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Yorkshire Post and Intelligencer, 28 May 1910: FOR SALE — Lady’s 4 wheeled DOG-CART, india-rubber tyres, 14 to 16 hands; splendid condition; easy mounting; price £30. Wanted, comfortable Cart, 13 hands—Vicarage, Bishop Monkton.

Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 30 June 1910: WHINMORE WELL SINKING FATALITY — INQUEST ON THE VICTIMS. Mr. P. P. Maitland (West Riding Coroner) conducted an inquiry at the Old Red Lion Hotel, Whinmoor, near Seaoroft, yesterday, into the circumstances attending the death of two men who were killed on Tuesday while engaged well-sinking operations in the village. The names of the deceased are Ernest Fawcett and George Hymas, the latter being a cousin of Mr. J. T. Hymas, the engineer responsible for the sinking of the well. Evidence of identification was given William Fawcett, labourer, of Bishop Monkton, near , father of Ernest Fawcett, one of the two men who were killed. His son, who was 38 years of age, and unmarried, had had no previous experience of well-sinking, but had worked in the mines at Bishop Auckland. The deceased man was healthy and strong. Tom labourer, of Oakworth, identified the deceased man, George Hymas, his brother, who was, he said, 32 years of age. His brother had had great experience of well-sinking, had the rest of the family. The Coroner: From the inquiries you have made, you, think there has been any neglect here? —I don’t think there any blame to be attached to any one. Mr. John Thomas Hymas, water supply engineer, of , said he had the contract for the wellsinking in this case.

[...] The Coroner: Did you give them any instructions to guard against gas? — Not in this case. But they have had instructions in other similar cases. What instructions to gas? — Well, if they begin to breathe thickly, or they can put lights down. Have they had instructions other similar work? —Yes; to put lights down. Having come across gas in the past, is not usual in sinking operations to test for gas in some way? — Yes, by lowering candle down[...] But, he said, think the gas must have been locked in the strata, and have been liberated the night, before by the men s work. The heavy atmosphere possibly prevented the gas rising. [...] Dr. Haygarth, of Crossgates, gave it as his opinion that death was due to suffocation, most probably from carbonic acid gas. The jury returned verdict to this effect.

Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 28 July 1910: Lady Barran, of Sawley Hall, opened a garden fete and sale of work in the Vicarage grounds, Bishop Monkton, yesterday afternoon, in aid of a provident nursing scheme and the new church bells.

Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 6 Aug. 1910: Bishop Monkton. — SHOP FOR SALE — For sale, shop, house Stores (central location), three Cottages, from £70 upwards; thorough repair; well tenanted; seen any time. — Hymas, Claremont, Bishop Monkton, Leeds.

Leeds Mercury, 29 April 1911: ADVICE TO INVESTORS — Bromide (Bishop Monkton). — (1) The company has very fair chances, and would not advise you to sell. The fact that the property of the undertaking is not in the Middle East region does not necessarily condemn it. A quotation such as the you mention, refers to shares of £l, and represents 12s. 6d.

All financial inquiries should be addressed City Editor, Mercury office. 65, Fleet-street, London,

Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 1 June 1911: POPULATION STATIONARY AT RIPON — POPULATION STATIONARY AT RIPON. Ripon people will be disappointed to learn that the returns show no development of the City as a spa and residential centre. In 1901 the population was 8,230; for 1911 the figures given are 8,238, increase only eight. Diminution of local industries is responsible for this, whole families having removed to large manufacturing centres, or emigrated to

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Canada and other colonies. On the other hand, the rural area round shows an increase, though precise figures for each township are not available. For the whole of the Union, including Ripon City, the population, in 1901 was 15,529, a decrease of 113 from the previous census. In 1911 the total for the Union was 15,765. increase 236. The increase is mainly in the West Riding part the rural area, such villages as Bishop Monkton and , which have had considerable additions to the residential population. [...]

Darlington and Stockton Times, Ripon and Richmond Journal, 12 Aug. 1911: PROPERTY FOR SALE — Bishop Monkton — houses, bungalows, SHOP, and COTTAGES FOR SALE.-Particulars. Hymas. Littlethorpe, near Ripon.

