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Iburndale
Sleights ( ) is a village in North Yorkshire, England. Located in the Esk Valley in the postal region of Whitby, the village is part of the civil parish of Eskdaleside cum Ugglebarnby. Sleights lies along the steep main A169 road that runs north to south between Whitby and Malton, North Yorkshire, Malton via Pickering, North Yorkshire, Pickering across the North York Moors. At the bottom of the village, the road crosses the Esk Valley Line, Esk Valley Railway, allowing access to Sleights railway station. The road crosses the River Esk, North Yorkshire, River Esk on a high bridge, opened on 26 January 1937. The road continues up the hill to reach the A171 road, A171 Whitby, North Yorkshire, Whitby to Middlesbrough trunk road. At the top of the village is Blue Bank. Due east of the village is the hamlet of Iburndale. Due to road accidents, Blue Bank, with a gradient of 1 in 4 (25%), has an Runaway truck ramp, escape lane of soft sand. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred John Brown (writer)
Alfred John Brown (21 August 1894 – 1 March 1969) was an English literary and topographical writer, born in Bradford in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. Education Brown was educated at ''St Joseph's Primary School'' in Little Horton, Bradford, and St. Bede's Grammar School in Bradford, before becoming a wool trade trainee.White, John A. ''The Early 20th Century Poetry of Alfred John Brown (1894-1969)'' (Smith Settle Printing & Bookbinding, 2019) Career As a youth he developed what became a lifelong passion for moorland walking (which he referred to as 'tramping'). He spent most of his career in the wool trade with interruptions for military service in both World Wars. In World War One he served as a gunner with the 2/2 West Riding Brigade of the Royal Field Artillery before being medically discharged in 1916 with post-diphtheria paralysis, and he subsequently spent six years in recovery. In World War Two, although too old for active service, he served as an intelligen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eskdaleside Cum Ugglebarnby
Eskdaleside cum Ugglebarnby is a civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, comprising the two villages of Sleights and Ugglebarnby. According to the 2011 UK census, Eskdaleside cum Ugglebarnby parish had a population of 2,238, a reduction on the 2001 UK census figure of 2,252. All Saints' Church, Ugglebarnby lies in the village. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Scarborough, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. Eskdaleside murder (1841) In 1841 the murder of Mrs Jane Robinson (née Wilson 1777) was one of the first cases in which an officer from Scotland Yard was sent to investigate a serious crime in the provinces. A miller, William Hill, had been charged with the murder and acquitted, but Nicholas Pearce traced a Thomas Redhead who had almost certainly committed the offence, but had died of smallpox shortly before Pearce traced him. Jane Robinson (née Wilson) was the daughter of John Wilson of Eskdalegate (1725–1794) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borough Of Scarborough
The Borough of Scarborough () was a non-metropolitan district with borough status in North Yorkshire, England. In addition to the town of Scarborough, it covered a large stretch of the coast of Yorkshire, including Whitby and Filey. It bordered Redcar and Cleveland to the north, the Ryedale and Hambleton districts to the west and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the south. The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972. It was a merger of the urban district of Filey and part of the Bridlington Rural District, from the historic East Riding of Yorkshire, along with the municipal borough of Scarborough, Scalby and Whitby urban districts, and Scarborough Rural District and Whitby Rural District, from the historic North Riding. In 2007, the borough was threatened with extinction. In March of that year, North Yorkshire County Council was shortlisted by the Department for Communities and Local Government to become a unitary authority. If the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Norse
Old Norse, also referred to as Old Nordic or Old Scandinavian, was a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and their Viking expansion, overseas settlements and chronologically coincides with the Viking Age, the Christianization of Scandinavia, and the consolidation of Scandinavian kingdoms from about the 8th to the 15th centuries. The Proto-Norse language developed into Old Norse by the 8th century, and Old Norse began to develop into the modern North Germanic languages in the mid- to late 14th century, ending the language phase known as Old Norse. These dates, however, are not precise, since written Old Norse is found well into the 15th century. Old Norse was divided into three dialects: Old West Norse (Old West Nordic, often referred to as ''Old Norse''), Old East Norse (Old East Nordic), and Old Gutnish. Old West Norse and O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St John's Chapel, Sleights
St John's Chapel is a ruined Anglican chapel in Sleights, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The building was constructed in about 1260, as a chapel of ease to St Mary's Church, Whitby. It was commissioned by Roger, Abbot of Whitby. It lies on a hill above the village, which proved to be an inconvenient location for parishioners. The chapel remained in use until 1767, when St John's Church, Sleights was constructed closer to the village centre. In 1772, it had a thatched roof, a door and three blocked windows in the south wall, and a window in the west wall. The ruins were grade II listed in 1969. The chapel ruins are of sandstone on a chamfered plinth, and consist of a continuous nave and chancel In church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar, including the Choir (architecture), choir and the sanctuary (sometimes called the presbytery), at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building. It may termi .... The main survivin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Briggswath
Briggswath is a village in the county of North Yorkshire, England. The settlement is on the north bank of the River Esk, upstream of Ruswarp, and opposite Sleights which is on the south bank. History The name Briggswath is first recorded in 1230 as ''Briggwath'', meaning ''bridge-ford'' as it is next to an old bridge which crossed the River Esk over to Sleights. The village is upriver from Ruswarp at the site of the Medieval bridge from which it takes its name, and south of Whitby. The bridge was known as Sleights Bridge, and was replaced as the main road bridge by one further upstream in 1937. A great flood in July 1930 swept away the old road bridge. Historically, the village was in the civil parish of Aislaby and part of the wapentake of Whitby Strand. It is now in the civil parish of Eskdaleside cum Ugglebarnby. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Scarborough, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. The village is represented at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St John's Church, Sleights
St John's Church is an Anglican church in Sleights, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The mediaeval St John's Chapel, Sleights, was replaced by a new building, further down the hill, in 1767. In 1848, it was described as a "very elegant structure". However, the Georgian church was demolished and replaced with a new building, which was consecrated on 20 September 1895. The church was designed by Ewan Christian in the Early English Gothic, Early English style. It was grade II listed in 2005. The church is built of Grosmont, North Yorkshire, Grosmont sandstone, with a roof of Westmorland slate. It consists of a nave, a north aisle#Church architecture, aisle, a north transept, a chancel, and a northeast tower with a plain parapet and a pyramidal roof. The windows are lancet window, lancets, and the east window is a stepped tripled lancet. The stained glass was designed by Charles Eamer Kempe. Inside, there is a hammerbeam roof, oak panelling to the lower parts of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |