Other historical locations in Thixendale
Beamer View Cottages
Before 'Beamer View' was built, the land was part of Marshall's Garth.
In the photo above, the lady on the may be Mrs. Bradley. The lady on the right may be Mrs Grantham.
Little Garth (left hand) was struck by lightning and caught fire in May 1999. The full story can be found at http://www.thisisyork.co.uk/york/archive/1999/05/12/news1VQ.html. Neighbour Michael Holmes climbed on to the roof and used a hosepipe to keep the flames down for 25 minutes until the fire engines arrived from Malton.
Chapel Farm
Previously 'Court Garth' and then Beamer Hill Dairy.
Round The Bend
Photo from 1890s, with Round-The-Bend and the Cross Keys in the background : 
Photo from 1907. Round-The-Bend, the Cross Keys and Jewison's Row: 
. The small building between the pub and Round-the-Bend was a washhouse.
Photo from 1920s. Round-The-Bend, the Cross Keys and Jewison's Row: 
Wheelwrights
Joshua Boyes to 1898.
John Youngson post 1898.
George Benjamin Johnson 1910s : 
Diamond Cottages
There are two pairs of cottages named 'Diamond Cottages'. They were built by the Sledmere Estate to house workers. The name derives from Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.
Work commenced on the cottages on 10th August 1897: 
Blacksmith's shop and Diamond Cottages, 1906: 
October Barn
When Sledmere put the village up for sale in 1919, Robert Wood was the tenant. Details of the smallholding can be seen by clicking here.
Ash Tree Farm
This was a small farmhouse before the enclosure, but by the time of this photo, circa 1900, it was split into two cottages. The people in the picture are ( l-r) Alfred Pudsey, Martha Midgely, Jack Midgely, Annie Boyes, Kate Boyes (?), Katie Pudsey. The Midgely family living in the back and the Boyes family in the front. The small single-story building is the old schoolroom and beyond that is Cottage Farm.
This photo from 1904 shows Annie and Tom Boyes and their children (l-r) Robert, George and Kate.
When Sledmere put the village up for sale in 1919, Martha Midgley was the tenant. Details of the smallholding can be seen by clicking here.
By 1925, Ash Tree Farm had become the Post Office, and was run by Jimmy Boyes.
Cottage Farm
Cottage Farm can be seen in the 1900 photo of Ash Tree Farm.
When Sledmere put the village up for sale in 1919, Tom Boyes was the tenant. Details of the smallholding can be seen by clicking here.
Palfreyman's Cottage
The small chalk cottage on the corner of the junction to Martinholme (opposite the old post office), was one of the oldest buildings in the village until demolished in 2003. It was once the home of Smith Palfreyman who worked at Raisthorpe as labourer and rabbit catcher. It can be seen in background of this photo.
This drawing from 1810 would appear to depict the same cottage.
When Sledmere put the village up for sale in 1919, Smith Palfreyman was the tenant. Details of the smallholding can be seen by clicking here.
Village Pump
The village pump was erected in January 1834. It was bought from York for £4-11s-0d. Before the pump, there was a well in this position, and a spring further down. The photo dates from the 1880s.
In this photo, from the 1930s, are Martha Midgely, Kate Boyes and Frank Harben.
