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Middlethorpe Hall
Middlethorpe Hall is a 17th-century English country house standing in 20 acres (8 ha) of grounds in Middlethorpe, York, North Yorkshire. It is a perfectly symmetrical red brick and stone house built in 1699 and since 2008 has been owned by the National Trust. It is currently used as a hotel.
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Middlethorpe, North Yorkshire
Middlethorpe is a hamlet in the civil parish of Bishopthorpe, in the unitary authority area of City of York, in North Yorkshire, England.
The village was made a Conservation Area in 1975. Middlethorpe Hall dates from 1699 and Middlethorpe Manor from about 1700.
Middlethorpe was formerly a township in the parish of St. Mary-Bishopshill-Senior, in 1866 Middlethorpe became a separate civil parish, in 1894 the parish was abolished and split to form Middlethorpe Within from the part in the County Borough of York and Middlethorpe Without from the rural part. In 1891 the parish had a population of 128.
The name Middlethorpe derives from the Old English middel meaning 'middle', and the Old Norse þorp meaning 'secondary settlement'.
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Knavesmire Secondary School
Knavesmire Secondary School was a secondary modern school based in York, England from the 1960s (c. 1965) to the 1980s. During the 1960s, it was a girls only school. The building was located on Bishopthorpe Road next to York Racecourse, and was taken over by the College of Law in the early 1990s. The by then University of Law moved its north-east campus to Leeds in the 2010s and sold the site. The school is now occupied by OneSchool Global, an independent school connected to the Plymouth Brethren evangelical church. The author Sheelagh Kelly attended the school during the 1960s.
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Bishopthorpe Palace
Bishopthorpe Palace is the official residence of the Archbishop of York at Bishopthorpe, North Yorkshire, England. The palace is located on the River Ouse and is approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) south of York, which is the location of the diocese's cathedral, York Minster.
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Bishopthorpe Road
Bishopthorpe Road is a radial route in York, in England, connecting the city centre with the village of Bishopthorpe. It is locally known as Bishy Road.