11 Long Preston Parish Council Records
Long Preston Parish Council records (2 of 4)
AB 12 Long Preston Parish Council Records
Long Preston Parish Council records (3 of 4)
AB 13 Long Preston Parish Council Records
Long Preston Parish Council records (4 of 4)
AB 14 Book
History of Craven Thomas Dunham Whitaker 1812
AB 15 Long Preston Parish Registers [photocopies]
Registers 1584 – 1749
Baptisms / Banns / Marriages/ Burials 1658 – 1968
AB 16 Long Preston Parish Council records 3rd collection (1 of 5)
(SEE ALSO AB06 – AB07 & AB10 – AB13)
Minutes books March 1977 – January 1980
October 1972 – February 1977
April 1952 - October 1972
AB 17 Long Preston Parish Council records 3rd collection (2 of 5)
May 1988 – January 1991
February 1991 – July 1993
AB 18 Long Preston Parish Council records 3rd collection (3 of 5)
Minutes book October 1988 – June 2006
Declaration of Acceptance of Office book Undated
AB 19 Long Preston Parish Council records 3rd collection (4 of 5)
Cash book 1895 – 1899
Cash Book 1934 – 31
LP Fair committee 1881 – 1903
LP Local Government Elections minutes 1928 – 57
AB 20 Long Preston Parish Council records 3rd collection (5 of 5)
Minutes book March 1922 - March 1952
AB21 Papers
⦁ Papers from George Carr, Deceased
⦁ St Mary’s 1993 Test trenches
AB22 Big Dig Archaeological Project
Series of boxes containing results of 2015-2017 archaeological Big Dig Project including all the finds and paperwork involved
⦁ See also AB21 for results of St Mary’s test trench digs
AB23 Artifacts
⦁ Methodist Chapel unused vessels
⦁ Eagle Hotel (now Maypole) glass bottle donated by Robert & Elspeth Palmer (Between the years 1875 and 1901 the present Maypole Inn, Long Preston, was known as the Eagle Hotel)
⦁ Tortoise-shell(?) comb found in Station Road dry-stone wall by Danny Bussey
⦁ Shop bell from former butcher’s shop at Greenbank Cottage. Greenbank Barn was the associated abattoir.
AB 24
⦁ 2010 YDNPA Conversation area Appraisals (Digitised)
⦁ 2007 Environment Agency – Ribble Catchment Management plan
⦁ 2004 Long Preston Parish Plan
⦁ Boars Head pub stamp sized advert
⦁ Craven Herald article 12 June 2014 re Hey Diddle Diddle and LP & Bolton Priory.
⦁ Photo of sculptor with the LP sign at entrance to village
⦁ BAPTIST CHAPEL
⦁ Memories of John Shepherd from Susan Day (daughter)
⦁ Documents re 2014 renovation of site when LPHG bought it to donate to LPPC. And Robert Mellin, Enid Parker, Angie Schofield (previous owner), William Armistead, Florence Dodgson, Josie Fawcett, A Hodgkinson, John Mellin, Margaret Miller, Enid Parker, John Shepherd, Anne Crabtree.
⦁ Photo & plans
⦁ 24 May1960 Memorandum & trustee appointment
⦁ LPHG purchase of site
⦁ Long Preston Floodplain Project – Craven Herald Article 19/08/2024
⦁ Photograph of man with horses & cart carrying stone from Bookilber Beck up towards Sinking Sands Wood and New Pasture (Watery) Lane
⦁ 1839 Tithe Survey by schedule, owner, occupier & field & property named
⦁ 1803 Muster Roll
⦁ Census printouts – 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891 & 1901
⦁ New Maypole information - rec’d by Richard Grimoldby in 1970(?)
& first May Queen 1971 (Aline Hitchen?)
⦁ Posters of Commemorations, Events & Exhibitions
⦁ 2008 (6 July) St Mary’s Evensong to celebrate awarding of grant setting up LPHG
⦁ 2008 (27 April) Beating the Bounds
⦁ 2008? (25 October) Open Day
⦁ 2012? (13 Sept) a Walk on Long Preston Moor
⦁ 2008? (19 July) Coffee morning
⦁ 2008? (4 July) Batwatch
⦁ 2008? (16 June) Talk on Drovers’ routes by Tony Stephens
⦁ 2008 (7 Dec) Entertainment in same style as 20/11/1885 Cricket Club
⦁ 2014? (6 Dec) Victorian Music Hall
⦁ 2009? (22 May) Talk 800 years of Long Preston History by Tony Stephens
⦁ 2009? (4&5 July) railway (model) weekend
⦁ 2009? (3 Oct) Coffee morning
⦁ 2009 (17 Oct) Vernacular Buildings Training Day
⦁ 2010? (3 Nov) Talk ‘A Sign of theTimes’ by Alan Hemsworth
⦁ 2011? (21 may) Village Hall stained glass window coffee morning
⦁ 2011? (15 Oct) Open Day
⦁ 2009? (7 Nov) Illustrated talk on stained glass at St Mary’s
⦁ 2010 Reviving Open gardens
⦁ 2009? (25 Nov) talk on the history of nursery Rhymes by Alan Hemsworth
⦁ Office in Village Hall 2-9-08 rental agreement
AB25 Documents & Information
⦁ Architectural features of the Settle District by Gordon Sanderson
⦁ Diary of Jane Armistead, Poplar House, Long Preston from 1903 until 1927 (also copied onto a CD).
⦁ Receipt for slates bought by H. Slater from Wm Robinson 1867 (Given by David Powl)
⦁ Information re Adam Lawson who died at Pax Cottage, Long Preston, 1957
⦁ The British Institute of Organ Studies April 2018 containing an article entitled “The Puzzling Organ in Long Preston Parish Church”.
