Ryedale School

Ryedale School, opened in 1953, is a coeducational secondary school located in Beadlam, North Yorkshire, England. The school provides for pupils aged 11 to 16, and has a capacity enrolment of 750. The school achieves higher than average GCSE results. In 2012 the school was inspected by Ofsted and was rated Grade 1 (outstanding) for overall effectiveness. The school has represented both the County and Region at sport, music and interpretive dance; including National Youth Orchestras. Every year the school performs a carol service in the Church of All Saints, Helmsley. Previously a community school administered by North Yorkshire County Council, in February 2021 Ryedale School converted to academy status.

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St Hilda's Church, Beadlam

St Hilda's Church is the parish church of Beadlam, a village in North Yorkshire in England. The church was constructed in 1882, to a design by Charles Hodgson Fowler. The church cost £1,119 13/6 to build. The bell tower was weatherboarded in 1961, and in 1997, the church was grade II listed. The church is in the 13th century style, and is built of stone, with tiled roofs. It consists of a nave and chancel under a single roof, a south porch, north-east vestry, and a west tower containing a single bell. The belltower is built of wood, and has a pyramidal spire. The windows are all lancets, and the east window has stained glass designed by Kempe & Tower, which was added around 1905. Inside, there is an octagonal font in stone, and a monument to Lilian Duncombe, carved in 1905 by Lady Feodora Gleichen.

Beadlam

Beadlam is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 250, reducing to 229 at the Census 2011. It is situated about 10 miles (16 km) west of Pickering, near the southern boundary of the North York Moors National Park. Beadlam is halfway between Helmsley and Kirkbymoorside on the A170. The name Beadlam derives from the plural form of the Old English bōðl meaning 'a dwelling'. The village is unusual in that it is directly joined onto another village, Nawton, and is commonly given the name Nawton Beadlam. The village has a secondary school Ryedale School and Nawton, the village it is attached to, has a primary school, Nawton Primary School. The village has a fish and chip shop, which is popular with the students returning from Ryedale School, and a bus stop operated by the East Yorkshire bus service which provides connections to most of North Yorkshire including major cities and coastal towns in the area including York, Scarborough and Bridlington. Beadlam was historically a township in the ancient parish of Kirkdale. It became a separate civil parish in 1866, but remains part of the ecclesiastical parish of Kirkdale. St Gregory's Minster, the parish church in Kirkdale, has been in use since before the Norman Conquest. Its daughter church, St Hilda's Church, Beadlam, was built in 1882–3. It serves as the church of a local Ecumenical Partnership between Methodists and Anglicans. Between 1974 and 2023 the village was part of the Ryedale district. It is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. Two miles (3.2 km) west of the village is Beadlam Roman villa, which was excavated in 1969 revealing two 4th-century rectangular buildings, the northernmost of which was fitted with a hypocaust overlain by a tessellated floor.

Nawton railway station

Nawton railway station was a minor station serving the village of Nawton, North Yorkshire, England on the former Gilling and Pickering (G&P) line.

Nawton, North Yorkshire

Nawton is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the A170 road, almost adjoining Beadlam, three miles west of Kirkbymoorside. There are two Methodist chapels on the south side of the village. It had a population of 569 according to the 2011 census. The origin of the name Nawton derives from pre-7th century words "nafola" meaning a hollow, and "tun" settlement. In the 1870s, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Nawton as: A township that comprises 1,200 acres. Real property, £1,899. Pop., 358. Houses, 83. The manor belongs to F. Barr, Esq. Nawton Tower is a castellated mansion, stands on a rising-ground, and commands extensive views. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Ryedale, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.