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    • Parish council co-option procedure
    • Community Infrastructure Levy
    • The village plan
    • Village volunteers
    • Parish council financial reports
    • Parish council policy documents
    • Report a problem
  • What’s on
  • News
  • Village life
    • Social media
    • Village hall
      • Casterton village hall – 100 club
    • Holy Trinity Church
    • Casterton WI
      • WI events programme
    • Casterton Community Hub
      • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Casterton Community Trust
      • Grants awarded and older minutes
  • Local info
    • Village maps
    • Walking between Casterton and Devil’s Bridge
    • Exploring the area
    • Public access defibrillators
    • Kirkby Lonsdale Community Cupboard
    • Volunteer Driver Scheme
  • Our history
    • ‘Sketches of Casterton’ history blog
    • Casterton’s Queen’s Platinum Jubilee History Trail
    • The History of Casterton WI
    • Reminiscences by William Makinson
      • Reminiscences by William Makinson part 1
      • Reminiscences by William Makinson part 2
    • The men of Casterton who fought in WWI
    • A Westmorland Village School 1947-53
    • Our ‘Green Streets Award’ 2009
    • Casterton Grange
    • The 2018 history exhibition

Daily Archives: 30 Oct 2023

The Casterton Hotel, mid-1930s

Guest Sketch ‘The Unsolved Mystery of The Casterton Hotel in World War Two’

HistoryBy Simon Drakeford30 Oct 2023Leave a comment

Introduction For this month’s Sketch, we have something different, a ‘Guest Sketch’. That is to say a Sketch written about Casterton by somebody other than myself. I very much welcome anybody to contribute their own writings about the history of Casterton as future Guest Sketches. This first Guest Sketch has been written by Jean Hamlett.…

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