Haxby Local History Group

The aim of the Haxby Local History Group is to gather historical information and photographs relating to Haxby. To meet monthly in a relaxed atmosphere to further that interest. This will include talks, visits preperation of displays, audio tapes and the production of printed matter.

Historical records are kept in the Haxby Library where the Librarian, Lynda Cox, is always happy to be of assistance.

The Group meets at 10am on the third Thursday of every month at St. Mary's Church Hall.

For further details contact the secretary Ian Mason on 01904 768516.

The most recent news from the group is that Pauline Briggs prepared a display, to mark the 90th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, which was on display in the local library in June and July. This was also taken to the Haxby Carnival on July 8th and displayed along with much other material in a marquee. There was a gratifying amount of interest: we were busy all afternoon and some useful information came to light. Also, the “Flying Ducks”, the Haxby Youth Theatre, gave a performance of the Haxby Sword Dance; they hope, sometime in the future, to be able to revive the Plough Stotts Plays (these were apparently performed by the ploughboys – other villages in the area also have these plays). The word “Stott” is defined in the Annandale Concise Dictionary of 1896 as a Scots word meaning young bullock or steer!