Echoes over the Rye: The Now and Then of Hawnby

Perched high above the River Rye, on a lonely spur between moorland becks, stands the village of Hawnby. On a damp November morning, its muted greens melt into the hills around it. With houses dressed in matching tones, it has the look of an estate village—an echo of a time when the landlord demanded order, for order ...

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Gower Dale: Where a Railway Never Came

This is Gower Dale in the Hambleton Hills. On the far left stands the ruined shell of Gowerdale House. Rising in the centre distance is Hawnby Hill. A tranquil landscape, untouched by the grime and noise of industry. It could have been very different, had Victorian ambition not faltered.

On Thursday, 19 May ...

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The Nuns’ Well: The Last Remains of St Andrews Priory

The so-called Nuns’ Well in Ryedale is a peculiar sight, sitting incongruously among the trees. A perfect circle, 2.4 metres across, with a stepped stone base and sides, it is thought to be medieval. Its water, fed by springs, is clear enough to impress those easily impressed by such things. It lies due north of the site of the Benedictine ...

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Crayaldstane

A dreary damp day with hardly no visibility so a fall back to that ubiquitous feature of the moors: standing stones.

Man has erected stones upright for many reasons: to delineate a boundary, as a waymarker, a religious symbol or a monument.

At Oakdale Head, on the parochial boundary between Hawnby and Nether Silton, you get two standing stones for the p ...

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