Darlington and Stockton Times, Ripon and Richmond Journal, 12 Aug. 2011: RIPON RURAL COUNCIL — TARRING ROADS — The Surveyor reported that during the month the streets at Markington, Skelton, the street at Bishop Monkton, and part of the street at Kirkby Malzeard had been tarred, and he expected to finish Kirkby during the week. One lot of tar which, came was the wrong kind, and had to be sent back, or the work would have been completed.

Leeds Mercury, 1 Sept. 1911: CYCLING NOTES — RUN TO BISHOP MONKTON AND BACK. — It would perhaps difficult to find a cyclist who failed to appreciate a full day's run over the following round from Leeds;— Pool being reached by the Otley-road and Creskeld-lane, over the Wharfe, turn left for the ancient Church and climb the hill to Stainburn Moor, here joining the Bradford to Ripon-road, over the breezy moorland to Beckwithshaw, down the dangerous Pott Bank, eventually joining the -Ripon road at Killinghall, with a halt two miles farther at the pretty village of Ripley. Forward, and a mile past Wormald Green Railway Station, turn right for the much favoured village of Bishop Monkton, run nearly 30 miles. Make a turn for home here through Burton Leonard, Copgrove Park, and Staveley, here turning right for Arkendale, and emerging the Boroughbridge-Wetherhy road, a mile north of Allerton Park, with its red brick wall of over a mile down the roadside, to Walshford. with its pretty surroundings. Wetherby, skirting Kirk Deighton, and home through Collingham, up the Bardsey Hill to Scarcroft, &c., a lovely round of under 60 miles.

Knaresborough Post, 10 Aug. 1912: LIGHTING AT BISHOP MONKTON — Bishop Monkton has also shown itself progressive in the introduction of public lighting. Anyone who has had business in the villages on a winter night knows the need for illumination, especially when familiarity with the roads is not of the best. In Bishop Monkton, the most difficult parts of the village have been provided with a lamp, there being now half-a-dozen, with another in prospect to erected by Miss Cooke in memory of her father The scheme at present is a voluntary one. but Mr Butterfield said on Wednesday that they might eventually have an efficient installation supported by the rates. At any rate, a beginning had been made with a really useful scheme, which had already proved highly beneficial.

Knaresborough Post, 12 Oct. 1912: BISHOP MONKTON PUBLIC LIGHTING — DEBATE. The first annual meeting of the village Lighting Committee took place in the schoolroom on 7 October last. The Hon Treasurer, Mr. Beetham, presented a carefully prepared balance sheet, which showed, after payment of lamps and cost of maintenance, a credit balance of £10 10s. 4d. The Rev. Canon Reed (who presided) said he was pleased that the efforts of the committee had been attended with success, and felt assured that the lighting scheme had become very popular. Several members of the committee expressed their views on an extension of the lighting, but all agreed on the advisability of adding additional lamps only on the measure of support given by the public.

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Miss Cooke’s memorial lamp will shortly be erected at the Four Lane Ends, approaching the village. At the expressed wish of the donor the committee passed a resolution agreeing to take over this lamp conditionally.

Knaresborough Post, 26 Oct. 1912: BISHOP MONKTON PROVIDENT NURSING The annual meeting of the subscribers to this fund was recently held, when a satisfactory statement of the working of the scheme was made by Canon Reed as to the successful working of the scheme under Nurse Roberts, who has attended since February last 50 patients in Bishop Monkton alone, exclusive of Littlethorpe. Several visitors required her services, and paid the fees according to the rules. The number of subscribers is increasing and it is hoped that ere long still more of the people will look beyond their own needs for the good of all the inhabitants of the two villages. The valuable help of all the collectors is much appreciated, and all were unanimously re-elected Mr Underwood kindly offered to lend a bed cradle required by the nurse.

Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 26 July 1913: BISHOP MONKTON — FUNDRAISING — There was large attendance in the vicarage grounds at Bishop Monkton yesterday, when Lady Dorothy Wood opened a garden fete and of sale of work in aid of the village nursing and lighting funds, and also for the church and foreign mission purposes. Canon Reed stated that the nursing scheme had been very having been very successful, with 54 cased attended and 510 visits made in Bishop Monkton and 15 cases and 87 visits in Littlethorpe. The lighting scheme had been voluntarily carried out, but more lights were needed. Funds were also needed for meeting the cost of pointing and decorating the church, and for foreign missions, for which there was a King’s Messengers’ stall.

Leeds Mercury, 7 Aug. 1913: TRAMP — Harrogate, Knaresborough, Farnham. Bishop Monkton, Ripon, Fountains Abbey, Sawley, and forward to Pateley Bridge. Thence by Guy’s Cliff and Blubberhouses to Beamsley and Bolton Abbey, or (from Pateley) by Greenhow Hill, past Stump Cross Cavern, Trollor’s Gill, Skyreholm, Appletreewick, and Barden, to Bolton Abbey; rather further, but perhaps » more interesting route.

Leeds Mercury, 11 Aug. 1913: BISHOP MONKTON SHOW — The annual show of horses and foals was held at Bishop Monkton Saturday. The entries exceeded all previous records, both in numbers and quality. In brood mares the pick of the lot was Mr. C. Norfolk’s bay, with Mr. J. Barker’s exhibit second. There were some nice colt and filly foals, Mr. A. Pickering taking first and third prizes, and Mr. E. Abel second. The hackney foals were good throughout. There were only two entries in the class for hunting mares with foal at foot, and four in the foal class, and Mr. T. Curry was first in both. In fine class of hunting yearlings, colt or filly, Mr. J. C. Hawking was awarded first prize. Mr. G. Mangle’s colt was second, both exhibitors holding the same position as in the Yorkshire Show award.

Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 27 January 1914: A BISHOP MONKTON FATALITY — An inquest was held at Bishop Monkton yesterday. Thomas Hullah (50), engineer, who was killed at Butterfield and Renton’s paper mill on Saturday morning by the blowing out of the sparking plug of a suction gas-engine. It was stated that Hullah had had twelve months’ experience of the engine, a 90 h.p. one, and there had been no complaints. So far as was known the plug was securely fixed and bolted in on Saturday morning. Mr. F. T. Beaumont, factory inspector, of Leeds. pointed out that the constant taking out and putting in the plug had a tendency to wear the threads of the bolts. The jury returned a verdict of “Accidental death”, and that in their opinion in an engine of that size the bolts securing the sparking plug ought to be stronger.

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Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 29 Oct. 1914: WANTED — thorough, capable SUCTION GAS ENGINE DRIVER; good reference of abilities required. Apply to Butterfield and Renton, Bishop Monkton.

Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 11 December 1914: A YORKSHIRE LADY'S MARRIAGE IN LONDON — The marriage took place in London yesterday, of a well known Yorkshire huntswoman. Miss Poole, of The Hollies, Acomb, York, and Captain George Edward Young, of the Irish Guards, son of the late Rev.H. Savill Young, Mallards Court. Stokenbridge, Oxon. Miss Poole is the only daughter the late Rev. F. J. Poole and Mrs. Poole, Bishop Monkton, Ripon, and granddaughter of late Mr. J. C. Fenwick. of Long Framlington. Northumberland. Owing to the uncertainty of the bridegroom obtaining leave from his military duties, no invitations were issued by either bride or bridegroom, and the ceremony took place short notice at St. Thomas's Church, Portman Square, only one or two of the bride's friends, who happened to be staying in London, being present at the church. The Rev. H. Young, rector of Newmarket, and the Vicar of St. Thomas's officiated and the bride, who was given away her cousin, Mr. Oswin Charlton, was simply gowned in her travelling costume, comprising dark blue silk coat and skirt, with blue feathers encircling her black velvet hat. She also wore a set of black fox furs. The bridegroom was accompanied his brother, Mr. Basil Young, as best men. Captain Young is shortly to leave for the front, and Mrs. Young hopes to return Acombin a few weeks. The wedding presents numbered altogether over two hundred, and some of them were very beautiful.

