Map Reference 7 Mount Hermon Wesleyan Addingham Village DIRECTIONS - If you are not going on to Farfield Reform Union Church Meeting House the trail ends here. To return to the ount Hermon Wesleyan Reform start of the trail, walk ahead along Bark Lane and ��� ��� turn left at the junction into Bolton Road. M Union Church was built at the ��������� ������� junction of Main Street and Bolton Road If you wish to walk to Farfield Meeting House take in 1861 and is now a Grade II listed � the Dales Way footpath alongside the river (stout building. footwear is needed). Do not cross the footbridge. Where the Dales Way emerges onto the B6160 at a The Wesleyan Reform Movement split house, cross the road to the rear of the Meeting from the Wesleyan Methodists in 1849. House. This happened when three people were expelled from the church because they wanted it to be more democratic, so that Farfield Meeting House can also be reached by car. church members could have more involvement in the running There are two parking spaces for visitors. It is on the of the church. The Reformers hired a room at the Oddfellows left of the B6160 towards Bolton Abbey, about 1.5 miles from Addingham. Lodge and worshipped there before this church was built.

For the Millennium a stained glass window � in the rear wall of the building was � Map Reference 13 Farfield Meeting House

commissioned. It depicts the Good � � � Shepherd and local beauty spots.

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Mount Hermon choir had a reputation for ���������� � would have been held in barns or farms � � such as at Upper Gatecroft on fine singing and was once invited to sing at �

�� � � � Addingham Moorside. the Crystal Palace in London. Indeed most ���������� � � ������ chapels and churches had choirs and there � �� In 1666 Anthony Myers provided land nearby for a Quaker � could be rivalry between them. ������ burial ground. When the Act of Toleration of 1689 enabled ��� ��� ����� Nonconformists to build places of worship, he gave an ��� adjoining plot of land for the Meeting House. He conveyed DIRECTIONS - Cross Main Street and opposite The Crown �� you will see Lodge Hill. Walk to the top. � ��� both the building and the land to a group of trustees for use ���� by ‘the people of God called Quakers... in consideration of the sum of five shillings of good and lawful money of England’.

� � � The Meeting House is a one room Map Reference 8 Oddfellows Lodge � � � � � � � building with stone walls and mullioned � � � � � � � windows. There are two original loose uilt in 1834, the Oddfellows Lodge stood on the right at � � � � � � � � � � benches made from large planks of wood the top of the hill. Wesleyan Reformers met here until they � � � B � � � � � against the walls. The simple style built Mount Hermon in 1861. The Lodge was demolished in � � �� � � � reflects Quaker thinking. In the burial 1972. � � � � � � � ground are six chest tombs of the Myers �� �� The Primitive Methodists built a chapel next to the Lodge in ��� ��� � ��� � family. These are unusual because individual display of this 1839 (now the yard of No 3) and continued to worship here ����������� kind is not in keeping with Quaker principles. until 1913 when the Chapel and Sunday School (now the � � Memorial Hall) was built in Main Street. In the early days Quakers could be fined or imprisoned for not paying tithes, not attending the Parish Church or refusing to swear on oath. The Myers family were among those who DIRECTIONS - Return to Main Street, turn right and had property seized for not paying tithes and, in 1663, six continue down to the Memorial Hall. men were apprehended when meeting to worship in �� �������� Addingham. They were committed to York Castle prison ������ �������������� for three weeks for refusing to swear on oath.

By 1820 worship was no longer held here.

The Meeting House is now in the care of the Historic Map Reference 9 Memorial Hall Chapels Trust and is cared for locally by a voluntary group of ‘Friends of Farfield’. he Memorial Hall was built as a Christian worship began in Addingham TPrimitive Methodist Chapel and before the year 867, when it is recorded opened in 1913. The Primitive Methodist that Archbishop Wulfhere fled to ‘reside at DIRECTIONS - To visit Bolton Priory continue along Society was formed in the 1820s and their Addingham’ to escape Danish raids on York the Dales Way in a northerly direction alongside the less formal form of worship appealed to in that year. Around 80 unmarked graves B6160 with the River Wharfe on your right. At Bolton working people who were known as excavated close to the present church hall have Bridge the footpath diverges away from the road ‘ranters’. Meetings were held at mills and been carbon dated to the 8th to 10th century and continues northwards to the Priory. in the open air. Early meetings were held behind the Crown and a stone shaft dated 9th to 10th century has been found on Hotel and by the 1830s regular services were also held at the site. Low Mill. The earliest building is likely to have been Map Reference 14 Bolton Priory This new chapel on Main Street remained a place of worship timber. The Parish was founded in the 1150s until around 1955. The then vacant building was purchased, when the first stone church was built. Much olton Priory was originally sited as a result of local fundraising, for a Memorial Hall. of the interior survives from the 16th century, Bin Embsay, near Skipton. It moved It commemorates those who gave their lives in World War 2. including the roof beams. in c1155 to land by the River Wharfe,

