History of Rosella Cottage

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Over 100-years of history separates these two photographs of Rosella Cottage in Rosedale Abbey.

The first one was taken about 1913 in the early Edwardian period when Rosella Cottage was already over 50-years old.

Rosella 1900

Rosella Cottage (open door near the dray-man) in Rosedale at the Turn of the Twentieth Century.

At that time, Rosedale was one of the remotest villages in the North York Moors, but iron-stone mining had already transformed the local rural economy.

The whole row of cottages still belonged to the landed gentry in the form of Rosedale Estate.

The second photograph was taken in July 2013, exactly 100-years later.

Rosella 2013

Rosella Cottage in 2013 (white door 2nd from left).

In the time between the two images being taken, British people have seen two World Wars, the Great Depression, the Cold War, the rise of the power of Europe, the end of Empire, a man on the moon, and the creation of the internet.

But life in Rosedale Abbey goes on pretty much as it always has. 

One change for good shown in the pictures is the introduction of electricity for heating, cooking and lighting!

But if you holiday in Rosella Cottage, you'll still see sheep being driven down the road by Shepherds; you'll still hear the ring of horses hooves on the road outside Rosella on most weekends; and you'll still have time to enjoy the magnificent countryside of the surrounding hills and dales.

In a World of change; sometimes good things are best left as they are!

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