Yorkshire Evening Post, 5 Feb. 1915: TWO LICENCES " REFERRED " IN THE RIPON DISTRICT. At Ripon Liberty and West Riding Court this morning all licences were renewed except those of the Royal Oak Inn, Grewelthorpe, and the Crown Inn, Bishop Monkton, which were recommended for compensation.

Harrogate Herald, 3 March 1915: WEST RIDING DISTRESS COMMITTEE Again there has been large influx of refugees into this country, and the War Refugees Committee in London have asked the West Riding Distress Committee whether yet more can be done the West Riding to provide hospitality. A generous response has been made to the last appeal of the committee; many district committees who have already done a great deal have made increased provision, and some additional localities have taken the matter up. About 2,400 refugees have now been received by the West Riding Committee and provided for by the district sub-committees, these in addition to a very large number received in the Riding from the boroughs and other sources. The number of such refugees housed the followed undermentioned Unions is as follows:

Ripon Union Bishop Monkton 17 Copt Hewick 5 Grantley 9 Grewelthorpe 3 Markington, Pateley Bridge Union 21 Pateley Bridge 25 Dacre 9 Glasshouses 18 Knaresborough Union Knaresborough 20 Ripley 4

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Doubtless in some areas accommodation cannot be found, but contributions in money would greatly assist the West Riding Distress Committee, who would also greatly appreciate further gifts of clothing, more particularly underclothing for men, women and children, and men’s boots.

Leeds Mercury, 2 Sept. 1915: The Northern Command at York have intimated to the Knaresborough Rural Council that the firing on the Ripon rifle ranges have necessitated the closing of the road to traffic from Bishop Monkton Church to a point 150 yards south of Burton House whilst firing was in progress.

Newcastle Journal, 22 Sept. 1915: NORTH COUNTRY NOTES — BISHOP MONKTON — Canon Reed, vicar of Bishop Monkton and Rural Dean, has intimated his intention of resigning his living in November next. Canon Reed has been at Bishop Monkton for nearly eight years, prior to which he was for thirty years on the staff of Ripon Cathedral.

Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, ECCLEDIASTICAL NEWS —BISHOP MONKTON — Canon Reed having retired from the vicariate of Bishop Monkton, the parishioners have presented a purse of gold and a handsome cafe of cutlery the Canon and Mrs. Reed, io recognition of their kindly interest and devoted during eight years’ residence in the parish. Canon Reed, in returning thanks for the gifts, asked to be allowed to devote the contents the purse to the Village Nursing scheme (which has been a great success) and to the Mechanics’ Institute library. There were fewer than 124 subscribers the parting present, including many Nonconformists.

Leeds Mercury, 16 May 1916: GARDENER ABSENTEE AT RIPON — At the Police-court yesterday, a gardener aged twenty-eight, residing in the township of Bishop Monkton, was charged with having failed to report himself to the military authorities. The Recruiting-Sergeant at Ripon said the accused had been doing nothing but give them bother since March, 1915. He. had appealed the Rural Tribunal, and his; case was dismissed. He was not satisfied, and he appealed the Area Tribunal, and again his was dismissed. The Bench imposed a penalty 50s. and remanded the accused to await an escort.

Leeds Mercury, 16 Sept. 1916: SELLING SPENT BULLETS — TWO RIPON MEN FINED FOR DEAL WITH SOLDIERS — Two Ripon men, named William Jarvis and John Thomas Garner, were each fined £20 at the Ripon Liberty Court yesterday for receiving, from Privates George Henry Smith andAlfred Dixon. l0cwts. of spent bullets of the value of £l5, the property of the Government. From the evidence it appeared that at the close of shooting practice, on the Bishop Monkton Rifle Range, the bullets are collected into the bags and placed in a hut on the range. Subsequently, ten bags were missed. Garner met Smith in a public-house, and he promised to get him some lead. On one occasion he handed to the accused one and a half bags, for which he received £15, and on another occasion handed to Garner three hags, for which received .£l. The men were seen by the police, and they admitted the offence. Garner said sold the lead for £5 8s., and he gave the soldiers 35s. for it. Jarvis said he helped fetch it, but did not get as much money as Garner. There was a charge against Privates Smith and Dixon of stealing the spent bullets, but they were handed over the military to deal with. Subsequently, at the City Court, Garner was fined for having in his possession nineteen pairs of trousers, twenty tunics, eight pairs of puttees, and one pair of Army boots.

