Group History

THE SCOUT MOVEMENT AND ITS' LOCAL HISTORY

The Scout Movement began with 20 boys and an experimental camp help during the first nine days of August 1907, at Brownsea Island, Dorset.

It was a great success and proved to its organiser, Robert Baden-Powell this his training and methods really worked.

He Published the first edition of 'Scouting for Boys' in January 1908 and issued in six fortnightly parts at 4d each, it was an immediate success.  April 19

08 saw the introduction of 'The Scout' - a penny weekly that was an important link for the rapidly increasing number of boys from all over the country who had started to form Scout troops.

Scouting spread rapidly throughout the country and the British Commonwealth as well as other countries until it was established in practically all parts of the free world.

With an international Membership of approximately 25 million, well over half a million in the UK alone, the Scout Movement is the world's largest voluntary organisations for boys and girls.

It wasn't until 1927 the the first Scout Troop was opened in Haxby with 15 Scouts.

The Leader was Reginald Roger and they met in the Church School room, which is not St. Mary's Church Hall.  In 1928 there were 14 Scouts and 12 Wolf Cubs.  The Group Scout Master was Reginald Roger, with Assistant Scout Masters T Ritchman of York, A Cundall of Haxby and Assistant Cub Leader Miss Dyson of Haxby.

In 1929, the Group was closed as there were "not enough boys to keep up the Troop".

On the 14th January 1931, the 1st Wigginton Group was opened.

the met in the old school in Wigginton. The Group Scout Master was the Rev. Long of Wigginton and the Scout Master Harry Cundall of Haxby.  In 1933 the Group was renamed 1st Wigginton and Haxby and later became the 1st Haxby and Wigginton.

No records seem to exist to show when the Group closed.

The 2nd Haxby and Wigginton Scout Group opened in 1945 and was registered on the 22nd January 1946.  

The Scout master was Harry Barratt who lived in North Lane, Haxby and there were 20 Scouts.

Our current building was opened in May 1987.

The 3rd Haxby and Wigginton (St. Margaret's) Group was opened in 1979.

This Group ran until 1988 when they closed due to lack of leaders and the Cubs and Scouts transferred to the 2nd Haxby and Wigginton Scout Group.

Today the 2nd Haxby and Wigginton Scout Group has 2 Beaver Colonies, 2 Cub Packs and 2 Scout Troops, with more that 140 boys and girls aged from 6 to 14.