Welcome to the Rosedale blog. This is where we share news and information about events in Rosedale and the wider community throughout the year. You’ll also find news about the village timetable, our micro enterprises, school events, clubs, and lively socials.
Image: Rosedale Show By Patrick Chambers
The ever popular Rosedale calendar in aid of the Save Rosedale Church Appeal is now available for sale at the inflation proof price of £10 a copy from Abbey Stores in Rosedale Abbey village. The 2025 calendar will also be on sale at the upcoming Rosedale Show 0n 17 August in the Rosedale History Archive tent, at coffee mornings in the Coach House Inn and at the History Archive Tea and Chat meetings – more details to follow.
Dear friends,
Forthcoming services
Mid-week, Wednesday: 10.00 am Lastingham Crypt, Holy Communion
Next Sunday, July 14th.
9.15 am Appleton Holy Communion (me),
with Banns for Daniel Feaster and Maura Partridge (to be married at Cropton on August 10th)10.45 am Lastingham Holy Communion (Revd Christine),
with Banns for Steven Brace and Linda Ann Blackburne (to be married at Rosedale on August 3rd)6.00 pm Cropton Evensong (Reader Mike Stallybrass)
Please remember the wedding couples in your prayers as they prepare.
TONIGHT
7.00 pm Cropton: Concert by Clare’s Choir Moorland Voices. She promises an eclectic programme with some audience participation
And two dates for your diary:
August 17th Rosedale Show
August 27th 2.00 pm Cropton Annual Garden Fête in the Village Hall in aid of church funds
With blessings and prayers,
Revd David
Over seventy people attended a very interesting talk on Rosedale’s barn owls, held in St Mary and St Lawrence Church on Wednesday 6 March. The event was in aid of the Save Rosedale Church Appeal and raised the magnificent sum of £978 from donations and an auction of a print of owlets on an owl box.
Heartfelt thanks to the volunteers who set up and hosted this very successful evening.
There will be a Communion Service in St Mary and St Lawrence Church, Rosedale Abbey, on Sunday 21 January at 9.15am taken by Rev David Haddon-Reece, his first full Communion Service since his recent ordination:
All are most welcome!
Our local curate, David Haddon-Reece, was ordained by Paul, Bishop of Whitby, at St Mary’s Church, Lastingham on Sunday 7 December at 3.00pm. The church was packed as the congregation drawn from all five churches in the benefice witnessed the joyous culmination of a long spiritual journey for David.
All in the benefice and particularly those in Rosedale wish David all the very best for his ministry with us.
The Remembrance Sunday Service will take place by the War Memorial Cross in Rosedale Abbey churchyard on Sunday 122 November starting at 10.50am.
All are most welcome to come along and honour the memories of all those who gave their lives in the service of their country.
Save Rosedale Church needs you!
Have you any experience of filling out grant application forms or would you like to learn? Save Rosedale Church Committee needs a competent volunteer to complete a Heritage Lottery grant application.
All the documents needed for the application have already been written but we need a volunteer to tackle the complex application form. Filling it in will take quite a number of dedicated hours.
Save Rosedale Church as already raised over £50,000 for its roof appeal and has just been invited to apply to the Peter Sowerby Foundation for a £25,000 grant. A grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund could well mean our target of just over £100,000 will be reached.
Our small committee is made up of ordinary Rosedale residents who believe the loss of our historic church would be a terrible blow to the community. Our church is regularly used for Christenings, weddings and funerals as well as church services. Recent events at the church have included rock musician Ross McWhirter, The Dalesmen Singers and an Art and Craft Festival.
If you think you could help us for this one-off job, please contact Linda Blackburne on linda.blackburne@icloud.com or phone her on 01751 417833.
We look forward to hearing from you!
A memorial service for Peter Hughes, late of East Lodge, Rosedale Abbey, will take place at St Mary and St Lawrence Church, Rosedale Abbey, on Tuesday 5 September at 2.00pm, with refreshments afterwards in the Coach House Inn.