Silpho

Silpho is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. According to the 2001 UK census, Silpho parish had a population of 31. At the 2011 Census the population remained less than 100. Details are included in the civil parish of Suffield-cum-Everley. The name Silpho probably derives from the Old English scelfhōh meaning 'shelf hill spur'. The hill leading to Silpho from Hackness, was the final climb of 1.5 km (Cote de Silpho), on Stage 3 of the 2018 Tour de Yorkshire The parish council is Hackness & Harwood Dale Group Parish Council which covers the six parishes of Broxa-cum-Troutsdale, Darncombe-cum-Langdale End, Hackness, Harwood Dale, Silpho and Suffield-cum-Everley. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Scarborough, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

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St Peter's Church, Hackness

St Peter's Church is the parish church of Hackness, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. A nunnery was founded in Hackness by Hilda of Whitby, in about 680. By the 11th century, there were three churches in the village, one of which was St Peter's Church, on the site of the former nunnery. The chancel arch survives from this period. The south arcade was added in the early 12th century, followed later in the century by the north arcade, tower and tower arch. The chancel, clerestory, spire and battlements were added in the 15th century, and then in the 17th century a vestry was added, along with a window in the north chapel. In 1870 a porch was added, and the aisles were rebuilt. The church was grade I listed in 1967. The church is built in sandstone with a slate roof, and consists of a nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, a south porch, a chancel with a north chapel and vestry, and a west steeple. The steeple has a tower with three stages, a chamfered plinth, a stair turret at the southwest, angle buttresses, chamfered bands, lancet windows, paired bell openings with pointed heads under round arches and hood moulds, an embattled parapet, and a recessed octagonal spire. Inside, there is the Anglo-Saxon Hackness Cross, eight 15th-century misericords, and a font cover of similar date on a 19th-century font. There are several monuments of interest from 1592 on, including one by Francis Leggatt Chantrey.

Church Historic Site

Hackness Hall

Hackness Hall is a historic building in Hackness, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. A timber-framed manor house was built in Hackness in the late mediaeval period, replaced by a new house in about 1600. Between 1791 and 1796, Richard Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone commissioned a new hall, perhaps designed by Peter Atkinson, while John Carr designed the outbuildings. In 1798, Johnstone demolished the Elizabethan hall. The building was extended in 1810, with the wings enlarged and a new entrance created. The hall was gutted by fire in 1910, but it was restored the following year by Walter Brierley, who kept the facades unchanged. The building was grade I listed in 1951. The house is built of sandstone with slate roofs. The entrance front has two storeys and seven bays, and a lower L-shaped wing to the left. The middle three bays project under a pediment, and in the centre is a pedimented porch with fluted Doric columns, in antis, containing double doors, over which is a decorated panel. Above the doorway is a tripartite sash window with Ionic columns, a frieze with swags, and a segmental pediment. The other windows are sashes in architraves with modillion cornices. On the front is a pulvinated frieze, sill bands, dentilled eaves, a modillion cornice, and a balustraded parapet. The garden front has seven bays, the middle three bays projecting, with four giant fluted Ionic pilasters, and a tympanum containing an escutcheon in high relief. The terrace railings are decorative and in cast iron. Inside, the octagonal room retains an 18th century fireplace, while the drawing room is a replica of the original, designed by Brierley. Other key features introduced by Brierley are the cantilevered staircase and the fireplace in the dining room. Immediately southeast of the hall is the grade II listed stable yard, designed by Carr. The stables, carriage sheds and workshops are built of sandstone with slate roofs, and form four ranges round a courtyard. The main range has two storeys on a plinth, and nine arcaded bays, the middle three bays projecting under a pediment. In the centre is a carriage arch, flanked by recessed windows with arches of shaped voussoirs, and in the upper floor are sash windows. Above is a moulded eaves cornice, and raking cornices to the pediment that contains an oculus with keystones in the tympanum. In the centre of the hipped roof is a cupola with a weathervane. Associated with other ranges are two pumps, each with a lead plaque containing a family crest.

Castle Historic Site

Broxa, North Yorkshire

Broxa is a village in the civil parish of Broxa-cum-Troutsdale, in North Yorkshire, England, within the North York Moors National Park. The village is 6.2 miles (10 km) west of Scarborough, at an elevation of 531 feet (162 m). The River Derwent is 1,600 feet (500 m) west of the village. Whilst some 12th century documents mention Broxa (in relation to land granted by the abbot of Whitby), the village was not listed in the Domesday Book. It is thought that it was included in the manor of Hackness. The name of the village derives from a personal name Broce, meaning the enclosure of Broce's people. Broxa was formerly a township in the parish of Hackness, in 1866 Broxa became a separate civil parish, on 1 April 1985 the parish was abolished to form "Broxa cum Troutsdale". In 1971 the parish had a population of 15. Until 1974 it was in the North Riding of Yorkshire. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Scarborough, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. To the north of the village is Broxa Forest, a 1,527 acres (618 ha) woodland maintained by Forestry England which has walking and cycling trails. The Moors to Sea Cycle route passes through the village and the forest.

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Hackness

Hackness is a village and civil parish in the district and county of North Yorkshire, England. It lies within the North York Moors National Park. The parish population rose from 125 in the 2001 UK census to 221 in the 2011 UK census. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Scarborough; it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

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