Sleightholme Dale

Sleightholme Dale, sometimes spelt in one word, Sleightholmedale, is a valley in the North York Moors in North Yorkshire, England. The dale is the middle section of the valley of Hodge Beck (a tributary of the River Dove), below Bransdale and above Kirkdale. 28.7 hectares (71 acres) of the dale is designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest, notified in 1987. The site includes woodland and fen, and includes a heronry, one of the largest in North Yorkshire.

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Nawton Tower

Nawton Tower is a country house in Nawton, North Yorkshire, a village in England. The house was designed by Robert Richardson Banks and Charles Barry Jr. in the Gothic Revival style and completed in 1855. As originally built, it was a tall house with castellation. In 1930, it was heavily altered, reducing its height and removing the Gothic elements, to give it a neoclassical appearance. The tower's gardens retain several 18th-century features, including a portico and two temples which are all grade II listed, terrace and statues. There are formal walks and woodland including azaleas and rhododendrons. The Doric Temple is a garden pavilion in sandstone with a semicircular plan. Shallow steps lead up to a Doric portico, distyle in antis, with a plain segmental pediment, and a hemispherical roof. Inside, there is hexagonal stone paving. The Ionic Temple is built of limestone with a pantile roof and a rectangular plan. A flight of narrow steps leads up to an Ionic tetrastyle portico. This has piers with shaped imposts, and a richly carved pediment with a cartouche in voussoirs. The Garden Portico is also built of limestone. It has a porch with two Ionic columns, a pulvinated frieze, a modillion cornice and a pediment. The door has panels of eight raised lozenges in octagonal surrounds in a plain doorframe.

Fadmoor

Fadmoor is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is on the border of the North York Moors and 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Kirkbymoorside. The name Fadmoor comes from Old English and means moor of a man called Fadda. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Ryedale, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. The 18th century village pub, The Plough, closed in 2011 and became a community asset in 2013. The work to re-open the pub is the subject of a Channel 4 documentary.

Gillamoor

Gillamoor is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated about 3 miles (5 km) north of Kirkbymoorside on the edge of the North York Moors National Park. The population of the parish as taken at the 2001 census was 168, dropping to 156 at the 2011 census was 156. In 2015, North Yorkshire County Council estimated the population of the parish to be 150 people. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Ryedale. It is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

St Aidan's Church, Gillamoor

St Aidan's Church is an Anglican church in Gillamoor, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. A church was built in Gillamoor in the 12th century. In 1802, it was entirely rebuilt by the local stonemason James Smith, using stone from a redundant church in Bransdale. The church was restored in 1880, from which time most of the details date. In 1902, it was again restored, this time by Temple Moore, replacing the tower with a belfry. It was grade II listed in 1955. The church is built in limestone, rendered on the north side, and has a stone flag roof. It consists of a continuous nave and chancel, and a south porch. At the west end is a square timber belfry with louvred openings, surmounted by a lead broach spire and a weathervane in the form of a fish. The porch is gabled, and has a round-arched opening, above which is a carving in high relief. Inside, there is a plain 12th-century font, a 17th-century communion table, a communion rail dating from about 1700, and a west screen incorporating a rail dating from 1682.