Ingleby railway station

Ingleby railway station was a railway station built to serve the village of Ingleby Greenhow in North Yorkshire, England. The station was on the North Yorkshire and Cleveland's railway line between Sexhow and Ingleby, which opened in 1857. The line was extended progressively until it met the Whitby & Pickering Railway at Grosmont. Ingleby station was closed in 1954 to passengers and four years later to goods. The station was located 19 miles (31 km) south of Stockton, and only 3⁄4 mile (1.2 km) west of Battersby railway station.

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Ingleby Greenhow

Ingleby Greenhow is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is on the border of the North York Moors and 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Great Ayton. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Hambleton, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. The parish of Ingleby Greenhow has records of a John Thomasson de Grenehow, a member of the clergy, who in 1376 "had to appear before a Commission appointed to be tried with several others for either poaching or cutting down timber, or destroying property belonging to Peter de Malo Luca the 6th, of Mulgrave Castle". The name may derive from the Saxon for Englishman's green hill. How, derived from the Old Norse word haugr, means hill or mound. Ingleby Manor was bought by a Scottish courtier David Foulis in 1608. St Andrew's Church, Ingleby Greenhow, was almost entirely rebuilt in 1741, but has a Norman chancel arch inside. In 1931, British altitude and distance records for gliders were established over the moors near here, as recounted by the novelist, pilot, and aeronautical engineer Nevil Shute in his memoir, Slide Rule. The glider, a Tern produced by Shute's company, Airspeed Ltd. was flown by a skilled German sailplane pilot, Carl Magersuppe, who had been hired by Airspeed.

St Andrew's Church, Ingleby Greenhow

St Andrew's Church is a parish church in Ingleby Greenhow, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The church was originally built in the late 12th century, from which period the chancel arch, arcade in the nave, and lower part of the tower survive. The chancel was rebuilt in the 13th century, and the remainder of the church was rebuilt in 1741. A vestry was added in 1906, to a design by Temple Moore. The building was grade I listed in 1966. The church is built of stone, and consists of a west turret, a nave, a north aisle, a south porch, a chancel and a north vestry. The turret has contains a slit window on the west side, the bell stage is corbelled out on the west side and has louvred bell openings, above which is a coved cornice, and a pyramidal roof with a pyramidal finial. The porch is gabled, and the inner doorway has a round arch with imposts and a keystone. The chancel has a 12th-century door on the south side, while most of the windows date from 1741. Inside, there is an effigy of Willimus Wrelton, a priest who died in about 1300, and one of a knight, which is probably 15th century. There is a 12th-century tub font on what is probably a 13th-century base.

Battersby railway station

Battersby is a railway station on the Esk Valley Line, which runs between Middlesbrough and Whitby via Nunthorpe. The station, situated 11 miles 4 chains (17.8 km) south-east of Middlesbrough, serves the village of Battersby in North Yorkshire, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.

Drummer Hill Farm

Drummer Hill Farm is a historic farm near Ingleby Greenhow, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The Victoria County History describes the parish of Ingleby Greenhow as "a desolate and thinly-populated region", but it does support several farms. Drummer Hill Farm has supported a mixture of arable and livestock farming. The principal interest is in a range of outbuildings. A barn and attached cart lodge with a granary above were constructed in the early 19th century, followed in the middle of the century by an engine house. The granary was later converted into a hay loft. The building was grade II* listed in 1990. The buildings are constructed of stone and some red brick, with an eaves band, and a pantile roof with a stone ridge and coping. The barn is of four bays and has a gabled engine house, and the cart lodge has three bays. On the front are external steps, and the openings include two elliptical arched entrances, slit vents and a stable door. Inside the engine house is a rare example of a horse engine in its original location. It consists of a wheel on a stone base, with an iron post in the centre, and wooden braces which connect with the crossbeams.