Leeds Mercury, 29 March 1917: A REMARKABLE ESCAPE — Private Thomas William Daniel, of the West Yorkshire. son Mr. J. Daniel, of Bishop Monkton, near Harrogate, has had a remarkable escape from death. A bullet hit him over his breast pocket, and penetrated through twenty-four postcards, eight letters and his pay-book, and but for this fact it would probably have killed him. He

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Harrogate Herald, 16 May 1917: Private Edwin Bowes, W.Y., son of Mr. David Bowes, of Bishop Monkton, was killed in action on April 9th.

The Scotsman, 30 May 1917: RANK AND FILE — SCOTTISH LOSSES . The following casualties amongst warrant officers, non-commissioned officers, and men are reported under various dates. All are Privates except where otherwise shown. The town shown against each soldier ' s name is the home of his next-of-kin, except when followed by the abbreviation " Enlt." when it is his place of enlistment. [...] WOUNDED [...] Vasey, 201726, S. (Bishop Monkton) [...].

Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 23 June 1917: BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEE BISHOP MONKTON, NEAR RIPON — Messrs. P BRAITHWAITE and SON will Sell by Auction, at the Mason’s Arms Inn, Bishop Monkton, FRIDAY, the 29th day of June, 1917, at 3.30 o'clock in the Afternoon precisely subject to Conditions of Sale which will be then read.

ALL those 3 newly-erected FREEHOLD COTTAGES. with outbuildings, garden, and paddock behind, situate at Bishop Monkton aforesaid, in the occupation Mrs, Dobby and Messrs. Batty and Hutchinson. Further particulars may be obtained on application to the Auctioneers, Fishergate. Ripon: or to Wm. H. Hutchinson, Solicitor, Ripon. June. 1917.

Bradford Weekly Telegraph, 17 Aug. 1917: BRADFORD AND DISTRICT HEROES — GALLANT DUY IN THE GREAT CONFLICT — [...] PRIESTLEY. Second Lieutenant Douglas Bernard, of the Lancashire Fusiliers, was killed in action last month. He was 21 years of age and the son of the late Rev. Jonathan Priestley, who was for a time curate of St. Paul's Church, Shipley, then at Bishop Monkton, afterwards Vicar of Thornton Steward, Bedale. He died suddenly after being preferred to the Rectory of Fernley, Leeds. Lieutenant Priestley was educated first at the Bradford Grammar School and later at the Daventry Grammar School, Northampton, where his uncle was headmaster. He was engaged in a bank at Daventry when war broke out. He had been on active service for four months.

Shipley Times and Express, 31 Aug. 1917: GALLANT OFFICER KILLED. Second Lieutenant Douglas Bernard Priestley, of the Lancashire Fusiliers, was killed in action last month. He was 20 years of age, and the son of the late Rev. Jonathan Priestley, who was for a time curate of St. Paul’s Church, Shipley, then at ‘Bishop Monkton, afterwards vicar of Thornton Steward, Bedale, He had been on active service for some months. The Major of his company sends deepest sympathyof himself and the battalion, in the loss of Lieut. Priestley, whom he describes as a “gallant and conscientious

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Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 6 Oct 1917: BISHOP MONKTON. (Four miles from Ripon, seven miles from Harrogate, and about one mile from Wormald Green Station) RENTON and KENTON will SELL BY AUCTION, at the North-Eastern Station Hotel, Harrogate, WEDNESDAY. on the 24th day October, 1917, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, subject the General Conditions of Sale of the Yorkshire Union Law Societies, and to the Special Conditions then produced:

