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Yearsley is a small village and civil parish in the county in North Yorkshire, England. The population of the civil parish was less than 100 at the 2011 Census. Details are included in the civil parish of Brandsby-cum-Stearsby. It is situated between the market towns of Easingwold and Helmsley. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Hambleton, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

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Ampleforth railway station

Ampleforth railway station, served the village of Ampleforth, in the Northern English county of North Yorkshire. It was located on a line which ran from Pickering to the East Coast Main Line at Thirsk. The station was close to the noted Ampleforth College although passengers for the college used the station at Gilling further east as this was more convenient for onward transfer to the college.

The Old Rectory, Brandsby

The Old Rectory is a historic building in Brandsby-cum-Stearsby, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The rectory was originally built in 1565, by Reverend Robert Wilson. It was a long, low building, with a T-shaped plan, and originally had a thatched roof. In 1809, Reverend William Smith commissioned an extension, at right-angles to the original building. The building was sold as a private house in 1938, and it was grade II* listed in 1952. In 2012, it was marketed for sale for £3.25 million. At the time, it had six bedrooms, three reception rooms and three bathrooms, plus two two-bedroom cottages, stables, a former coach house housing a swimming pool, and 18 acres of land. The house is built of sandstone. The original part has a red and blue pantile roof, two storeys, seven bays, and a rear outshut. It contains double-chamfered mullioned windows with four-centred arched lights and sunken spandrels. The later range, containing the main front, has a hipped Westmorland slate roof, two storeys and five bays. It is on a plinth, and has a floor band, a cornice and a parapet. In the centre is a portico with Tuscan half-columns and a pediment, and a doorway with a traceried fanlight. The windows are sashes with cantilevered lintels and keystones.

Brandsby

Brandsby is a village in North Yorkshire, England. The village is the main constituent of the Brandsby-cum-Stearsby civil parish. The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book. It lies between Easingwold and Hovingham, some 12.3 miles (19.8 km) north of York.

All Saints' Church, Brandsby

All Saints' Church is the parish church of Brandsby-cum-Stearsby, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. Brandsby was recorded in the Domesday Book as having a church. The Mediaeval church was demolished in the 1760s, and replaced by a building on a new site. It was commissioned by Frances Cholmeley of Brandsby Hall, and designed by Thomas Atkinson, who had previously designed the hall. Work started in 1767, and the building was completed in 1770. In 1905, the building was restored by Temple Moore, and in 1913, a baptistry, porch and vestry were added by H. Rutherford. The church was Grade II* listed in 1960. The church is built of sandstone with a hipped stone slate roof, and consists of a nave and a chancel with three bays in one range, a south porch and a vestry. Over the middle bay is a cupola with an oculus in the square base, eight round-arched openings with three-quarter columns, a Doric frieze, and a stone dome with a ball finial and a weathervane. The windows on the sides of the church have round-arched heads, some with Gibbs surrounds, and at the east end is a Venetian window. The glass in the west window is by Charles Eamer Kempe, while the oak pulpit and lectern are by Temple Moore.