Larpool Viaduct: The Brick Monument of the Esk
Larpool Viaduct at Whitby stands today like a brick-red monument to an age when Victorian railway engineers thought artistically, even as they fought mud, tides, and buried forests. Completed in 1884 to carry the Scarborough and Whitby line across the deep valley of the River Esk, it was built entirely of brick, a de ...
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Whitby Abbey: Holy Vows, Pagan Wars, and the Problem of Easter
I usually try to avoid posting touristy photographs, but in this case, my resolve faltered. This one was taken looking back as we wandered towards Ruswarp, along the River Esk, with the ruins of Whitby Abbey brooding in the distance. A cliché, admittedly, but quite picturesque in a ruin ...
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Ruswarp’s Chainbridge
Ruswarp once had a suspension bridge. James Wilson built it in 1825, his money coming from slavery. Perhaps the river knew, it hated the bridge, and washed it away. Twice. ...
An Echo of Grosmont Priory
The Grandmontine Priory of Grosmont was established around 1200 at a site overlooking the River Esk. It was one Joan de Turnham who granted the site to the monks, and according to the deed of gift, a "mansion house" already existed there. Its surrounding fields, covering about 200 acres, were already in cultivation, evidenced by the use of the word "l ...
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Vandalised Legacy: The Tale of Beggar’s Bridge
A stroll down to Beggar's Bridge to take a gander at the scene of recent vandalism that had struck the 17th-century packhorse bridge. News of the damage, likely inflicted by a sneaky hand wielding a Stihl saw, has cast doubt over the bridge's future. The old structure, standing for 400 years, now bears the scars of vandalism—letters deeply ...
Popped along to Eskmills Venue to see the exhibition for #Musselburgh's Flood Protection scheme being put forward by #EastLothian Council. The 3D animation fly-through of the design was a useful visualisation aid. Inevitably it will change the beautiful walks along the #RiverEsk , esp. with the 1m(+) walls being proposed & bridges being removed & replaced in slightly different places. But with the #ClimateCrisis feeling more real every day our options now seem limited
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