Keasden - Izeria

Keasden is a hamlet in the civil parish of Clapham-cum-Newby, in the county of North Yorkshire, in the north-western England. It is about 2 miles (3.2 km) to the south west of the village of Clapham and about 5 miles (8 km) to the east of Bentham. The hamlet sits on an unclassified road and is surrounded to the north, south and west by woodland. Keasden has a church but no schools. The postcode is LA2. Until 1974 it was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Craven, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

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Clapham railway station

Clapham is a railway station on the Bentham Line, which runs between Leeds and Morecambe via Skipton. The station, situated 48 miles (77 km) north-west of Leeds, serves the village of Clapham in North Yorkshire. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains. Immediately to the east of the station, the line crosses the River Wenning on a tall, eight-span viaduct. The station was formerly known in the national timetable as Clapham (Yorkshire), to distinguish it from Clapham (London). The latter was renamed Clapham High Street in 1989.

Keasden Beck

Keasden Beck is a stream in Yorkshire (formerly the West Riding) rising near Keasden Head, joining the River Wenning south west of Clapham.

Mewith Head Hall

Mewith Head Hall is a historic building in Bentham, North Yorkshire, a town in England. The house was built in the early 18th century for Ralph Baynes, father of John Baynes Garforth. The date "1708" is inscribed above the barn door, and it may well also be the date that the house was completed. The house was altered in the 19th century, and was grade II* listed in 1958. The three-storey house is built of stone, with a stone slate roof. The central section is two bays wide, and the right and left wings are two bays wide and two storeys high. It has a central staircase plan, and a central doorway with a Doric surround, pilasters, a round-headed fanlight with a moulded surround, a frieze with metopes, triglyphs and guttae, and an open segmental pediment. The windows are cross windows with moulded surrounds, mullions and transoms, some with hood moulds. Above the entrance is a slate sundial with an iron gnomon in a moulded architrave. At the rear are four bays, the middle two bays gabled. The garden walls are in stone, the entrances with moulded surrounds. The gate piers have rusticated shafts, and moulded caps, each with a cornice and a ball finial. Inside the house, the dining room and principal bedroom have 18th century panelling and fireplaces, and there are also early fireplaces in the kitchen and in a second bedroom. There is a king post roof.

Newby Moor

Newby Moor is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in North Yorkshire, England. It is located 4km east of the town of High Bentham. This protected area comprises an area of peatland and fen habitats that encircle Green Close Farm (Northern Pennine Club for caving has accommodation on this farm). This protected area includes Sniddle Moss. Streams from this protected area flow into the River Wenning. The A65 road passes through this protected area. The dismantled Ingleton branch line historically passed through this landscape.