Ebberston is a village and former

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, now in the parish of Ebberston and Yedingham in

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, England, and is east from the

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Northallerton Northallerton ( ) is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is near the River Wiske in the Vale of Mowbray and had a population of 16,832 in 2011. Northallerton is an administrative centre for York and North Yorkshire ...

. In 1961 the parish had a population of 466.

History

Ebberston used to be in the

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. A cairn north-east from the village is dedicated to Alfrid, King of Northumberland, who supposedly sought sanctuary in a cave here before being removed to

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where he died. Between 1882 and 1950 the village was served by Ebberston railway station at Allerston, and on the

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between

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and Pickering. On 1 April 1986 the parish was abolished and merged with Yedingham to form " Ebberston and Yedingham". Between 1974 and 2023 the village was part of the

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district. It is now administered by

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. On 18 August 2009 a 500 lb unexploded bomb was destroyed in a controlled explosion next to the village which necessitated the evacuation of hundreds of local residents from Ebberston and Allerston. The bomb hailed from a 'Whitley Mark V Bomber', of the No. 102 Squadron RAF, based at

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which crash landed on 27 October 1940, with all personnel having bailed out and survived.

Community

Ebberston is a

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of between the A170

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to Scarborough road at the north, and the B1258 road and Penniston Lane at the south which runs between Allerston and

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. The principal north–south route through the village is Main Street; the A170 through the village being High Street.Extracted fro
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. Retrieved 6 March 2020 Bus service 128, with stops on Main Street, runs between Scarborough and Pickering. The Grade II* listed 12th-century St Mary's Church, Ebberston, restored by

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in 1870, is to the west of the village, just to the north off the A170. Businesses and amenities include, at the south, Ebberston Sportsfield and a

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with nursery; on Main Street a

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accommodation, a sign maker, and a

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; and on High Street, The Grapes Inn

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, further holiday cottage accommodation and a

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. At the edge of the parish to the west of the village is a

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for

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. Retrieved 5 March 2020 North from the A170 is Chafer Wood

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, managed by

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."Chafer Wood Nature Reserve"
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 5 March 2020

References

External links

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Ebberston Village - information and events
{{authority control Ebberston and Yedingham Villages in North Yorkshire

History

Community

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