All that Valuable FARM called SOUTHLANDS, situate in Moor Lane and Mains Lane, Bishop Monkton, consisting of excellent dwelling-house, capital range of buildings, covered fold, Dutch barn, and other offices, and the several closes of excellent arable, meadow, and pasture land and plantation. containing altogether an area of about 86 ACRES (in ring fence), now and for the last 30 years in the occupation of Mr J.T. Renton as tenant thereof. The Land lies close to the homestead, is well watered and roaded and in a good state of cultivation, and there is good ground and wing game shooting. About 2 acres are Freehold, and the remainder Copyhold of the Manor of Ripon. The tenant will permit an inspection, and further particulars may be had from Renton and Renton, Auctioneers and Surveyors, 3, Princes Square, Harrogate; or CRAVEN and CLEGG, Solicitors, 6 East Parade Leeds.

Weekly Casualty List (War Office and Air Ministry), 20 Nov. 1917: WOUNDED [...] — WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT — Richardson J. 17214 (Bishop Monkton).

Yorkshire Evening Post, 25 Jan. 1918: "THE FEDERATION OF THE WORLD." Sir.—The following remarkable stanzas from Tennyson's Lockesley Hall maybe of interest to your readers. Although written more than 80 years ago the passage bears an almost startling significance at the present time. Yours, &c. ALF BEETHAM, Bishop Monkton, Harrogate.

“For I dipt into the future, far as human eye could see, / Saw the vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be; / Saw the heavens fill with commerce, argosies of magic sales, / Pilots of the purple twilight, dropping down with costly bales; / Heard the heavens fill with shouting, and there rained a ghastly dew / From the nations’ airy navies grappling in the central blue; Far along the world- wide whisper of the south wind rushing warm, / With the standards of the peoples plunging thro’ the the thunderstorm; / Till the war-drum throbb’d no longer, and the battle flags were furl’d / In the Parliament of man, the Federation of the world. / There the common sense of most shall hold a fretful realm in awe, / And the kindly earth shall slumber, lapt in universal law.”

Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 23 Feb. 1918: BISHOP MONKTON, NEAR RIPON., Messrs. BRAITHWAITE AND SON will sell by auction, at the Studley Royal Hotel, Ripon, on THURSDAY 7th March. 1918, at 3 o'clock in the Afternoon, subject to the general conditions of the Yorkshire Union Law and such special conditions as will be then produced.

LOT 1 — ALL that FREEHOLD FARM, known as Hungate, situate at Bishop Monkton near the City now in the occupation Messrs. Yates Bros. (with the exception of the two fields either side of the railway from Ripon to Harrogate now forming part of their holding). And also all the Freehold Grass field adjoining the said Farm, now in the occupation of Mr. Lee. Total acreage about 131.025 acres, of which 39.980 is arable. There are a good Farm House and Buildings, with good water supply.

LOT 2 — All that FREEHOLD GRASS FIELD, situate at Bishop Monkton aforesaid, now in the occupation and Messrs. Yates, on the north-west side of the Railway Line from Ripon to Harrogate, and adjoining the Hollins Hall Estate. Acreage about 6.371 acres.

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LOT 3 — All that FREEHOLD GRASS FIELD, situate at Bishop Monkton as aforesaid, now in the occupation of Messrs. Yates, on the south-east side of the Railway, divided thereby from LOT 2. About 10.89 acres. This field is being ploughed up under the orders of the War Agricultural Committee.

LOT 4 — All that FREEHOLD PIECE LAND. situate at Bishop as aforesaid. and now let to various Tenants as Allotments. Acreage about 4.797 acres. This Land is situate the south-west corner of the junction of the Ripon and Knaresborough and the Bishop Monkton and Wormald Green roads.

All the LOTS are situate in or close to the village of Bishop Monkton Monkton and are within easy reach of the Market at Ripon and the stations at that city and Wormald Green. For further pariculars, incuding inspecton plans, apply the Auctioneers, Offices, Fishergate, Ripon; or to R.W. BUCHANAN, Solicitor, Ripon.

