NCHT

The North Craven Heritage Trust was formed to foster interest in and care for the distinctive character and heritage of North Craven by:

- encouraging high standards of planning   and architecture

- stimulating public interest in and care for   the beauty, character and heritage of the   area

- encouraging the preservation, protection   and sympathetic development of   features of historic or public interest

CHERISHING THE PAST, SHAPING THE FUTURE

The Trust’s area of interest covers the following Civil Parishes:

Airton, Arncliffe, Austwick, Bentham, Burton-in-Lonsdale, Clapham cum Newby, Giggleswick, Halton Gill, Halton West, Hanlith, Hawkswick, Hellifield, Horton-in-Ribblesdale, Ingleton, Kirkby Malham, Langcliffe, Lawkland, Litton, Long Preston, Malham, Malham Moor, Nappa, Otterburn, Rathmell, Scosthrop, Settle, Stainforth, Swinden, Thornton-in-Lonsdale and Wigglesworth.

News

NEW!! David Johnson's latest book published by NCHT! -
Time Please! ’Lost’ Inns, Pubs and Alehouses of the Yorkshire Dales
to download details click here

NCHT Summer Outing:
Wednesday 10 June 2020 '(North) Cheshire for a Change'
(Pre-booked only)
to download programme click here

Forthcoming Events

Sunday, 15 December 2019 at 2.00pm Friends Meeting House, Settle
Mince Pie Meeting
My Quaker ancestor James Cropper and the campaign for the abolition of slavery
Giles Bowring map

Wednesday 12 February 2020 at 2.30pm
St John's Church, Settle
Journeys through a family archive: the Rileys of Settle
Anne Read

Thursday 12 March 2020 at 7.30pm
Clapham Village Hall
Inspired! How artists fell in love with Yorkshire
Frank Gordon

Tuesday 14 April 2020 at 7.30pm
Long Preston Village Hall
The Tenant of Stonegap Hall — Georgian Skipton, a former Scosthrop family and the Brontes
David Turner

Saturday, 9 May 2020 at 2.00pm Meet at Bentham car park
A pub crawl with no beer? Some ‘Lost’ Inns of Bentham and Burton
Dr David Johnson
* Pre-booking essential (Carole Beattie 01729 823 497) * Walking boots essential map

Wednesday, 10 June 2020 at 10.00am Meet at Tabley house, nr. Knutsford satnav WA16 0HB
Summer Outing — (North) Cheshire for a change
Dr David Johnson * Pre-booking essential. For more details see under News opposite
(David Johnson 01729 822 915 evenings only please) map

Wednesday 8 July 2020 at 2.00pm Meet at parking spaces by the church
Visit to Weston Church and Weston Hall
Robin Bundy
* Pre-booking essential (Robin Bundy 01729 825666) map

Monday 7 September 2020 at 7.30pm
Austwick Village Hall
Education in Malhamdale, from the Reformation to 1874
Robin Bundy

Wednesday, 14 October 2020 at 7.00pm (note time)
Victoria Hall, Settle ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (Members only)
The Ingleborough Estate
Philip Farrer

Friday 13 November 2020 at 7.30pm
Langcliffe Village Institute
Droving — the whys and wherefores of a long-distance trade
Dr. David Johnson

Sunday, 13 December 2020 at 2.00pm Friends Meeting House, Settle
Mince Pie Meeting
Curious Tales from the Graveyard, a celebration of Settle’s ancestors
Sarah Lister map

NORTH CRAVEN HERITAGE TRUST