Thixendale - Izeria

Thixendale is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is located in the Yorkshire Wolds about 20 miles east of York. In 2016, the North Yorkshire County Council estimated the population of the parish to be 200. The place name Thixendale is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Sixtendale and Xistendale. The name means 'Sigstein's Dale or Valley'. The name Sigstein is also the source for the name of Sysonby in Leicestershire. Thixendale was historically a township in the ancient parish of Wharram Percy in the East Riding of Yorkshire. It became a separate civil parish in 1866, and in 1872 was separated to form a new ecclesiastical parish with Raisthorpe and Burdale. In 1974 The civil parish was transferred to the new county of North Yorkshire. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Ryedale. It is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. The only pub, the Cross Keys, is a regular winner of local CAMRA awards. The Yorkshire Wolds Way National Trail passes through the village. Two other long distance footpaths, the Centenary Way and the Chalkland Way, also pass through the village. The church of St Mary, Thixendale is one of a group of village buildings according to designs by George Edmund Street in 1868–1870. It was designated in 1966 by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building. It is on the Sykes Churches Trail devised by the East Yorkshire Historic Churches Group. For many years until the late 1990s, television signals were blocked by the surrounding hills until a small transmitter was built, providing the village with terrestrial television for the first time. The transmitter ceased operation in the early 2000s, with villagers now relying on satellite TV and, since 2017, fast broadband.

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Thixendale in the Domesday Book The Village of Thixendale information about the village, where to stay, interesting walks in the area, pictures and other local information, A requiem to Thixendale's Youth Hostel

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Burdale railway station

Burdale railway station was a station on the Malton and Driffield Junction Railway in North Yorkshire, England.

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Burdale, North Yorkshire

Burdale is a hamlet in North Yorkshire, England, 8 miles (13 km) south-east of Malton. It lies in a deep valley (or dale), also known as Burdale, in the Yorkshire Wolds. It is the site of a deserted medieval village. Burdale was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, when there were 43 villagers, a mill and two churches. In the 14th century Burdale appears to have been of a reasonable size, significantly larger than its more famous neighbour, Wharram Percy. By the 17th century the village was much reduced. Between 1853 and 1950 Burdale had its own railway station, on the Malton and Driffield Junction Railway. Between 1925 and 1955 a large chalk quarry operated at Burdale, and supplied much of the traffic for the railway. Burdale was part of the ancient parish of Wharram Percy in the East Riding of Yorkshire. It formed part of the township of Raisthorpe and Burdale, which became a civil parish in 1866. In 1872 the township became part of the new ecclesiastical parish of Thixendale when it was formed from the ecclesiastical parish of Wharram Percy. In 1935 the civil parish of Raisthorpe and Burdale was abolished and merged into the new parish of Wharram. In 1974 Burdale was transferred from the East Riding of Yorkshire to the new county of North Yorkshire as part of the Ryedale district. Ryedale was abolished in 2023 and the hamlet is now part of the area administered by North Yorkshire Council.

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Wharram Percy

Wharram Percy is a deserted medieval village and former civil parish near Wharram-le-Street, now in the parish of Wharram, on the western edge of the chalk Wolds of North Yorkshire, England. It is about 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Wharram-le-Street and is signposted from the Beverley to Malton road (B1248). In 1931 the parish had a population of 40. It was part of the East Riding of Yorkshire until 1974. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Ryedale, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. The earthworks of the village have been known for many years, and outlines of house platforms were drawn onto the first Ordnance Survey six-inch maps of Yorkshire published in 1854. The site was researched each summer by combined teams of archaeologists, historians and even botanists, from about 1950 to 1990 after it was singled out for study in 1948 by Professor Maurice Beresford of the University of Leeds. The site is now in the care of Historic England (formerly English Heritage).

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Church of St Mary, Wharram

St Mary is an Anglican church in Wharram-le-Street, North Yorkshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. The church belongs to the Wold Valley benefice within the Diocese of York, along with Helperthorpe, Kirby Grindalythe, Luttons Ambo, and Weaverthorpe. About 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the church is the deserted medieval village of Wharram Percy and the ruins of the Church of St Martin, which dates to a similar period.

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