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Folkton
Folkton is a small village and civil parish at the foot of the Yorkshire Wolds and on the edge of the Vale of Pickering on an area known as Folkton Carr (carr meaning low lands) in North Yorkshire, England. Until 1974 the village lay in the historic county boundaries of the East 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. St John's Church, Folkton was built in the 12th century. Folkton House, the former rectory is located on Filey Road. Towards Flixton is the former village school which is now closed, built in 1832. According to the 2011 UK Census, Folkton parish had a population of 535, an increase on the 2001 UK Census figure of 461.
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St John's Church, Folkton
St John's Church is the parish church of Folkton, a village in North Yorkshire, in England.
The church was built in the mid 12th century, from which time the north doorway and part of the chancel arch survive. It was largely rebuilt in the 13th century, with work from this period including the lower parts of the tower. The chancel was shortened in 1772, and the nave was reduced in width by 10 feet (3.0 m). The east window was replaced in 1854, the top section of the tower was rebuilt between 1877 and 1881, and there was a heavy restoration between 1893 and 1895, when the windows in the south wall were altered. The roof was replaced in 1906, and in 1964 a small brick shed was added to house a new heating system. The church was grade II* listed in 1966.
The church is built in sandstone with a slate roof, and consists of a nave, a chancel and a west tower. The tower has three stages, angle buttresses, a stair turret with slits, two-light bell openings under pointed arches, and an embattled parapet. The south doorway has a pointed arch, a quoined surround, and a hood mould on corbels. There are some fragments of mediaeval stained glass in the north window, and there is a Norman tub font.
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Flixton, North Yorkshire
Flixton is a village in North Yorkshire, England.
Until 1974 the village lay in the historic county boundaries of the East 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.
There is a public house, the Foxhound Inn.
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Cayton railway station
Cayton railway station was a minor railway station serving the village of Cayton on the Yorkshire Coast Line from Scarborough to Hull and was opened on 5 October 1846 by the York and North Midland Railway. It closed on 5 May 1952.
Like its neighbour at Gristhorpe, the former station house here remains standing as a private dwelling. The former signal box here has though been demolished, as the level crossing it worked has been converted to automatic barrier operation. One platform has also survives, though it is heavily overgrown and difficult to see.
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Sherburn Rural District
Sherburn was a rural district in the East Riding of Yorkshire from 1894 to 1935. It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 from that part of the Scarborough rural sanitary district which was in the East Riding (the rest forming Scarborough Rural District in the North Riding).
It was abolished in 1935 by a County Review Order made under the Local Government Act 1929 and transferred to Norton Rural District, Bridlington Rural District and a small part to Filey Urban District.