Thorpe Bassett

Thorpe Bassett est un village et une paroisse civile du Yorkshire du Nord, en Angleterre.

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Thorpe Bassett

Thorpe Bassett is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is located between York and Scarborough in the North East of England. Surrounded by farmland the small village is home to 105 residents at the 2011 census. An increase of 4 since the 2001 census. It was historically part of the East Riding of Yorkshire until 1974 and then part of the Ryedale district from 1974 until 2023. It is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. The name Thorpe derives from the Old Norse þorp meaning 'secondary settlement'. The suffix Bassett derives from William Basset, who held the village in 1204. In the 18th century there were just 17 families living in the village. The main source of employment was agriculture, with the majority of residents working on farms. There was also a School, Post office and public house, all which have now closed. The school building is still standing but the Royal Oak Inn is long gone. The school was restored and converted into one larger house over a 10-year period by Jim and Sue Mortimer, assisted by Gordon Bradshaw (local joiner). This was 1981–1991. Formerly it had been a small cottage at the north gable with the larger portion being two classrooms. Whilst its use changed, it retained most of its external features. The concrete cat on the NE gable ridge, was placed there by J.M. In 1987 and resides there to this day. The water pump in the northern corner garden was placed earlier (1985), also by J.M., set in a large concrete block, to avoid unlawful removal. In 1835 Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England description of Thorpe Bassett was: "THORPE BASSETT, a parish in the wapentake of BUCKROSE, East riding of the county of YORK, 5 miles N.E. from NewMalton, containing 156 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of the East riding, and diocese of York, rated in the king's books at £12, and in the joint patronage of Earl Fitzwilliam and -Watson, Esq. The church is dedicated to All Saints. Ten boys are instructed for the dividends arising from £200, the gift of the Rev. James Graves, in 1804." In the 1870–72 John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Thorpe Bassett as: THORPE-BASSETT, a parish in the district of Mal ton and E. R. Yorkshire; 2½ miles SSE of Rillington-Junction r. station, and 4½ E by N of New Malton. Post town, New Malton. Acres, 1,792. Real property, £2,906. Pop., 219. Houses, 42. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £328.* Patron, Earl Fitzwilliam. The church is Norman. In 1892 Bulmer's History and Directory of East Yorkshire described Thorpe Bassett with the following: Thorpe Bassett is a small parish and township containing 1,806 acres, belonging chiefly to Lady Cholmley, of Scarborough, who is also the owner of all the manorial rights. W. H. St. Quintin, Esq., of Scampston, has some land in the parish. The rateable value is £2,478, and the population in 1891 was 180. The soil is clay and sand on the low ground, and flint on the Wolds, the subsoil clay, sand, and chalk; the chief productions are wheat, barley, oats, and turnips. In 1974 Timothy J. Owston of York described the village: Situated off the A64 between Scarborough and Malton, close to the villages of Rillington and Wintringham. The village is agricultural and was once bigger than the small number of houses and farms which exist now. Enclosures were made in the 18th century and there were only 17 families in the village in 1843. Very agricultural, the village is now without a public house, school or Post Office. The last Post Office was run by Mrs Mary Grayson and her husband the postman Mr George Grayson. The school building still survives. The Royal Oak Inn has long gone. The church is that of All Saints. It has Norman architecture in part but is mainly a result of restoration in 1879–1880. There is a large Rectory Building, seemingly out of scale with the rest of the buildings, but built in 1860 as a typical Victorian semi-gentry home for the Rectors of the time. Many acres were bought by Sir George Chumley of Wintringham in the last century which added to the landholdings in nearby Wintringham and the estate is still owned by the family today.

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All Saints Church, Thorpe Bassett

All Saints Church is in the village of Thorpe Bassett, North Yorkshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Southern Ryedale, the archdeaconry of York, and the diocese of York. Its benefice is united with those of five other local churches to form the Benefice of Buckrose Carrs. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.

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Rillington

Rillington is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. The name Rillington derives from the Old English Redelingtūn or Hrethelingtūn, meaning 'settlement connected with Redel' or 'Hrethel'. Rillington was mentioned in the Domesday Survey in 1086 and rural life was relatively unchanged until the coming of the railway in 1845. The village has two pubs the Coach and Horses and The Fleece, both are located next to St Andrew's Church, Rillington, and the A64.

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St Andrew's Church, Rillington

St Andrew's Church is the parish church of Rillington, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The church was built in the 12th century, and the chancel and arcade were added in about 1250, when Robert de Okham was appointed as the priest. The tower was added in the 15th century. The east end and south side of the church were rebuilt in 1825. Between 1884 and 1885, C. Hodgson Fowler restored the building, the work including replacing most of the windows. The south porch was added in about 1920, and the church was grade I listed in 1966. The church is built of sandstone and Hildenley limestone, the nave roof is in Westmorland slate, and the roof of the chancel is in blue Welsh slate. The church consists of a nave, a north aisle, a south porch, a north vestry, and a west steeple. The steeple has a tower with three stages, a chamfered plinth, buttresses with offsets, a two-light west window with a trefoil head, two-light bell openings with pointed hood moulds, clock faces, an embattled parapet, and a recessed needle spire. In the vestry, there is a 13th-century wall painting, depicting the additions to the church and institution of de Okham. Other internal features include an octagonal 13th-century font and a piscina.

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Rillington Manor

Rillington Manor is a historic building in Rillington, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The house was built in 1913, for Wilfred Henry Hudleston. It was designed by Sidney Kitson, in the neo-Georgian style, and is accessed by a tree-lined driveway. The house was grade II listed in 1986. The country house in built of red brick with a sill band, a mutule cornice, overhanging sprocketed eaves, and hipped pantile roofs. It has two storeys with attics and five bays, the outer bays on the front projecting and with quoins, and a single-storey range on the left. The centre range has a full-height round-arched arcade, a central doorway with pilaster jambs, and an open pediment with a cartouche and a motto in the tympanum. The windows are sashes under varying arches, and there are dormers in the attics with volutes between the sashes. The garden front has full-height canted bay windows in the outer bays, and a single-storey glazed loggia with Doric columns. Inside, the original plasterwork and wood panelling survives, along with the original doors and staircase, which is in the style of 1700. The stable block is also grade II listed, and is also built of red brick, with rusticated quoins, an impost band, bracketed eaves and a hipped pantile roof. It has a single storey, and a flat arch in the centre flanked by three-bay blind arcades, each bay containing a lunette. Above, are two flat dormers, the one on the left between volutes.

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