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.
The nationwide heat wave relented on Saturday, 15 August, for Show Day in Rosedale which enjoyed a warm, dry day for the large crowds who turned up for a record breaking entry programme of agricultural, horticultural and industrial exhibits and arena events, along with a wide variety of trade stands, bands and food outlets. A few initial shots from a highly successful Show Day:
The A Team in The Secretary’s Tent, bringing order out of chaos.The Bilsdale Silver Band entertaining a large and appreciative crowdPlacing entries for judging in the Industrial TentIsaac McBurney, Land of Iron Museum Skinningrove, Ray Clarke of Moorsbus and Linda Chambers, local historian, by the History Tent
One of the riding classes being judged in the main arena
Mothers and babies in the very popular Baby Show!
Anthony Davis, Show President, unveiling the Memorial Bench made by Richard Dent and commemorating 100 years since all ironstone mining ceased in Rosedale, watched on by Trevor Dale, Chairman of our Parish Council.All the Ds! Anthony Davis, Show President, Sam Dring, Show Committee Chair, Joy Davis and Trevor DaleContestants waiting to be judges in the Dog Show, one of the noisiest classes in the show.Absent for many years, the parade of vintage tractors in the main ring at the end of the show was a welcome, if smoky, return to the programme
Sean Doughty up on his Excelsior.
And Graig Binns happily driving off on his prize winning David Brown Selectamatic
As ever, many thanks to Sam Dring and her organising committee and the many volunteers who turned out to help set up the Show site, ran the programme of events to time and safely, and whose vital contribution made Rosedale Show 2026 one of the best in its 155 year long history – and the ‘best show in the county’ according to many visitor comments on social media!
ROSEDALE HISTORY ARCHIVE TEA AND CHAT – SUNDAY 7 JUNE 2026
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.
ROSEDALE MINER MODEL
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.
ROSEDALE HISTORY ARCHIVE TEA AND CHAT – SUNDAY 7 SEPTEMBER 2025
The quarterly meeting of the Rosedale History Archive will be held in the Updale Reading Room/Village Hall on Sunday 7 September from 2.00 to 4.00pm. There will be the usual extensive range of historical and archive material available long with excellent tea and cakes, so come along if you want to research family background or the social and industrial history of the dale. Entrance is free but donations in aid of the running of the archive would be welcomed.
Updale Reading Room, Rosedale
2026 ROSEDALE CALENDAR IS HERE!
The new Rosedale calendar has just been published, containing landscapes, people and wildlife of the dale taken by seven local photographers and is sold in aid of the Rosedale church appeal fund.
The calendar is available in Abbey Stores in Rosedale Abbey at £10 a copy and will be on sale in the Rosedale History Archive tent at Rosedale Show on 16 August. Further sale outlets will be notified here shortly.
The appeal stands at around £100,000, an outstanding achievement for such a small parish, and work on stabilising the roof is expected to start shortly once architects plans are finally approved; however, the total cost for all the works necessary is thought now to be over £200,000 so bids are being placed with the appropriate finding bodies. As the advert says ‘every little bit helps’ so your contributions will be very welcome!
