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North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire is a county in England. It is a non-metropolitan or shire county located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial county primarily in that region but partly in North East England. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 it covers an area of 8,654 square kilometres, making it the largest ceremonial county in England.

Located at 54.1667, -1.33333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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North Yorkshire, Counties of England established in 1974, Non-metropolitan counties

Kilburn White Horse

The Kilburn White Horse, grid reference SE516813, is a hill figure cut into the hillside in the North York Moors National Park near Kilburn in North Yorkshire, England. The figure is 318 feet long by 220 ft high and covers about 1.6 acres and said to be the largest and most northerly hill figure in England.

Located at 54.2248, -1.21274 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Geography of North Yorkshire, White horses in England, Yorkshire folklore

Mount Grace Priory

Mount Grace Priory, in the parish of East Harlsey, North Yorkshire, England, within the North York Moors National Park, is today the best preserved and most accessible of the ten medieval Carthusian houses (charterhouses) in England.

Located at 54.3801, -1.31108 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
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1398 establishments, 1539 disestablishments in England, Monasteries in North Yorkshire, Carthusian monasteries in England, English Heritage sites in North Yorkshire, Ruins in North Yorkshire, Grade I listed buildings in North Yorkshire, Christian monasteries established in the 14th century, 1390s establishments in England

Sutton Bank

Sutton Bank, also known as Roulston Scar, is a hill in the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire in England. It is a high point on the Hambleton Hills and the North York Moors National Park with extensive views over the Vale of York and the Vale of Mowbray. The hill is the site of one of the most important prehistoric monuments in the region—a massive hillfort built in the Iron Age, around 400 BC.

Located at 54.238, -1.215 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Mountains and hills of North Yorkshire

Hood Grange

Hood Grange is a hamlet and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. It is located near Thirsk at the foot of Sutton Bank, south of the larger village of Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe. It is notable for consisting of only a single household after its population decreased rapidly in the late 19th century. Hood Grange has existed as a civil parish since 1866, prior to which the area was part of Kilburn.

Located at 54.234, -1.23 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Villages in North Yorkshire, Civil parishes in North Yorkshire

Cod Beck, North Yorkshire

Cod Beck is a river in North Yorkshire, England. It has a catchment area of 209.34 km . The river extends from above Cod Beck Reservoir at Osmotherley on the edge of the North York Moors through Thirsk and on to join the River Swale at Topcliffe. Cod Beck has a long history of flooding Thirsk and a feasibility study completed in April 2005 recommended additional flood defences and upstream storage.

Located at 54.1667, -1.35 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Rivers of North Yorkshire

Thirsk rail crash (1892)

The Thirsk rail crash happened at Manor House signal box on 2 November 1892, on the North Eastern Railway about 3 miles north of Thirsk railway station in the North Riding of Yorkshire, England.

Located at 54.267, -1.407 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Railway accidents in England, Railway accidents in 1892, 1892 in England, History of North Yorkshire, Rail transport in North Yorkshire, Transport disasters in Yorkshire

Osmotherley Friends Meeting House

Osmotherley Friends Meeting House is a Friends Meeting House of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), situated in the village of Osmotherley in North Yorkshire, England. It is a Grade II listed building. The meeting house is a traditional stone building, built in around 1723, it is owned and maintained by Teesdale & Cleveland Area Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). It is still used regularly as a place of worship.

Located at 54.369, -1.301 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Churches in North Yorkshire, Grade II listed churches, Grade II listed buildings in North Yorkshire, Quaker meeting houses in the United Kingdom, Religious buildings completed in 1723, 18th-century Quaker meeting houses, Quakerism in England

Upsall Castle

Upsall Castle is a fourteenth century ruin, park and manor house in Upsall, in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. The earliest extant building on the site is the ruin of a quadrangular castle, probably begun in 1327 by Geoffrey Scrope, which was reputedly demolished in the Civil War. This castle was replaced by a manor house, which was rebuilt in the 19th century and then rebuilt again following destruction by fire in 1918.

Located at 54.2754, -1.30092 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Castles in North Yorkshire

Sheepwash, North Yorkshire

Sheepwash is a popular tourist spot in the North York Moors, North Yorkshire, England. It is located on Cod Beck which flows into Cod Beck Reservoir near Osmotherley. The name derives from the fact that shepherds bring their sheep down from the surrounding moorland and wash them in the beck at the ford.

Located at 54.3879, -1.27685 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Visitor attractions in North Yorkshire

River Wiske

The River Wiske is a river in the county of Yorkshire, England and is a tributary of the River Swale. The Wiske gives its name to several of the villages it passes through. The name Wiske is derived from an Old English word wisca meaning a water meadow. The river is maintained by the River Wiske Internal Drainage Board, which is part of the Shires Group of IDBs. It lies within the National Character Areas (NCA) of the Vale of Mowbray and the Tees Lowlands.

Located at 54.3861, -1.32361 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
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Rivers of North Yorkshire

Cod Beck Reservoir

Cod Beck Reservoir is a man-made lake situated within the North York Moors National Park and near the village of Osmotherley in the English county of North Yorkshire. The reservoir is named after Cod Beck, which is the small river that fills it. The reservoir is surrounded by woodland and just upstream is the local beauty spot called Sheepwash. Because of its position at the north of the North York Moors, the site attracts many visitors from Darlington and Teesside.

