Pilmoor railway station

Pilmoor railway station was in North Yorkshire, England, from 1847 to 1958, at the junction of the Great North of England Railway and the Pilmoor, Boroughbridge and Knaresborough Railway, about 6 miles (10 km) south-southeast of Thirsk at the southern edge of the civil parish of Sessay. The scattered settlement of Pilmoor (in the civil parish of Brafferton), from which its name was derived, is located southwest of it.

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St Cuthbert's Church, Sessay

St Cuthbert's Church is the parish church of Sessay, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. A church was built in Sessay in the Norman period; it retained zigzag mouldings and had stained glass including a bird playing the bagpipes, and a chest containing bones. It was demolished in the 1840s, and a new church was built between 1847 and 1848. It was paid for by William Dawnay, 7th Viscount Downe, and was designed by William Butterfield. The building was restored in 1883. It was grade II* listed in 1988. The church is built of stone with a stone slate roof. It consists of a nave, a south aisle, a south porch, a chancel with a north vestry, and a west steeple. The steeple has a tower with two stages, quoins, buttresses, a two-light west window, a square-headed north window, two-light bell openings and a shingled broach spire with a weathercock. Inside, there is an octagonal font and a memorial brass to Walter Thomas Magnus, Archdeacon of the North Riding, who died in 1550. The lychgate, consisting of a gateway to the north and a boiler house to the south, was also designed by Butterfield, and both parts have wood shingled roofs. The gateway has wooden gates, a low stone wall and posts supporting the roof. The boiler house is in stone on a chamfered plinth, with quoins and buttresses. It contains a doorway with a pointed arch and a chamfered quoined surround, and slit windows. It is also grade II listed.

Sessay

Sessay is a small linear village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 4 miles (6 km) south-east from Thirsk, and 2 miles (3 km) west from the A19 road close to the East Coast Main Line. The civil parish also includes the village of Little Sessay, where the parish church and school are located. In 2013 the population of the civil parish was estimated at 320. The 2001 UK Census recorded the population as 311 of which 266 were over sixteen years old. There were 130 dwellings of which 90 were detached.

Fawdington

Fawdington is a hamlet and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is on the River Swale and near the A1(M) motorway, 8 miles (13 km) south of Thirsk, and 5 miles (8 km) north-east of Boroughbridge. The population of the parish was estimated at 10 in 2015. The population remained at less than 100 at the 2011 Census. Details were included in the old civil parish of Brafferton, North Yorkshire. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Hambleton, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. The name of the hamlet is generally agreed to derive from a mixture of Old English and Old Norse, with the suffix tūn meaning town. However the first part is in dispute; Ekwall states that it derives from the Old English Falding, meaning the place where animals were folded (brought into a fold), whereas the English Place-Name Society states that it is from Falda, a personal name.

RAF Helperby

RAF Helperby (also known as RAF Brafferton), was a First World War era airfield near to the villages of Brafferton and Helperby in North Yorkshire, England. It was used initially by No. 33 Squadron RAF, and then later by No. 76 Squadron RAF in the home defence (HD) role. During the Second World War, the site was used as an ammunition supply depot, being operated by No. 92 Maintenance Unit RAF, and also by the USAAF. The site was known to have stored mustard gas and other chemical weapons during the period of the Second World War.