Ryedale Folk Museum

Ryedale Folk Museum is an open-air museum in the village of Hutton-le-Hole in the North York Moors National Park. This museum tells the stories of local people from pre-history to the present day. About twenty of the museum's buildings have been saved from nearby villages and reconstructed at the museum. The museum covers an area of six acres - with the buildings, agricultural machinery and farm animals (sheep, chickens and pigs).

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Hutton-le-Hole

Hutton-le-Hole is a small village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, about 7 miles (11 km) north-west of Pickering. It is a popular scenic village within the North York Moors National Park.

Spaunton

Spaunton is a hamlet and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. At the 2011 the civil parish had a population of less than 100. Details are included in the civil parish of Lastingham. It is situated near Lastingham and about 5 miles (8 km) north west of Pickering. The name Spaunton derives from Old Norse and means a farmstead or settlement which had shingle roofs. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Ryedale, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. Spaunton is still the setting for a Court Leet. Every year in October, the court convenes to hear cases involving encroachment on village common land and to impose penalties on violators. The full title of the court is the Manor of Spaunton Court Leet and Court Baron with View of Frankpledge. Just after 9:00 pm on the 7 October 1943, a Lancaster bomber of No. 408 Squadron RCAF from RAF Linton-on-Ouse crashed into the village with a full load of ordnance. One of the bombs exploded and killed a civilian from the village, George Strickland, as he went to see what the noise was about. He is buried in Lastingham graveyard.

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.

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.