Stainsby Beck

	Stainsby Beck Stainsby, in North Yorkshire, England, is an abandoned village near the Acklam suburb of Middlesbrough and town of Thornaby. Little more than mounds near the A19 road are now visible. The site is a scheduled monument. Stainsby Grange Farm, Stainsby Hall Farm and Stainsby Hill Farm retain the former village's name. Stainsby Beck forms part of the Stockton-on-Tees and Middlesbrough borough boundary. Nearby Acklam Grange School was formerly named Stainsby. History Stainsby was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086, as being three carucates. Walter de Stainsby held the village from 1284 to 1303; from 1388 to 1566 it followed the descent of the manor of Picton; from about 1800 it was held by the Earl of Harewood.'Parishes: Stainto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Acklam, Middlesbrough Acklam is a neighbourhood and Ward (electoral subdivision), electoral ward in Middlesbrough, Borough of Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England. It is believed that the settlement is Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon in origin, the name is Old English language, Old English for "place at the oak clearings" or "place of oaks". Acklam was an ancient parish, formerly known as West Acklam to distinguish it from Acklam, Ryedale, Acklam in Ryedale. At the 2011 census, the Acklam Ward had a population of 6,027. It is in the TS postcode area, TS5 postcode area with Ayresome, Brookfield, Linthorpe, parts of Newport and Whinney Banks. History Manor of 1068 Acklam was referred to as "Aclun" in the 1086 ''Domesday Book''. A precursor to a civil parish, the 'manor' was eleven gold-taxed carucate, ploughlands, they would have been eleven settlements in the area. This manor's area had previously been owned by Earl Siward with the area passed to Hugh Lupus, Hugh Earl of Chester in 1086. This manor's S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Type 22 Pillbox British hardened field defences of World War II were small fortified structures constructed as a part of British anti-invasion preparations. They were popularly known as '' pillboxes'', a reference to their shape. Background With the German invasion of Low Countries in May 1940 came the realisation that the United Kingdom was vulnerable to invasion. Late in May 1940, the Chiefs of Staff Committee decided that vulnerable beaches needed to be fortified with pillboxes and anti-tank obstacles. This proposal was resisted by the Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces, Sir Walter Kirke, who favoured a mobile reserve to counter invasion, but shortly afterwards, he was replaced by Sir Edmund Ironside. Having very few tanks or lorries to form such a reserve, Ironside formulated a plan to have a "coastal crust" of defended beaches, backed up by a network of "stop lines" which would limit any incursion, with localised defences for "vulnerable points" such as airfields. Work on these defences c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Deserted Medieval Villages In North Yorkshire Deserted may refer to: Desertion, the act of abandoning or withdrawing support from an entity to which one has given. This most commonly refers to a military desertion. ''Deserted'' (film), a 2016 film "Deserted", a song by Blind Melon from their 1992 album ''Blind Melon'' ''Deserted'', a 2019 album by the Mekons The Mekons are a British Post-punk band formed in 1976 as an art collective. They are one of the longest-running and most prolific of the first-wave British punk rock bands. The band's style has evolved over time to incorporate aspects of co ... {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Former Populated Places In North Yorkshire A former is an object, such as a template, gauge or cutting die, which is used to form something such as a boat's hull. Typically, a former gives shape to a structure that may have complex curvature In mathematics, curvature is any of several strongly related concepts in geometry that intuitively measure the amount by which a curve deviates from being a straight line or by which a surface deviates from being a plane. If a curve or su .... A former may become an integral part of the finished structure, as in an aircraft fuselage, or it may be removable, being used in the construction process and then discarded or re-used. Aircraft formers Formers are used in the construction of aircraft fuselage, of which a typical fuselage has a series from the nose cone to the empennage, typically perpendicular to the Flight control surfaces#Longitudinal_axis, longitudinal axis of the aircraft. The primary purpose of formers is to establish the shape of the fuselage and reduce the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]