North Yorkshire (district)

North Yorkshire is a unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. It covers the majority of the North York Moors, the Vale of Mowbray and Vale of York, and the Yorkshire Dales. It does not include the north-east of the ceremonial county or the unitary authority area of York. The largest settlement is Harrogate, and the administrative centre is Northallerton. North Yorkshire is the largest local government area in England, with an area of 3,103 square miles (8,037 km2). The unitary authority area was formed on 1 April 2023 during a local government restructure. Prior to this, North Yorkshire was a non-metropolitan county containing seven non-metropolitan districts, and was governed by a county council and seven district councils. The creation of the unitary authority area was achieved by abolishing the seven districts and their councils, creating a new district covering the entire area of the non-metropolitan county, and giving North Yorkshire County Council the responsibilities of a district council in addition to its existing county council responsibilities. The county council chose to rename itself North Yorkshire Council as part of the restructure. The first elections to the reconstituted authority took place on 5 May 2022, and it took on district council responsibilities on 1 April 2023.

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Cod Beck, North Yorkshire

Cod Beck is a river in North Yorkshire, England. It has a catchment area of 8,912 hectares (34.41 mi2). It flows for over 20 miles (32 km) from Osmotherley, through Thirsk, and enters the River Swale just to the south of Topcliffe.

Eldmire with Crakehill

Eldmire with Crakehill is a civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. The population of the parish was estimated at 30 in 2013. There is no village in the parish: it consists of a number of scattered houses and farms, including the hamlets of Eldmire and Crakehill, on the east bank of the River Swale. Crakehill was mentioned in Domesday Book (as Crecala). It was joined with the manor of Eldmire (also spelt Elmire) from at least the early 14th century. The two settlements formed a township in the ancient parish of Topcliffe and became a separate civil parish in 1866. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Hambleton and is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

Severfield

Severfield plc is a York based structural steel contractor. By turnover it is the largest in the UK, with a capacity of 130,000 tons per year, and a further 20,000 tons in the EU. Landmark works include London's 2012 Olympic Stadium, The Shard, Wimbledon Centre Court roof, Emirates Stadium and Paris Philharmonic Hall. The firm has acquired businesses across structural steel market sectors within the UK and EU, and it participates with JSW Group in a Mumbai based joint venture that fabricates 100,000 tons of structural steel per annum. Severfield owns 50% of Construction Metal Forming Ltd which in 2023, claimed to be the UK's largest supplier of steel decking.

St John's Church, Dalton

St John's Church is an Anglican church in Dalton, near Thirsk in North Yorkshire, in England. The church was constructed on the initiative of Mary Isabel Dawnay, to a design by William Butterfield, and was completed in 1868. It was originally a chapel of ease to St Columba's Church, Topcliffe. It was grade II* listed in 1988. The church is built of stone with a Welsh slate roof, and it consists of a nave with a south porch, a chancel with a south transept and a north vestry, and a slim west bellcote tower. The tower contains a lancet window with a hood mould, and a sill band. The upper stage, which is corbelled inwards, has a clock face, and it rises to become octagonal with four lancet bell openings. Above this is an eaves band and a spirelet. The windows in the body of the church are cusped lancets. Inside the church, there is red brick, with bands of stone and blue brick. There is much polychromatic decoration, particularly in the chancel. There is a timber rood screen, and a reredos of marble and coloured stone. There is a brass chandelier in the chancel, and a stone font in the nave, both designed by Butterfield. The stained glass is by Morris & Co., with Saint John the Evangelist in the west window, Christ and angels in the east window, and the Annunication in the north window of the chancel.