Birdsall, North Yorkshire

Birdsall House is an English country house in Birdsall, North Yorkshire. It is a Grade II* listed building.The house dates from the late 16th century but was remodelled in 1749 with addition of second storey (third floor) to the main range. A wing was added in 1776 and a matching right wing added in 1872. It is constructed in ashlar with Welsh slate roofs. The central range is a 3-storey, 5-bay building connected to outlying 2-storey 2-bay side wings by single cell units. The house was the first house in England to benefit from a private gas system.

Woodleigh School was a preparatory school for boys and girls aged 3 to 13, located in the village of Langton, North Yorkshire, England. It was established in 1929 and closed in August 2012. In its final year, it had 61 pupils, a mixture of day children and boarders.The school was situated at Langton Hall between 1946 and 2012, historically the seat of the Norcliffe family. The Hall that was leased to Woodleigh School, owned at the time by their descendants, the Howard-Vyse family, is a Grade II listed building.

Buckrose was a wapentake of the historic East Riding of Yorkshire, England consisting of the north-west part of the county; its territory is now partly in the modern East Riding and partly in North Yorkshire. Established in medieval times, it ceased to have much significance in the 19th century when the wapentakes were succeeded by other administrative divisions for most local government purposes. Buckrose was formed from parishes of earlier wapentakes, including some from the Domesday-era wapentake of Toreshou.Buckrose consisted of the parishes of Acklam, Birdsall, Bugthorpe, Burythorpe, Cowlam, Fridaythorpe, Helperthorpe, Heslerton, Kirby Grindalythe, Kirby Underdale, Langton, North Grimston, Norton, Rillington, Scrayingham, Settrington, Sherburn, Skirpenbeck, Sledmere, Thorpe Bassett, Weaverthorpe, Westow, Wetwang, Wharram-le-Street, Wharram Percy, Wintringham and Yedingham. The only town in the wapentake was Norton.Buckrose gave its name to a parliamentary constituency which existed from 1885 to 1950; however, the Buckrose constituency extended well beyond the boundaries of the wapentake, and in fact took most of its electorate from towns in the neighbouring Dickering and Harthill wapentakes.

Langton is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is situated 3.5 miles (6 km) south from the market town of Malton. The population at the 2011 Census was less than 100. Details are included in the civil parish of Birdsall, North Yorkshire. At the end of the village lies Langton Hall, which offers holiday lettings and is now home to Charles William Langton, a businessman from Leeds, West Yorkshire. Langton Hall has recently been used for TV filming including Gentleman Jack (Series 2 episode 1) and also featured in Rich House Poor House, (Series 10, episode 2).Until 1974 the village lay in the historic county boundaries of the East Riding of Yorkshire. Between 1974 and 2023 it was part of the Ryedale district. It is now administered by North Yorkshire Council. Langton Hall was the home of Woodleigh School, an independent preparatory school founded in 1929 by the educationalist Arthur England, from 1946 until the school's closure in 2012. There is also a small state primary school, Langton Community School with around 80 pupils.The village was historically the seat of the Norcliffe family. Their former home, Langton Hall, previously owned by their descendants, the Howard-Vyse family, and leased to Woodleigh School until 2012, is a Grade II listed building.Langton Hall was purchased by William Langton in 2019 (namesake coincidence), who has undertaken a full restoration of the "decaying country pile after falling for its charms".In 1823 Langton was a civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, and the Wapentake of Buckrose. The parish church, dedicated to St Andrew, and the parish living was under the patronage of the King. Population at the time was 280. Occupations included five farmers, two grocers, a tailor & draper, a butcher, a shoemaker, a schoolmaster, a parish constable, and the landlord of Horse Shoes public house who was also a blacksmith. A Major and Mrs Northcliffe were resident at the Hall.

North Grimston railway station was a railway station on the Malton & Driffield Railway. It opened on 19 May 1853, and served the village of North Grimston, North Yorkshire, England. It closed on 5 June 1950 but the station remained open for goods traffic until 18 October 1958 when the line finally closed. The station was unusual in that the single platform was bisected by a road with a level crossing.

North Grimston is a village in the civil parish of Birdsall, in North Yorkshire, England. It is situated between Norton-on-Derwent and Wharram-le-Street on the B1248 road. In 1931 the parish had a population of 143. On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Birdsall.

Burythorpe is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, about 4 miles (6 km) south of Malton. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 289, reducing marginally to 286 at the Census 2011. The Whitegrounds barrow is nearby.It was historically part of the East Riding of Yorkshire until 1974, then between 1974 and 2023 was part of the Ryedale district. It is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

Settrington railway station was a railway station on the Malton & Driffield Railway in North Yorkshire, England. It opened on 19 May 1853, and served the village of Settrington. It closed for passengers on 5 June 1950 and goods on 20 October 1958.

Kennythorpe is a hamlet in the civil parish of Burythorpe, North Yorkshire, England. It is 4 miles (6 km) south from Malton, and between the village of Langton to the north, and Burythorpe to the south. It was historically part of the East Riding of Yorkshire until 1974. Between 1974 and 2023 it was part of the Ryedale district. It is now administered by North Yorkshire Council. Kennythorpe was formerly a township in the parish of Langton, in 1866 Kennythorpe became a separate civil parish, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Burythorpe. In 1931 the parish had a population of 45.In 1823 Kennythorpe (then Kennythorp), was in the Wapentake of Buckrose in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Population at the time was 83.

Settrington is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, about 3 miles (5 km) east of Malton. It was historically part of the East Riding of Yorkshire until 1974 and part of the Ryedale district from 1974 until 2023.

Minster FM was an Independent Local Radio station serving York and the surrounding areas such as Selby, Tadcaster, Thirsk, Northallerton and Goole. The station closed on 31 August 2020 and its frequency is now a relay of Greatest Hits Radio Yorkshire. It broadcast on 104.7 FM from the Acklam Wold transmitter, near Leavening, on the Yorkshire Wolds.

Norton College is a mixed secondary school, sixth form and specialist humanities college with academy status in Norton, North Yorkshire, England. There are approximately 801 children on roll. The school was inspected by Ofsted in November 2007 and received a Grade 1 (outstanding) assessment. In May 2009 the school was described as one of the most successful schools in the country. It was named in the report Data driven school transformation, published by the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust.At the beginning of 2011 the status of Norton College was redesignated as Grade 1 in a remote inspection by Ofsted, following a subject inspection in November 2010. In May 2011 the College gained academy status under the multi-school model. The resulting trust is the 'Evolution Schools Learning Trust,' with Norton College retaining its name.Norton College was given a "room for improvement" rating from Ofsted in 2012 after GCSE and A level results fell dramatically. The College was inspected in October 2013 and rated Grade 2 (good) in all categories. The inspection team reported that the College had improved in all areas, particularly in GCSE results. Norton College was also given a short inspection on 20 September 2017 and continued to be good. It is said they have firmly embedded their culture of 'aspire'. This inspection also says that the quality of teaching and learning has improved. Its also reported that work needs to be done to ensure attendance rises.