Located at 54.3819, -1.28667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
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Reservoirs in North Yorkshire

Thirsk rail crash (1967)

The Thirsk rail crash occurred on 31 July 1967 at Thirsk, Yorkshire, England on the British Rail East Coast Main Line.

Located at 54.202, -1.343 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Railway accidents in England, Railway accidents in 1967, 1967 in England, History of North Yorkshire, Rail transport in North Yorkshire, Transport disasters in Yorkshire

Kirby Sigston

Kirby Sigston is a village and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England approximately four miles from Northallerton. The parish contains the hamlet of Jeater Houses due east of the village on the trunk A19 road. To the north is the site of Sigston Castle, a fourteenth century quadrangular castle, surrounded by a now largely dry moat.

Located at 54.35, -1.35 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Villages in North Yorkshire, Civil parishes in North Yorkshire

East Harlsey

East Harlsey is a village and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. It is about 1 mile west of Ingleby Arncliffe and the A19 and 6 miles north east of Northallerton. Within the village there is a pub called the 'Cat and Bagpipes'.

Located at 54.3833, -1.35 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
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Villages in North Yorkshire, Civil parishes in North Yorkshire

Cold Kirby

Cold Kirby is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. It is in the North York Moors, near Rievaulx Abbey and Sutton Bank, 5 miles west of Helmsley.

Located at 54.25, -1.18333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Villages in North Yorkshire, Civil parishes in North Yorkshire

Thirsk Racecourse

Thirsk Racecourse is a thoroughbred horse racing venue located in Thirsk, North Yorkshire, England. The course is a left handed oval of about 1m2f with a 3f finishing straight and a 6f chute. The present course opened in 1923, but racing had taken place on the old course over 200 years earlier. The main road from Ripon to Thirsk runs past the course, and it is very popular with northern trainers. In 1940 it staged the war-time substitute St. Leger.

Located at 54.2323, -1.35742 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Horse racing venues in Yorkshire, Sports venues in North Yorkshire

St Oswald's Church, Sowerby

St Oswald's Church is in Sowerby, North Yorkshire, England. It is named after Oswald of Northumbria. The earliest church at Sowerby, of which any part remains, appears to have been built about 1140. The fine south doorway was probably built in the eleventh century and most of the stone work in the south wall of the nave is of medieval date. The tower, which contains the remains of the Norman church, was built in the fifteenth century with a hagioscope through which the altar is seen.

Located at 54.2263, -1.3402 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Church of England churches in North Yorkshire

Zillah Bell Contemporary Art

The Zillah Bell Art Gallery is an independent contemporary art gallery housed in a Grade II Listed Building in Thirsk, North Yorkshire, England. Since opening in 1988 it has more than doubled its wall space and is a venue for a variety of contemporary artists. The gallery exhibits a wide variety of local and national artists including among others, Norman Ackroyd, Deirdre Borlase, Colin Britton, Mike Clay, Robin Hazlewood, Jason Hicklin, Roger Kohn, Janet Moodie and Jonathan Trowell.

Located at 54.2328, -1.34421 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Contemporary art galleries in the United Kingdom, Grade II listed buildings in North Yorkshire, Buildings and structures in North Yorkshire, Art galleries established in 1988, 1988 establishments in England

Crosby, North Yorkshire

Crosby is a village and civil parish in the Hambleton district of the county of North Yorkshire, England.

Located at 54.313, -1.372 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Villages in North Yorkshire, Civil parishes in North Yorkshire

Hambleton Hills

The Hambleton Hills are a range of hills in North Yorkshire in the United Kingdom. They form the western edge of the North York Moors but are separated from the moors by the valley of the River Rye. They are the eastern boundary of the low lying Vale of Mowbray which they abut with a precipitous escarpment. They run in a north south direction for about 15 miles and merge with the Cleveland Hills in the north and Howardian Hills in the south.

Located at 54.238, -1.215 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Mountains and hills of North Yorkshire

St Mary's Church, Birdforth

St Mary's Church, Birdforth, or Birdforth Old Chapel, is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Birdforth, North Yorkshire, England. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

Located at 54.1756, -1.2565 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
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Grade II listed buildings in North Yorkshire, 12th-century architecture, 12th-century church buildings, Churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust

The World of James Herriot

The World of James Herriot is a museum attraction in Thirsk, North Yorkshire, England. The museum covers the life and books of the 20th century veterinarian and author James Herriot (1916–1995) within the Yorkshire Dales.

Located at 54.2336, -1.34485 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Museums in North Yorkshire, Historic house museums in North Yorkshire, Biographical museums in North Yorkshire, Medical museums in the United Kingdom, Literary museums in England, Yorkshire Dales, Hambleton, Buildings with blue plaques, Veterinary medicine, Museums established in 1995, 1995 establishments in England

Thornton-le-Beans Chapel

Thornton-le-Beans Chapel is located in the village of Thornton-le-Beans, North Yorkshire, England. It is redundant Anglican chapel of ease. The chapel has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building. Since 2010 it has been under the care of the Friends of Friendless Churches.

Located at 54.3075, -1.3936 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Grade II listed buildings in North Yorkshire, Grade II listed churches, Religious buildings completed in 1770, Churches preserved by the Friends of Friendless Churches

Thirkleby Hall

Thirkleby Hall was a large 18th century country house in the Hambleton hills of North Yorkshire. It was demolished in 1927.

Located at 54.2065, -1.28101 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Country houses in North Yorkshire, British country houses destroyed in the 20th century