Church of St Mary, Westow

St Mary's Church, also known as Church of St Mary of the Moor or St Mary ad mora is a church located in the village of Westow, North Yorkshire. The church dates back to Norman times but was almost entirely rebuilt in the 1860s, at a cost of £1,400 (equivalent to £165,015 in 2023), with only the Norman tower remaining. The rebuilding largely made use of the original stone. Inside of the church is a Norman water font, a cresset thought to have come from Kirkham Priory, and a memorial to George Montaigne, Squire of Westow, who fought on the Royalist side in the English Civil War. In the church's graveyard, the former residents of Westow are buried on one side, those of Firby on another, and those of Menethorpe on another—as the church is roughly equidistant from each settlement.

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Beck Dale Meadow

Beck Dale Meadow is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in the Yorkshire Wolds in North Yorkshire, England. It is located 0.9 miles (1.5 km) northeast of the village of Westow in the valley of Howl Beck, a tributary of the River Derwent. This area is protected because of the neutral (pH 6.6–7.3) grassland found here.

Menethorpe

Menethorpe is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Burythorpe, in North Yorkshire, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 68. It is about 2.5 miles (4 km) from Malton.

Huttons Ambo railway station

Huttons Ambo railway station was a minor railway station serving the twin villages of High Hutton and Low Hutton, and the village of Menethorpe, in North Yorkshire, England, on the York to Scarborough Line. The villages were previously known as Hutton on the Hill and Hutton on Derwent. They were coupled together in 1589 (Yorkshire Fines, Tudor, m., p. 107). The station was opened on 5 July 1845 by the York and North Midland Railway. It closed to regular passenger traffic in 1930. The last station master was Mr Ken Collinson. The station was originally just named Hutton, but was renamed Huttons Ambo on 1 February 1885. At one time, mathematician Karl Pearson's grandfather was stationmaster here, and John Cariss was porter. In 1913, legislation was passed for a narrow gauge railway to Burythorpe, but this was never implemented.

Eddlethorpe

Eddlethorpe is a hamlet in the civil parish of Burythorpe, in North Yorkshire, England. It is approximately 4 miles (6 km) south from Malton, and between the village of Langton to the east, and Westow to the south-west. Until 1974 the hamlet was part of the East Riding of Yorkshire. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Ryedale, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. The name Eddlethorpe probably derives from the Old English personal name Eadwald and the Old Norse þorp meaning 'secondary settlement'. In 1823 Eddlethorpe (then Eddlethorp), was in the civil parish of Westow, and the Wapentake of Buckrose in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Population at the time was 62, with occupations including two farmers, one of whom was the Surveyor of Highways. Eddlethorpe was formerly a township in the parish of Westow, in 1866 Eddlethorpe became a separate civil parish, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Burythorpe. In 1931 the parish had a population of 38.