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Introduction
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history is in purple.
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Boosbeck has the following section headings:
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The
Farndales of Boosbeck
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Boosbeck, an
overview
· Boosbeck Timeline
· Links, texts
and books
The Farndales of Boosbeck
Martin Farndale (FAR00364) is
buried at Boosbeck.
Many of the
family from the Tidkinhow Line
attended school at Charltons and later at Boosbeck.
From a discussion
with Alfred Farndale (FAR00683): "I remember going to school
at Charltons near Tidkinhow. We then went to Standard 1 at Boosbeck.
We stayed there until we were 14. It was a two mile walk each day. The
headmaster was Mr Ranson. I remember Jim, my elder brother catching me fishing
and playing truant. He just said "Get in" (he was in a pony and trap)
and he took me to a days marketing at Stokesley. I
remember the second master’s name was Ackroyd. I got a fork through my leg and
he sucked it out. We were always inspected as we arrived at school. We had to
walk passed the Bainbridge place and people used to say that he had more sheep
on the moor than he was allowed. I remember William
looking after me at mother's funeral. I was crying and very upset.”
The gravestone of
Martin and Catherine Farndale (FAR00264) at Boosbeck Church.
Boosbeck - overview
Boosbeck is
a village in the Borough of Redcar and Cleveland and
the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire. The name is Viking in
origin and means "the stream near a cow shed".
In 1923, the
mining villages of Boosbeck and North Skelton were part of the ancient parish
of Skelton, including the townships of Great Moorsholm and Stanghow, covering
11,803 acres, of which 2,219 acres are arable land, 4,657 acres permanent grass
and 578 acres woods and plantations (Victoria County History – Yorkshire, A History of the
County of York North Riding: Volume 2).
Boosbeck in 1857
(see Boos Beck with the old Kilton (distinct from Kilton)
where Boosbeck now is)
Boosbeck today
Boosbeck
1861
Boosbeck 1902
Boosbeck
crossroads
The High Street
Between 1878 and
1960, the village had a station on the North Eastern Railway line
between Brotton and Guisborough.
Memorial to the
miners of Boosbeck
Boosbeck Timeline
1872
Two mine shafts
were sunk at Boosbeck.
1873
The Station Hotel
opened on 25 October 1873.
1877
A primitive
Methodist Chapel was built in 1877.
1878
Boosbeck Station
opened for passengers.
1881
A a public
elementary school (mixed and infants) was built in 1881 for 221 children and
enlarged in 1894 for 350 children (Victoria County
History – Yorkshire, A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 2).
A school house was built in 1901.
1883
Major subsidence
caused by the mine shafts damaged about 200 houses in Boosbeck.
1887
The mine was
closed due to water filling the works.
1901
The church of St
Aidan, Boosbeck was built in 1900, of stone in 12th-century style, and consists
of chancel, nave, transepts, west porch and turret containing two bells. The
site was given by Mr. W. H. A. Wharton of Skelton Castle. The living is a
vicarage in the gift of the Archbishop of York.. Boosbeck was constituted an
ecclesiastical parish in 1901 when the church opened (Victoria County History – Yorkshire, A History of the
County of York North Riding: Volume 2).
1911
Plans to build
the 'Electric Empire Picture Hall' were passed in 1911.
1909
An old wooden hut
near the railway station was built as a 'Fish House' in 1909.
1912
In 1912-13 twelve
houses were erected in Queen Street.
1913
The commercial
businesses in 1913 were: Annear David, Royal Liver Insurance agent, 37 Carney
Street; Atkin Henry, newsagent, High Street; Bell William, shopkeeper, 2 High
Street; Bendelow Robert, farmer, Rokeley house; Bolckow, Vaughan & Co Limited (South Skelton Ironstone
Mines.
Abraham Gray,
Manager; Boosbeck Theatres Limited, (William, Moore sec,) 7 High Street; Boyes
Charles, butcher, 2 Gerrie Street; Colley Sarah Jane, (Miss) shop-keeper, 53
High Street; Davison Thos. fried fish dir. High Street; Duckering
James H., Greengrocer, 22 High Street; Elliot Dorothy (Mrs.) Station Hotel,
High Street; Heward William, commission agent, 24 Carney Street; Hurn Herbert,
hairdresser, High Street; Hutton Thos. Draper. 28 & 30 High Street; London
Joint Stock Bank Ltd. (sub-branch); McMillan Thos. Butcher, 16 Carney Street;
Marlborough Joseph, Farmer, Hollywell Farm; Milligan James, draper, Post
Office; National Provincial Bank of England Limited (sub branch); Nixon Wm.
grocer, 9 Fenton Street; Peirson John, shopkeeper, 35 Gerrie Street; Perrow
John, High Street; Rushby A. & Son, grocers, High Street; Russell Jacob
(Mrs.) news-agent, 29 High Street; Skelton Co-operative Society Limited;
Snowdon George Ernest, Commercial Hotel; Tuck Simon, grocer, 37 High Street;
Wilks William, joiner, 36 High Street; Wright William, shoe maker 24 High
Street; Yorkshire Penny Bank Ltd; Thomas Gill, actuary.
1920s
Boosbeck School
in the 1920s
1925
A petrol station
was built for Mr. James Ranson 1925.
1933
Boosbeck Station
1961
Boosbeck's former railway
station in 1961
Boosbeck today in
photographs
Boosbeck Church:
Bibliography
There is a page on
Boosbeck at Lingdale History.
There is a history of the Boosbeck
Mine Shaft.