Danby Wiske railway station

Danby Wiske railway station was a station on the East Coast Main Line. It was located approximately 1⁄2 mile (0.8 km) east of Danby Wiske, in North Yorkshire. Opened on 1 December 1884 the station was closed to passengers on 15 September 1958. To the south of the station at milepost 32 (measured from York) were Danby Wiske (also known as Wiske Moor) water troughs to allow fast steam locomotives to take on water whilst still running. Because of the spray when they collected water, the troughs could not be located at big stations (such as Northallerton or Darlington) with Danby Wiske being one of six locations on the East Coast Main Line that had the water troughs. Brought into use in 1901, they were the second set on the NER, after Lucker. The LNER introduced The Coronation express service in July 1937, which ran between King's Cross and Edinburgh, calling only at York (southbound trains also called at Newcastle), so it was necessary for the A4 Pacific locomotive to pick up plenty of water at water troughs in order to avoid unscheduled stops. Locomotive crews on the northbound Coronation soon reported that at Wiske Moor troughs, the amount of water picked up was sometimes insufficient to reach Lucker troughs without stopping at Newcastle. It was arranged that on 8 October 1937, both the northbound and southbound Coronation trains would carry a railway inspector on the footplate in order to observe the water pick-ups. It so happened that the two trains passed each other at Wiske Moor, where one of the inspectors received fatal injuries. The northbound train (hauled by no. 4491 Commonwealth of Australia) had lowered their scoop to its limit, which when the water filled the tender, was unable to be retracted because of the force holding it there. The overflowing water hit the southbound express (hauled by no. 4492 Dominion of New Zealand) causing widespread damage, but critically, it forced out the glass from the locomotive's windows. The glass hit the railway inspector at the base of the neck and left him unconscious. He was taken off the train at Northallerton but later died in hospital. Several measures were taken in order to avoid a recurrence: a 60 mph (97 km/h) speed restriction was imposed on the Coronation service at Wiske Moor troughs; the tenders were modified so that any overflow was carried down through pipes, and armoured glass was fitted instead of Triplex toughened glass.

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Lazenby Hall

Lazenby Hall is a historic building near Danby Wiske, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The house was built for Henry Carey, some time between 1625 and 1661. After his death, it was leased out, and some of the internal plasterwork dates from this period, with one ceiling being dated 1680. There were some alterations in the late 19th and 20th centuries, mostly to the windows. The building was grade II* listed in 1953. The building is described by Tim Mowl and Brian Earnshaw as "attractively brash and truly Artisan", using motifs from classical architecture in combinations not consistent with any order of architecture. The house is built of stone, with a chamfered floor band, and a stone slate roof with chamfered coping and shaped kneelers. There are two storeys and attics, and a main front of five bays, flanked by projecting wings two bays wide and three bays deep. In the centre is a doorway flanked by Doric half-shafts on a panelled plinth with a pulvinated frieze and a dentilled cornice. The windows are double-chamfered mullioned and transomed, divided by Doric pilasters under a continuous cornice, some of which have been replaced by sashes. The middle bay is flanked by Ionic half-shafts on panelled plinths with dosserets above.

Danby Wiske

Danby Wiske is a village and the main settlement in the civil parish of Danby Wiske with Lazenby, in North Yorkshire, England. The village lies 3.7 miles (6 km) north north-west of the county town of Northallerton.

Danby Wiske Church

Danby Wiske Church is the parish church of Danby Wiske, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The church was built in the early 12th century, from which period the south doorway and lower part of the south wall survive. There were major alterations in the early 14th century, with a new chancel and north aisle added. The tower was built in the 15th century, and the porch was added in the 18th century. The church was grade I listed in 1970. It is not known to which saint the church was dedicated. The church is built of sandstone with roofs of Welsh and Westmorland slate, and consists of a nave with a clerestory, a north aisle, a south porch, a chancel and a west tower. The tower has diagonal buttresses, a stair tower with slit windows, two-light bell openings, and an embattled parapet. The nave also has an embattled parapet. The porch is gabled, and the doorway is Norman, with a tympanum containing three carved figures in long robes. Inside the church, the font is early Norman and has a large bowl. There is a 14th-century effigy of the widow of Brian Fitz Alan of Bedale. The aumbry and piscina are also 14th century. The stalls have some reused Jacobean panelling.

St Lawrence's Church, Hutton Bonville

The Church of St Lawrence, Hutton Bonville, North Yorkshire, England is a redundant, former estate church which is now in the care of the Friends of Friendless Churches. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.

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