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Scotton, Harrogate

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Scotton, North Yorkshire
Scotton, North Yorkshire

Scotton is a small village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England with a population 524 in the 2001 census, increasing to 624 at the 2011 Census. It is 3 miles (5 km) north of Harrogate, 1.2 miles (2 km) north west of Knaresborough and is just north of the River Nidd where it flows through Nidd Gorge. However; all the watercourses through the village and the parish flow eastwards via the River Tutt and empty into the River Ure despite Scotton being very close to the Nidd.The village was mentioned in the Domesday Book as Scotone and was listed as belonging to Gilbert Tison with only two households. Scotton was the home of Guy Fawkes during his teenage years, Scotton has a Guy Fawkes Night celebration in his honour. The village has an annual summer fete called the Scotton Feast. Not held in 2005 for the first time in several years (the organising committee claimed that it was because of a lack of support from the village), it returned in 2006. One of the old houses near the present day church was the setting of a local folktale that the Gunpowder plot was concocted there; however, Speight determines that there is no evidence that Fawkes visited the village after 1603, which makes this tale extremely unlikely.Apart from the Guy Fawkes Arms public house, the village has little in the way of public amenities. It has a village hall, a cricket team and a boys and girls junior football teams, but no shop, as the post office closed down rather than become a national lottery outlet. There is a Methodist church and Anglican one (the Church of St Thomas the Apostle). St Thomas' church was consecrated in May 1889; previous to this, worship used to be held in a house in the village.Scotton Cricket Club play in the Nidderdale Cricket League with the 1st XI in the 2nd division, and the 2nd XI in the 8th division of the same league.Scotton is sometimes used as a shortcut by people wishing to travel from the A6055 to the B6165 and vice versa.

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Scriven Park
Scriven Park

Scriven Park was a historic house and estate in Knaresborough, a town in North Yorkshire, in England. The estate was the home of the Slingsby family from the 13th century. The house was rebuilt in the early 18th century for Sir Henry Slingsby, 5th Baronet. The new building was designed by William Wakefield in the neoclassical style, with an enclosed portico. The family died out in the late 19th century, the estate was sold and later broken up. It was requisitioned at the start of World War II, but was empty when it was damaged by a fire in the early 1950s. It was demolished in 1954. The gate piers survive, as do the coach house and stables, converted into a house. The two pairs of gate piers at the entrance to the drive are constructed of rusticated stone. The inner pair are about 4 metres (13 ft) high, and each pier has a moulded plinth and a deep cornice, on which are four S-shaped supports on balls, carrying a swagged orb and a coronet. The outer gate piers are smaller, about 3.5 metres (11 ft) high, and are surmounted by ball finials. They have been grade II* listed since 1966. The former stables and coach house is now known as Scriven Hall. The building was constructed in 1682 for Thomas Slingsby, and was converted into a house in 1966. It is built of gritstone, with a stone slate roof. It is two storeys high, with the stables being seven bays wide, and the coach house a single bay. The main entrance is on the west side in a round archway, with the shield of the Slingsbys above. The windows are mullioned, with most being 20th century replacements. There is a bellcote with a clock and a weathervane.