MIDDLETON ON THE WOLDS HERITAGE

SCHOOL FRONT STREET

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Local Funding

The black and white photograph captures the Middleton Hall Garden Fete, featuring Dr. Clemants and Mrs. Clemants along with their team of helpers who managed the stalls at the event. The fete was held to support the new village hall and is dated July 13th, 1935, marking the first effort to provide Middleton on the Wolds with a Village Hall.

An archival black and white newspaper photograph of Dr and Mrs Clemants with a group of helpers at the Middleton Hall Garden Fete on 13th July 1935.
Dr and Mrs Clemants with helpers at the Middleton Hall Garden Fete on 13th July 1935, raising funds for the new village hall.

Village Hub

The current Village Hall in Station Road, now enclosed by dwellings, still serves as a hub for the village today.

Source Village History – Middleton-on-the-Wolds Parish Council

An archival black and white postcard view looking down Station Road past the historic brick reading rooms and school buildings that became the Village Hall.
Vintage postcard view of North End and Station Road, showing the old reading rooms and school buildings that now form the Village Hall site.

The image is a flyer for the Middleton-on-the-Wolds Women’s Institute Produce Show held on Saturday, July 19th, 1952, in the Village Hall. The event was to be opened by Miss M. Macfarlane and included various recipes and rules for participation. This flyer provides a glimpse into the community activities and traditions of Middleton on the Wolds during the mid-20th century.

An archival printed programme for the Middleton-on-the-Wolds Women's Institute Produce Show held in the Village Hall on Saturday, 19th July 1952.
Official programme and rules for the Middleton-on-the-Wolds Women’s Institute Produce Show on 19th July 1952.


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Written by M. Gillum

July 2025

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