⦁ Folder containing detailed correspondence and maps relating to Bookilber Barn in the 1970s
⦁ Info relating to deeds from Wakefield archive office. Some of which relate to Long Preston.
⦁ Lists from the North Craven Heritage Research Group that highlight various docs relating to Long Preston.
⦁ 3 postcards of Long Preston: the Beck at Bridge End, the Green and the Concrete c1920.
⦁ Photos of the Methodist Chapel and the Boars Head. Also a clearance sale of shoes and boots at Fred Stork’s shop.
⦁ Details of the Huff records deposited at Sheepscar.
⦁ Aerial views of Long Preston post 1995.
⦁ National Monument Register: Details of sites in Long Preston.
⦁ Old maps of Long Preston
⦁ Historical Manuscripts Commission: Manorial Documents Register of sites in Long Preston.
⦁ Hellifield and Long Preston Bypass Earthwork Survey and Supplementary Archaeological Survey March 1994
⦁ Copy of an indenture entitled Maud 1690
⦁ Copy: Northallerton Archive Ref MIC 603 re the Long Preston Enclosure Award 1815
⦁ History of Mearbeck House and the estate.
⦁ Info on Long Preston properties resulting from visits by NCHRG to Wakefield Archive Office in 2003.
⦁ Photo of roof truss in Guys Villa Barn, dated 1708
⦁ Photo of Susan Day and Florrie Dodgson o/s Baptist Chapel c1950
⦁ Photo Ward Family, donated By Jennifer Hartley (only child of Edward Ward)
taken outside Greenbank House, Long Preston.
⦁ LP Parish Church, guide for visitors (Huff).
⦁ Old photos, greeting cards, scenes of Long Preston
⦁ Estate agent particulars for 32 Grosvenor Place and Kirklea, Long Preston.
⦁ Copy of the conveyance of land for the construction of the Hospital of James Knowles1617.
⦁ The history of the Hospital of James Knowles1617.
⦁ The history of Long Preston church
⦁ The Enigma of Bookilber Barn
⦁ Enclosing the lands of Long Preston
⦁ The enclosure of Langbarr Moor
⦁ The boundary between Settle and Long Preston (Phil Hudson)
⦁ Long Preston Deeps (NCHT Journal 1994)
⦁ Articles from the Settle Chronicle and the Ribblesdale Advertiser (Nov 1856-1866)
⦁ Working in Long Preston - 2 cotton mills in Long Preston
⦁ An old road from Long Preston to Settle?
⦁ Article and map of Long Preston Deeps
⦁ Index of photos sent by NCHRG to Keighley FHS in Dec 1905
⦁ Booklet: Wigglesworth Manor
AB 26 Documents and Information
⦁ Plan of archaeological dig at St Mary’s 1992 for extension of the graveyard.
⦁ Life & Death in Prehistoric Craven; excavation of the Hare Hill Ring Cairn near Earby CD format.
⦁ Funeral service for Paul Frederick Schofield 5/2/2018.
⦁ Set of photos for the LPHG Calendar 2008
⦁ 2 old maps: a) showing the route from York to Lancaster in colour
b) enlarged B&W copy showing sections in more detail
- Map and drawing of the old Long Preston Packhorse Bridge drawn by Robin Slater 1982
- Reproduction of the Daily News & Leader 5 August 1914
- Notice of LP Parish Council re no horses or cattle allowed on Western Green
- Modern photos of the former boys’ school, Back Lane.
- Posters for LPHG events (to show model of the station, a talk on the Settle - Carlisle line, a talk on Stained Glass Windows & the History of Nursery Rhymes)
- Colouring book designed for children
- Open Gardens event 2010; details of gardens and publicity.
- Exhibition material and photos re the life of Thomas Nuttall, botanist (1786-1859)
- Booklet on Organising a Bell Restoration Project.
⦁ Papers re Long Preston pantomimes.
⦁ By-Laws relating to the Village Greens 1899.
⦁ Letter from the Slater family re possibility of buying land from the railway co. and a card from Jos Jackman (Wool Warehouse) to a Goods Agent, dated 1897.
⦁ Church history and guide by Lucy Dent plus info from J.Dalton.
⦁ Long Preston Parish Magazine 1859 (Mary Coulson and Bill Mitchell)
⦁ Copies of a no. of old photos: Hartley Barn 2003, Main St, 1939, Main St looking towards Kayley Hill, Cottages at Back Green c1956, Margaret Miller’s shop.
⦁ Background to the Oral History project and completed consent forms.
⦁ DVD donated by George Carr. Contents: Egg collecting at Flamborough Head, and Wigglesworth & Long Preston Silver Jubilee 1935.
⦁ Handwritten report re the history of the Bus Shelter
⦁ Newly copied (c 2014) set of photos from the LPHG website.
⦁ Various photos (all on website) and one postcard.
⦁ Poor photocopies of “Doctor of the Dales” articles.
⦁ Info re Kirk Lea: (a) letters from Rev Coulson to the Wildman sisters 1896-1912 and (b) “Kirk Lea and its story” written in 1989 & copy of an Indenture.
⦁ St Mary & St Aiden doc re the licensing of Rev Stobart 2012
⦁ Copy of report by Settle RDC 1895 re the Sanitary Condition of Long Preston, together with newspaper articles re sewerage, drainage & the gasworks.
⦁ Folder from Irene Constantine with various articles
⦁ Various poor copies of articles from the Craven Herald c1940
AB 27 Property deeds, books and other information
⦁ Services of Thanksgiving for John Patrick Rodgers & Kevin William Cox
⦁ The Dixon-Nuttalls & Their Origins – A Research Document
⦁ Drawing of Nuttall’s Pasque Flower, donated to the LPHG by Dr Maureen Ellis and Dr, Stephen L. Sutton.