given by Lady Alice de Romille of The building is much altered with only the large windows and In 2007 dendrodating of the beams has Skipton Castle. The boundaries between blocked doorway at the front as evidence that it was built as confirmed that the north aisle was built in the 1520s or 30s. The The Manor of Bolton and the west of a chapel. coat of arms of the lords of the manor, the Vavasours, and Prior Addingham were described in a Latin Moone of Bolton Priory are found on beam-ends close to the roof. document. It is thought that the first stone Parish Church in Addingham was built at this time. DIRECTIONS - Look across Main Street to High House opposite the War Memorial. The church was extensively repaired again in 1750s and most of the exterior is from this date. In 1539 at the time of the Dissolution of the Monasteries Rebuilding the south wall and adding a bell the building was sacked by King Henry VIII’s men. Legend tower cost £160 - considerably less than the has it that Prior Moone cleverly had a wall built behind the High Altar and convinced the King’s men that this was the Map Reference 10 Quaker Meeting House £248 spent on the new bells, which were cast in London at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry. parish church of the village. It has remained the parish church ever since. The monks dispersed and some were fter the Quakers ceased meeting at The churchwarden’s accounts have a number hidden by local catholic families. Prior Moone received a A Farfield Meeting House around 1820 of interesting entries including the purchase of pension from the king. they met in a building close to High House ale for bell ringers and ale for ‘pouder plot’ until they joined the Ilkley Meeting. in 1752. Money was paid for ‘destroying the The nursery rhyme ‘Hey Diddle Diddle the Cat and the picktors in the church’ in 1650 at the time Fiddle’ is said to have been about a dispute between a when King Charles I had been executed and farmer’s wife and Prior Moone about money owed to the Oliver Cromwell held power. priory. The farmer’s wife (the cow) jumped over the moon(e), indicating that she won the argument.

DIRECTIONS - Continue down the road to the fork, DIRECTIONS - From the Church grounds retrace your The burial ground has some interesting graves including that then down Church Street to emerge in North Street. steps to North Street. Turn right along North Street to of cricketer Freddie Trueman. Cross North Street and following the footpath sign, Ferryman’s Cottage. go ahead across the narrow bridge.

Map Reference 11 St Peter’s Church Map Reference 12 Footbridge

ou are now in the Church grounds. ere a ferry, and before that a ford, YThis whole area is a Scheduled H enabled Beamsley people to attend Ancient Monument. church, and the children to attend school.

The parish church of St Peter’s sits on a There is now a footbridge. raised bank with a steep drop behind it to the River Wharfe. The church is built inside what is possibly an Iron Age ditch. Beamsley Beacon

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build the church - a considerable sum at that time. that at sum considerable a - church the build Turn now to the other side of this leafl et to continue the trail. the continue to et leafl this of side other the to now Turn

The local Catholic community was small but raised £2000 to to £2000 raised but small was community Catholic local The The building was then converted for worship. for converted then was building The

the 1970s when a new school was built. built. was school new a when 1970s the

triangular windows set in the roof on either side. either on roof the in set windows triangular

was extended. The school remained open until until open remained school The extended. was Chapel, Map Reference 7. Reference Map Chapel,

modern for the time, simple in style but with four striking striking four with but style in simple time, the for modern

were 240 pupils in the two classrooms so it it so classrooms two the in pupils 240 were Cross the road to Mount Hermon Mount to road the Cross - DIRECTIONS

rear of the building but no bell. The architecture was very very was architecture The bell. no but building the of rear

