Citations & Sources
Nidd Films is committed to grounding its storytelling in historical research, landscape study, and transparent sourcing.
At Nidd Films, every story begins with truth — in the land, in the archive, and in the voices of those who came before us. The following references and acknowledgements support the development of our growing slate of film and cultural projects,“including Sweetheart: Angel of the Moor, The Valley: A Keeping, Child VI: Blood & Water, and related heritage and landscape-based projects.”
This list brings together verified archival documents, scholarly publications, literary works, oral histories, visual research, and community resources from across Yorkshire and beyond. It reflects our commitment to historical authenticity, ethical storytelling, regional identity, and respectful representation of real lives, places, and landscapes.
Nidd Films continues to develop an expanding body of landscape-rooted film and cultural work exploring memory, ancestry, folklore, nature, heritage, and human connection within Yorkshire and beyond.
Primary Historical Records
Ancestry (2025) England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837–1915 [subscription database]. Ancestry.com Operations Inc. (Record for Mary-Jane Skaife, 1836).
Ancestry (2025) England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837–1915 [subscription database]. Ancestry.com Operations Inc. (Record for Mary-Jane Skaife, 1858).
Atkinson, J.A. (1859) ‘James Atkinson’s Prison Letters’, Journal of Mental Science, 5(29), pp. 430–434. doi: 10.1192/bjp.5.29.430.
Find A Grave (2025) Photograph of Broadmoor Asylum Cemetery, Crowthorne, Bracknell Forest, Berkshire, England. Available at: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2185558/broadmoor-asylum-cemetery (Accessed: 29 September 2025).
St John the Baptist Parish Church (2025) Email correspondence from Ken Perrett, Office Manager, confirming burial of James Atkinson (1914) at Broadmoor Hospital. Received 3 October 2025.
The Manchester Guardian (1858) ‘Trial of James Atkinson’, The Manchester Guardian, August 1858.
Regional Yorkshire newspapers (1858) Reports relating to the death of Mary-Jane Skaife and the trial of James Atkinson, August 1858.
Parish and family records relating to Mary-Jane Skaife and James Atkinson [unpublished manuscript / private collection].
Landscape, Heritage & Environmental Research
Dallimore, T. (n.d.) High Apprentice House, Fewston [Photograph]. Historic England Archive ref. 331431. Available at: https://historicengland.org.uk/education/schools-resources/educational-images/high-apprentice-house-fewston-north-yorkshire-ioe01-06124-10 (Accessed: 23 October 2025).
Geograph (2014) Remains of West House Mill, Blubberhouses. Available at: https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4496928 (Accessed: 23 October 2025).
Scaife Hall Farm (n.d.) A History of Scaife Hall Farm [PDF]. Available at: http://scaifehallfarm.co.uk/historyofscaifehallfarm.pdf (Accessed: 23 October 2025).
English Ancestors Blog (n.d.) West House Mill, Blubberhouses – Washburn Valley Heritage. Available at: https://englishancestors.blog/tag/west-house-mill/ (Accessed: 23 October 2025).
Nidderdale Museum (n.d.) The Washburn Valley and its Lost Villages. Available at: https://nidderdalemuseum.com (Accessed: 23 October 2025).
Yorkshire Water (n.d.) The History of Fewston and Swinsty Reservoirs. Available at: https://www.yorkshirewater.com (Accessed: 23 October 2025).
Additional research and inspiration has emerged through ongoing study of Nidderdale’s landscapes, waterways, architecture, pathways, drystone walls, rural communities, oral histories, and environmental change.
Literary & Cultural References
Rossetti, C. (1872) ‘Who Has Seen the Wind?’, in Sing-Song: A Nursery Rhyme Book. Available at: Poetry Foundation (Accessed: 20 May 2026).
Excerpt from Who Has Seen the Wind? by Christina Rossetti [public domain].
Additional literary, folkloric, and historical influences informing the wider Nidd Films slate include regional Yorkshire folklore, oral traditions, landscape mythology, rural memory studies, and classical literature relating to time, impermanence, and human trace.
Visual Development & Creative Research
Concept visualisation and teaser imagery developed in collaboration with Darren Miller ACO, DCM Imaging. Available at: https://www.dcmimaging.com
All other images, films, stills, graphics, and written materials © Nidd Films unless otherwise credited.
Ongoing Research
Further archival materials, parish records, oral histories, landscape studies, folklore research, and historical documentation are currently being reviewed and will continue to be added as projects develop.