Airedale & Wharfedale Family History Society
Finding New Routes to Trace Your Old Roots
By: Stanley Merridew
Addingham, along with most Wharfedale villages was visited by travelling Methodist preachers from the middle of the eighteenth century.
Grimshaw, Colbeck, Maskew and John Wesley
all preached in the village. One of
those converted at the time was Thomas Lee. Born in Silsden, he served an apprenticeship
in Addingham and became one of Wesley’s travelling band of preachers.
By: Stanley Merridew
North Yorkshire Record Office holds Pateley Bridge Circuit records which cover the chapels from Brown Bank to West End. These include baptism records from 1825 to 1961. All the chapels are together in each volume but the place of residence is shown.
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Arthington
This linear village was part of the parish of Adel until 1865 when the village church was opened. It is a good example of how the Church of England’s slow response to a rising population allowed nonconformists to thrive in communities remote from the parish church. Arthington is three to four miles from Adel church, uphill virtually all the way. Not an easy journey for a family with toddlers and elderly relatives in tow.
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