Archive Index
Items below are in the Moonrakers Archives. These are stored on behalf of the parishioners of Cowling Civil Parish, to keep them within the parish.
Items can be ordered to look at during one of our meetings. Items can also be borrowed for a short period at a meeting, with prior arrangement. This may incur a charge.
Please order items to look at or borrow, through Norman Binns by emailing: hello@cowlinghistory.co.uk
Moonrakers Dennis Harker Memorial Archive 2016 – Items in this archive were left to us in the will of our former member Dennis Harker. Dennis spent many hours producing these resources. It was a labour of love in his retirement. Cowling Local History lovers are indebted to him. They are in the general list but labelled MDHMA2016
Items marked * are kept separate for easy access.
A
Alehouse, Disorderly 1615
Alfred Teal’s Note Book (poet, writer)
B
Bancroft Isaac – Auction at the premises of, at Fair Place
Bar Chapel – Centenary & Jubilee Handbook x2
Bar Chapel & Drama newspaper cuttings
Bar Chapel Article in United Methodist Journal 21/5/1908
Bar Chapel Choir c1905 – photo
Benson’s Herbert & Sons – Poultry Specialists – Catalogue
Benson’s of Hey Farm & Shay Bank Chicken Hatchery brochure + Printing Blocks *
Benson’s old egg box, cuboid shape, 15 egg*
Baby Chicks Sexing by Masui & Hasimoto– book used in poultry industry
Benson’s – miscellaneous x2
Binns Mill Print – DW Hoyle
Binns’ Mill Centenary Book (copy)
Binns Mill Spindle x3 *
Boundary Stones near Lancashire Border; – Development of Cowling.
Bridges. 4 typed sheets.
Brigg H & Brigg W – invoices
Broughton Hall – Poachers at – Craven Herald 1974, Anne Akeroyd 2001
C
Carr Head Estate Dispersal Plan 1923
Carr Head Estate For sale by Auction 1923
Carr Head Estate For sale by Auction 1923 Lots –description, size.
Carr Head Estate Auction 1923 – lots 1, 3, 4,5,6,7.8
Carr Head Estate bills
Carr Head Estate Sale Book
Carr Head Estate. The Late E.R.B. Hall Watt
Carr Head Estate Tenants And Rents
Carr Head, Whitsuntide Rental 1911.
Census for Cowling 1841 MDHMA2016 MDHMA2016*
“ “ “ “ Index of types of work MDHMA2016– 2 vol.*
Census for Cowling 1851 MDHMA2016 *
“ “ “ “ Index of types of work MDHMA2016– 2 vol.*
Census for Cowling 1861 MDHMA2016 *
“ “ “ “ Index of types of work MDHMA2016– 2 vol.*
Census for Cowling 1871 MDHMA2016 *
“ “ “ “ Index of types of work MDHMA20162- 2 vol.*
Census for Cowling 1881 MDHMA2016 *
“ “ “ “ Index of types of work MDHMA2016– 2 vol.*
Census for Cowling 1891 MDHMA2016 *
“ “ “ “ Index of types of work MDHMA2016– 3 vol.*
Census for Cowling 1901 MDHMA2016 *
“ “ “ “ Index of types of work MDHMA2016 – 3 vol*
Clog – from Mill Pond, Ickornshaw Mill (Found by Adrian Green C2010) *
Conservative Ass. 1938 – 78 , + Ladies 1971-79 – Minutes of meetings (2)
Constables 1851, includes Cowling
Co-op invoices from various suppliers, 2 divi sheets 1954, Feedstuff Invoice Book Aug-Oct 1946
Coronation Souvenir Fest. Prog Cowling 1937, George VI
Cowling Hill Chapel
Cudgel used at Broughton Hall Estate Affray donated by DW Hoyle 2008 *
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E
Emmott, Conveyance
Evacuee, World War Two
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F
Farms and Halls written Card Index x2 + typed transcription by D Harker (2016)
Farms – Misc. Envelope
Fire Brigade, Proposed for Cowling
First Bus in Yorkshire booklet – Philip Lingard (2 copies)
Football Club 1949-
Football Club Accounts 1949-57
Funeral Service Cards
G
Gill Top shop with signs outside (picture)
Gill Top shop
Gott and Watson Family newspaper cuttings, 1st half 20thC.
