Allerston is a village and

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in the Ryedale district of

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, England, about east of

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. According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 309, reducing slightly to 302 at the 2011 Census. The parish church, originally dedicated to St Mary, is now dedicated to St John and is a grade II* listed building.

Overview

During the 1930s, unemployed men were set to work in

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, breaking ground, building tracks, and undertaking other heavy labour. The men lived in a work camp in Low Dalby, which was one of a number of so-called Instructional Centres run by the Ministry of Labour in order to 'harden' young men who had been out of work for some time. By 1938, the Ministry was operating 35 Instructional Centres across Britain, with a total capacity of over 6,000 places. By 1939, though, unemployment was declining in the face of impending war, and the Ministry closed down its work camps. The Cayley Arms, the village pub and Bed and Breakfast, is named after

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the British Aviation Pioneer, who held lands in the surrounding area. At the bottom of the village is Ebberston railway station of the now-closed Forge Valley Line. The station is now known as The Old Station and is run as a self-catering holiday accommodation business.

Captain Oates Lawrence Edward Grace "Titus" Oates (17 March 188017 March 1912) was a British army officer, and later an Antarctic explorer, who died from hypothermia

of Antarctic fame once owned a farm in the village.

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Allerston

St John's Church
* {{authority control Villages in North Yorkshire Civil parishes in North Yorkshire