Queen Mary's School

Queen Mary's School is a private day and boarding school for girls in Baldersby Park near Topcliffe, between Ripon and Thirsk in North Yorkshire, England. Established in 1925, the school is set on 50 acres (200,000 m2) of landscaped grounds and houses approximately 300 pupils. It caters to girls aged 3 to 16 and boys up to age 7. The school is a member of the Woodard Corporation and attended the 200th anniversary of the birth of the movement's founder in 2011. In 2015 the school celebrated its 90th anniversary.

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Asenby

Asenby is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England, with a population of 285 (2001 census), increasing to 311 at the 2011 census. The village is about 5 miles (8 km) south-west of Thirsk and 7 miles (11 km) east of Ripon. It is 12 miles (19 km) south of the County Town of Northallerton on the south bank of the River Swale.

Topcliffe, North Yorkshire

Topcliffe is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. The village is situated on the River Swale, on the A167 road and close to the A168. It is about 5 miles (8 km) south-west of Thirsk and 11 miles (18 km) south of the county town of Northallerton. It has a population of 1,489. An army barracks, with a Royal Air Force airfield enclosed within, is located to the north of the village.

Rainton

Rainton is a village in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated about 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Boroughbridge, 5 miles (8 km) north-east of Ripon and 5 miles (8 km) south-west of Thirsk. The area has a village green and a maypole. There are approximately 120 houses in Rainton including six listed buildings, several period farm houses, a smithy and a dovecote. The local vernacular building style is sandstone and cobble construction with slate or pantile roof.

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The Old Parsonage, Baldersby

The Old Parsonage is a historic building in Baldersby St James, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The house was commissioned by William Dawnay, 7th Viscount Downe, and designed by William Butterfield. It was completed in 1854. The Church Times later described the building as "Gothic architecture... used to express a link with the church... the size of the parsonage reveals the prestige of the parson who inhabited it". It was Grade II* listed in 1971. In 2022, the house was sold for around £1,750,000. The house is in stone and has a half-hipped tile roof. There are two storeys and an irregular plan. On the entrance front is a slightly projecting gabled wing containing a doorway with a pointed arch, and a window with Geometric tracery. The other ground floor windows are sashes with mullions and ogee and trefoil-headed lights. In the left return is a canted bay window, above which is timber framing and a dormer in a half-hipped gable. Original features include servants' bells. The house has around two acres of grounds, and an indoor swimming pool.