Babthorpe Hall Farm, Hemingbrough.

Babthorpe Hall Farm, Hemingbrough from the west 1950.

Two other Hemingbrough blogpages of Mr R Chilvers are,
 Hemingbrough Parish now and then, and
Hemingbrough Historical Documents.

St Mary's Church from 'Old Ways Lane'

I took this picture on February 2nd, 2009 after a heavy fall of snow

Millgate House photographed by Mr R Chilvers in 1985. Previously a farm owned by the Smith family who sold up in 1986 this Georgian dwelling was built in 1754, the wrought iron letters 54 are still fixed the gable end of the roadside wall.

View also sites 'Hemingbrough Parish now and then'
and 'Hemingbrough Historical Documents'

Taken by Mr R Chilvers on 2nd February 2009
during a heavy snow storm, this photograph show St Mary's Church,  Hemingbrough from Main Street.

Two members of  'Hemingbrough United Charities'
Mr M.Senior and Mr K.McCann putting money and Christmas cards in envelopes while member the late Mrs S. Bygrave looks on in 2009.
Hemingbrough United Charities give out money to 'The Poor of the Parish' annually.

Mr. M. Lumby (Highways)
Mrs K. McSherry (Selby District Council)
and Mr. R. Chilvers, (Hemingbrough parish council)
15th April 2011 attempting to establish the legal ownership of Old Ways Lane, Hemingbrough which is a registered village Green.






       


  Right;  November 2014
A local group, Phhhs, having obtained funding
are creating a pond alongside the grassed roadway.

Blue Peter day at Hemingbrough 1989

When the 'BBC' Blue Peter team came to Hemingbrough for Miss Karen Keating to place the golden cockerel of top of St Mary's Church steeple, Mr Chilvers videoed the the day with the agreement of the BBC team and also Karen Keating.
The picture here is a clip from the video (with her agreement) showing Karen Keating  about to enter the church grounds.

Two photographs from Mr. R. Chilvers personal collection.
These and more were taken with permission of Mr Edwin Trotter, the Manager of Hemingbrough Brick and Tile works on condition Mr Chilvers supplied him with a bag of potatoes! which he did.

By this time the brick works was manufacturing only land tile (drain pipes) as can be seen in the first picture.
The second picture shows the narrow gauge railway which ran from the clay pit to the works.
The name of the loco by the way was 'Druid'

 Hemingbrough Petrol Station December 12th 2008.
This had stood empty for a number of years before being acquired by a local group, Phhhs Community Interest Company. Ref No 09162949 for it is understood, was a nominal sum.

Right;
The reconstructed site, now a Memorial Garden
was photographed on November 11th, 2015
by Mr Chilvers.
At the time of writing it is understood there are no known restrictions on public access to the Phhhs Community Interest Company Memorial  Garden.

Mr. Chilvers took this photograph from the junction of Landing Lane, Mill Lane and Main Street with a Panasonic Lumix Camera. Today, 2016 the Horse Chestnut tree blocking the view of St Mary's Church is no longer there.