Bedale High School

Bedale High School is a coeducational comprehensive secondary school situated on Fitzalan Road, Bedale, North Yorkshire, England. Its predecessor Bedale Grammar School dates to an endowment of 1588. Nicholas Carlisle in his 1818 survey of endowed grammar schools describes the school as 'ancient', evidencing the fact that the school received Crown funding following the Dissolution of the monasteries (1536-1540). The School's 2004 Ofsted Inspection Report rated the school for overall effectiveness as Grade 2 (good); in 2007 again as Grade 2; and in 2010, as Grade 3 (satisfactory). In 2019, it was awarded a Grade 2 (good) rating. In 2001, just before the 2001 General Election, Jonathan Dimbleby hosted a live broadcast of Any Questions? from the school. In 2017, the police were called to a disturbance on the school playing field. The protest by students was in regard to a restriction on toilet breaks, which one parent described as "humiliating". The police stated it was not a criminal matter.

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Bedale

Bedale ( BEE-dayl), is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. Bedale Beck is a tributary of the River Swale, which forms one of the Yorkshire Dales. The dale has a predominant agriculture sector and its related small traditional trades, although tourism is increasingly important. Northallerton is 7 miles (11 km) north-east, Middlesbrough 26 miles (42 km) north-east and York is 31 miles (50 km) south-south-east. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, the town was listed in Domesday Book under what became the honour of Richmond. The honour had several wapentakes and Bedale was part of Hang (named after Hang Bank in Finghall or alternatively named after Catterick) and later Hang East.

Bedale Leech House

This late Georgian Bedale Leech House in Bedale, North Yorkshire, England, is a unique example of a building constructed to keep live medicinal leeches (Hirudo medicinalis) healthy prior to their sale by the local apothecary to doctors and private individuals for the purpose of blood letting as a medical procedure to cure or prevent a variety of illnesses and diseases.

Bedale railway station

Bedale railway station is on the Wensleydale Railway and serves the town of Bedale in North Yorkshire, England. The station was opened in 1855, and closed under British Railways in 1954. It was re-opened as part of the heritage Wensleydale Railway in 2004.

Aiskew Mill

Aiskew Mill is a historic building in Aiskew, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The corn mill was built in the late 18th century on the Bedale Beck, powered by an undershot waterwheel. In the mid 19th century, a three-storey extension was added. The last miller converted the building to produce electric power. However, all the original machinery survives, along with two millstones. In 1981, the building was Grade II* listed, and it was sold to David and Carol Clark, who gradually restored it, with the intention of opening it as a working museum. In 2001, they proposed to fund the remainder of the restoration by building housing on neighbouring land, but this was rejected by a planning inspector. In 2010, the mill reopened as a community bakery. The three-storey brick building has stone quoins. The ground floor is slightly below ground level. There are many original sash windows, and a boarded stable door.