Isobel Cottage, 3 Main Street
Isobel Cottage, 3 Main Street in a row of traditional cottages
The deeds only go back to 1920 when John Walker of Skellands Farm, Kirkby Malham sold the cottage to Tom Smith (the innkeeper of the Victoria Hotel Kirkby Malham) for a sum of £90, with Richard and Isabel Newhouse as tenants.
It was probably built in 1738 as shown by a datestone on the end of the terrace. Although the cottage ownership changed several times the Newhouses remained there as tenants and brought up a family of 13 children, until after the death of Isabel in 1957. In 1958 the cottage was bought by Margaret and Cedric Thompson who had known Isabel for many years and named the cottage after her.
A photograph of Isabel standing in the cottage doorway still hangs over the living room fireplace.
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