Smelthouses
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Smelthouses is a hamlet in Nidderdale in North Yorkshire, England. It lies about 2.3 miles (4 km) south-east of Pateley Bridge, on either side of Fell Beck, a small tributary of the River Nidd. Fell Beck here forms the boundary between the civil parishes of Hartwith cum Winsley and High and Low Bishopside, so that the settlement is divided between the two parishes.
In the Middle Ages Fell Beck was the boundary between the lands of the
In 1795 a flax-spinning mill was started on the west side of the beck at Smelthouses. The mill flourished in the 19th century, but was burned down in 1890.[4] In the early 20th century there was a rope and twine business at Little Mill in Smelthouses.[5]
A Wesleyan chapel was opened at Smelthouses in 1841 to serve the industrial hamlet.[6] It was replaced by a chapel at Wilsill in 1897.
The road from Pateley Bridge to
Notable locals
- Catherine Bennett, journalist
References
- ISBN 1-85072-114-9.
- ^ Jennings, p. 96
- ^ Jennings, pp. 65, 153
- ^ Jennings, pp. 210, 261
- ^ Jennings, p. 262
- ^ Jennings, p. 418
- ^ Jennings, pp. 190-192
- ^ Historic England. "Smelthouses Bridge (Grade II) (1296007)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
- ISBN 0-86190-410-9.