3d per week to attend full time. By 1890 there there 1890 By time. full attend to week per 3d

The foundation stone is in Latin and there is a bell tower to the the to tower bell a is there and Latin in is stone foundation The T

purpose-built day school. Pupils paid paid Pupils school. day purpose-built

Lodge Hill in 1839. in Hill Lodge English Martyrs’ to commemorate the two executed priests. priests. executed two the commemorate to Martyrs’ English

his building was opened in 1874 as a a as 1874 in opened was building his

now demolished, behind The Crown before moving to to moving before Crown The behind demolished, now for over 400 years. The Church was named ‘Our Lady and and Lady ‘Our named was Church The years. 400 over for

earliest meetings were held in a room in an outbuilding, outbuilding, an in room a in held were meetings earliest and was the fi rst purpose-built Catholic Church in the village village the in Church Catholic purpose-built rst fi the was and

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Methodist Society, was formed in Addingham. Their Their Addingham. in formed was Society, Methodist The present Catholic Church in Bolton Road was built in 1927 1927 in built was Road Bolton in Church Catholic present The

n 1828 a Wesleyan breakaway group, the Primitive Primitive the group, breakaway Wesleyan a 1828 n

seized and executed at York in the 16th century. 16th the in York at executed and seized

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Addingham, Richard Holmes and Richard Kirkman were were Kirkman Richard and Holmes Richard Addingham,

Primitive Methodist Methodist Primitive 6 Reference Map old Methodist school building. school Methodist old

in secret and were hidden by such families. Two priests from from priests Two families. such by hidden were and secret in

Continue along Chapel Street to the the to Street Chapel along Continue - DIRECTIONS

fi rmly to the Catholic faith. Travelling priests conducted mass mass conducted priests Travelling faith. Catholic the to rmly fi

Lords of the Manor for Addingham, the Vavasours, held held Vavasours, the Addingham, for Manor the of Lords

to house paupers. Walk to the Crown Hotel. Crown the to Walk paupers. house to

around 1530 for over 150 years. 150 over for 1530 around

along Chapel Street. Chapel along

has had several uses including as a school, a jail and and jail a school, a as including uses several had has

were persecuted for their faith from from faith their for persecuted were worship was moved to the former Methodist School a little further further little a School Methodist former the to moved was worship

pictorial story board. The library was built in 1669 and and 1669 in built was library The board. story pictorial

In the mid 1970s the building was sold and converted to fl ats and and ats fl to converted and sold was building the 1970s mid the In Bolton Priory were closed. Catholics Catholics closed. were Priory Bolton

Walk to the library. Here you will see a a see will you Here library. the to Walk - DIRECTIONS

outlawed and the monasteries such as as such monasteries the and outlawed

building.

Almost overnight Catholic Mass was was Mass Catholic overnight Almost

family mausoleum is near the gate. This is a Grade II listed listed II Grade a is This gate. the near is mausoleum family

Pope in Rome all England was Catholic. Catholic. was England all Rome in Pope

was for many years a venue for celebrating Catholic Mass. Catholic celebrating for venue a years many for was

Greenwood of Netherwood as a burial ground and his imposing imposing his and ground burial a as Netherwood of Greenwood U

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of England after his quarrel with the the with quarrel his after England of

stream. This leads to what is now a private house but but house private a now is what to leads This stream.

In 1825 the land around the chapel was given by George Oates Oates George by given was chapel the around land the 1825 In

ntil Henry VIII founded the Church Church the founded VIII Henry ntil

ote the iron railings and gate next to the wall by the the by wall the to next gate and railings iron the ote

a day and conducting up to three services. services. three to up conducting and day a

Preachers would visit the outlying villages, walking up to 20 miles miles 20 to up walking villages, outlying the visit would Preachers Catholic Meeting House Meeting Catholic 5 Reference Map Roman Catholic Church Catholic Roman 1 Reference Map

1880. By then Addingham had become the centre of a large circuit. circuit. large a of centre the become had Addingham then By 1880.

