Staveley, North Yorkshire

Staveley is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Knaresborough and near the A1(M) motorway. In the 2001 census, the village had a population of 444, which had risen to 450 by the time of the 2011 census. In 2015, North Yorkshire County Council estimated the population to have dropped to 440.

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Copgrove railway station

Copgrove railway station served the village of Copgrove, North Yorkshire, England from 1875 to 1964 on the Pilmoor, Boroughbridge and Knaresborough Railway.

St Michael's Church, Copgrove

St Michael's Church is an Anglican church in Copgrove, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. A church was recorded in Copgrove in the Domesday Book, and it is possible that the lowest courses of sandstone in the south nave wall may survive from this building. The church was rebuilt in the 12th century, in limestone, and by 1216 it belonged to the Knights Hospitallers. In the late 17th century, it is believed that a tower and short steeple were removed, and replaced by the current bellcote. The building was restored in 1889, and then more thoroughly by C. Hodgson Fowler in 1897, when the roof was raised and floor lowered. From 1911 until 1919, the rector of the church was Henry Major. The building was Grade II* listed in 1966. It church built of limestone with a stone slate roof, and consists of a nave with a south porch, and a chancel with a north vestry. On the west gable is a bellcote with a segmental arch and a moulded pediment. In the chancel is a Norman window, the other chancel windows are Decorated or Perpendicular in style, and the nave windows date from the restoration. In the north-east exterior corner of the vestry is a carved stone, either Saxon or early Norman. It is known as the "Devil's Stone", and depicts a Sheela-na-gig. Inside the church, the altar is a 12th-century slab rediscovered during the restoration. The chancel arch is also a 12th-century survival, with chevron and dogtooth motifs. The nave walls are panelled with wood reused from 17th- and 18th-century pews. There is a brass inscription from 1637, and a board with the arms of Queen Anne of Great Britain, painted over those of Charles II. There are numerous wall memorials from the 18th and 19th centuries, to the Duncombe family, who lived at Copgrove Hall.

Copgrove

Copgrove is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England, five miles (8 km) south-west of Boroughbridge and the A1(M) motorway. The village is close to Rober Beck, which has been influenced by glaciers and overflowing channels. Copgrove was described in 1870–72 as: Pop., 68. Houses, 14. The property is all in one estate. Copgrove Hall is the seat of T. Duncombe, Esq., and contains some good portraits. The parish is made up of 1,000 acres (400 ha) of land. The surface is hilly with a single stream running through it, a tributary of the Ure, which separates Copgrove from the parish of Burton-Leonard. Until 1974 it was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Craven, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

St John's Church, Minskip

St John's Church is an Anglican church in Minskip, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. A infants' school was built in Minskip in 1858, on the initiative of the vicar of St Andrew's Church, Aldborough. In 1907, it was converted into a chapel of ease to the church in Aldborough. In 2022, the church was awarded £3,300 by the Yorkshire Historic Churches Trust, to tackle damp and make repairs. The church is built of red brick, and consists of a nave, chancel and vestry, with a small bell tower. Inside, there is a chancel rail designed by Robert Thompson, and an embroidery depicting Saint George and the Dragon, which was donated in 1956.