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The Village, Village Green

Undated. View of Thorp Arch village green on the street named the Village. Cottages can be seen on the left.

River Wharfe showing the Weir and Flint Mill

Undated. The Flint Mill is located about one and a quarter miles upstream of Thorp Arch Bridge near the western boundary with Wetherby. It began as a water powered corn mill aroun...

Boston Spa from Bridge Foot, Thorp Arch

1906. View looking over Thorp Arch Bridge from Bridge Foot, Thorp Arch, to Bridge Road, Boston Spa in early 1900's.

Thorp Arch Bridge

1908. Thorp Arch Bridge spans the River Wharfe between Thorp Arch and Boston Spa and was built in 1772 with subscriptions provided by influential local people. Stone was supplied ...

Thorp Arch Bridge spanning the River Wharfe

1908. A group of people are just visible on the Thorp Arch Bridge spanning the River Wharfe between Thorp Arch and Boston Spa. William Gossip, the Lord of the Manor of Thorp Arch,...

Thorp Arch Manor Mill on the River Wharfe

21921. View of Thorp Arch Mill on the River Wharfe. This stone built mill has a long history dating back centuries. A mill was mentioned on this site in the Domesday Survey, and a...

Thorp Arch Manor Mill, River Wharfe

Undated. Image taken in the late nineteenth century and showing Thorp Arch Manor Mill located at the Weir close to Thorp Arch Bridge. The site was mentioned in the Domesday Survey...

The Green

Undated. View of The Green showing two of the estate houses on the left. There are still 22 estate houses standing in the village. They were built from the 1850s onwards to replac...

The Green

Undated. View of The Green showing the War Memorial. Ten men from Thorp Arch lost their lives in the First World War and in February 1919 it was decided to build a war Memorial. T...

The Village showing the war Memorial

Undated. View of The Village looking from the direction of Bridge Foot. Thorp Arch Park bends round to the left with the War Memorial situated at the bottom left. Church Causeway ...

The Village showing the War Memorial

Undated. View of the Village looking towards Bridge Foot, right. In the centre is the Village Green and the War Memorial, erected in 1919 to commemorate the ten men who gave their...

The Village

Undated. View of The Village showing the Pax Public House on the main street. The original Pax was a thatched inn 50 metres further south on the main street. It became delapidated...

The Village showing the Smithy

Undated. View of The Village, showing the old Smithy on the left, the chimney of which had been extended at one time to improve the draft. Around 1910, Bill Smith and his brother ...

Thorp Arch Manor Mill on the River Wharfe

Undated. View of the Weir on the River Wharfe at Thorp Arch with Thorp Arch Manor Mill in the background. A mill has existed here for many centuries and for a variety of uses; the...

River Wharfe showing the weir and Thorp Arch Manor Mill

Undated. View of the weir and Thorp Arch Manor Mill on the River Wharfe. The site of the mill, near Thorp Arch Bridge, is mentioned in the Domesday Survey.

River Wharfe showing Thorp Arch Manor Mill and the Weir

Undated. View of the River Wharfe showing the buildings of Thorp Arch Manor Mill and the Weir.

River Wharfe, showing the Weir

Undated. Image shows the River Wharfe and the Weir located a little way upsteam from Thorp Arch Bridge. Thorp Arch Manor Mill is situated here. The Weir was also, the site of a sa...

Thorp Arch Manor Mill on the River Wharfe

Undated. Thorp Arch Manor Mill on the River Wharfe. A mill is recorded on the site in the Doomsday Survey. Another early record in 1301 mentions a fulling mill and two corn mills ...

River Wharfe, showing the Weir and Thorp Arch Manor Mill

Undated. Thorp Arch Manor Mill on the banks of the River Wharfe adjacent to the Weir. This old watermill has since been converted into luxury residential apartments (around 1990)....

River Wharfe showing the Weir and Thorp Arch Manor Mill

Undated. View of Thorp Arch Manor Mill situated near Thorp Arch Bridge on the River Wharfe. The Mill and Weir have a long history going back centuries. The buildings became Grade ...

All Saints Church, Children's Chapel

Gibson, Rose

27th September 1937. View of the Children's Chapel in the north aisle of All Saint's Church.

Pound or 'Pinfold', in the front garden of Park Cottage

Gibson, Rose

25th February 1915 The view is of a pound or pinfold, an enclosure where traditionally stray animals in the village were driven. The village cryer would then announce the fact th...

All Saints Church,view of sundial on tower

Allison Todd

18th April 1940 Close-up view of sundial located on the south face of the tower of All Saints Church. It is large and rectangular in shape and constructed in stone. The Church i...

Bramham Moor Hunt

Gibson, Rose

6th December 1929 Hounds have been kept in the area for well over two hundred years. The Lane-Fox family have maintained the pack for many years. Several local families have bee...