H
Hartley’s Mill Wages Book 1913-1918 (John Hartley’s Cowling)
History – General & Political, news cuttings & typed sheets – Everett Binns
History of village – Bright Laycock x 2
History of village – Burgin (South Craven School 1970’s) x 2 + Mrs Mason (3)
History of village by David Ware Hoyle
History of Cowling 1800 – 2000 Thru Lives & Times of Children – Youth Club
History of village (church clock fitting)
History of village 1885-1985
Holy Trinity Parish Church – Picture, Holy Communion Prep & Companion Mrs J Lowcock, 1903
Clock Workings – mechanism explained
Hutchinson Fold Farm 1699
Hutchinson of Lane Ends (Deeds) (2)
Hoyle David (Joiner, artist, cricketer, dialect storyteller, parish councillor)
I
Ickornshaw & Stott Hill Moor x 2
Ickornshaw Brid
Ickornshaw Chapel House
Ickornshaw Demolition
Ickornshaw Freeholders Ass. Minutes 1981-85, Files & Notes 1981-5, Ring binder A4 notes
Ickornshaw Meth. Church – Chior Festival/Anniversary programme 1971- 85 (9)
Ickornshaw Meth. Ch. History – 1876-1976 – J Hargreaves (2)Ickornshaw Moor Freeholders. Old Records.
Ickornshaw Mill Christening of an engine
Ickornshaw Mill Fires 1884 & 1910
Ickornshaw Mill Plan 1791
Ickornshaw Mill Closure
Ickornshaw Mill ‘Bill to regulate the Labour of Children in Mills and Factories
Ickornshaw Mill Fire
Ickornshaw – General views of
Ickornshaw Mills – Picture
Ickornshaw Mill – Details of buildings and history
Ickornshaw Mill x1
Ickornshaw Mill Photographs
Ickornshaw Mill…Conditions of work
Ickornshaw Mill (larger) (5)
Ickornshaw Moor Documents x 2
Ickornshaw Moor File – A3
Ickornshaw Moor Legal Judgement 1981 – copies
Ickornshaw Wesleyan School-room – Bazaar flyer 1886 + 2 copies
Indenture 1765 letter of admin (copy)
J
Jonas Bradley
K, L
Laycocks Fields from North End Garage –pictorial transformation MDHMA2016
Lighting /gas supplies – Street
Light Plans – gas to electric x 12
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M
Magazine – village, The Cowling Pinnacle Magazine – July –Dec 1988 issue 1-6
Maps Becks of Cowling
Map Bus Shelters, etc
Map and info. Dairy House and Stott Fold 1787
Map of Carr Head Estate 1923 x3
Map- Carr Head Estate 1923 – hand drawn
Maps Cowling 1675
Map Cowling Hill 1846, drawn & Information
Maps, drawn of Gamsgill Lands 1846 with info. re 18/19th C owners and fields.
Maps Cowling, Gamsgill and Old Yorkshire
Map – copy, of fields between Ickornshaw Moss & Lothersdale Boundary
Map – Farms with field numbers based on 1846 OS, William Sewell
Maps 3 Footpaths Definitive
Map Footpaths1910 x 2 (1*)
Map Footpaths 1910 unofficial
Maps Gamsgill Sale 1895 and old Yorkshire1846
Maps Ickornshaw Mill
Map Ickornshaw Mill and plan for
Maps Lothersdale
Maps (including ) Lothersdale Parish
Maps Middleton etc
Maps New Road Side plus Sutton and Steeton 1934-38
Map Ordnance Survey Cowling
Map Ordnance Survey Cowling 1848 MDHMA2016
Map Ordnance Survey Cowling 1892 MDHMA2016
Map Ordnance Survey Cowling 1894 central MDHMA2016
Map Ordnance Survey Cowling 1894 east MDHMA2016
Map Ordnance Survey Cowling 1894 west MDHMA2016
Maps Ordnance Survey Cowling 1910 small MDHMA2016
Map Ordnance Survey Cowling 1971
Map – Railway Colne Cowling Addingham x2 Proposed
Maps Recreational Ground and plans for
Map Tithe map 1846 and Parish Church Records
Map Tithe Cowling 1846 several copies
Maps Various in A4 folder
Map Water Company 1939 Reservoir and Plant
Map drawn, Winkholme, 1846 with info. William Sewell
Map York to Lancs1675 by John Ogleby
Map Yorkshire – Lancashire Old Road, Turnpike
Methodist Church 1946 (2), 1965 (2), 1985 (2)
Monumental Inscriptions St Andrew’s Kildwick Vol 1&2
Moss House and demolitions
Middleton Miscellaneous
Mill Croft Houses Planning documents (2)
Mill Croft from Croft Mill MDHMA2016
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N
Naturalists Annual General Meetings 1914- 1926, Cards 1915-28
News Cuttings 1927
Newspaper –Craven Herald Centenary Supplement 1874-1974
Newspaper Cuttings – H W Dickie – Late 19th C.
