Bishop Monkton Press, 1910-1919 Yorkshire Post and Leeds 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 Ripon, 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 Burton Leonard, 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 Bishop Monkton Press, 1910-1919 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 Markington, 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 Leathley 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 Harrogate-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. 2 Bishop Monkton Press, 1910-1919 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.