⦁ Further info on Nuttall (in blue folder)
⦁ Brown envelope containing a recent study on David Douglas (1799-1834), botanist and plant collector
⦁ 2 booklets relating to Bolton Abbey
⦁ Deeds and legal documents relating to 1, Greenbank (the Post Office)
⦁ Deeds for Crumbleholme (Cromwell) House
⦁ Deeds and legal documents relating to Rose Lea, Main St
AB 28 Property deeds, books and other information
⦁ 4 Account books for the Long Preston Village Festivals in the 1920s and 1930s.
⦁ Account book for the long Preston Band of Hope 1920s-1940s.
⦁ All above donated by Allen Kayley on behalf of his mother, Violet.
⦁ Register of Electors for the West Riding 1834. Long Preston Xn p254-256.
⦁ Barn Survey in Long Preston 2009
⦁ Photo of Riversdale c1963 from Rosemary Devonald
⦁ LP Celebration of the Coronation of King Edward VII 1902 from Helen Cowgill
⦁ Lettering book used by Mr Harris at LP school, donated by George Carr.
⦁ Heritage Year Festival in North Craven 1975 – Programme.
⦁ Best Kept Village Award for Long Preston 1969.
⦁ 2 match boxes, one with a photo of the Boars Head and the other of the Maypole Hotel.
AB 29 Books and Baptist Chapel info
⦁ Lambert’s Settle Almanac.
⦁ Baptist Chapel: monumental inscriptions recorded 1989.
⦁ Baptist Chapel: Burial Register 1836-1985 & Marriage Register.
⦁ Newspaper cuttings re the Baptist Chapel.
⦁ Craven Muster Roll 1803.
⦁ Yorkshire Past & Present Vol 1 from Earliest Ages to 1870.
⦁ Best kept Village Competition, photos 1969
AB 30 Specific Properties, Family Files & other general information
⦁ Coney Cliff, Main Street
⦁ Guys Villa Barn
⦁ Corn & Cotton Mills situated at Mill Bridge
⦁ Riversdale
⦁ St Mary’s Church
⦁ Conservative Club
⦁ Mechanics Institute & events
⦁ Armistead property at Paradise Square
⦁ Anvil House
⦁ Miss Hall & the School House
⦁ Grosvenor Place
⦁ Holgate family
⦁ Procter, Nuttall, Armistead & Holgate family trees
⦁ Copies of adverts re Long Preston c1750s
⦁ Copies of old newspaper articles, all dated but not in any order
⦁ Copies of old maps
⦁ Copies of adverts for Entertainment evenings
AB 31 Mainly books
⦁ Keats Poems 1912 Complete works
⦁ Early Tudor Craven
⦁ Fountains Abbey Lease Book 1951
⦁ Lost Cartulary of Bolton Priory 2009
⦁ Fasti parochiales Vol 4
⦁ Info re Bolton Cartulary and Christchurch
⦁ Paper on the Northern Rebellion of 1536
⦁ A History of Hellifield by Tom Merrall
⦁ Proposals to convert Back Green barn
⦁ Copy of a Craven Bank note
⦁ 1910 Record of Inland Revenue Valuations for the Parish of LP
⦁ Written record on CD from County Records Office (CRO)
⦁ Maps on CD from Kew
⦁ Paper copies of written docs (incomplete) from CRO, Northallerton
AB 32 Parish Council Records and other general docs
⦁ LPHG consent forms (oral history, use of photos)
⦁ A note on Secretary hand (from the NCHRG)
⦁ The naming of Long Preston
⦁ Copy of Villy’s article on Roman Roads 1906
⦁ Unbound copy of Lords Monks Yeomen and Traders by Tony Stephens
⦁ Wakefield Deeds & the history of Long Preston by Tony Stephens
⦁ Copy of Page 1 of a letter from Arthur Raistrick to Tot Lord re an Anglo - Danish cross in Long Preston
⦁ Individual Buildings Surveys in Long Preston by the YVBSG, Alison Armstrong and English Heritage
⦁ Environment Agency: Managing the Water Environment Together
⦁ Yorkshire Kitchen by Susan Brookes
⦁ General info from R. Slater re the 1803 Muster Roll and trades people
⦁ Copy of a Dalesman article written by Eric Foster, LP resident, entitled “Dalesmen who took the road to the Isles”
AB 33 LoPRA (LP Residents Association 2004-2007)
Contains general information and a black lever-arch file
AB 34
Return of Land Owners 1873 Vol 1 relates to the counties Bedford-Norfolk,
Donated by Richard Hardacre of Hellifield to LP Mechanics Library.
