Keld Heritage Centre

02/11/2026

02/11/2026

Fabulous images of a very special day in Keld.

01/11/2026

A wonderful afternoon celebrating Keld's dearly loved public hall & close community that continues to thrive. Well done Ernest, Muker Silver Band The Public Hall Committee for providing such a heartwarming & nostalgic celebration

31/10/2026

Months of planning & a great team effort this afternoon....all ready for a fabulous celebration of this dearly loved building tomorrow.

31/10/2026

Fabulous unique hand-crafted gifts with all profits going to local good causes.

29/10/2026

Join local resident, Karen, and her walking partner Clare Balding as they enjoy a sunny stroll from Keld to Muker via Crackpot Hall and Hartlakes 🙄

Clare meets Karen Skeel who runs a bed and breakfast halfway along the Coast to Coast.

28/10/2026

We have had a busy few days expanding our local history archive. We are creating new collections and adding more images to existing collections so please revisit the 'Places' collection as more images have been added. This has all been made possible due to the expertise & brilliance of our KHC trustee Harry Marshall who has created the new website and Local History archive ....& has endless patience with me (who's IT competency is to the level of a Fisher Price child's laptop)

During the winter months we will be sharing more of the Swaledale Museum image archive and starting to digitise the document collection held in the archive office.

I hope you enjoy our growing archive, and thank you to all who continue to share their family photos and memories
Warmest regards
Helen

24/10/2026

I am finally getting on with the new archive site and we have now published the first batch of images for the Butter & Cheese making page featuring my wonderful great aunt Mary who was a fabulous butter & cheese maker. I will adding more photos over the coming weeks. I have also added more images to the Low Row & Crackpot pages so enjoy! Helen

Mary Scott, West StonesdaleDemonstrating traditional butter makingScalding the utensilsScalding wooden utensils with boiling water, then cooling with cold water so the butter does not stick to them.Cooling with cold waterChurning the cream until it turns into butter.Rubbing hands with salt or mustar...

22/10/2026

Due to last minute cancellations, we have a couple of places left on the Basket Making Workshop on Saturday 7 November, which we would love to fill. If you, or anyone you know, would be interested in attending, please email [email protected] as soon as possible. Further details of the workshop can be found on our Events' Page. Hope to see you there for our last event of the year!

19/10/2026

We have had some wonderful donations over the past few months including:
Mrs Whitell's clogs from Low Oxnop and old Dalesman magazines (donated by her daughter Mrs Anne Moore)
Mrs Fawcett's scrapbooks dated from the 1940's (donated by her daughter Mrs Marion Nash)
Mrs Hunter's proddy rug frame from Crow Trees (donated by her grandson Adam Hunter)
A toy mangle (donated by Mrs Hannah Guy)
Local History Books (donated by Michael Guy)
Transcription of Anthony Clarkson's early 19th century diary (donated by Alan & Judith Mills)
A wooden airer from Frith Lodge (donated by Karen Skeel & Neil Yeoman, Frith Lodge)
Thank you to everyone for helping us build our archive collection so we can hopefully preserve the heritage of upper Swaledale for years to come.