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Forge Valley railway station was situated on the North Eastern Railway's Pickering to Seamer branch line. It served the twin villages of East and West Ayton, and the local beauty spot Forge Valley.
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West Ayton
West Ayton is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England, located upon the west bank of the River Derwent adjacent to East Ayton.
According to the 2011 UK census, West Ayton parish had a population of 881, an increase on the 2001 UK census figure of 831.
From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Scarborough. It is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.
The name Ayton derives from the Old English ēatūn meaning 'settlement on a river'.
The ruins of Ayton Castle can be found to the west of the village. The tower dates back to 1390 and was built by Ralph Eure. During the 1670s, stone from the castle was used to rebuild the bridge over the River Derwent.
Just south of the village is the Wykeham Lakes park. This is a fishery and water-sports complex run by the Downe family's Dawnay Estates programme. The lakes are built on the site of a former First World War Royal Flying Corps airfield (known as West Ayton) which was used by No. 251 Squadron. The airfield was abandoned after 1919.
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Ebenezer Methodist Chapel, East Ayton
The Ebenezer Methodist Chapel is a former chapel in East Ayton, a village in North Yorkshire, in England.
William Clowes preached in East Ayton in the early 1820s, and a small Primitive Methodist chapel was built soon afterwards. As the congregation grew, a larger building was required, and the current building was completed in July 1842, at a cost of £470. Inside, the building originally had a gallery around three sides, the area under part of which had a sliding partition, in order that it could serve as a separate Sunday school. The building was grade II listed in 1967. The chapel was closed by the early 21st century and has been offered for sale, for conversion into a house.
The chapel is built of sandstone, with angle pilasters forming quoins on the returns, and a hipped slate roof. On the front is a round-arched doorway with a fanlight, flanked by large round-arched windows, all with quoined surrounds. Above the doorway is a recessed dated panel. On the sides are sash windows with round arches in the upper floor and flat heads in the lower floor.
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Ayton Castle, North Yorkshire
Ayton Castle is a ruined Grade I listed 14th century pele tower castle near West Ayton, North Yorkshire, England.
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St John the Baptist's Church, East Ayton
St John the Baptist's Church is the parish church of East Ayton, a village in North Yorkshire, in England.
The church was built in about 1135, replacing an earlier chapel. From this 12th-century building survive the nave, south doorway, chancel arch and lower parts of the tower. The chancel was added in the 13th century, and it was altered in the 15th century, when the nave windows were also altered, the tower heightened, and buttresses added to the nave. The bell and lead roof were removed in 1548, during the suppression of chantry chapels. The south porch was added in 1634, and the chancel was partly rebuilt in the 18th century. A vestry was added in the 19th century. The church was grade II* listed in 1967.
The church is built of sandstone. The body of the church has a pantile roof and the roofs of the porch and vestry are slated. The church consists of a three-bay nave, a south porch, a chancel with a north vestry, and a west tower partly embraced by the nave. The tower has three stages, a lancet window, lancet bell openings, and an embattled parapet. The porch is gabled with a flat opening, and the round-headed south doorway is Norman with one order, and beakhead moulding. The east window is in Venetian style. Inside, there is a 12th-century font.