AB35 LPPC records; Documents
⦁ Long Preston Parish Council Records
⦁ Receipt & Payment book: 1899-1939
⦁ Receipt & Payment book: 1939-1958
⦁ General expenses: 1968-1981
⦁ Minutes books December 1894 – March 1922
⦁ Declaration of Acceptance of Office book 1910 – 1949
⦁ Petty Cash 1899 – 1935
⦁ Folder: Contains copies of the handwritten record of the Apportionment of Tithes, dated 1839 received from the North Craven Heritage Research Group
⦁ Details of Miss Isabella Hall’s estate
⦁ The Settle canal - justification and plan
⦁ Particulars of sale: dwelling houses and land in Long Preston 1903
⦁ Land in Long Preston owned by the Poor of Horton in Ribblesdale
⦁ Land for the Long Preston Sewage Works (owned by LP Parish Council)
AB 36 General info and documents
⦁ Photos of Inglenook.(1948), formerly the Wesleyan Manse
⦁ Enquiry re the Shorrock & Speak families from Halton West
⦁ Info re the Robinson family
⦁ Gravestones of interest in LP churchyard
⦁ Info re the Maudsley family (1480 onwards)
⦁ The Moone family from the Guild Hall Archive
⦁ Details of the Moone family
⦁ Copy of the Civil parishes of North Craven
⦁ LP Silver Jubilee celebrations June 1977
⦁ May Day photos, probably 1977
⦁ Info re the mills of LP from George Ingles book Yorkshire Cotton
⦁ 2 copy photos of the Maypole Inn
⦁ Typed copy of A Walk Around LP, pub. Settle & District Civic Society
⦁ Records at Northallerton with ref to LP
⦁ Info from Land Tax Records at Wakefield on specific LP properties
⦁ Copies of 2 articles from the Bradford Scientific Journal July 1910:
⦁ Unrecorded Roman camp at Swinden, near Hellifield
⦁ Bolton Priory
⦁ Paper & CD copy of an indenture re James Tatham of Bentham to John Bradley of Long Preston 1841
⦁ The Lord Manuscripts
⦁ General info re the Ancient Parish of LP
⦁ List of Books in the Collins Collection at the Museum of North Craven Life Report on the Bomber Camp at Gisburn from Craven Museum
⦁ Drawings of Neolithic axes found at Bookil Ghyll LP
⦁ Info re John Birkbeck
⦁ Info from NYCC re various sources of info
⦁ History of the Plough Inn, Wigglesworth given by Enid Parker
⦁ Various newspaper articles re Long Preston
⦁ Modern Sunday Times article re the Magna Carter Chronicle (1215-2015)
⦁ Additional records re deposits made by the family of Percy Huff (at Sheepscar?)
⦁ Copy photos of the LP Gun Club showing George Carr’s father
⦁ Photocopies from the book Roads & Trackways of the Yorks Dales
⦁ Shopkeepers, shops and trades people of LP 1920s
⦁ The Early History of Long Preston by John Thompson (date thought to be 1926)
⦁ Legal docs re the Long Preston Water Trust
⦁ Old Listed Building Designations inc. photos (mainly Grade 3) c1980
⦁ In a brown envelope material donated by Frances Leeming which includes:
Newspaper cuttings re local people plus local photos
⦁ Events re the Millennium year: the pantomime (inc. a programme and VHS recording) & a programme for the festival week, August 2000)
⦁ Leaflets re the proposed A65 Long Preston bypass and the Open Day to celebrate the restoration of the Baptist chapel site.
⦁ Brass horseshoe to celebrate the Diamond Anniversary of the W.I. in LP
⦁ Papers relating to 2022 failed phone box restoration project
AB 37 General Information and documents
Written description and map of Beating the Bounds, April 2008
Framed photo of Bolton Priory
Photo of Ernest Montgomery driving a G.E.Carr van 1930s
Photo of Brian Lund, David Slater and Paul Coates
Cast list for pantomime Mother Christmas 1990
Background info re Ken Harrison, railway worker
Short synopsis of Victorian Long Preston
Listed Building info re 3&4 Back Green,
Origins of the nursery rhyme The Cat and the Fiddle
Info re Ivy End cottage, Chapel Walk
Info re tax records from Wakefield Archive Office
Info re Anglo Saxon kingdoms from Tony Stephens
Written note re the Toll House at Long Preston
Written note re the Holgate family
Comparison of occupations in LP in 1841 and 1901
Long Preston tithe apportionment 1839
Info re the Coopers at Cromwell House
Booklet re the Prehistoric Rock Art of England
Details of all the items in a village Christmas Show performed about 2010
Newspaper article re the restoration of Hellifield Peel, 2016.
WW1 Commemorations 2014 + info re some of the men involved
Article re the search for the Long Preston birthplace of Prior Moon
Details of the development of the Mechanics Institute
History of Bookilber House and barn
Articles and programme re LPHG’s Art Weekend 2013
Article re the celebrations in LP for the Queen’s 90th birthday
Material re LP held by North Craven Heritage Trust (Collins Collection)
Transcript of an affidavit re a barn at Mearbeck
Advert for the Leeds-Kendal Royal Union Coach Dec 1841
Plan showing the site of the cattle market at LP
Plan and CD re the devt of the railway, 1847
