Calcutt, North Yorkshire

Harrogate and Knaresborough () is a parliamentary constituency in North Yorkshire which has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Andrew Jones, an MP from the Conservative Party. The constituency was formed in the 1997 boundary shake-up, which was originally named Harrogate a Conservative stronghold.

Plompton (formerly also spelt Plumpton) is a hamlet and civil parish south of Harrogate in North Yorkshire, England. It is close to the A661. Plompton Hall is a Grade II* listed building designed by the architect John Carr and built about 1760. The composer John Hebden originates from the parish.

Bilton Court is a historic building in Harrogate, a town in North Yorkshire, in England. The house was built in about 1740. East and west wings were added in 1820, and in 1889 a chapel was added at the rear of the west wing. In the late 20th century, the house was converted into offices, but in 2023 plans were approved to convert it back into a house, with an extension providing a garage and garden room. The building has been grade II listed since 1975. The house is built of gritstone with a moulded eaves cornice, a panelled parapet and a slate roof. There are two storeys and cellars, three bays, and slightly recessed lower two-storey flanking bays, with hipped roofs and console bracketed cornices. The entrance in the east wing has a Tuscan doorcase, and an arched doorway with a fanlight. The windows are slightly recessed sashes, and in the west wing is a French window. The chapel was later converted into a billiard room, and has wooden panelling and a hammerbeam roof. The house has a coach house and stable block, built in about 1850. It is built of rusticated gritstone, with a floor band, and a hipped slate roof with a central pedimented pigeon loft. There is a central block with two storeys and three bays, and single-storey single-bay wings. In the centre is a round-arched doorway with a fanlight and a keystone, and the windows are recessed horizontally-sliding sashes with segmental heads. It is also grade II listed.

Castle Mill is a historic watermill in Knaresborough, a town in North Yorkshire, in England. The complex lies on the side of a corn mill. In 1770, it was rebuilt as a paper mill, and in 1791 it was converted to spin cotton, with a new building added. In the 1810s, it switched to spinning flax, and the 1791 building was replaced. In the late 1840s, the mill was taken over by Walton, Gates and Simpson, who added power looms and a steam engine. In the 1860s, it switched from spinning to weaving linen. The company later became Walton & Co, and it continued weaving until 1972, and left the premises entirely in 1984. Between 1986 and 1987, the complex was converted into housing. Several buildings on the site are grade II listed. The original mill building dates from 1770, although it is possible that parts of the walls survive from the older corn mill. It is built of gritstone on the ground floor and in brick above, and has floor bands and a hipped Westmorland slate roof. It is built over the mill race, and has three storeys, and fronts of seven and three bays. The windows are sashes in architraves, those in the upper two floors with cambered heads. The weaving shed, adjoining the original mill building, dates from the 1810s. It is built of gritstone with a hipped Westmorland slate roof. There are two storeys, eleven bays on the front, and three on the return. The windows are large horizontally-sliding sashes, and in the left return is a loading door with a pulley rail. The northern mill building was originally a cottage, built in about 1800. Further cottages were constructed on either side in the early 19th century, and then an adjoining warehouse in the 1850s. The internal walls of the cottages were demolished in the 1860s, and the building became a workshop, while the warehouse was rebuilt in 1879. The building is constructed of gritstone and brick, with roofs of pantile and Westmorland slate. It has three storeys and ten bays, following the curve of the road, and a two-storey three-bay brick extension to the north. On the east front is a loading door, and the windows are a mix of sashes, some horizontally-sliding, and square windows; some windows are blocked. At the south end is a two-storey porch linking the building with the central building. The central building was constructed in the 1840s of brick on a stone plinth, with sandstone details, quoins and a stone slate roof. It has three storeys and five bays. The windows are sashes, and some are blocked. Between the central building and the weaving shed is the central range, probably built in 1770 as the owner's house, but converted into a workshop and warehouse by the 1820s. The mill building is constructed of rendered stone and brick, and has a stone slate roof with courses of Westmorland slate, a stone ridge, and stone gable coping and a kneeler on the right. There are two storeys and four bays. The windows are sashes, some horizontally-sliding, and some in architraves.

The Great Yorkshire Railway Preservation Society was a short-lived preservation scheme, based in Starbeck, North Yorkshire in England. It was formed in 1980 with the aim of restoring part of the Leeds-Northallerton Railway and based at the former Starbeck loco shed, then owned by Octavius Atkinson steel works. The steel works closed in 1989, and the group moved to the Yorkshire Museum of Farming at Murton, near York, where they went on to successfully restore part of the former Derwent Valley Light Railway.

Mother Shipton's Cave (or "Old Mother Shipton's Cave") is at Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, England, near the River Nidd. Nearby is a petrifying well, also known as a dropping well. The latter is the oldest tourist attraction to charge a fee in England, and has been operated since 1630. The water of the well is so rich in sulphate and carbonate that artefacts may be put in the well to be "petrified" (encrusted) as a tourist attraction.The place is associated with the legendary soothsayer and prophetess Mother Shipton (c. 1488–1561), born Ursula Southeil, and reportedly the wife of Toby Shipton. According to legend, she was born in the cave. The cave and dropping well, together with other attractions, remain open to visitors and are run privately by Mother Shipton's Cave Ltd.

The House in the Rock is a historic building in Knaresborough, a town in North Yorkshire, in England. The house was built between 1770 and 1786 by Thomas Hill, a local linen weaver, who carved it out of the cliff face using hand tools. He constructed the whole building with his oldest son, also Thomas, while renting a nearby cottage. Upon completion, he moved in with his wife and six children. Although there were various other rock-cut houses in the town at the time, the house was the most impressive, and Hill named it Fort Montague in honour of Lady Elizabeth Montagu, who provided some financial support. After inheriting the house, the younger Thomas operated a tearoom from the building, flew the national flag, and fired a cannon while dressed in a naval uniform. He briefly printed novelty banknotes, but this was stopped after some were mistaken for genuine notes. The Hill family lived in the house until 1996, when the front wall became unsafe. It was stabilised using a grant from English Heritage, and was sold to a new owner in 2000, who closed the tearoom. It remains in used as a private home. The house is partly cut into a cliff face and partly built in stone, partly rendered, with a Westmorland slate roof. There are four storeys and one bay, with one room on each floor. On the east front is a segmental-arched doorway in the top floor, and on the south front is a sash window on each floor, all but the top window horizontally-sliding. At the top is an embattled parapet, and to the left is a wall, also with an embattled parapet. The building has been grade II listed since 1952.

The early-fifteenth century Chapel of Our Lady of the Crag is located in an old quarry on Abbey Road beside the Nidd Gorge at Knaresborough and is an early 15th century chapel cut out of the sandstone of the river gorge cliff face. It is a Marian shrine on the old pilgrim's route to the now demolished Knaresborough Priory and close to the ancient stone quarry that was used for building works at Knaresborough Castle, the parish church and elsewhere. It was also once known as Quarry Chapel or Our Lady of the Quarry.

St Andrew's Church is in High Street, Starbeck, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Harrogate, the archdeaconry of Richmond, and the Diocese of Leeds. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. The current vicar is the Reverend Phil Carman.

High Bridge is a historic bridge over the River Nidd in Knaresborough, a town in North Yorkshire, in England. A bridge over the river at this location was first recorded in 1200. The bridge was built in stone in the 14th century, three metres wide with rib vaulting and pointed arches. It was rebuilt in 1773, incorporating the original structure but four metres wide and with skewed end points on the banks, and a toll gate was added. The bridge was widened upstream in the 19th century, and in the 1920s, it was widened on both sides, and new parapets were constructed. It was grade II listed in 1952. The bridge carries Harrogate Road (A59 road). It is built of gritstone and sandstone and consists of two segmental arches with voussoirs. The bridge has pointed cutwaters on both sides and chamfered ribs, and a footpath has been built on the downstream side.

Knaresborough Castle is a ruined fortress overlooking the River Nidd in the town of Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, England.

Knaresborough Viaduct is a viaduct in the North Yorkshire town of Knaresborough, England. The viaduct carries the Harrogate line over the River Nidd in the town. The viaduct was supposed to have opened in 1848, but the first construction collapsed into the river very near to completion, which necessitated a new viaduct and delayed the opening of the line through Knaresborough by three years. The viaduct can be seen striking across the Nidd Gorge from the ruins of Knaresborough Castle and is a well-known viewpoint in the town. One writer has stated that it is one of the region's better known landmarks.