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Arkendale is a quaint and attractive village situated close to the northbound A1(M) motorway and north-east of Knaresborough. The tower of St Bartholomew’s Church dominates the skyline. The church cemetery extension lies adjacent to the village public house, the BlueBell Inn. John William Deighton rests here. He sucumbed to influenza and pneumonia on November 19Continue reading “Remembering John William Deighton”