Details from the Craven Household Almanac, 1882 and1901 re LP
Copy of 1894 plan of LP
Papers re the founding of the LP Endowed School
The rise and fall of cotton manufacturing in LP
Medical info from the Victorian censuses 1841-1901
1885-6 Register of Voters, Skipton edition
Memoir of the late Dr Birkbeck Leeds Mercury Dec 1841
Affairs at LP. Craven herald 1881
Articles on LP water supply 1869
Info re Richard Hardacre (Sexton Dicky) LP’s poet
Adverts from the Leeds Mercury (Inc teaching) from Leeds Mercury 1769 & 1797/8
General info on St Mary’s, the Methodist Church and the Baptist Chapel
Report of the YDNPA on LP’s Conservation Area 2010 (Green folder)
Various CDs, including .The restoration of the church bells, Craven Housing Needs Survey (Red folder)
AB38 General Information and documents
Book: The “Dukes” 1702-2000; the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment
The Place-Names of Long Preston
A Family at War by Richard Sawtell
Long Preston Parish Mag July 1919
No. of inhabitants in the Parish of Long Preston dated 1801
Flora: Skipton and District by Lister Rotheray
Bill from newsagent E.Astley to Mrs Coates, Tosside (1900)
AB 39
⦁ Copies of original Tithe Maps, 1839
⦁ Pictorial relief map Long Preston and Craven
⦁ 1930s - OS Land utilisation map, Long Preston & Hellifield to Bowland
⦁ 1910 – 2 maps Long Preston Deeps including Settle
⦁ 1850s - OS map Long Preston, Hellifield & Wigglesworth
⦁ 1841 Tithe maps
⦁ Definitive footpath map + 1894 & 1909 area maps of Long Preston
⦁ Current period OS maps, including large scale
⦁ 1910 Ed 6” to 1 mile maps for Long Preston and Hellifield
AB40
⦁ 2010 ‘HartleyTrust Party’ – opposing housing development
⦁ 2013 Parish Council dispute incl national newspaper reports
⦁ 2012 Parish Council dispute over grass cutting contract
⦁ 2004 LoPRA (Long Preston Residents Assoc) formation over housing issues
⦁ 2012 Stephanie Phillips - Maypole choreographer
⦁ 2010 correspondence etc over housing development on Moor Road, etc
⦁ 2011 Gallaber development
⦁ 08/07/2010 – ‘Secret Gardens, hidden spaces’. Open Gardens event
⦁ History of Long Preston by Chris Moorby
⦁ 1987 Eric Foster article in The Dalesman on droving
⦁ 1998? Newspaper article on Water Trust’s water shortage
⦁ 2006 correspondence about registering the Village Greens
⦁ 2008 Long Preston Wet Grasslands
⦁ 06/09/13 letter about Back Green Barn easement
⦁ Copy Baptism record 1818 (page 32) to 1853 Page200)
⦁ Hellifield station signal box and snow plough (1930s)
⦁ St Aiden’s Church, Hellifield building details by John Carr of Long Preston
⦁ Programme 20/12/2015 Carol Service at St Mary’s
⦁ Report of 1975 Skipton archaeological excavations
⦁ Wesleyan Methodist Chapels - history 1800 – 2018
⦁ Wallet card advertising Boars Head
⦁ Copy photo ‘The Concrete’. (Original missing)
⦁ LP Heritage Players – Cinderella programme 2013
⦁ Ticket for ‘Warhorse’ screening by May Day Committee & LPHG on 06/12/2014
⦁ 1984 Best Kept Village Competition programme
⦁ Baptist Chapel graveyard plan 1883 – 1933
AB 41 FAMILY HISTORY
1 Roberts Family (+ Some Denby) With Family Tree
2 Denby Family + Family Tree
3 Maudsley Family + Family Tree
4 Hardacre / Breres + Outline Family Sketch
5 Mr T. T. Iveson / Bridge End Farm (Delves & Procter) / Mr T. H. Taylor
6 Newspaper Re Long Preston / James Ion / R. T. Wildman & R. Preston
7 Bowring Or Bowering Family
8 Picture Inglenook, Formerly Wesleyan Manse
9 Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
10 John Thompson / Thomas Horner
11 James Eden & Ada Eleanor Robinson
12 THOMAS & ELLEN (Nee SPEAK) SHORROCK
13 Vicars & Pastors
14 Tips On Tracing Ancestors
15 Moone (Moon) Family
16 Hardacre Family
17 Baptisms, Marriages, Burials – Newhouse / Jackman / Robinson
18 The NEWHOUSES IN LONG PRESTON, GIGGLESWICK, CLAPHAM & KIRKBY MALHAM PARISH RECORDS
19 Craven’s Part In The Great War – John Robinson Jackman
20 Rev, Benjamin Waugh, Nspcc & His Daughter Edna Hall Clarke
21 Baptisms, Marriages, Burials – Snell
22 Rectors & Vicars /
23 Newspaper Lists Of Articles On Religion, Sport, Transport & War
24 Newspaper Lists Of Articles On Long Preston
25 Newspaper Lists Of Articles On Long Preston
26 Newspaper Lists Of Articles On Long Preston
27 Newspaper Lists Of Articles On Long Preston
28 Newspaper Lists Of Articles On Long Preston
29 Newspaper Lists Of Articles On Long Preston
30 Newspaper Lists Of Articles On Long Preston
31 St Mary’s Graves – Index Of Names (Typed)
32 St Mary’s Graves – Index Of Names (Handwriiten)
33 St Mary’s Graves – Transcriptions Of Some Graves
34 St Mary’s Graves – Grave Numbering Plan
35 St Mary’s Graves – Grave Numbers & Names
36 Baptist Chapel – Burial& Marriage Registers, Handwritten But Incomplete
37 List Of Rectors