Newspaper Cuttings – Poachers at Broughton Hall and Craven Monument of Mystery (copies)
Newspaper Cuttings – Carl Ramsbottom 1979-81, 81-83, 11.3.1983- 2.08. 1985-87, 1987-88, 1988-9
News Cuttings – Joan Tindale
O
Off Licence Dispute 1963
Old Original Documents – Copies – very old
Old Sawmill Planning Statement
Overseers of the Poor, Paupers Apprentices info
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P, Q
P C Documents + Treasurer’s Account Book 1894-1946
PC – Minute Excerpts – Misc. Subjects X2
PC – photo with names 1920’s
PC – Recreation Ground Account Book x 2 – 1919-1962 & 1962-1985
PC – B Snowdwn’s Christmas Gift 1937 – Name Tickets
Photographs of Old Cowling MDHMA2016 – 2 vols.
Pickup Israel – Cricket Club 1921/23, WW ll
Plan Sewerage, proposed 1923 to link Middleton, Ickornshaw & Garden Terrace MDHMA2016
Plan (Cowling) Water Company Mains 1884 MDHMA2016
Public Health
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R
Railway Plans – originals
Railway Plans and Information – various
Recreation Ground – War Memorial, Plan of Recreation Ground, Tennis Club, etc
Reedshaw Moss coal – 2 photocopied sheets from book
Register of Baptisms Parish of Cowling 1845 – 2007 MDHMA2016*
Register of Burials Parish of Cowling 1845 – 1891, 1891 – 1953 (2 copies) MDHMA2016*
Register of Marriages Parish of Cowling 1845 – 1948 MDHMA 2016*
Roads in Cowling – Talk 1977 to History Group, with Drawn Maps
Royd Mill to Royd Court – a pictorial transformation MDHMA2016
Rycroft Charity Book 1875 – 1978
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S
Sewage Pipe plan Cowling – Silsden
School Log Book for 1892 – 1901 + census for 1901 MDHMA2016*
School photos (various)
Schools in Cowling
Shelters
Signs
Sports field legacy
Snowden (Philip Viscount)
Snowden Philip MP – newspaper cuttings, etc
Snowden Philip – photo, with letter dated 1976
Shops and Businesses in Cowling.
Shooting Rights.(Ickornshaw Moor)
Sports and Games.
Souvenir Festival Programme Silver Jubilee 1935 George V
Souvenir Festival Programme Coronation George Vl
Silver Jubilee Celebration Committee Ink stamp
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T
Tennis Club Minutes 1925/6
Tennis courts 1925.
Tithes 1846 (46 sheets )
Tithes Draft (for use with tithe map)
The Tillotson Family and Neighbours – Book by D Gulliver
Town End Farms 1787 field names and sizes x 2 (1*)
Tuddywark Corner.
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U, V
Village Hall History 1885-1985
Village Hall documents
Village Hall Minutes 1956-1980
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W
Wainman – 2 photocopied sheets of letter – 18th C
Wainmans & Carr Head – Info by William Sewell
Walling & Drains Costs 1842-43
Water Company – Articles of Association
Water Company Balance Sheets 1932-1954
Watson and Gott Family newspaper cuttings 1st half 20thC.(Stored under G)
Weavers Web The – book byJ Keighley Snowden
Winkholme Bridge picture – copy
Winkholme Photographs
Wood Jim accounts 1872- 1955, plus diary cycling holiday 1899
WW11 Parish Council and associated documents
WW1 War Relief Book
WW1 War Relief Book – copy transcribed by D Harker (2014)
Workhouse in Cowling
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XYZ
Yorkshire Bank – closure of and miscellaneous.
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The initial sorting and indexing of the above archives was carried out by all the members present at meetings.