Local Historian, Author at POOL-IN-WHARFEDALE

St Wilfrid’s Parish Church & Chapel of Ease

THE CHAPEL OF EASE FOR POOL-IN-WHARFEDALE A Chapel of Ease was a place of worship provided for the ease and comfort of […]

POOLE DOLES 1727- 1997 1727 Thomas Fourness, in his will of 1727 he states: “ I give the sum of five pounds […]

ARTHINGTON SHOW. 1906 saw Sir E. A. Brotherton. Bart. LLD, as the first President elected to the Arthington, Bramhope and Pool Horticultural […]

Fish breeding ponds are mentioned in Pool in documents of the late 12th century, situated alongside what was “possibly the major route […]

The main employer until the early 1900’s was Pool Bank quarry. At the same time the paper mill of B.S & W. […]

Querns were used for grinding grain, several of which have been found by local farmers when ploughing land. John Cruse, Secretary of […]

Fulling & Paper 1902 Plan of Walk/Fulling/High mill property Fulling was the process of cloth finishing. The cloth was cleansed and thickened […]

1086 DOMESDAY BOOK “Pouele” is mentioned in the Domesday book being taxed on 6 Carucates of land making its farmland the same […]

Low Mill –Fulling and Paper LOW MILL is on Otley Road built lower down the River Wharfe than High/Walk Mill, The first […]

Dyneley Arms Inn . The boundaries of Pool-in-Wharfedale changed c.2010, bringing in this public house, named after the Dyneley family who moved […]