38 List Of Curates
39 List Of Vicars
40 List Of Grave Photo Numbers – No Relation To Grave Plans
41 Folder Of Monumental Inscriptions & Analyses Prepared In 1989 By Lancs Family History Society. Also Some RTI Records From Around 2020
AB42 FAMILY HISTORY
1 List Of Family Trees Prepared By Teena Feather With Notes
2 Family Tree John Atkinson (1783)
3 Family Tree Armistead (1680) & Iinformation & Notes On Other Families
4 Diary Jane Armistead Diary Transcription (1903)
5 Family Tree John Beattie (1701) & Janet Holiday
6 Family Tree John (1798) & Mary Brennand
7 Family Tree Anthony Brown (1791) & Elizabeth Hall
8 Family Tree Edward Brown / Richard Frankland / Robert Lister
9 Family Tree Wm. Cockshott (1496) & Ellen(?) Beck (In Craven & Wharfedale)
10 Family Tree Wm. Delves (1738) &Information
11 Family Tree John Dodgson (1553)
12 Family Tree Robert Dodgson (1611) & Ellen Browne
13 Family Tree John (1764) & Mary Elsworth
14 Family Tree Edward Hall (1571) & Alice Clark
15 Family Tree Wm. Hardacre (1816) / Alexander Hardacre
16 Family Tree Michael Hardacre (1547) & Margaret Wilson
17 Family Tree Thomas Hodgson (1667) / Henry Farrand (1603) & Rachel Whitaker
18 Family Tree Richard Holgate (1602) & Ann Nelson / Stephen Holgate (1666) & Ann Smith
19 Family Tree James Holgate (1580) & I Acringley / Stephen (1639) & Ann Holgate
20 Family Tree Robert Horner (1824) & Margaret Swaites
21 Family Tree Thomas Moreby (Mid 17th Century)
22 Family Tree Philip, Richard & Christopher Procter (Proctor) (1410) & Info
23 Family Tree Shutt (1819) & Ellen Jackson & Information
24 Family Tree Wm Windsor (1690) / John Todd (1720) & Margaret Windsor
25 Family Tree Wm Wildman (D. 1698)
26 Family Tree Augustine Wray (1644) & Susan(Na) Family Info– Not Enough To Do A Family Tree
27 Knowles
28 Beecroft
29 Bowering
30 Bullock
31 Cardus / Carradice
32 Clark / Clarke
33 Crombleholme / Crumbleholme
34 Agricultural Review 2009 – CROMBLEHOLME / CROMBLEHOLME
35 Lund
36 Throup
37 Diary notes re C E THOMPSON / HALL / P LISTER
38 Notes Re Fletcher / Shutt / Cardus / Carradice / Riley
AB 43 Family History
Settle Graveyard Histories’ Printouts On:-
⦁ James Metcalfe / William Peterkin / 38 Harrisons Buried At Settle
⦁ Isabella Stubbs
⦁ Joseph Haining
⦁ Bordley Family
⦁ Rev. William Towler
⦁ The Preston S
⦁ Mark Beresford
⦁ Lawrence Mansergh / John Cook / Grace Worrell Kellam /
Thomas Leeming / John Atkinson / Susanna Constantine / Robinson /
Mary Blundell Stephen Robinson / The Robinsons Hand Written Information
⦁ Thomas Roland Drake Wright
⦁ Mrs Hassiah / William Todd (Wm Todd Was A Policeman, A Resident In LP A Long Time & Buried Here)
Typed Obituaries
⦁ John Hammond Throup / Alice Procter / Afred Metcalf /
Mrs Augusta Yorke / Thomas Throup / William Armistead /
William Gifford / Thomas Guy / Deborah Foster / Robert Procter /
John Fletcher / Thomas Hall / Richard Moorby / James Beecroft /
Sarah Agnes Moorhouse / Mrs Middlebrook / Matthew Beecroft /
Mary Ellen Simpson / Thomas Throup
Typed Newspaper Transcripts & Recollections
⦁ Jim Delves (Railway Incident) / Cowper Estates / T H Preston / Birkbeck /
Stansfield / Hammerton / Yorke / C E Thompson Diary Notes
Typed newspaper marriages
⦁ Armistead & Dinsdale / Straw & Beecroft / Coulson & Peel /
Armistead & Delves / Robert Preston (List Of Wedding Gifts) /
Preston & Procter / Roberts & Throup / Jackman & Holgate
Newspaper Articles
⦁ William Robinsin Obit. / Whittaker & Heworth Marriage / Horrocks & Wrathall Marriage / Thomas Throup Petty Sessions / Thomas Holgate Obit. / Robert Wilson Obit. / Joseph Mittom Obit. / Sarah Moothouse, Headmistress Obit. / John Fletcher Obit. / Thomas Hall Obit. / James Beecroft Obit. / Robert Loveridge Obit. / Wildman Obit. / John Hammond Throup Dupl. Of K / Deborah Foster Dupl. Of K / Armistead & Dinsdale Dupl. Of M / Jackman & Shutt Marriage / Charles Horner Obit. / Cowans & Coulson Marriage / Wilkinson, Hardacre & Isabella Holgate Obits. / Stephen Shaw Obit. / William Holgate Obit. / Delves Photocopy Picture / Armistead Family / Elizabeth Dawson Petty Sessions / Pig / Betty Myers / Land To Be Let
Handwritten Information
⦁ Wilkinson Newsholme Relevant Dates
George Wilkinson Newsholme Settle Graveyard Histories Printouts
Wilkinson Newsholme Email Information
Handwritten & Typed Information
⦁ Baird & Coulson Family – James Baird / Lady Cowan / Alan Lane Hardacre Coulson / Baird Sisters / Miss Coulson Marriage Transcript / John Cowans Wikipedia / Ancestry Site 2 Photos
Craven Herald Articles
⦁ Wesleyan Chapel Foundation Stone / Stackhouse Family Tree Notes / John Preston/ Mr C E Thompson Diary Article On Voyage To New South Wales / Hammerton S Of Hellifield
General
