Willerby, North Yorkshire

Staxton is a village in North Yorkshire, England, part of the civil parish of Willerby, and situated approximately 8.2 miles from Scarborough town centre. Until 1974 the village lay in the historic county boundaries of the East Riding of Yorkshire and from 1974 to 2023 was a part of the Ryedale district.

The Binnington Carr Hoard is a Roman coin hoard dating from the late 1st century AD. It contains 12 silver denarii within a copper alloy bell. It is in the collection of the Yorkshire Museum.

St Peter's Church is the parish church of Willerby, North Yorkshire, a village in England. The church was built in the 13th century, from which period the nave survives. The tower and porch were added in the 14th century. In the 18th century, the north aisle was narrowed, then in the between 1881 and 1882 the church was restored, the work including the rebuilding of the chancel. The church was grade II* listed in 1966. The church is built of sandstone with a slate roof, and consists of a nave continuous with the chancel, a south porch, a north aisle and a west tower. The tower has buttresses, a three-light west window, a stair turret on the north, and louvred bell openings, above which is a string course and an embattled parapet. The porch is gabled, and contains an arched opening, a hood mould and a keystone carved with a head, and a sundial. Inside, there are 19th-century oil lamps, and stained glass in the east window dating from around 1879.

Remote Radar Head Staxton Wold or RRH Staxton Wold is an air defence radar station operated by the Royal Air Force, located near Scarborough in North Yorkshire, England. As it has been a radar site continuously since 1939, it has a claim to be the oldest working radar station in the world.

Sherburn was a rural district in the East Riding of Yorkshire from 1894 to 1935. It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 from that part of the Scarborough rural sanitary district which was in the East Riding (the rest forming Scarborough Rural District in the North Riding). It was abolished in 1935 by a County Review Order made under the Local Government Act 1929 and transferred to Norton Rural District, Bridlington Rural District and a small part to Filey Urban District.

Star Carr is a Mesolithic archaeological site in North Yorkshire, England. It is around five miles (8 km) south of Scarborough. It is generally regarded as the most important and informative Mesolithic site in Great Britain. It is as important to the Mesolithic period as Stonehenge is to the Neolithic period or Scandinavian York is to understanding Viking Age Britain. The site was occupied during the early Mesolithic archaeological period, which coincided with the preboreal and boreal climatic periods. Though the ice age had ended and temperatures were close to modern averages, sea levels had not yet risen sufficiently to separate Britain from continental Europe. Highlights among the finds include Britain's oldest structure, 21 red deer stag skull-caps that may have been headdresses and nearly 200 projectile, or harpoon, points made of red deer antler. These organic materials were preserved due to having been buried in waterlogged peat. Normally all that remains on Mesolithic sites are stone tools. Excavation of the site began in 1948, a year after artefacts were first noticed by John Moore, an amateur archaeologist. The site is most famous for some of the extremely rare artefacts discovered during the original excavations but its importance has been reinforced by new understandings of the nature and extent of the Mesolithic archaeology in the area and reinterpretations of the original material.

The Star Carr Pendant is a unique engraved shale pendant from the Mesolithic site of Star Carr in North Yorkshire. It has been described as the oldest Mesolithic art in Britain.

St Martin's Church is the parish church of Seamer, a village near Scarborough, North Yorkshire, in England. The church was built in the 12th century, from which period the nave, chancel, and lower part of the tower survive. In the 15th century, the chancel was extended, and a north aisle, chantry, vestry and south porch were added. The upper part of the tower was rebuilt in about 1840, then between 1885 and 1889, the church was re-roofed and restored by C. Hodgson Fowler. The building was grade I listed in 1967. The church is built in sandstone with stone flag roofs, and consists of a nave with a clerestory, a north aisle, a south porch, a chancel with a north chantry chapel and vestry, and a west tower. The tower has three stages, angle buttresses, a clock face, two-light bell openings under round arches, a corbel table, and an embattled parapet. There are also embattled parapets on the body of the church. The south doorway has a round arch with two orders, scalloped capitals and roll moulding. The studded oak door dates from the 12th or 13th century. On the east gable of the nave is a bellcote. Inside, there is a bell dated 1448, while fragments of 15th-century stained glass are one of the north windows. There is a chancel screen dating from around 1685, and a 16th-century brass memorial.