As congregations grew, the chapel was enlarged in 1808, 1834 and and 1834 1808, in enlarged was chapel the grew, congregations As

worship until around the 1940s. the around until worship The Swan and look across the road. the across look and Swan The

On your right is Map Reference 1. Reference Map is right your On one farmhouse on Addingham Moorside remained a place of of place a remained Moorside Addingham on farmhouse one individual cottages along its length. Stop outside outside Stop length. its along cottages individual

Methodists met in barns or farmhouses and and farmhouses or barns in met Methodists stream with only a few farmhouses, barns and and barns farmhouses, few a only with stream takes you along the streamside path. path. streamside the along you takes

ulig.A n ie anSre a noe open an had Street Main time, one At buildings. of Methodism, preached here in 1766. Early Early 1766. in here preached Methodism, of towards the Catholic Church. A footbridge footbridge A Church. Catholic the towards

walk, notice the different carved dates on the the on dates carved different the notice walk,

Tom Lee in 1748. John Wesley, the founder founder the Wesley, John 1748. in Lee Tom

Turn right out of the car park and walk walk and park car the of out right Turn

Turn back down Main Street. As you you As Street. Main down back Turn - DIRECTIONS

Addingham was founded by a local man, man, local a by founded was Addingham (see Map Reference 7 on the map inside). inside). map the on 7 Reference Map (see

1778. The fi rst Society of Methodists in in Methodists of Society rst fi The 1778.

in Bolton Road behind Mount Hermon Chapel Chapel Hermon Mount behind Road Bolton in

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Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, built in in built Chapel, Methodist Wesleyan

Street. Street. The walking trail starts at the public car park park car public the at starts trail walking The

his building, Chapel Court, was the fi rst rst fi the was Court, Chapel building, his upper room in this row of cottages, at what is now 15 Main Main 15 now is what at cottages, of row this in room upper

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Methodists (Congregationalists) began to worship in an an in worship to began (Congregationalists) Methodists

mentioned in the Domesday Book, compiled in 1086. in compiled Book, Domesday the in mentioned

etween about 1840 and 1849 a group of Independent Independent of group a 1849 and 1840 about etween

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road runs to the south of the village. Addingham is is Addingham village. the of south the to runs road

There may have been an even earlier settlement as a Roman Roman a as settlement earlier even an been have may There

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meaning ‘the farmstead of the followers of Adda’. Adda’. of followers the of farmstead ‘the meaning

building on the left. the on building he name Addingham comes from the Anglo-Saxon Anglo-Saxon the from comes Addingham name he

initially keeping the stream on your left, to the fi rst rst fi the to left, your on stream the keeping initially

school. At the end of the path turn left up the lane, lane, the up left turn path the of end the At school. end of a row of cottages. of row a of end

the footbridge across the stream. Turn right towards the the towards right Turn stream. the across footbridge the right up Main Street. Look for 15 Main Street at the the at Street Main 15 for Look Street. Main up right

Addingham’s History Addingham’s Cross the road from the church and take take and church the from road the Cross - DIRECTIONS

Continue along Chapel Street and turn turn and Street Chapel along Continue - DIRECTIONS

Introduction Discovering his village trail T aims to provide Addingham’s you with an insight into the way the people of Addingham have been Churches infl uenced by its religious heritage through the centuries. The trail has been made possible by the co-operation of all the churches in the parish.

The route links all known past and present places of worship and identifi es a number of other historical features.

We hope you will take time to enjoy the village walk, which takes a leisurely 01274 560220 Tel: Designed by: www.ichicoodesign.com two hours and is suitable for buggies. Some of the buildings will be open, so do explore inside.

The walk can be extended via the Dales Way to Some of the information in this guide is taken from a Farfi eld Meeting House history of Addingham by Kate Mason entitled (about 1.5 miles) and to ‘From Brigantes to Bypass’ which is available from Bolton Priory (a further 2 miles). local shops, libraries and the Civic Society - This adds about 7 miles if you wish to ISBN 0955523605 return to the Main Street. Websites for further information: To start the trail please turn to page 2. www.hot.org.uk/chapel2farfi eld.html USEFUL INFORMATION www.addinghamrectory.fsnet.co.uk WCs are available at Sugar Hill on the Main Street. Supported by ‘Creating a Christian Timeline for Addingham’ There are several places in Revealing the hidden heritage of St Peter’s and its environs the village where refreshments can be purchased.

There are public phones at Church Street and Main Street at the Public Library (see map).