Terrington Banners

The banners which run through the pages of this website are to be found, in painted and decorated cloth, adorning a whole wall in the main hall of Terrington Village Hall. They were created in 1997, following the opening of the Village Hall, through a community effort of 38 weekly workshops with 500 attendances by 76 people aged 3 to 87. A work in progress exhibition took place in May and they were finally unveiled in September 1998. The village received external recognition for the work when we won third prize in the Yorkshire Rural Community Council’s Village Ventures competition.

There are thirteen banners in total: a banner for each month and a central panel representing Midsummer. Along the top is a time line of features over the Millennium. A map of the Parish runs across the banners. As the banners were being made a new village history was prepared and published by Gerry Bradshaw, sharing research with the banners.

Captioned photograph — Children painting background to banners, 1997

The banners

January

Sundial on the Church 1767

Wesleyan chapel, 1817

1933 Church choir (James Wimbush)

1914 restoration of the bells

Samuel Wimbush (Rector 1865-1908)

Stained glass - Sam'l Wimbush memorial window

All Saints church Sanctus bell

Blackbird

Winter jasmine

Snowdrops

Holly & Ivy

January brings a New Year to light
People of the village together unite

February

1069-70 Harrying of the North

Football teams, 1930s & 1990s

Sledgers

1947 children doing PE in the snow

1947 first outing after the war - to the Pantomime in Hope's bus

Snow on Terrington Bank

Bay Horse Inn

1995 snooker team

1959 darts team

Playing cards in the Bay Horse

February 'fill-dyke', dark and grey
Give someone a smile and brighten their day

March

Sheriff Hutton Castle, built of Mowthorpe stone

Sheep & lambs

Owl, squirrel and mouse

The Plump with cottages behind

Fallen tree on the Plump, 1989

Women's Institute tree-planting 1990

Village Pump

Couple on seat with black Labrador

Daffodils

March winds blow, the trees stay bare
Catch a glimpse of the 'mad March hare'"

April

1367 poaching while the Lord of the Manor is in France

Swallows

Lady Mary Fitzwilliam in the garden of Wiganthorpe Hall

Boat on the lake

Wiganthorpe Hall

heron

bull rushes

The Lake with tench, perch and pike

Marsh Marigolds

April blossoms flourish after winter's rule
Laughter rings out from the village school"

May

1467 John Shirwood, Rector of Terrington, went on the become Bishop of Durham

Postal Services
- cart outside Rose Villa
- topiary sign
- 1933 postman Carr and wife

Mrs Rhodes

Butterfly

Terrington House

Wimbush children playing tennis

Cows in the village street

Roe deer drop young in May

Wild garlic & Cuckoo pint

By May in the cuckoos call we trust
Local farmers till the field from dawn to dusk

June

Metham crest

1953 coronation coach & Queen

Sack race at village sports

Butterflies

1902 Coronation

Map as far as Wiganthorpe and Flat Top

Delphiniums

Brass band

Reflections of 1994 feast

and 1937 Coronation

1946 cricket team

Come June, village gardens are a colourful scene
While 'good wood' is the call from the Bowling Green"

July

1623 recording of Cadiff Forest in Terrington

Map (centre of the village) and name Terrington plus derivation from OED of place names

Butterfly

Bride and groom with the church gate tied by children

Wedding of Billy Estill and Marion Coatesworth with cricket guard of honour (1928)

Wedding at Manor Farm of Ida Estill and Walter Craven

Swinsey Carr and four wild flowers which grow there

July brings the village together as one,
Sports on the playing field, everybody has fun

August

Horse racing on Freer's Moor

Map with field names

Spa with half-immersed figure - described as 'like a grave or saw-pit'

Road Safety Shield

Walker

Cliff House - old Village Hall, built 1870 for Worsley Family

Lady with glass

Picnic with sandwiches, cakes etc

Bowls team (1960s)

Cornfield with poppies

Mowthorpe

August a month with soft fruit at its best
While school holidays put Mothers' nerves to the test"

September

Castle Howard

Swallows departing

Map and name Ganthorpe

Scyther

Corn field and combine harvester

Bob Barker with horse and binding machine

Rose Rank and her chickens

Lime kiln

Ganthorpe Hall and pump

Butterflies

Combine Harvester

Hare in the harvest field

Come September farmers harvest the golden grain
As from the church on the hill comes a familiar refrain"

October

Richard Spruce (1817-95) - Orchid Lepanthes spruceana & Liverwort Frullania (South America) & Lichens (Pyrenees)

Castle Howard

Gate into Castle Howard (by Patrick Nuttgens) with spider's web

Alf Walker scalding the pig

Butcher Goodwill's cash book

Falling Leaves

Goldfinch

Terrington Hall (old Rectory, now Prep School)

Dried cow parsley

Tractor and ploughed fields

Fungi

By October the days of Autumn take hold
Leaves carpet the ground in reds, brown and gold"

November

World War 2 plane dropping incendiary on Little Terrington (April 3 1941)

Falling Leaves

Card sent home in First World War

Dedication of the War Memorial

Match box from Cliff Social Club, formerly British Legion Club

Terrington Home Guard

Bats

Witches (another derivation of Terrington - sorcery)

Bonfire

Owl

November brings excitement for Guy Fawkes night
Village bonfires and fireworks set the dark sky alight"

December

Opening of the new village hall 1994

Playgroup & Playtime

Christmas tree

Four School photos in baubles (1911 to 1985)

Nativity figures in Village School

Pheasant

Nativity play (1975)

Wren

Christmas Roses

Hedgehog in falling leaves

December dawns and soon another year ends
But first celebrate Christmas with family and friends"