⦁ Mrs Yorke Obit. / Alfred Metcalfe Death At Sea / Armistead & Procter Queens Arcade Leeds Opening / Isaac Swaits Landlord Eagle Hotel Obit. / Ward Family , Notes From Eric Allan Ward On Family & Business / Fletcher Family Grave / George Wilson Obit. / John Parker Jnr Willful Murder Of Jane Airton
General
⦁ Matthew Beecroft Obit. & Family / John Beecroft Wife & Daughter Obits. / James Beecroft Obit. / James Straw & Lavinia Beecroft Marriage / F C Roberts & Mary Elizabeth Throup Marriage / William Armistead Obit. / Richard Moorby Suicide / Ncht Notes Re Mearbeck Farmhouse / Alice Procter Obit. / Robert Preston List Of Marriage Presents / John Preston & Mary Elizabeth Procter Marriage / Matthw Jackman & Isabella Holgate Marriage / Baptist Chapel Anniversary Service / C E Thompson Diary Notes Re Voyage / Thomas Guy Drowning Suicide / Mary Armistead & Edward Delves Marriage
General
⦁ Cowper Estates / Francis Thomas De Gray Cowper Wikipedia / Ancestry Printout / Cracrofts Peerage Printout
⦁ Assheton, 19th Century Information
Village Green Information / R.Wilson / T Delves / W Lovell / A Taylor / W Leach / J Carradice
Joseph Parkinson & N W Railway
Mr & Mrs Jacob Carradice Golden Wedding
Wesleyan Chapel / Mrs Eva / Misses Fawcett / Coates / Hornby / Moreland
Henry Hardacre Dec’d
Henry Hardacre & Bend Gate
Thomas Wise Murder Victim
Jack Beecroft / Joseph Jackman In Ww1
Elizabeth Scott / Jackman S
Kayley Family / William Procter Henry W H Metcalfe / Horner Family / Garnett Family / Capt William Rawlinson / Joseph ‘Big Joe’ Parker
Marriages – Robert Procter & Mary Hammerton Stephen Hardacre & Fanny Eldsworth
Cromwell House & Crumbleholme Family
Marriage John Rawlinson & Jane Clark
James Metcalfe Family
Ruth Routledge Dec’d 14/06/65
John Rawlinson 1891 Will / Rawlinson Family
Henry Wigglesworth
V Assheton Of Downham Hall / Hammerton Of Hellifield / Prestons Of Mearbeck
Armistead / Holgate / Procter / Wrathall / Delves / Dyson
⦁ Lt Col John Stansfield (Ww1) & Family
⦁ Thomas Haworth Preston & Family (Ww1) & Family Tree
⦁ Major W A Stackhouse (Ww1)
⦁ 1857 Trades Of Parishioners
Za. 1881 Trades Of Parishioners
Zb. Delves (& Wrathall Families
Zc. Fletcher (& Carradice) Families
Zd. Armistead (& Delves) Families + Not Working Cd
Ze. Hammerton Family
Zf. Hammerton Family
Zg. Yorke Family
Zh. Col. George William Horton & Family
Zi. Duckett Family / Harrison
Zj. George Carr Gave Info Re Photo Of Local Band In Victorian Book– Names & Instruments
AB 44 FAMILY HISTORY
⦁ Part parish register transcribed from Northallerton CRO
⦁ WARD family photo copy
⦁ Copy burials 1813 – 1832
⦁ Marriages 1908 – 1968
⦁ 1881 Long Preston census
⦁ WILDMAN family
⦁ SIMPSON family
⦁ St Mary’s Grave name index
⦁ St Mary’s list of graves and names
⦁ St Mary’s grave plan with notes (2)
⦁ What Gravestones can tell us from Embsay Historical Research Group
⦁ Background RTI information
AB45
⦁ 1970 Mayday slides – digitised in ‘Entertainments & Events’
⦁ LP Badminton club records to 2020 (finished due to Covid epidemic)
⦁ March 1976 - Old Butcher’s shop sign at Greenbank Cottage (J & S M Butterworth) & Cottage modernised
⦁ May 2010 – Trees & plants at St Mary’s
⦁ 1954 Long Preston school class photo (from Craven Herald)
⦁ Head carving in stone wall at Paradise Square
⦁ 2 poor quality photocopies – circa 1935 Jean Montgomery at Christ Church School, Skipton & unknown date Alan Montgomery at Skipton School
⦁ 80th anniversary of VE Day 08/05/25
⦁ Housing Grant Committee (Settle) 07/08/1973 – “Town Head Barn / DAJ Walshaw £1500 grant conversion barn to dwelling” and “Sydenham / Mrs J Matthews £852 grant for bathroom, porch, etc”.
⦁ Papers relating to 2004 Village Plan (collated by Heather Thomas-Smith)
AB46
Large scale map (3 chains, 66 yards, to one inch) of Long Preston field numbers with some names. Undated but probably late 19th century.
⦁ 1909 field number map of Long Preston (to R.Ribble) - scale 1:25000
AB 47 LPHG ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS (1 of 2)
From original steering group 05/08/08 to 31/07/15 (See also digital records)
AB 48 LPHG ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS (2 of 2)
From y/e 3107/16 to date . (See also digital records)
AB49
⦁ 2008 papers relating to the Heritage Lottery Fund grant setting up LPHG as well as for restoring the bells at St Mary’s Church.
⦁ Alison Armstrong’s background papers for the Yorkshire Vernacular Building study Group visit 2011.
⦁ Background papers relating to dendro-dating for ‘The Monks, Beams and the Cow that jumped over the Moon’ project 2013.
⦁ Marriages’ Register 1754 - 1757
⦁ Marriages’ Register 1813 – 1827
⦁ Marriages’ Register 1838 – 1845
⦁ Marriage Banns 1861 – 1964
⦁ MayDay dance featured on cover in May 1993 ‘Child Education’ magazine. (Think there might have been an associated article removed earlier and now missing.)