Manchester Evening News, 28 March 1918: DEATH — WAGSTAFF — Bomb. S W. WAGSTAFF, R.F.A., accidentally drowned at Bishop Monkton. Ripon, January 28, 1918, after three and a half years' active service Moss Side Wesleyan Church Raby-street, two o'clock. Military internment Southern Cemetery, Saturday, March 30, cortege leaving residence at 1.45 pm. Sadly missed by his FATHER and MOTHER, SISTERS and BROTHER.

Leeds Mercury, 8 July 1918: POST-OFFICE TELEGRAPHS — NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant the provisions of the Telegraph Acts, 1863 to 1916, that His Majesty’s Postmaster-General, having obtained the consent in that behalf of the body having the control of the public toad described below, intends to place a Telegraphic Line over and along the said public road, and for that purpose to erect and maintain posts in and upon the same, under the powers conferred on him by the said Telegraph Acts. By Command of the POSTMASTER-GENERAL — East and then West Side of the Road between Bishop Monkton Post-office and the Paper Mill, Bishop Monkton.

The People, 4 Aug. 1918: DIG YOUR OWN GRAVE. The following appears in the Bishop Monkton Parish Magazine — Our very kindest regards to all parishioners who are minded to "peg out" in these troublesome times; but will they please reconsider their decision? Or, if they are determined to leave the glories of this beauty spot for more ethereal regions, perhaps they will have the goodness to do something by way of preparing their final earthly tenement, as We now have no churchyard official who can be called upon to perform the customary ministry with pick and shovel.

Leeds Mercury, 28 Sept. 1918: LEEDS ANGLERS PROSECUTED. Twelve Leeds men — Charles Garner, Samuel Wm. A. Smith, Benjamin Dickinson, John Briggs, Thos. Horn, Jim Kinder, Herbert Matthews, Jos. Armitage, Jos. Walker, Herbert Dobson, and John T. Hannah — were summoned at Ripon yesterday, on the information of Charles Y. Moses, chief water bailiff to the Yorkshire Fishery Board, for fishing with a rod and line on the River Ure at Bishop Monkton without proper licences on September 1st. Kinder appeared for several of the defendants, and pleaded guilty. Mr. W.E. Puckering, who appeared to prosecute on behalf the Fishery Board, said there was a series of fishing matches in the River Ure on the 1st September. The match was visited by the chief water bailiff, who found the defendants fishing without proper licence. Kinder said they went as visitors. When they got there they found some of the men had not turned up, and having nothing to do they asked for permission to fish. They paid a shilling to fish in the river and another shilling to fish in the match. They borrowed line, rod, and tackle. There was no intention of evading the law. A fine of 2s. each, was imposed, and no order was made a to costs.

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Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 19 Oct. 1918: BISHOP MONKTON, NEAR RIPON — SALE AT THE VICARAGE — Messrs. PETER BRAITHWAITE and SON beg to announce that they have received from Lieut. Saville to sell by Auction, on WEDNESDAY, November 6. 1918 (upon the premises):

THE Whole of the Valuable ANTIQUE and MODERN FURNISHINGS, being the contents of the three reception rooms, six bedrooms, and servants’ apartments. The chief items include handsome cottage piano, Sheraton sideboard, bureaus, Chesterfields, Divan chares, some choice pieces of Chippendale, Dresden, and other china, bedroom suites in mahogany, fumed oak, and satin walnut, mahogany chests, brass bedsteads, choice lots of old oak, oil-paintings by eminent artists. On View Tuesday. November 5, 1918, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Catalogues available 4 days prior to the sale. Auctioneers.' Offices and Sale Rooms, Fishergate, Ripon.

Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 15 Nov. 1918: A SUGGESTIVE FORECAST RESERVISTS FROM ABROAD AND DEMOBILISATION. Sir your issue «'f to-day (November 12th “Civilians in Khaki since 1914” puts forward the claims of Kitchener’s army for early demobilisation and the justice of this claim will be easily recognised. The idea, suggested in your “Notes and Comments” in your issue of 7 November that men called up late, presumably on the score of the indispensability of their particular claims, shall be released first, is manifestly unjust. In the majority cases, this indispensability has only been caused by the absence of the men who patriotically enlisted at the outbreak of war, would automatically cease to exist with release of the 1914 men.

