Rosedale
Abbey

Good news, folks – the latest Rosedale Calendar in aid of Save Rosedale Abbey Church Fund is now available for sale in Abbey Stores at £10 per copy!

The calendar features scenes of life around Rosedale taken by several local photographers. It makes an ideal souvenir for visitors and also as a present to friends and family no longer living in the dale, not forgetting taking pride of place in your own kitchen!

So please consider buying one or more copies to support this important project and remember the price has stayed the same now for a number of years, not something you can say about much else in the modern day.

Regrettably, the next RHA Tea and Chat meeting notified in the entry below has had to be cancelled because of unforeseen circumstances. If you know of anyone else intending to come next Sunday please pass on this notice – watch this site for further information later in the month or call 07933044842 or email lkc77@hotmail.co.uk

The next quarterly meeting of the Rosedale History Archive will take place in the Updale Reading Room/Village Hall on Sunday 7 June from 2.00 to 4.00pm. Entry is free but donations to maintain the work of the Archive would be welcomed.

The next pub quiz will on Sunday 7 June starting at 8.30pm in The Coach House Inn. The entry fee is £2 per individual which includes a free entry into the ‘Open The Box Raffle’ at the end for a chance to win a cash prize. Teams of four are encouraged but just come along for the craic and some mental stimulation!

There will not be a quiz in the Coach House Inn on Sunday 24 May because of the Bank Holiday, so the next of the ever popular brain teasers will be on Sunday 31 May starting at 8.30pm. The entry fee is £2 per head which includes entry to the cash prize open-the-box raffle at the end of the quiz. Also the winning team receives a £20 Coach House voucher for use in the bar and restaurant, so if you are not a regular come along with some mates and give it a go!

An interesting new addition has been made to the collection of Rosedale historical artifacts on display in St Mary and St Lawrence Church, Rosedale Abbey, in the form of a diorama of an ironstone miner with a tub load of ironstone coming out of a mine entrance:

The lovely diorama was skillfully made by Mark and Muriel Scaife, residents of Hill Cottages, Rosedale East, and donated to the Rosedale History Archive in May 2026. More detail can be read in the notice above the model.