Fao Beebee123 Re: Pateley Bridge Monumental Inscriptions

[cjl]

Hi Beebee123

A very warm welcome to Rootschat.  I viewed a reply which you made to a recent post and wondered whether I could be cheeky and ask whether you minded taking a look to see whether there are any monumental inscriptions for the surname Redshaw.

My great, great grand parents moved to the Dacre Banks area in around 1830 and my Great Grandfather and his siblings were born in and around that area.

I also wondered whether I could take advantage of your knowledge of the area and ask whether you could tell me which possible churches  my ancestors may have been baptised, married etc and where to look for any possible parish records.

Not living in the area, my research is restricted to the internet and any parish registers which I may be able to purchase either in booklet form or on cd.

I would appreciate any advise you are willing to give me regarding finding records relating to my family either parish or otherwise.


Very Best Wishes
CJL

[beebee123]

Hi CJL,
My daughter & I do not actually cover Dacre Parish but that is not a problem - it is only 'down the road' from where we live.
If you can bear with me until after the New Year I will try trace your Redshaw graves (possibly at Dacre Church) and will send you details on locating the Parish records for the churches in the area.
Best wishes,
Barbara

[cjl]

Barbara,

Thank you so much for taking the time and trouble to reply to my post.  I would appreciate any help you are able to give me on locating parish records for the area and am more than happy to wait until after the New Year.

Please do not go out of your way to look for possible graves for my ancestors.  I am not familiar with Dacre or the surrounding area.  On various census records my great grandfather gives his place of birth as Dacre Banks, Summerbridge or Hartwith, so am not entirely sure which of these is correct.

Are these places close to each other?

Once again thank you for replying to my post and look forward to hearing from you after the New Year.

Best Wishes
CJL

[Dilligad]

Oooh I wish I had seen this post earlier. I spent a couple of hours taking photos of gravestones at the Holy Trinity Church, Dacre a couple of weeks ago. There is another little church there - http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/PhotoFrames/WRY/DacreProvidenceChapelMT.html.

I cannot remember seeing that name, but then one is usually so focused doing that task - and it was snowing.

All of those places you have listed are very close to each other.

I will inevitably return soon, so let me know if I can help you.

[beebee123]

Belated Happy New Year, CJL, Sorry for delay in reply.
We have had nothing but snow and more snow - difficult to get around and certainly not the weather for searching churchyards etc., however we have managed to come up with the following:
Holy Trinity Church, Dacre Banks:
three tiered celtic cross with metal letter inserts: To the cherished remembrance of Wilson Redshaw who died August 26th 1925 in his 80th year. Also Mary Anne Redshaw who died September 18th 1933 in her 91st year. "Treasured Memories". Also their daughter Margaret Redshaw who died Nov. 24th 1960 in her 80th year. There are no records of any Redshaws at United Reformed Church ( Providence Chapel) at Dacre or Darley Methodist Chapel or the Darley Book of Remembrance  but there is reference to an inscription in Christ Church, Darley : 1402 George Redshaw, Curate of Hampsthwaite serving Thornthwaite and Darley. 
It may be of help to contact North Yorkhire County Record Office at Northallerton who hold Parish Records for the Dacre, Darley areas. - see their web site. My daughter and I visit the first Saturday most months - they are very helpful.
Hope this is of help - let me know if you think I can help further.
Best wishes Beebee123

[cjl]

Hi Beebee

Thank you so much for taking the time and trouble to look for my Redshaw ancestors.

The grave which you have located at Holy Trinity Church, Dacre Banks is the grave of my great uncle, his wife and their daughter.  My great grandfather and some of his siblings moved to Bradford, West Yorkshire, Wilson Redshaw being one of them.  Obviously at some time before his death he and his wife and daughter must have moved back to Dacre Banks. 

Forgive my stupidity but with regard to the number 1402 in relation to George Redshaw, is this the year 1402?  My great, great grandfathers name was George Redshaw but obviously he wasn't around in 1402.

I will certainly take a look at the North Yorkshire County Record Office website and see whether I can find any references to my Redshaw family.

Once again thank you so much for your help.

Very Best Wishes
CJL

[beebee123]

Pleased the info was of help CJL,
I will look further into the 1402 re George Redshaw, nothing stupid about questioning that - I too wondered - but picked it up from some local records and am certain it won't refer to a date. I should have said that I have recently come in contact with a Darley  local historian and hope to see if she can throw any light on this or if indeed she has any knowledge of the Redshaws.
I will come back to you as soon as I have something further to report, meanwhile if you have no success on-line with Northallerton I may be able to do a quick 'look-up' for you when I go next month.
Best wishes.
Beebee

[cjl]

Beebee,

Thank you so much for your help, it is very much appreciated.  I look forward to seeing whether you are able to find out any thing more regarding the record relating to George Redshaw and whether the Darley local historian as any knowledge of my Redshaws.

Once again thank you for taking an interest.

Best Wishes
CJL

[beebee123]

Hi CJL, Sorry but my friend hasn't  been very successful finding more on "George Redshaw, Curate of Hampsthwaite serving Thornthwaite and Darley". However the following site may be of interest to you:- www.calverley.info/hampsthwaite.htm  - you will find some church records from Hamspthwaite which may be useful or it may help if you contact the person running the site and see if they can tell you anything.
Good Luck.
Beebee123