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02 October1973 Stokesley Rural District Council passed the Building Plans of George Wimpey & Co Limited
19 February1974 Agreement between The County Council of the North Riding of...
Manorial Court records for 1647
Translated from Latin, and transcribed by Robert Kettlewell Cleveland Village, 1938, p.80
Manor of Great Ayton
View of Frank Pledge with Court Baron of John...
From North Yorkshire County Record Office, Northallerton; ref: NYCRO Z/630.
The Mannor of Great Ayton
The View of Frank Pledge with Court Baron of the worshipful John Coulson Esq there holden the...
From North Yorkshire County Record Office, Northallerton; ref: NYCRO Z/630.
The Mannor of Great Ayton
The Court Leet or view of frank pledge with the Court Baron of the worshipfull John Coulson...
From North Yorkshire County Record Office, Northallerton; ref: NYCRO Z/630.
The Mannor of Great Ayton
The Court Leet or view of frank pledge with the Court Baron of the worshipfull John Coulson...
From North Yorkshire County Record Office, Northallerton; ref: NYCRO Z/630.
The Mannor of Great Ayton
The Court Leet or view of frank pledge with the Court Baron of the worshipfull John Coulson...
From North Yorkshire County Record Office, Northallerton; ref: NYCRO Z/630.
The Mannor of Great Ayton
The Court Leet or (view of franke pledge) wth the Court Baron of the worshipfull John Coulson...
From North Yorkshire County Record Office, Northallerton; ref: NYCRO Z/630.
The Manner of Great Ayton
The Court Leet of view of Frankepledge wth the Court Baron of the worshipfull John Coulson Esq...
From North Yorkshire County Record Office, Northallerton; ref: NYCRO Z/630.
The Mannor of Great Ayton
The Court Leet or view of frank pledge & Court Baron of the worshipfull John Coulson esq...
From Yorkshire Archaeological Society, Leeds ; ref: YAS DD 92.
The Manor of Great Ayton
The Court Leet or view of frank pledge and Court Baron of the worshipful John Coulson Esq there holden upon...
From Yorkshire Archaeological Society, Leeds ; ref: YAS DD 92.
The Manor of Great Ayton
The Court Leet or view of frank pledge and Court Baron of the worshipful John Coulson Esq there holden upon...
From Yorkshire Archaeological Society, Leeds ; ref: YAS DD 92.
The Manor of Great Ayton
The Court Leet or view of frank pledge and Court Baron of the worshipful John Coulson Esq there holden upon...
From Yorkshire Archaeological Society, Leeds ; ref: YAS DD 92.
Manerin de Magna Ayton
Curia visus Franciae pledgiae et Curia Baronia Johannis Coulson armiger Ibide tent octavo die Octobris Anno...
From Yorkshire Archaeological Society, Leeds ; ref: YAS DD 92.
The verdict of ye Jury for ye mannor of Great Ayton Impanieled ye 25th October 1675 & against offencers contrary to ye penes as...
1823 Directory (Edward Baines)
Ayton Great, (P.) in the wap. and liberty of Langbargh: 3 miles NE. of Stokesley, at the foot of Roseberry Topping. In the centre of Great Ayton stands a small school...
AYTON is a village and township, in the parish of its name, in the same liberty as Stokesley, about two miles and a half from that town. The only particular branch of trade here is that in linseed...
http://greatayton.wikidot.com/local--files/1840-directory/Ayton1840.doc
For XL version, click 1841 CENSUS GT AYTON.XLS
ID No./Page ref./Place / House Uninhabited/ Inhabited/ Surname/ Forenames/ age/ Occupation/ Born York. Y or N/ Born elsewhere (Scotland, Ireland or...
This page contains the various versions of the Great Ayton 1851 census returns. There are four versions attached:
i) An original version as an Excel spreadsheet, transcribed by members of the...
http://greatayton.wikidot.com/local--files/1857-directory/Ayton1857.doc
This page contains the various versions of the Great Ayton 1861 census returns. There are three versions attached:
i) An original version as an Excel spreadsheet, transcribed by members of the...
1871A No Of Village Road,Street, and Number Rooms Forename Surname Relation Married Age Last Birthday Profession or Employer/Worker If Working at Where Born Where Born Address if
Page Schedule...
For XL version click: http://greatayton.wikidot.com/local--files/1871-census/1871%20census.xls
page no./schedule no./no. of rooms if less than 4/road or street/no. of...
http://greatayton.wikidot.com/local--files/1872-directory/Ayton1872.doc
AYTON is a parish, comprising the townships of GREAT AYTON, LITTLE AYTON and NUNTHORPE, in the west division of Langbaurgh liberty, Stokesley union and county court district, rural deanery of...