The Village, view of the village Pump and Telephone Box

Gibson, Rose

12th October 1938 View of The Village ( the main street) Showing the village pump located adjacent to a B.T. telephone box opposite the entrance to Pear Tree Acre. This pump, set...

Pax Inn

Gibson, Rose

c. 1880 This is the original Pax Inn, a long, low building with thatched roof situated on the main street. It was first mentioned in a commercial directory for 1838 as 'The Goats...

Bridge Farm on the River Wharfe

Allison Todd

Undated View of Bridge Farm located close to Thorparch Bridge on the North Bank of the River Wharfe. It overlooks the site of the ancient ford and, because of its position, was l...

All Saints Church

Allison Todd

14th October 1914 The image shows the vault of the Gossip family licenced to William Gossip on 17th May 1754. The vault under the north aisle of All Saints Church, occupies a smal...

All Saints Church, Memorial slab

Allison Todd

14th May 1937 Image shows a memorial slab within a niche in the north wall of the sanctuary in All Saints Church. A cross fleury is carved on the surface and an inscription on th...

All Saints Church, view of old font in the Churchyard

Gibson, Rose

14th May 1937 View of an old font in the churchyard of All Saints Church. It has thirteen irregular sides and measures 60cm in height on the outside. The bowl is relatively shal...

All Saints Church

Gibson, Rose

15th October 1919 This huge stone is roughly hewn into a cube shape and two sides of the cube are carved with grotesque human faces. This stone, now at All Saints Church, was rem...

All Saints Church

Gibson, Rose

1st June 1908 View of All Saints Church showing damage to the roof after a lightning strike which occurred on 30th May 1908.

All Saints Church

Gibson, Rose

26th May 1908 View of old relics grouped together at the west end of the churchyard. On the left is an octagonal bowl of 17.5cm in depth. Next to it is an octagonal pillar. The...

All Saints Church

Gibson, Rose

1903 This strange little headless figure is set in the inner east wall of the porch of All Saints Church. The date is uncertain but thought to be post-Norman. It measures approx...

St. Helen's Well

Allison Todd

Undated St. Helen's Well is located near part of a Roman road called Rudgate which was built to by-pass York. Here, the road which was once called St. Helen's Lane, follows the b...

The Green, Thatched cottages

Allison Todd

Undated Thatched cottages on the Green at the corner with The Village. A note on the back of the photograph says that these single storey dwellings were pulled down in approximate...

All Saint's Church

Allison Todd

1903 This is a fragment of the chequered work dating from the twelfth century and located at All Saints Church. It is thought to be part of a tympanum, the space between the lint...

All Saint's Church, interior looking east

Allison Todd

3rd March 1939 View of the interior of All Saints Church looking east. The alabastor Reredos was erected in 1908 and consists of seven recess with depictions including the Annunc...

All Saint's Church, interior looking east

Allison Todd

February 1904 This view shows the interior of All Saints Church before the alabastor Reredos was erected in 1908, and also the oak altar table with relief carving of the Last Supp...

All Saint's Church, interior view looking west

Gibson, Rose

12th January 1939 View of the interior of All Saints Church looking from east to west.

All Saint's Church, interior view looking west

Gibson, Rose

12th January 1939 An interior view of All Saints Church looking from east to west.

All Saint's Church, view of stables

Allison Todd

29th March 1937. All Saint's Church is in the background of this image showing an old stonebuilt stable near the main gate to the Churchyard. Visiting clergy at one time used t...

All Saint's Church, view of interior, looking east

Allison Todd

29th March 1937 View of All Saint's Church, looking east. The east window incorporates three lights depicting the 'Ascension of Our Lord'.

All Saint's Church

Allison Todd

29th March 1937. View of All Saint's Church from the South-east. Two young girls pose for the camera. The Church is built more than a quarter of a mile east of Thorp Arch villag...

All Saint's Church

Gibson, Rose

28th October 1938 In this view scaffolding has been erected on the tower of All Saints Church. A sign post can be seen at the junction of Whins Lane with Church Causeway. It po...

Thorp Arch Manor Mill on the River Wharfe

Allison Todd

6th April 1935 The Sanderson family became the tenants of Thorp Arch Manor Mill in 1934 and it was run by miller, Percy Johnson, who lived on the site in one of the mill cottages....

All Saint's Church

Allison Todd

24th October 1914. This view shows the south porch of All Saint's Church. Close by, on the left, is an old stone pillar, thought to be a churchyard cross. It incorporates a sundia...

All Saint's Church,View of porch

Allison Todd

14th October 1914 View of the south porch of All Saint's Church, Church Causeway.

All Saint's Church

Allison Todd

1903 View of All Saint's Church on Church Causeway from the South-West. The building on the right is a stable at the junction with Whins Lane. As the church is located a considera...

Thatched Cottage.

Allison Todd

April 1906. This is a view of a thatched cottage in the village of Thorp Arch. The house on the left is one of many estate houses built in the 1850s to replace run-down thatched c...