Baldersby railway station

Baldersby is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, about 6 miles (10 km) west of Thirsk and 5 miles (8 km) north-east of Ripon on the A61. The parish includes the village of Baldersby St James, 1 mile (2 km) south-east of the village of Baldersby, but not Baldersby Park, which is in the parish of Rainton with Newby. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 253, increasing to 285 at the 2011 census.Baldersby has a farm shop, an Anglican Mission Room, and a cricket ground with a pavilion and children's play area. The nearest primary school is Baldersby St. James C of E Primary School in nearby Baldersby St James. The Roman road Dere Street forms the western boundary of the parish, now followed by the A1(M) motorway. Baldersby Gate Interchange, Junction 50 of the A1(M), connects the A61 to the A1(M) in the south of the parish.

Baldersby St James is a village in the former Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. Several notable buildings in the village were commissioned by Viscount Downe of Baldersby Park and designed by William Butterfield in the 1850s. The Church of St James and its lychgate are both Grade I listed and the old vicarage, the school and the school house are all Grade II* listed.

Howe is a small village and civil parish in the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated near Ainderby Quernhow and the A61 and 5 miles (8 km) west of Thirsk. The population of the civil parish was estimated at 20 in 2015.Howe, from the Old Norse word haugr, is a Middle English topographic name for a small hill or a man-made mound or barrow. Howe was historically a township in the ancient parish of Pickhill with Roxby in the North Riding of Yorkshire. At the time of the Domesday Book in 1086 it belonged to Count Alan of Brittany. In the Middle Ages the manor belonged to St Leonard's Hospital, York. Howe became a separate civil parish in 1866.

Baldersby St James Primary School is a former school in Baldersby St James, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The school was commissioned by William Dawnay, 7th Viscount Downe, and designed by William Butterfield. It was completed in 1854, along with an attached schoolhouse. It operated as a primary school until 2022, when it had only 22 pupils. At the time, it was run by the Hope Sentamu Learning Trust, which decided to close it, given that pupil numbers were projected to further decline. The school was placed on the market for £550,000, for community use. The school and schoolhouse were jointly grade II* listed in 1971. Both the school and house are in stone. The school has a roof of Westmorland slate, and on the house is a tile roof. The school has an L-shaped plan containing two rooms, and a gabled timber-framed porch. In the left gable end of the main hall are two two-light windows, and on the roof are flues in the form of truncated pyramids. The house has a single storey and an attic, and five bays. In the centre is a wooden porch with bargeboards, the flanking windows are three-light sashes with mullions, and above are two-light mullioned windows in half-hipped dormers. Inside is the original wooden staircase, with an open wooden screen at its foot. The boundary wall and gates are Grade II listed.

The Church of St James is a Church of England parish church in Baldersby St James, North Yorkshire. This Victorian church is a Grade I listed building and was designed by William Butterfield.

The Old Parsonage is a historic building in Baldersby St James, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The house was commissioned by William Dawnay, 7th Viscount Downe, and designed by William Butterfield. It was completed in 1854. The Church Times later described the building as "Gothic architecture... used to express a link with the church... the size of the parsonage reveals the prestige of the parson who inhabited it". It was Grade II* listed in 1971. In 2022, the house was sold for around £1,750,000. The house is in stone and has a half-hipped tile roof. There are two storeys and an irregular plan. On the entrance front is a slightly projecting gabled wing containing a doorway with a pointed arch, and a window with Geometric tracery. The other ground floor windows are sashes with mullions and ogee and trefoil-headed lights. In the left return is a canted bay window, above which is timber framing and a dormer in a half-hipped gable. Original features include servants' bells. The house has around two acres of grounds, and an indoor swimming pool.

Skipton-on-Swale is a small village and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. The population at the 2011 Census was less than 100. Details are included in the civil parish of Catton, North Yorkshire. It lies on the A61 road, about 4 miles west of Thirsk on the east bank of the River Swale.

Catton is a village and civil parish in the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated between Thirsk and Ripon, on the River Swale.

Middleton Quernhow is a settlement and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. The parish is included in the Wathvale Ward with a population of 3,479 (at the 2011 census). North Yorkshire County Council estimated that the population of the parish was 60 in 2015. It is very near the A1(M) road and is 4 miles (7 km) north of Ripon.Quernhow, which has also been spelled Whernhowe and Whernou means mill-hill, the first element deriving from the Old Norse kvern meaning a mill stone. How or Howe, deriving from the Old Norse word haugr meaning a hill, is a common element in Yorkshire place name. In this instance, the Quernhow in question is a small hillock on a road that was the dividing line between the parishes of Ainderby and Middleton Quernhow.The settlement is mentioned in the Domesday Book as being a manor of 5 carucates, once held by Tor, but by 1086 was in the possession of Count Alan. It passed through several families (de Middleton, de Scrope, best and Herbert) before the manor house was left to ruin sometime in the early 18th century. The manor house is known as The Old Hall and is now a grade II listed building but has been listed as being in poor condition and under threat and is listed on English Heritage's Buildings at Risk Register. One of the former occupants of The Old hall, Thomas Best, was a Member of Parliament for Ripon in the early 17th century.The housing in the village is mostly former estate cottages tied to the manor house. The surrounding area is grassland and is in use for arable farming.As there is no school in the village, primary school children are taken by a free bus to Pickhill Primary School on the other side of the A1(M). Secondary education for children from the area is at Thirsk School.

Ainderby Quernhow is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. The village is situated on the B6267 Thirsk to Masham road just east of the A1(M) and is about five miles west of Thirsk. The population of the civil parish was estimated at 70 in 2014.The Quernhow at Ainderby is a small mound on the nearby Roman Road which marked the boundary between the parishes of Ainderby and Middleton Quernhow. The mound at Ainderby Quernhow was demolished to make way for the upgrading of the A1(M) and its history is commemorated in a stone laid down in the grounds of the Quernhow Café which now adjoins the A6055.Ainderby Mires and Ainderby Steeple are also in the district, the latter refers to the local church spire, the former to marshy mires.Ainderby is a place name originally meant village belonging to Eindrithi, a Viking whose name meant 'sole-ruler'. Quernhow, which has also been spelled Whernhowe and Whernou means mill-hill. The first element derives from the Old Norse word kvern meaning a mill stone. How, deriving from the Old Norse word haugr , means a hill. How is a common element in Yorkshire place names but rare in County Durham.

Rainton is a village in the Harrogate borough of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated about 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Boroughbridge, 5 miles (8 km) north-east of Ripon and 5 miles (8 km) south-west of Thirsk. The area has a village green and a maypole. There are approximately 120 houses in Rainton including six listed buildings, several period farm houses, a smithy and a dovecote. The local vernacular building style is sandstone and cobble construction with slate or pantile roof.

Sinderby is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. Sinderby is located 223 miles (359 km) north of London and 48 miles (77 km) south of Durham, just east of the A1(M) motorway offering road links to larger cities such as Leeds, London and the Channel Ports. It has a population of 142 people according to the 2001 census, reducing to 137 at the 2011 census.