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The Beginning |
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Hubberholme Church on the River Wharfe, West Yorkshire, England |
Our family starts in the late 1700's
when William Atkinson is born in Yorkshire England. Growing up in
what is now known as the Yorkshire Dales National Park,
William married Sarah Spence in the Parish of
Hubberholme, March 13, 1826. The marriage was
performed by Minister Thomas Lindley and witnessed by
William Spence and John Tennant.
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| Marriage Certificate |
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| Yorkshire Dales |
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June of 1998, we traveled to Yorkshire England to the
area that William and Sarah lived. We saw the dales and
moors that have remained relatively unchanged for
hundreds of years. This picture is of Halton Gill and is
typical of the region. Small villages are situated on the
rivers in the dales and trails over the moors to other
valleys. The dales and moors are defined by stone walls
encouraged in the 1800's to separate farms and sheep.
A trail over Horsehead Pass allowed Reverend Lindley to travel between Halton Gill and Hubberholme. Lindley was the curate of Halton Gill from 1777 for seventy years and took services at Hubberholme from 1802 to 1833.
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Halton Gill in the Littondale Valley, West Yorkshire on the River Wharfe |
| Littondale Valley |
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