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Scawton

January 01, 1970

This article is about Scawton. It is not to be confused with Scorton, North Yorkshire.

Scawton is a village and former civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. The hamlet lies just east of Sutton Bank, north of the A170 road, and 5 miles (8 km) west of Helmsley,[2] in the Hambleton Hills. The wider parish was the setting for the Battle of Old Byland, on Scawton Moor to the south. The road through the village used to link the two abbeys at Byland and Rievaulx, with the church, and possibly the village pub, being instigated by the monks for the use of travellers. In 1961 the parish had a population of 84.[3]

Scawton
The village centre in Scawton
Scawton
Location within North Yorkshire
OS grid referenceSE548835
• London193[1] mi (311 km)
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townThirsk
Postcode districtYO7
Dialling code01439
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
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UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Yorkshire
54°14′38″N 1°09′32″W / 54.244°N 1.159°W / 54.244; -1.159

History edit

Scawton was listed in the Domesday Book as belonging to Count Robert of Mortain.[4] The name was recorded as Scaltun in the Domesday Book, and has been written in documents as Scalton, Scaltona, Skalton and Scaulton, with Scawton first recorded in 1536. The name means farm in the hollow, where the word Skál means hollow.[5][6] The soil was described as being poor, and sits on top of Kimmeridge clay.[7] Further down, the land sits atop Hambleton Oolite, a white to grey fine ooidal limestone that was used for building houses and drystone walls in the area.[8] Several old quarries dot the landscape in and around Scawton.[9] Some of the purer limestone quarried on Scawton Moor was burnt to provide lime and mortar.[10][11]

One former occupation of the villagers was operating bleachfields (open land for purify and whitening cloth by the action of sunlight) for a beetling mill in Crathorne. Bleachfields were common in the western Hambleton Hills in the late 18th century, with records of this activity being at Wass, Byland and Oldstead besides Scawton. The farm fields were used to dry out the cloth.[12]

Originally in the wapentake of Ryedale in its own parish,[13][14] the parish was merged with Old Byland on 1 April 1986 to form Old Byland and Scawton.[15]

It was part of the Ryedale district from 1974 to 2023. It is now administered by North Yorkshire Council.

Scawton has a pub, The Hare,[16] and a 12th-century church, dedicated to St Mary. The church was built by the monks who later inhabited Byland Abbey and was renovated in 1892 by C. Hodgson Fowler.[17] The structure is now grade I listed,[18] and belongs to the ecclesiastical parish of Upper Ryedale.[19][20] South of the village is a sawmill and woodworkers who use oak.[21] There are no shopping amenities, and the hamlet has only a small number of properties, with some outlying farmsteads in the surrounding area.[22] One of the few non-stone construction buildings in the hamlet is the village hall/reading room; this is made from corrugated green iron.[23][24]

The road through the hamlet, known as Sperragate, links the A170 with the village of Old Byland and Rievaulx.[25] This used to be the main route between Helmsley and Hambleton, before carrying on to Thirsk. The route is marked in Scawton with a wayside cross.[26] The route was used by, and possible built for, the monks who used it to travel between the abbeys of Rievaulx and Byland. Besides building the church, the monks are thought to have built the pub for the use of travellers.[27] The nearest railway station used to be in Coxwold, some 4 miles (6.4 km) to the south,[28] but after the line closed, the nearest railway station is now in Thirsk.[29]

 
Nettle Dale ponds

In August 1981, a well-spoken caller, rang the police at Ripon to report a body on the road between Scawton and Rievaulx. The body was labelled as Nude in the Nettles (despite actually being found in willow herb), and is a long-running unidentified murder case.[30]

To the north of the village are several small valleys, including Flassen Dale and Nettle Dale, all of which feed water into the River Rye at Rievaulx.[31][32] Nettle Dale has several large ponds in the narrow valley which are believed to have been created as fishponds by the monks of Rievaulx. The long-distance footpath, the Cleveland Way, runs through Nettle Dale from Helmsley towards Cold Kirby and Sutton Bank.[33]

Scawton Moor edit

Within the parish, and south of the hamlet, lies Scawton Moor. An Iron Age burial mound was excavated here in the 1950s.[34]

Scawton Moor was the actual location of the Battle of Old Byland, a 14th-century battle between the English, under Edward II, and the Scots under Robert the Bruce. The English were routed and Edward had to flee nearby Rievaulx, where he was staying, with haste.[35]

