Upper Dales Family History Group https://upperdales.weebly.com – A branch of the Cleveland, North Yorkshire & South Durham Family History Society, dedicated to families with roots in the upper Yorkshire dales of Wensleydale and Swaledale. It has a vibrant online discussion forum accessible through Yahoo Groups at dalesfhs.
Dales Genealogy https://www.dalesgenealogy.com – Ian Spensley’s extensive and growing collection of transcriptions of public and private records relating to families in the Yorkshire Dales.
Dales History https://yorkshiredaleshistory.wordpress.com – Ian Spensley’s blog on the history of the Yorkshire Dales and in particular Wensleydale and Swaledale includes transcriptions of most of the 16th to 18th century wills and inventories for Swaledale, Wensleydale, and tributary dales, which can be searched on the blog and transcripts ordered in return for a donation to charity.
2Dales www.2dales.org.uk– A community web site for Swaledale and Arkengarthdale including pages on local history, Grinton Church memorial inscriptions, Reeth Gazette archives back to 1995, and many more useful pages and links.
Keld resource Centre https://keld.org.uk – Working to preserve and explain the unique heritage and environment of Upper Swaledale for the benefit of the local community, visitors and the rural economy.
Gunnerside info https://gunnerside.info – Information, including some census and tithes records, about the history of various places in Upper Swaledale from Healaugh to Tan Hill including Angram, Ivelet, Feetham, Keld, Low Row, Muker, Satron and Thwaite.
Swaledale essays – https://www.johnhearfield.com/swaledale – A series of essays by Marion Hearfield based on Swaledale and Arkengarthdale census data from 1841 to 1901, information from 19th-century newspapers, and various family papers.
Alderson Family History Society https://afhs.org – Dedicated to research into the surname Alderson. Most modern Alderson family lines can be traced back to Swaledale, where the name was common in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and where many families remain today.
The Metcalfe Society https://www.metcalfes-online.co.uk – Supports interest in the family history of the Metcalfe surname and acts as the principal link between branches in the home country and county of Yorkshire and those who settled worldwide.
Village Maps of North Yorkshire https://colinday.co.uk/maps/NorthYorks.shtml – A unique resource of detailed, hand-drawn village maps, identifying individual house locations and names, including those of 24 villages in Swaledale and Arkengarthdale.
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Header photograph shows a view across the River Swale to Reeth village, with medieval lynchets to the left and Fremington Edge forming the far horizon.
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