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    Mar 2022

    Last Updated: 26/03/2022

    Amazing aerial photos of Harrogate, Ripon and Knaresborough from 100 years ago

    by Thomas Barrett

    | 26 Mar, 2022
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    Harrogate, Knaresborough and Ripon were captured from above by a company called Aerofilms, a pioneering firm of commercial aerial photographers formed in 1919. See our selection of local photos from a bygone era that were published this week.

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    Amazing photos taken above Harrogate district skies during the first half of the 20th century have been published by Historic England.

    The public body this week opened up an archive of over 400,000 shots capturing Harrogate, Knaresborough and Ripon during a bygone era.

    The photos were taken by a company called Aerofilms, which was a pioneering firm of commercial aerial photographers formed in 1919. It combined the fledgling technologies of flight and photography.

    We've included some of the best photos below but if you visit Historic England's website and type in a location you will be able to view more from its archive.

    The photographers also captured villages such as Pannal during the 1940s when it looked much smaller than the present day.

    How has Harrogate, Ripon and Knaresborough changed since these photos were taken?



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    The present-day Prince of Wales roundabout, 1921



    West Park Stray, 1921



    Knaresborough Road, Granby Road, Skipton Road, 1921



    Queen Ethelburga's school, Pennypot Lane, Harrogate, 1926



    Knaresborough Castle and the town centre, 1926



    Ripley, 1926



    Valley Gardens and the Pinewoods, 1928



    Goldsborough, 1928



    Knaresborough, 1926



    Ripon, Williamson varnish and enamel works, 1932


    Knaresborough, 1946



    Pannal, 1949



    Octavious Atkinson, Starbeck 1952