In the 1960s, over 150 acres (60 hectares) of Scawton Moor was planted with conifer trees by the Forestry Commission.[36]

Notable people edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Where is Scawton? Scawton on a map". www.getthedata.com. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Genuki: Scawton, Yorkshire (North Riding)". www.genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Population statistics Scawton AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Scawton | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  5. ^ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 407. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.
  6. ^ "Scawton :: Survey of English Place-Names". epns.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Parishes: Scawton | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Strategic Stone Study A Building Stone Atlas of North Yorkshire East and York" (PDF). 2bgs.ac.uk. Historic England. December 2017. p. 12. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Scawton and Scawton Moor". maps.nls.uk. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  10. ^ Powell, J H; Ford, J R (2011). "Lime and Ice Project: an overview of the geology and geomorphology of part of the Hambleton and Howardian hills for the North York Moors National Park Authority" (PDF). Nora.nerc.ac.uk. p. 15. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  11. ^ "Scattergate - Scoulton | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  12. ^ Hastings, R. P. (1981). Essays in North Riding history, 1780-1850. Northallerton, North Yorkshire: North Yorkshire County Council. p. 34. ISBN 0906035171.
  13. ^ "The wapentake of Ryedale | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  14. ^ "Ryedale Wapentake :: Survey of English Place-Names". epns.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  15. ^ "The Ryedale (Parishes) Order 1985" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  16. ^ Urwin, Simon (22 January 2021). "The Hare". The Telegraph. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  17. ^ "St Mary, Scawton". www.upperryedale.org.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  18. ^ Historic England. "Church of Saint Mary (Grade I) (1149196)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  19. ^ "Genuki: Scawton, Rectors transcription, Yorkshire (North Riding)". www.genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  20. ^ "St Mary". www.achurchnearyou.com. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  21. ^ Langholz, Samina (2018). Woodworking : traditional craft for modern living. London: Jacqui Small. p. 142. ISBN 9781911127376.
  22. ^ "Lime and ice; landscape character assessment" (PDF). northyorkmoors.org.uk. p. 50. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  23. ^ "Hare do". The Northern Echo. 12 August 2008. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  24. ^ Wilkinson, George (2 August 2000). "Cold front". York Press. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  25. ^ "OL26" (Map). North York Moors - Western area. 1:25,000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. 2017. ISBN 978-0-319-24265-0.
  26. ^ Historic England. "Wayside cross base on south side of the churchyard wall at Scawton (1012889)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  27. ^ Frank, George (1888). Ryedale and North Yorkshire antiquities. London: E Stock. p. 116. OCLC 4986493.
  28. ^ "Scawton North Riding". visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  29. ^ Else, David, ed. (2001). Walking in Britain (2 ed.). Hawthorn, Vic.: Lonely Planet. p. 301. ISBN 1864502800.
  30. ^ Laville, Sandra (4 January 2013). "'Sutton Bank body' exhumed as part of cold cases review". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  31. ^ Reid, Mark (20 June 2019). "Scawton, Flassen Dale & Cold Kirby" (PDF). thenorthernecho.co.uk. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  32. ^ "Flassen Dale, Ryedale - area information, map, walks and more". getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  33. ^ Boyes, Malcolm (1977). A guide to the Cleveland Way and Missing Link. London: Constable. p. 25. ISBN 0094613907.
  34. ^ Historic England. "Square barrow on Scawton Moor, adjacent to the quarry between Snip Gill Slack and Sword Rigg Slack (1019337)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  35. ^ Winn, Christopher (2010). I never knew that about Yorkshire. London: Ebury. p. 109. ISBN 978-0-09-193313-5.
  36. ^ "Deer Park Forest Plan". forestryengland.uk. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  37. ^ Boase, G C (23 September 2004). "John Oxlee". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/21059. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  38. ^ "The Rev Thos Worsley MA". Leeds Mercury. No. 5, 408. Column F. 26 August 1837. p. 7.
  39. ^ "Genuki: Scawton, Rectors transcription, Yorkshire (North Riding)". www.genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

External links edit

  • Listing for Scawton on getthedata.com
  • Map of the village
  • Parish map 1850