⦁ Mayday photos – 1993. May Queen is Vicky Stellings and Retiring Queen is Catherine Robertshaw. Digitised
⦁ 1982 (? Year query) Children’s Day Day parade (Photo 1 Young man = ROY NEWHOUSE, Girl on right holding sign = ANNABEL PUCKEY; Photo 3 Man = DAVID INGLIS) Digitised
⦁ Maypole Hotel photo sometime in the last quarter of 19th century when renamed Eagle Hotel. Digitised
AB50 – CDs & HDD
On the CDs:-
Photos 1
Derek Soames LP stations & trains
Plans of Hellifield & LP stations
St Mary’s Chalice
Bolton Abbey
Village Hall restorations 2008
Village Hall party 15/08/08
Little London & New Pasture Lane junction
Little London Ash
Little London Barn
Little London Wall
New Pasture Lane Barn
Walls – Townhead to The Riddings
Margaret’s Barn & title
Walls, Back lane
Photos 22005 Images – unclear where
Photos 3LP images
St Mary’s condition report
Photos 4Bolton Abbey = Elizabeth Robertshaw’s photos
Photos 511/04/12 NCHT photos (Dr Clegg)
Photos 6St Mary’s RTI crew
Photos 7Baptist Chapel
Video 11960s LP & area
May 2009 St Mary’s bells re-dedication
Video 204/12/10 Swing Band
Video 304/12/10 Swing Band – 5 minute version
Video 4Nursery rhyme talk
Video 508/12/08 Victorian evening
Video 631/08/13 Moonbeams quartet
Video 7The Monks, Beams & ‘the Cow that Jumped over the Moon’
Video 8Songs of WW1
Video 9Pantomime - Wot No Maypole
Disc 1 -Parish Registers
Disc 2 -Listed Buildings, Northallerton, sources, Tithe Maps
Northallerton
Sources
Tithe Maps
Disc 3a -1579 Clifford survey
Huff catalogue
Huff images
Wakefield Deeds
Horse & harness doc
LP schedule – Tithe survey
Wakefield catalogue (for Deeds)
Disc 3b-Wakefield Deeds
Disc 4LP Deeds
Disc 5aLP Census 1851
Disc 5bLP Census 1851 – Heads of Households
Disc 6LP Census 1891
Disc 7LP Wetlands drainage plans
Disc 8Armhouses pump appeal
Disc 9Jan 2003 Guys Villa Barn report
Disc 102005 Craven Housing Needs Survey
Disc 1107/10/09 OS maps 1:10,000
Disc 12Tithe schedule
Disc 13Trees on Maypole Green (dated)
Disc 14Long Preston Wills – Reg Postlethwaite collection
Disc 151909-10 Valuation record & maps
Disc 16Newspaper Articles 1795 – 1899
Disc 17Newspaper Articles 1805 – 1895
Pulications 1Religion in Long Preston
Pulications 2Walk Around Long Preston
Pulications 3aDerek Soames oral history
Pulications 3bKen Harrison oral history
Old Computer CDs – probably obsolete
Old HDD – ‘IcyBox’. Kept as an example of old technology from around 2012 of type and standard of HDD storage available then. (All information copied to more modern HDDs.)
AB51 - WOODEN OAK BEAM
Origin: Greenbank Cottage, BD23 4NA. Beam informally dated to around 1570 and probably from Bolton Abbey Estate, (speculatively because of the village link to Prior Moone).
From markings on the beam, it was originally part of a cruck barn beam. The barn was probably on the site of Greenbank Cottage and Barn before the stone re-building in the mid 1700s. The beam was then re-purposed as a roof joist and then, later still, a ceiling joist. Finally it was installed in the 19th century kitchen extension as a beam over a window. At this stage the beam was about 2 metres long although it has now been sawn in half.
NB – although the oak beam itself is solid, the bark has become sawdust due to woodworm. It is therefore very dusty.
AB52
⦁ Village pantomimes 2013 ‘Cinderella’ & 2015 ‘Wot No Maypole’ Scripts and set design.
⦁ 1832 Conditions of Sale of Swan Inn, Gargrave
⦁ Photocopy of 2 photos of Eshton Hall, Gargrave
⦁ 1975 Skipton archaeological excavations – photocopied report
⦁ Funeral service of Graham Betteridge
⦁ Bylaws of the village greens – copy photo of the sign that was on Main Green near Rohan
AB53 The (last) Boars Head pub sign
This is the last pub sign for the Boars Head pub in Long Preston before it was converted into housing.
The following is from the relevant planning application:-
The Boars Head was owned on a freehold basis by Punch Pubs & Co prior to the Applicant purchasing the property in February 2024. It was operated on a tenancy basis. Evidence provided by the Applicant, which is publicly available on the Companies House website, indicates that the operating business had been consistently returning an escalating loss between incorporation of tenants in August 2017 and the most recently returned accounts in 2023. The level of loss was not insignificant, increasing from a deficit of approximately £32,000 in 2018 to £156,000 in 2023. Whilst it is reasonable in a commercial context for a business to initially operate at a loss, when the loss inures and substantially increases year on year it is evident that the business is not viable. Whilst there is anecdotal comment that the management of the business changed twice in 2023 and that this led to the demise of the business, there is no proof of this. It is clear however from the empirical financial evidence that whatever the circumstance in 2023, the business had been operating at a substantial loss for in excess of 5 years. It is understood that the business ceased trading in September 2023, it did not relocate.
The unfettered freehold ownership of the property was subsequently listed for sale by the owners in late September 2023. The property was marketed as a freehold vacant property at a realistic market value (when compared to similar properties). As the Applicant was not the client of the marketing agents there is no information available to them relating to enquiries or offers made on the property. It is however reasonable to presume that as the property had been made available on the open market for a number of months before the Applicant purchased it, as it was vacant, with a freehold title, had there been interest from another party to use the property for community purposes or an employment use there would have been the opportunity to do so.
The sign itself is a relatively recent replacement, thought to be from the early 2000s. The original brewery designed pub sign was re-covered by the last licensee, Craig Inglis, into something he designed and thought better. It is a plastic veneer cover.