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Traffic and Highways Better pavements More info David Prince View a selection of the photographs taken by David View Parish Caretaker Changes More info Our Parish A description Read Exercise! Have you completed the Hartwith Heritage Walk? More info Heritage Group information Check the diary Contact us by e-mail	HARTWITH'S INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE The view above taken from the south, suggests a normal rural parish rising from the river Nidd as it circles the parish boundary in the valley bottom. To the left of the picture are the villages of Summerbridge and Low Laithe, when in the 1900's there was intensive industrial activity, developed by businessmen increasing the scale of their business, by utilising water as the main source of power both from the river Nidd, but also Fell Beck and small reservoirs on the hillside above Summerbridge The project will investigate the industries which have been practiced in the parish through the centuries, from early quernstone manufacture through to medieval metal-working, tanning, quarrying and the more recent Flax and hemp based industries. With the support of a professional archaeologist, we will be studying old maps, archive sources, oral reminiscences and field visits. The Group are building up an interesting collection of old images, with many already on file. (The photo on the left will have been seen by many residents in the parish, and graphically shows the results of a large fire at New York Mills, in the mid 1990's). The Group are keen to increase the collection so if you have any old photographs, newspaper cuttings, and reminiscences please contact us, or join us at one of our many events Many residents and those who have left the area over the years, can help in many ways. The gentleman in the picture at the Rope walk will be known to many, and we have several images where we need help in "identification", so help in any small way would be well received! While the main work of the project will be carried out on a fortnightly basis, centred at the Schoolroom at Hartwith, additional evening meetings starting in the Autumn will be based in Summerbridge where a group of members will be concentrating on the social history. Field visits started in July, with our first year comcentrating on the textile industries with members researching all the sites designated on old maps as Flax mills, but we intend to continue visits to archive centres and some of the industrial museums in Yorkshire The website will gradually change and regular updates and the future programme of the group will be included on the Heritage page "The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) enables communities to celebrate, look after and learn more about our diverse heritage. They open up our national and local heritage for everyone to enjoy, both those individuals involved in the research but for the wider audience of all ages to read and view the results"

The view above taken from the south, suggests a normal rural parish rising from the river Nidd as it circles the parish boundary in the valley bottom. To the left of the picture are the villages of Summerbridge and Low Laithe, when in the 1900's there was intensive industrial activity, developed by businessmen increasing the scale of their business, by utilising water as the main source of power both from the river Nidd, but also Fell Beck and small reservoirs on the hillside above Summerbridge

The project will investigate the industries which have been practiced in the parish through the centuries, from early quernstone manufacture through to medieval metal-working, tanning, quarrying and the more recent Flax and hemp based industries. With the support of a professional archaeologist, we will be studying old maps, archive sources, oral reminiscences and field visits.

The Group are building up an interesting collection of old images, with many already on file. (The photo on the left will have been seen by many residents in the parish, and graphically shows the results of a large fire at New York Mills, in the mid 1990's). The Group are keen to increase the collection so if you have any old photographs, newspaper cuttings, and reminiscences please contact us, or join us at one of our many events

Many residents and those who have left the area over the years, can help in many ways. The gentleman in the picture at the Rope walk will be known to many, and we have several images where we need help in "identification", so help in any small way would be well received!

While the main work of the project will be carried out on a fortnightly basis, centred at the Schoolroom at Hartwith, additional evening meetings starting in the Autumn will be based in Summerbridge where a group of members will be concentrating on the social history.

Field visits started in July, with our first year comcentrating on the textile industries with members researching all the sites designated on old maps as Flax mills, but we intend to continue visits to archive centres and some of the industrial museums in Yorkshire

The website will gradually change and regular updates and the future programme of the group will be included on the Heritage page

"The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) enables communities to celebrate, look after and learn more about our diverse heritage. They open up our national and local heritage for everyone to enjoy, both those individuals involved in the research but for the wider audience of all ages to read and view the results"