AYTON is a parish, comprising the townships of GREAT AYTON. LITTLE AYTON and NUNTHORPE, in the Cleveland division of the Riding, west division of Langbaurgh liberty, petty sessional division of...
Great Ayton
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PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Appleton Miss, Scotter house
Bradley Michael Henry
Booth George Robert, The Grange
Bulmer Thomas, Holmelea
Butler John Theobald, Ayton hall
Dixon George, High...
Index no./ 1901Census page no./ No. of schedule/ Village area or street/ How many occupied houses/ How many rooms, if 4 or less/ Forename /Surname / Relation to head of house/ Married?/ Age Last...
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AYTON is a village and parish, comprising the townships of Great Ayton, Little Ayton with Tunstall, Nunthorpe and Easby, in the Cleveland division of the Riding, west division of Langbaurgh...
Great Ayton Community Archaeology Project
KELLY’S DIRECTORY 1925
Great Ayton
Category
Sources
Topic
Directories
Title of this entry
Kelly 1925
Type of entry
Complete transcription of original...
1929 Kelly Directory
AYTON is a village and parish, comprising the town ships of Great Ayton, Little Ayton with Tunstall, Nunthorpe and Easby, in the Richmond division of the Riding, west division...
GREAT AYTON.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
(For TN's see general list of Private Residents at end of book.)
Ash E. W. Tower house
Bland Matthew H. Beech grove, High street
Braham J. E., Homelea
Bulmer Claude,...
This is the House History of 47 High Street, Great Ayton, North Yorkshire, formerly
known as Holbrook House.
It was built in 1875 by two brothers, William and Thomas Hutton. both shoemakers as
was...
Enclosure 1658
THE ARRIVAL OF THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY AT AYTON
Ian D Pearce
1 Origins of the railway past Great Ayton
The celebrated Stockton and Darlington Railway, and its later extension to Middlesbrough,...
Great Ayton Community Archaeology Project
Ayton’s Story Project
First Report to Audit Panel (July to December 2007)
1 Summary
Six months after receiving approval from the Heritage Lottery Fund,...
Great Ayton Community Archaeology Project
Ayton’s Story Project
Second Report to Audit Panel (January to June 2008)
(Revised version 10 September 2008)
1 Summary
Initial project preparation has...
Ayton’s Story Project
Third Report to Audit Panel (July to December 2008)
1 Summary
We are now well into the research stage of the project, with individuals and small teams studying specific...
REMIT FOR AUDIT PANEL
Ian D Pearce Posted on the website 20 May 2009
1 What’s the purpose of the Audit Panel?
The past work of the group has shown that its strengths lie in the ability of its...
INDEPENDENT AUDIT
Ian D Pearce Posted on the website 20 May 2009
Project progress is reviewed every six months by an independent Audit Panel. The links below are to the remit and membership of the...
Great Ayton AFC - The Early Years 1889 – 1929
The 1907 Great Ayton Celtic Team
Top : T. Williamson G. Johnson G. Rolfe W. Russel J. Rolfe
Middle : J. Thirling G. Hopper G. Ingledew
Bottom : Not...
THE AYTON MILLS; A CASE FROM 1803
(ref: NYCRO, ZLT)
HR is the owner of an ancient water corn mill situated upon a small Brook (at Great Ayton) that supplies sd Mill with plenty of water during...
Great Ayton Parochial Sanitary Committee
DOCTORS IN GREAT AYTON
Written by Dennis Tyerman and posted on this website 22 May 2009
1 Fotherley Pannell
Fotherley Pannell was born in Stokesley in December 1748, the son of Hugh Pannell, a...
The project 'Ayton's Story' seeks to explain why the village looks the way it does today, and something about the people who used to live here.
In doing this, we have tried to involve as many local...
The Great Ayton & District Tennis Club started in the summer of 1939 as a Tennis & Bowls Club, with one court next to the bowling green, although depleted membership was already causing the...
1 Black Death
The disease commonly known as the Black Death, or simply as ‘the plague’, has been recently identified as a haemorrhagic viral infection, transmitted from one person to another by...
History & Antiquities of Cleveland by J.W. ORD (1846)
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Attached to this page is a presentation given to the village in the Friends Meeting House on 19 November 2008
Note: Due to the size of this file (5Mb) it may take several minutes to open...
The Captain Cook Run takes place on January 1st each year. Registration is at the Royal Oak between 10 to 11am with the run aiming to start at 11am. The run starts at the Royal Oak, goes up to...