Ganton Hall is a historic building in Ganton, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The manor house was purchased by John Legard in 1586, at which time it was described as "new builded, the walls of chalk-stone and covered with slate". The current country house was built slightly further south between 1866 and 1868, and the old house was demolished in 1870. In 1910, the house was sold to the Wrigley family. In the late 20th and early 21st century, it was the home of Phillida Wrigley and her husband, and more recently the owner has been Nicholas Wrigley. The house was grade II listed in 1992. The house is built of red brick on a chamfered plinth, with stone dressings, quoins, a narrow floor band, a moulded eaves band, and slate roofs with shaped gables. The windows throughout are sashes. There are two storeys and attics, and an H-shaped plan, and a lower service wing with one storey and an attic. The southeast front has five bays, a recessed centre flanked by two-storey canted bay window, and gabled dormers. The southwest front has three bays and contains a canted and a square two-storey bay window. The northwest entrance front has five irregular bays, and contains a porch with coupled Doric columns, an entablature, and a plain parapet. Inside, there is fine coving, a grand wooden staircase, and marble fireplaces, while the laundry has its original stove and drying shelves.

Seamer is a village and civil parish in the Scarborough district of North Yorkshire, England. It was the location of the Mesolithic Age settlement of Star Carr. The parish is composed of the townships of Seamer and Irton and the chapelry of East Ayton. Its area is 8,450 acres, of which 18 acres are covered by water, 4,422 acres are arable, 2,178 acres permanent grass and 738 woodland. (fn. 1) The subsoil is Alluvium, Oxford Clay, Corallian Beds and Inferior Oolite. In Ruston Cliff Wood by the Derwent, the western boundary, are Whetstone Quarry, Whetstone Trod, Ayton Forge Cottages and Wallis Quarry, and there is a quarry at Crossgates. This hamlet lies at the junction of the Scarborough and Filey roads, which unite before passing through Seamer on their way to York and Driffield. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats, potatoes and turnips. In 1768 1,337 acres were inclosed in East Ayton. (fn. 2) The village of Seamer is built upon practically level ground and contains no features of any antiquity. The church of St Martin and the vicarage are in the centre. A short distance to the west of the church are some scanty remains of the manor-house. A ruined fragment of wall containing a 15th-century doorway is now all that is standing above ground, but extensive foundation mounds may be traced in connexion with it.

St Nicholas' Church is the parish church of Ganton, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The oldest parts of the church are the chancel and the transept arch, which date from the 13th century. Much of the church was rebuilt in the 14th century, and the nave and south transept survive from this period. In the 15th century, the tower and porch were added. The church was restored in 1843, the work including partial rebuilding of the chancel. The church was grade II* listed in 1966. In 2012, it was placed on the Heritage at Risk Register, as it was in urgent need of repair, but was removed from the register in 2014 as repairs were completed. The church is built of sandstone, the main roof is in stone slate, and the roof of the porch is in stone slab, and the church is in Perpendicular style. It consists of a nave, a north aisle, a south porch, a south transept, a chancel with a north chapel, and a west steeple. The steeple has a tower with two stages on a plinth, diagonal buttresses, a three-light west window with a pointed head, a southeast stair turret, clock faces on the north and west sides, a string course, bell openings with hood moulds, and a corbel table with masks, fleurons and grotesques. At the top is an embattled parapet and a recessed octagonal spire. Above the porch is a heraldic shield with a coat of arms. Inside the church is a baroque monument to Sir John Legard, and stained glass windows, one by Jean-Baptiste Capronnier and another by William Wailes. The church forms part of the Hertford Benefice within the Deanery of Scarborough. The benefice is named after the River Hertford, which flows through the area.

Flixton is a village in North Yorkshire, England. Until 1974 the village lay in the historic county boundaries of the East Riding of Yorkshire and from 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Scarborough. There is a public house, the Foxhound Inn.