January 01, 1970
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This article is about Scawton It is not to be confused with Scorton North Yorkshire Scawton is a village and former civil parish in North Yorkshire England The hamlet lies just east of Sutton Bank north of the A170 road and 5 miles 8 km west of Helmsley 2 in the Hambleton Hills The wider parish was the setting for the Battle of Old Byland on Scawton Moor to the south The road through the village used to link the two abbeys at Byland and Rievaulx with the church and possibly the village pub being instigated by the monks for the use of travellers In 1961 the parish had a population of 84 3 ScawtonThe village centre in ScawtonScawtonLocation within North YorkshireOS grid referenceSE548835 London193 1 mi 311 km Civil parishOld Byland and ScawtonUnitary authorityNorth YorkshireCeremonial countyNorth YorkshireRegionYorkshire and the HumberCountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townThirskPostcode districtYO7Dialling code01439PoliceNorth YorkshireFireNorth YorkshireAmbulanceYorkshireUK ParliamentThirsk and MaltonList of places UK England Yorkshire 54 14 38 N 1 09 32 W 54 244 N 1 159 W 54 244 1 159 Contents 1 History 2 Scawton Moor 3 Notable people 4 References 5 External linksHistory editScawton was listed in the Domesday Book as belonging to Count Robert of Mortain 4 The name was recorded as Scaltun in the Domesday Book and has been written in documents as Scalton Scaltona Skalton and Scaulton with Scawton first recorded in 1536 The name means farm in the hollow where the word Skal means hollow 5 6 The soil was described as being poor and sits on top of Kimmeridge clay 7 Further down the land sits atop Hambleton Oolite a white to grey fine ooidal limestone that was used for building houses and drystone walls in the area 8 Several old quarries dot the landscape in and around Scawton 9 Some of the purer limestone quarried on Scawton Moor was burnt to provide lime and mortar 10 11 One former occupation of the villagers was operating bleachfields open land for purify and whitening cloth by the action of sunlight for a beetling mill in Crathorne Bleachfields were common in the western Hambleton Hills in the late 18th century with records of this activity being at Wass Byland and Oldstead besides Scawton The farm fields were used to dry out the cloth 12 Originally in the wapentake of Ryedale in its own parish 13 14 the parish was merged with Old Byland on 1 April 1986 to form Old Byland and Scawton 15 It was part of the Ryedale district from 1974 to 2023 It is now administered by North Yorkshire Council Scawton has a pub The Hare 16 and a 12th century church dedicated to St Mary The church was built by the monks who later inhabited Byland Abbey and was renovated in 1892 by C Hodgson Fowler 17 The structure is now grade I listed 18 and belongs to the ecclesiastical parish of Upper Ryedale 19 20 South of the village is a sawmill and woodworkers who use oak 21 There are no shopping amenities and the hamlet has only a small number of properties with some outlying farmsteads in the surrounding area 22 One of the few non stone construction buildings in the hamlet is the village hall reading room this is made from corrugated green iron 23 24 The road through the hamlet known as Sperragate links the A170 with the village of Old Byland and Rievaulx 25 This used to be the main route between Helmsley and Hambleton before carrying on to Thirsk The route is marked in Scawton with a wayside cross 26 The route was used by and possible built for the monks who used it to travel between the abbeys of Rievaulx and Byland Besides building the church the monks are thought to have built the pub for the use of travellers 27 The nearest railway station used to be in Coxwold some 4 miles 6 4 km to the south 28 but after the line closed the nearest railway station is now in Thirsk 29 nbsp Nettle Dale ponds In August 1981 a well spoken caller rang the police at Ripon to report a body on the road between Scawton and Rievaulx The body was labelled as Nude in the Nettles despite actually being found in willow herb and is a long running unidentified murder case 30 To the north of the village are several small valleys including Flassen Dale and Nettle Dale all of which feed water into the River Rye at Rievaulx 31 32 Nettle Dale has several large ponds in the narrow valley which are believed to have been created as fishponds by the monks of Rievaulx The long distance footpath the Cleveland Way runs through Nettle Dale from Helmsley towards Cold Kirby and Sutton Bank 33 Scawton Moor editWithin the parish and south of the hamlet lies Scawton Moor An Iron Age burial mound was excavated here in the 1950s 34 Scawton Moor was the actual location of the Battle of Old