There is, however, another class of men, of whose claims one hears little and whose claim is perhaps greater than any other class. I refer to the reservists recalled from abroad, and who, having completed their original engagement, have since been retained for the duration of the war. It is true that men ordinarily resident abroad are exempted from the first schedule to the Military Service Acts, but this exemption has been ignored by the military authorities, who have illegally refused to discharge reservists recalled from abroad, although many have never had ordinary residence in this country; and that the Government, instead of seeing that their own ordinance was carried out, have closed their eyes to this illegal practice.

The case of these men has been particularly hard. Leave facilities to visit, their homes (except in isolated instances) have been denied them; any order setting forth special circumstances under which such leave might be obtained has been carefully kept from their knowledge; and the result has been that they have had no opportunity of attending to their own interests, or, in the case of married men, visiting their wives and families, since the outbreak of war.

The case for the retention of these men has long since passed, and the least that can be done for them is to grant them immediate discharge, with adequate compensation for their illegal retention, in place of the beggarly bounty offered to men retained under the provisions of the Military Service Acts. Early discharge with compensation at their civilian rate of wage is the least that can be done to minimise their injury.

Yours, &c., C.F. Miller, Duffield Cottage, Bishop Monkton. Nov. 12th 1918.

Weekly Casualty List (War Office and Air Ministry), 7 Jan. 1919: WOUNDED — COLDSTREAM GUARDS — [...] Hill, 2265, Sgt. J.H. (Bishop Monkton) [...].

Leeds Mercury, 10 Jan. 1919: FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE — TWO ALARMING OUTBREAKS IN THE RIPON DISTRICT — An outbreak of foot and mouth disease has occurred

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Bishop Monkton Press, 1910-1919 on the farm of Mr. E. Abel, Broadfields, Littlethorpe, near Ripon. The usual precautionary steps have been taken. Eleven beasts and five pigs are suffering from the disease. There are fifty-one cattle on the premises. How the outbreak has occurred is at present a mystery, as all the stock has been on the premises for several months. A second outbreak was reported last night the premises of Mr. Horner, Church Farm, Bishop Monkton. The inspectors of the Board Agriculture arc expected to-day (Friday).

Leeds Mercury, 21 Jan. 1919: FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE, FURTHER OUTBREAKS — Further outbreaks of foot and mouth. disease were reported yesterday on the farm premises of Mr. William, James’s farm, Bishop Monkton, where one bullock is affected, and on the premises Mr. R. Renton, Ox Close House, Littlethorpe, where five bullocks are reported to affected.

Weekly Casualty List (War Office and Air Ministry), 28 Jan. 1919: RELEASED PRISONERS OF WAR FROM GERMANY, ARRIVED IN — WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT — [...] Hymas 201204 L. Cpl. C (Bishop Monkton).

Leeds Mercury, 4 Feb. 1919: FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE — A further outbreak of foot-and- mouth disease is reported on the farm premises of Mr. David Bowes, Laurel Bank Farm, Bishop Monkton, where one heifer is affected with the disease. There are eight head of stock and four pigs the farm.

Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 12 Feb. 1919: FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE — Notices appeared in the “London Gazette” extending the Disease (Infected Areas) Order West Riding in the parishes of Bishop Monkton, Hartwith-cum-Winsley, Bishop Thornton, Ripley, and Clint, The return of outbreaks of the disease during the week ended February 8 shows two outbreaks in the West Riding, and six cattle were attacked.

Yorkshire Evening Post, 24 Dec. 1919: REPORTS FROM THE RIVERS — BIG WATERS FOR HOLIDAY ANGLERS — The mild conditions the past week two appear to have put the fish in a feeding humour, and sport has improved considerably on previous returns. Bishop Monkton, towards the end last week, Mr. J. Duce had a fine bag of roach, the best brace weighing 21b. 11oz. Anglers have also done well Boroughbridge, and whole river from Hewick Bridge downwards seems to have fished well. A biggish flood came down Sunday afternoon quite suddenly, but this is now running out. and in the absence of further rain the river, although on the big side, should fish well over the holiday period.

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