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Newby and Scalby
Newby and Scalby is a civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. formed by the smaller southern area of Newby and the larger, northern, area of Scalby. From 1974 to 2023 it was in Scarborough district. It has the status of a town council.
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Scalby railway station
Scalby railway station was a railway station on the Scarborough & Whitby Railway.
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Scalby, North Yorkshire
Scalby, a village on the north edge of Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, is part of the civil parish of Newby and Scalby. From 1902 to 1974, Scalby was an urban district in the North Riding of Yorkshire.
Scalby is 2.5 miles (4 km) north of Scarborough, and is separated from the town's suburbs by the Scalby Beck, which flows to the North Sea at Scalby Mills. Scalby is a village which is bisected by the A171 Scarborough to Whitby road. The older part of the village is west of the main crossroads and is focused around a small but busy High Street.
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Scalby Manor, Scarborough
Scalby Manor near Scarborough, North Yorkshire was built in 1885 by Edwin Brough. He was the leading breeder and trainer in England of bloodhounds at his time and when the Whitechapel murders occurred several years later he was invited by the Commissioner of Police to help track the killer. The house which was then called Wyndyate remained a private residence until the late 1930s when it was used as a guest house and then became a hotel. Today it is a restaurant and a pub.
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St Laurence's Church, Scalby
St Laurence's Church is the parish church of Scalby, North Yorkshire, a village in England.
The oldest surviving parts of the church date from about 1180, and include the south nave arcade and the chancel arch. The chancel was rebuilt early in the 13th century, and the north wall of the nave was rebuilt in the 15th century. The tower was added, probably in 1683. The church was extended and restored from 1859 to 1860, the work including the rebuilding of the south wall and addition of a porch. It was grade II* listed in 1985.
The church is built of sandstone with a stone flag roof, and consists of a nave, a south aisle, a south porch, a chancel, and a west tower. The tower has two stages, diagonal buttresses, a stair tower, a round-headed south window, four-light bell openings with semicircular hood moulds, a string course, a west clock face, and an embattled parapet. Inside, there is a stone slab carved with a cross which may be 13th century, 18th-century wall monuments, and a mediaeval font.