Old St Matthew's Church, Stalling Busk

Old St Matthew's Church is a former church in Stalling Busk, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The first church in Stalling Busk was built in 1603, but it fell into ruin during the English Civil War. A replacement was completed in 1722, with a nave and two aisles. Unusually, the altar was originally at the north end of the building, and the church was later rearranged to have the altar in the east aisle, and the pews, which dated from around 1800, placed so as to face the altar. The church originally had a low roof of stone slates, and a wooden bellcote at the west end, with a single bell. A south porch was added at a later date, with stone benches inside. Most of the windows were mullioned, while the west wall was blank. The northern east window may have been relocated from an earlier building. In 1909, the new St Matthew's Church, Stalling Busk was completed. In 1913, the font, monuments and pulpit were moved to the new church, while the roof was sold, and the old church fell into ruin. However, the ruins were Grade II listed in 1986.

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St Matthew's Church, Stalling Busk

St Matthew's Church, Stalling Busk is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Stalling Busk, North Yorkshire.

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Stalling Busk

Stalling Busk is one of three settlements around Semer Water in the county of North Yorkshire in the small dale of Raydale just off from Wensleydale, England. The village lies to the immediate south of the lake, at 1,080 feet (330 m) above sea level. The name of the settlement derives from a combination of Old French (estalon) and Old Norse (buskr), which means the stallion's bush. The village was also known as Stallen Busk, and is commonly referred to by locals as just Busk. Although the village is not mentioned in the Domesday Book, archaeological evidence points to the area being inhabited during the Iron and Bronze ages. As well as the Grade II listed St Matthew's Church, Stalling Busk has the ruined Old St Matthew's Church, that is also Grade II listed, which can be found on a short walk towards Semer Water. In St Matthew's Church graveyard, is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial plot. The village itself only consists of 17 buildings, with one of those being the church. Historically the village was part of the Ancient Parish of Aysgarth, part of the wapentake of Hang West, in the North Riding of Yorkshire. By 1742, Stalling Busk had been made into its own civil parish with the other settlements in Raydale within its parish boundaries. In 1974, it was moved into the Bainbridge civil parish, in the newer county of North Yorkshire. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Richmondshire, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. It is represented at Westminster as part of the Richmond and Northallerton constituency.

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Semerwater

Semerwater () is the second largest natural lake in North Yorkshire, England, after Malham Tarn. It is half a mile (800 m) long, covers 100 acres (0.40 km2) and lies in Raydale, opposite the River Bain within Yorkshire Dales National Park. A private pay and display parking area is at the foot of the lake. Semerwater attracts canoers, windsurfers, yachtsmen and fishermen. There are three small settlements nearby: Stalling Busk Countersett Marsett Semerwater was the subject of a number of sketches and paintings by the artist J. M. W. Turner. Semerwater is a pleonastic place name. The name, first recorded in 1153, derives from the Old English elements sæ 'lake', mere 'lake' and water. The form "Lake Semerwater" introduces a fourth element with the same meaning. The lake is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, first notified in 1975.

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Marsett

Marsett is one of three settlements in around Semer Water in Raydale, a small side dale off Wensleydale in North Yorkshire, England. Marsett is only a hamlet and lies to the south-west of the lake, at a point where a smaller side dale, Bardale, joins Raydale. The hamlet consists of two farms and ten permanent dwellings, together with a number of holiday cottages. There is also a Methodist chapel, built in 1897. The name, first recorded in 1283 as Mouressate, is from the Old Norse Maures sætr, meaning 'the shieling of a man named Maurr' (a nickname meaning 'ant'). In 2016, Marsett's red telephone box was scheduled to be demolished, but following a successful campaign where local councillors pointed out that there is no mobile phone reception in the area, it was renovated instead. The phone box has also been earmarked as a possible location for a defibrillator unit. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Richmondshire, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

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