CHURCHWARDENS ACCOUNTS
Ref. NYCRO PR/AYG 4 (MICs 1851 & 4634)
Churchwardens and the Parish
Churchwarden is a temporal post of considerable antiquity. Alternative names for churchwardens...
Churchwardens Accounts general
Churchwardens' Accounts 1734-1744
Churchwardens Accounts 1745-55
Churchwardens Accounts 1755-65
Churchwardens' Accounts 1766-75
Churchwardens' Accounts...
June 27th 1734
Christopher King and Nicholas Shields
Accompts for ye Church of Great Ayton as follows
For 26 quarts of wine got at John Burdon £2 3 4
For Bread 0 0 6
For going to Stoxley five...
1745-46
Sept 27th 1745 Accts
Spent at taking in the Accts last Year £0 3 0
for 4 Qts of Wine 0 7 4
for Bread 0 0 1
for Washing Church Linnen 0 1 0
Ocbr19th for Ringing 0 1 0
26 for Two Otter Heads...
1755-57
The Accounts of Miles Coatesworth and John Wilson Churchwardens for the Parish of Great Ayton for the year 1755, 1756 and part of 1757
Cloth for Surplice £1 10 4
Making 0 5 0
A...
The Accounts of Thos Weatheril Senr & Nicholas Bean Jnr Church-Wardens for the Parish of Ayton for part of the Year 1766 & part of the Year 1767
1766
July 5th Thos Williamsons Quarters...
The Accounts of John Eldin and William Currey Church Wardens for the Parish Church of Great Ayton for Part of the Year 1775 and Part of the Year 1776
1775
October 18th Mason Work at Ayton Church...
The Accounts of Thomas Weatheril and Thomas Williamson Church Wardens for the Parish of Great Ayton for part of the Year 1785 and part of the Year 1786
1785 Balance due to old Church Wardens £3 7...
click on
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Constable Accounts from 1782 to 1872
Members interested in transcribing Great Ayton sources are welcomed.
Membership is by invitation only, through the
Great Ayton Community Archaeological Group
For further information please contact...
Middlesbrough Evening Gazette 21st October 1925
Headline : Unusual Fatality at Great Ayton
"The death took place at his residence, Marwood Cottages, Gt. Ayton, last night of injuries received in a...
1803 Ayton Mills
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1782 Great and Little Ayton Division
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For disbursements for this year click
[http://greatayton.wikidot.com/local--files/disbursements-1795-96/GREAT.AYTON.disbursements.1795-96.doc]
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George Dixon's recollections of Middlesbrough can be seen at dixon-middlesbrough
Dixon family
THE DIXON FAMILY
Ralph Dixon (1785-1854)
George Dixon, first superintendent of the Friends’ School,...
The following is a transcription of a paper held at the Dorman Museum in Middlesbrough.
Transcribed by Ian Pearce and posted on the website on 21 May 2009
OLD MIDDLESBRO’
BY GEORGE DIXON, SEN.,...
GREAT AYTON: THE ENCLOSURE OF THE OPEN FIELDS
In 1658 twenty-one freeholders of Great Ayton, headed by the lord of the manor, John Coulson, made an agreement to divide up among themselves the...
In this section there are entries on some of the families that have particular associations with the village, and also some of the famous people who have lived here.
The Dixon family, coming from...
Great Ayton Community Archaeology Project
REVISED CONSTITUTION
The first Constitution was finally revised on 19 Oct 01 and formally adopted 24 Oct 01.
Second Constitution drafted on 15 Jan 04,...
THE LAST STATIONMASTER
Tom Knox, posted on the website 21 May 2009
Today, the Great Ayton railway station yard stands forlorn, in a ruinous state. The former stationmaster’s business, the...
Great/Little Ayton boundary settlement, 1782
(ZLT Proctor papers)
Whereas before the Division of Great Ayton [all the] lands in that Parish were exempt from Hay Tithe, but upon that Division in or...
Introduction to the transcribed Excel files for the Great Ayton Census Records 1841-1901
The Great Ayton Census records for the years 1841 to 1901 have been transcribed from original sources onto...
__TIME LINE FOR GREAT AYTON
Bronze age c. 2000BC-800BC
Earliest evidence of human settlement in the vicinity.
A hoard of bronze implements hidden on Roseberry Toppin.
Hut circles and flint...
This Powerpoint presentation was given by Alan Bunn on Saturday 14th March as part of a series of such presentations covering individual topics of the Ayton Story project. The file attached to this...
