Cold Kirby - Izeria

Cold Kirby is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is in the Hambleton Hills, near Rievaulx Abbey and Sutton Bank, 5 miles (8 km) west of Helmsley. The name Kirby derives from the Old Norse Kaeribȳ meaning 'Kaeri's village'. The Cleveland Way long distance footpath passes through both civil parish and village on its way from Helmsley and Rievaulx to Sutton Bank and, eventually, Filey. The upper section of Sutton Bank is also in the civil parish. The whole civil parish lies within the North York Moors National Park. From 1974 to 2023, the civil parish was part of the district of Ryedale. It is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. The population of the civil parish at the time of the 2011 census (including Angram Grange) was 205.

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Nude in the Nettles

The Nude in the Nettles is the name given by the media to the body of an unknown female found concealed under what was reportedly a nettle bush (actually a willowherb bush) near Sutton Bank in North Yorkshire, England in 1981. The police were notified of the body’s location by an anonymous caller who claimed that he could not give his name for reasons of “national security”. Neither the identity of the woman nor that of the caller has ever been established despite an extensive investigation.

Hambleton (Sutton Bank)

Hambleton is a hamlet on the A170 road between the towns of Thirsk and Pickering in the English county of North Yorkshire. It lies on the Hambleton Hills and is 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Sutton Bank. The 1856 Ordnance Survey map shows the Hambleton Hotel (later the Hambleton Inn) at the location, but no hamlet. By 1893 the wider settlement had appeared. The location was historically associated with horse racing. Horse racing here is recorded from the early 17th century, although in 1775 races were transferred to the Knavesmire in York. Training has continued at Hambleton, associated with nearby Hambleton House. The Hambleton Inn closed in 2015. The northern part of hamlet is in the civil parish of Cold Kirby, whilst the southern part, including the Hambleton Inn, is in the civil parish of Kilburn High and Low. Until 2023, the Cold Kirby part of the hamlet was administered by the former Ryedale District, whilst the Kilburn part was in the former Hambleton District. Since 2023, both parts have been within the North Yorkshire unitary authority area.

Scawton

Scawton is a village and former civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. The hamlet lies just east of Sutton Bank, north of the A170 road, and 5 miles (8 km) west of Helmsley, in the Hambleton Hills. The wider parish was the setting for the Battle of Old Byland, on Scawton Moor to the south. The road through the village used to link the two abbeys at Byland and Rievaulx, with the church, and possibly the village pub, being instigated by the monks for the use of travellers. In 1961 the parish had a population of 84.

St Mary's Church, Scawton

St Mary's Church is the parish church of Scawton, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The church was built in the middle of the 12th century. Most of the windows have been altered, particularly in the 15th century. The building was restored in 1892 by C. Hodgson Fowler, who added a porch. The church was grade I listed in 1955. The church is built of limestone with a Welsh slate roof, and consists of a nave, a south porch, and a chancel. On the west gable end is a wooden bellcote. The porch contains a round-arched doorway with two moulded orders on colonnettes with scalloped capitals, and above it is a beaded hood mould. Inside, there is a niche to the left of the altar with a trough and two columns, probably a lavatorium which may have been brought from elsewhere. To the right of the altar is an aumbry, piscina and sedile. There is a round font which may be Norman but has a later base and a 17th-century octagonal wooden cover.