Byland a 14th century battle between the English under Edward II and the Scots under Robert the Bruce The English were routed and Edward had to flee nearby Rievaulx where he was staying with haste 35 In the 1960s over 150 acres 60 hectares of Scawton Moor was planted with conifer trees by the Forestry Commission 36 Notable people editJohn Oxlee rector at Scawton 1816 1826 37 Thomas Worsley master of Downing College Cambridge was the rector at Scawton from 1828 until 1882 38 39 References edit Where is Scawton Scawton on a map www getthedata com Retrieved 1 May 2021 Genuki Scawton Yorkshire North Riding www genuki org uk Retrieved 2 May 2021 Population statistics Scawton AP CP through time A Vision of Britain through Time Retrieved 12 December 2021 Scawton Domesday Book opendomesday org Retrieved 1 May 2021 Ekwall Eilert 1960 The concise Oxford dictionary of English place names 4 ed Oxford Oxford University Press p 407 ISBN 0 19 869103 3 Scawton Survey of English Place Names epns nottingham ac uk Retrieved 1 May 2021 Parishes Scawton British History Online www british history ac uk Retrieved 4 May 2021 Strategic Stone Study A Building Stone Atlas of North Yorkshire East and York PDF 2bgs ac uk Historic England December 2017 p 12 Retrieved 4 May 2021 Scawton and Scawton Moor maps nls uk Retrieved 4 May 2021 Powell J H Ford J R 2011 Lime and Ice Project an overview of the geology and geomorphology of part of the Hambleton and Howardian hills for the North York Moors National Park Authority PDF Nora nerc ac uk p 15 Retrieved 4 May 2021 Scattergate Scoulton British History Online www british history ac uk Retrieved 4 May 2021 Hastings R P 1981 Essays in North Riding history 1780 1850 Northallerton North Yorkshire North Yorkshire County Council p 34 ISBN 0906035171 The wapentake of Ryedale British History Online www british history ac uk Retrieved 1 May 2021 Ryedale Wapentake Survey of English Place Names epns nottingham ac uk Retrieved 1 May 2021 The Ryedale Parishes Order 1985 PDF Local Government Boundary Commission for England Retrieved 13 December 2021 Urwin Simon 22 January 2021 The Hare The Telegraph Retrieved 1 May 2021 St Mary Scawton www upperryedale org uk Retrieved 1 May 2021 Historic England Church of Saint Mary Grade I 1149196 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 1 May 2021 Genuki Scawton Rectors transcription Yorkshire North Riding www genuki org uk Retrieved 1 May 2021 St Mary www achurchnearyou com Retrieved 1 May 2021 Langholz Samina 2018 Woodworking traditional craft for modern living London Jacqui Small p 142 ISBN 9781911127376 Lime and ice landscape character assessment PDF northyorkmoors org uk p 50 Retrieved 4 May 2021 Hare do The Northern Echo 12 August 2008 Retrieved 4 May 2021 Wilkinson George 2 August 2000 Cold front York Press Retrieved 4 May 2021 OL26 Map North York Moors Western area 1 25 000 Explorer Ordnance Survey 2017 ISBN 978 0 319 24265 0 Historic England Wayside cross base on south side of the churchyard wall at Scawton 1012889 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 2 May 2021 Frank George 1888 Ryedale and North Yorkshire antiquities London E Stock p 116 OCLC 4986493 Scawton North Riding visionofbritain org uk Retrieved 3 May 2021 Else David ed 2001 Walking in Britain 2 ed Hawthorn Vic Lonely Planet p 301 ISBN 1864502800 Laville Sandra 4 January 2013 Sutton Bank body exhumed as part of cold cases review The Guardian Retrieved 2 May 2021 Reid Mark 20 June 2019 Scawton Flassen Dale amp Cold Kirby PDF thenorthernecho co uk Retrieved 3 May 2021 Flassen Dale Ryedale area information map walks and more getoutside ordnancesurvey co uk Retrieved 3 May 2021 Boyes Malcolm 1977 A guide to the Cleveland Way and Missing Link London Constable p 25 ISBN 0094613907 Historic England Square barrow on Scawton Moor adjacent to the quarry between Snip Gill Slack and Sword Rigg Slack 1019337 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 3 May 2021 Winn Christopher 2010 I never knew that about Yorkshire London Ebury p 109 ISBN 978 0 09 193313 5 Deer Park Forest Plan forestryengland uk Retrieved 3 May 2021 Boase G C 23 September 2004 John Oxlee Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online ed Oxford University Press doi 10 1093 ref odnb 21059 Subscription or UK public library membership required The Rev Thos Worsley MA Leeds Mercury No 5 408 Column F 26 August 1837 p 7 Genuki Scawton Rectors transcription Yorkshire North Riding www genuki org uk Retrieved 3 May 2021 External links editListing for Scawton on getthedata com Map of the village Parish map 1850 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Scawton amp oldid 1158409166, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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