1.A SELECTIVE HISTORY OF GROCERS IN GREAT AYTON
In the 1890s the number of people selling groceries in the village seems higher than ever before or since. The 1890 trade directory lists 10 such...
Antiquities of Cleveland by JwOrd
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EXTRACTS FROM APPLICATION TO HERITAGE LOTTERY FUND
Posted on this website 21 May 2009
1 What the project will do
This project is designed to encourage our local community to identify, look after...
The Great Ayton Community Archaeology Project researches, records information on landscape features and associated local history in the parishes of Great and Little Ayton. This information is made...
This is a Google Map. I have used these extensively in the Great Ayton Shops, Pubs & Restaurants website:
http://www.greataytonspar.co.uk
The steps to create a Google Map are as...
This is a Picasa Gallery - I have used these extensively in the Great Ayton Shops, Pubs & Restaurants website:
http://www.greataytonspar.co.uk
The steps to create a Picasa Gallery are as...
You can create Youtubes using the software Windows Movie Maker which comes with Windows. If you want to make some Youtubes then this software is easy to learn.
An example is:
The steps to...
If you are allowed to edit pages in this Site, simply click on edit button at the bottom of the page. This will open an editor with a toolbar pallette with options.
To create a link to a new page,...
THE IMPACT OF THE RAILWAY ON GREAT AYTON
Ian D Pearce Posted on the website 20 May 2008
1 Railways and the Industrial Revolution
People debate the relative importance of the role of the railways in...
The Recess
47_High_Street
11_Skottowe_Crescent
Ralph Dixon Memoirs
Death From A Hare
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RELIEF OF THE POOR
A brief outline of the Acts of Parliament with regards to provision for the poor from the Reformation to the formation of the Poor Law Unions in 1834.
Before 1536 and the...
Who can join?
Members interested in transcribing Great Ayton sources are welcomed.
Membership is by invitation only, through the
Great Ayton Community Archaeological Group
For further information...
Leather tanning
Great Ayton Community
Great Ayton Shops, Pubs & Restaurants
Historic Cleveland
The Manorial Court records for 11 years between 1647 and 1675 have survived, in whole or part. They are the records of the court owned by John Coulson, Lord of the manor of Great Ayton
They involve...
*Manorial Records
*1647
*1650
*1651
*1652
*1653
*1654
*1655
*1656
*1658
*1660
*1661
*1675
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INTERVIEW WITH JOAN TAYLOR
Ian D Pearce Posted on the website 20 May 2009
Joan Taylor (née Bennison) of 20 Church Drive, Great Ayton, interviewed by Ian Pearce and Dave Taylor (her son) on Friday...
INTERVIEW WITH MAURICE SCARTH
Ian D Pearce - Posted on the website 20 May 2009
Maurice Scarth was interviewed at 12 Leven Road, Stokesley, by Ian Pearce on Tuesday 9 December 2003 at...
Mills and milling
seed.crushing
Ayton’s Story Project Newsletter No 1 – December 2007
Welcome to the first Ayton’s Story Project Newsletter. I’m afraid that it lacks the glamour of pictures and fancy layout, but should...
Ayton’s Story Project Newsletter No 2 – January 2008
The second Ayton’s Story Project Newsletter is coming out sooner than expected, but events are moving quite rapidly. First, a Very Happy...
Ayton’s Story Project Newsletter No 3 – March 2008
This is the third Ayton’s Story newsletter and we are well under way with the project. It is wonderful that so many people from the village...
Ayton’s Story Project Newsletter No 4 – September 2008
This is the fourth Ayton’s Story newsletter and we are now into the second year of the four year project. We are at that critical stage...
Ayton’s Story Project Newsletter No 5 – January 2009
A Happy New Year to everyone taking an interest in our project. Among the things we learn from local history are that banks going to the...
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STOKESLEY NEWS & CLEVELAND REPORTER
Printed by W. Braithwaite & published by George Tweddell sole Editor & Proprietor at Stokesley.
Price 2d.
The following are reports...
The Disbursments of John Kilvington and Thomas Weatherill for the Relief of the Poor of Great Ayton from May 10th 1793 to May the 6th 1794
Overseers Acconts 1793 £ s d
To Sundries 11 16 10
Geo....
Introduction to Overseers of the Poor
Overseers Disbursements 1791-92
Overseers Disbursements 1792-93
Overseers Disbursements 1793-94
Overseers Disbursements 1795-96
Tax Assessment 1792
Tax...
AYTON’S STORY FIRST AUDIT 30th April 2008
Posted on the website 20 May 2009
1 Audit Panel
Barry Hallam (Chairman), Linda Polley, Shirley Hetherington
2 Background
The agreed remit for the audit...
