Welcome to our community website
This website will introduce you to some of the groups, characters and wildlife that reside in the parish of Wadsworth. Take time to click through the site as there is something for everyone and then come and join us!
Wadsworth is the second largest parish by area in England, and is a beautiful part of the South Pennines. It includes the high uplands of Widdop and Wadsworth Moors to the north, Midgley Moor to the east, the lovely little valley of Crimsworth Dean, and the fine woodland of the National Trust property at Hardcastle Crags to the west of Hebden Water.
Provisional Minutes Thursday 31st January 2019
Proposed Minutes of the Meeting of Wadsworth Parish Council held on
Thursday 31st January 2019 in the Council Chamber, Hebden Bridge Town Hall.
Note this meeting was postponed from the 29th January 2019 due to bad
weather.
Minutes Tuesday 18th December 2018
Provisional Minutes of the Meeting of Wadsworth Parish Council held on
Tuesday 18th December 2018 in the Council Chamber, Hebden Bridge Town Hall.
113 MEMBERS PRESENT
Councillors Beasley (Chairman), Bell,Hughes, Lynch, Fowler, Kimber, Ring
& Wade.
Wadsworth Wadyacallit Summer 2017
WOMEN AND GIRLS IN WORLD WAR 1
Walking on the Haworth Old Road on a sunny day reminded me how little has changed in Wadsworth over the last 100 years. Reflecting on how the community responded to the First World War, I could almost hear the clacking of clogs as women and girls hurried for their shift at the mills and of children hurrying to a part time session at school followed by a shift at the mill. Much has been written on the experiences of the young men but it really struck me how little recognition of the contributions of their mothers, sisters, wives and girlfriends made to the made to the War effort are acknowledged and commemorated.
Fawcett 200
Have you a Fawcett in your family tree?
One of the celebratory events will be a Fawcett weekend September 23rd and 24th, not just for those interested in John Fawcett, but for those who have a Fawcett ancestor. For example, we have had contact with some descendants from as far afield as Canada. We have also had much interest from USA because of the strong Baptist tradition there. The surname originated from Fawcett in Westmorland as early as the 13th century, reached Leeds in the 1500s and Bradford soon afterwards and is now prolific in both places. Hebden Bridge Local History Society is also searching for more descendants of the famous minister or his brother Richard.
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