AYTON’S STORY SECOND AUDIT 8th October 2008
Posted on the website 20 May 2009
1 Audit Panel
Barry Hallam (Chairman), Linda Polley, Shirley Hetherington
2 Introduction
Barry Hallam reminded...
AYTON’S STORY THIRD AUDIT 5th MARCH 2009
Posted on the website 20 May 2009
1 Audit Panel Barry Hallam (Chairman), Linda Polley, Shirley Hetherington
2 Introduction
Barry Hallam thanked Ian Pearce...
Introduction to the transcribed Excel files for the Great Ayton Parish Church Records
The Great Ayton Parish records for the baptismals, burials and marriages have been transcribed onto Excel...
THE END OF THE FAMILY LINE
An article in 'Past Times' (Northern Echo?) by Peter Ridley, date unknown.
Posted on this website 21 May 2009.
It is December 17, 1897, and George Scarth is born at...
Great Ayton Community Archeaological Project Photographs
This section on Public Health is looked after by Dennis Tyerman and Ian Pearce
Public health only became a major issue in the nineteenth century, especially in the crowded towns. During the century...
The railway lines around Great Ayton were constructed primarily to transport ironstone from Guisborough and Rosedale. Although accessible from the stations at Pinchinthorpe and Ingleby Greenhow,...
SOME REMINISCENCES OF GREAT AYTON.
By Ralph Dixon
The provenance of this document is unknown, and there seem to be several versions about. I have slightly changed the punctuation and a few words to...
family-histories
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Oil milling
1 Historical background
This summary is adapted from the book ‘History of Seed Crushing in Great Britain’ by Harold W Brace, Land Books Limited, London, 1960.
There is mention of...
SEWAGE TREATMENT
The treatment of human waste holds a certain fascination
You can read Bill Kirby's recollections of toilet arrangements, before the widespread introduction of the flush WC, at...
I Grocers: a history
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EXTRACTS FROM THE STOKESLEY MOH REPORTS
Transcribed by Dennis Tyerman and posted on this website on 22 May 2009
Extracts for Great Ayton from the Medical Officer of Health's reports to Stokesley...
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STOKESLEY RURAL SANITARY AUTHORITY
Extracts from minutes by Dennis Tyerman and Ian Pearce, posted on this website on 22 May 2009
The minutes are available on microfilm at NYCRO on MIC 2488 - 001...
Many streets in the village have changed their names over the years. One reason for changing street names was due to the introduction of house numbers. Initially houses were numbered up one side...
Overseers of the Poor
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Wm. Wilson Esq.
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Nicholas Richardson
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Brought up £5
9s 0p Henry Richardson 5s 31/2d
Wm. Wilson. Esq. 6s 3d Thomas Rigg 1d
Do. House 8d Joseph Air 2s 8d
Esther Jackson 6d Nicholas Richardson 2s 6d
Do. Scottow’s 1s 8d Do. House...
Dr Stuart was a doctor in Great Ayton during the 1930s
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A brief history of The Recess by Kenneth Warne, great grandson of John Wright, ‘The Cleveland Bard'
The ‘Bard’s Recess’, or The Recess, as it has now come to be known, is a house standing...
Transcription of a series of articles about William Henry Thistlethwaite, son of Jeremiah Thistlethwaite, which originally appeared in the Middlesbrough Evening gazette, can be seen at...
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Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries until the 1930s local directories provide information on residents, tradesmen, gentry, public services and other facets of town and village life. Twenty North...
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Great Ayton Friendly & Picturesque
Extract from Alan Bunn's talk on source material
Dan O'Sullivan introducing Autumn Presentations
Extract of a trial run of a talk about Great...
California-here we come!
Many streets in the village have changed their names over the years. A glossary of these changes can be seen at street-names
This section aims to show how the village has developed through the ages. Specific areas eg California have grown in their own characteristic way. Many of the houses have very interesting histories...
WATER SUPPLIES
For centuries, the village relied on wells for its water supplies. Many houses had their own well, but there were public pumps at the Old Grey Well (outside the present Worthy...
Waynman Dixon
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The Great Ayton Community Archaeology Project began in 2001. At a public meeting, called by Dan O'Sullivan (author of 'Great Ayton, a history of the...
WILLIAM HENRY'S ALBUM
Transcribed by Ian Pearce and posted on this website 21 May 2009
William Henry Thistlethwaite (1864-1944) was the son of Jeremiah and Rachel Thistlethwaite. Jeremiah came to...
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