Duffield Gate railway station

South Duffield Windmill is a historic building in South Duffield, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. A windmill was first recorded in South Duffield in 1311, when Luke de Hemingborough gave it to Drax Priory. A windmill was again recorded in the 17th century. The current mill was built in about 1800, and was used for grinding cereal. It was in use until about 1930, and appears to have been used again during World War II, before becoming derelict. The building was Grade II listed in 1988. In the 2010s, it was converted into a house. The windmill is built of red brick, and consists of a circular tapering tower with four storeys. In the bottom storey is a doorway to the east and windows in the other faces, and above are four windows in each storey, all with segmental heads.

Cliffe Common railway station, also known as Cliff Common, formerly Cliff Common Gate, served the village of Cliffe, Selby, England from 1848 to 1964 on the Selby-Driffield line, and was the southern terminus of the Derwent Valley Light Railway.

Menthorpe Gate railway station was a station on the Selby to Driffield Line in North Yorkshire, England serving the village of North Duffield and the hamlets of Menthorpe and Bowthorpe. It appeared first in public timetables in 1851 and kept the "Gate" suffix when it was dropped from many other station names in 1864. The main station building, a two-storey brick building, was at the east end of the up platform, the signal box was on the west side of the level crossing on the down side of the line. The goods yard had two sidings and did not handle livestock.The station closed to passengers on 7 December 1953 as the second of the intermediate stations on the line. It remained open for goods traffic until 27 January 1964. Station building and signalbox were dismantled in the early 1970s, only the crossing keeper's house still stands.The 1881 census shows that Frances Calvert, a widow aged 69, was the "Station Mistress" at Menthorpe Gate.

North Duffield is a village and civil parish in the Selby District of North Yorkshire, England. It was historically part of the East Riding of Yorkshire until 1974. It lies about 4 miles (7 km) north-east of Selby and 11 miles (18 km) south-east of York, on the A163 road from Selby to Market Weighton. The River Derwent forms the eastern boundary of the parish. It has an area of around 10,080 acres (4,081 ha) (according to 2001 UK Census data). There are approximately 1,800 residents in the village, the majority of whom are aged between 30 and 50 years. The population at the 2011 Census was 1,317.

Cliffe is a small village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It was historically part of the East Riding of Yorkshire until 1974, but from 1974 to 2023 was in the Selby District of the shire county of North Yorkshire. In 2023 the district was abolished and North Yorkshire became a unitary authority. The civil parish includes the villages of Cliffe Common, South Duffield, Lund, and Newhay. The site of the former Selby Coalfield Whitemoor mine in the north of the parish is now a business park.

Cliff railway station was opened in 1840 as an original station of the Hull and Selby Railway. It was renamed Hemingbrough railway station in 1874. The station closed in 1967.

Holmes House is a historic building in South Duffield, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. There was a building on the site in the medieval period, part of the moat of which survives. The current building was constructed in the early 17th century as a large farmhouse, in the Artisan Mannerist style. It was purchased by Michael Barstow in 1663, and remained in the family until 1926. There were various later alterations and additions, including a substantial late-20th century range at the rear. The building was Grade II* listed in 1966. The house is built of brick, with a floor band, and a pantile roof with gable bands and a right curvilinear gable. It has two storeys and is five bays wide. The middle bay projects as a two-story gabled porch containing a round-arched doorway with engaged columns, imposts, and a moulded pediment. Above it is a two-light mullioned window with a pediment. The outer bays contain mullioned and transomed windows in round openings with cogged surrounds. The ground floor windows have triangular pediments in the outer bays and segmental pediments in the inner bays.

St Andrew's Church is a mission church in Cliffe, a village near Selby in North Yorkshire, in England. A chantry chapel linked to Cliffe was established at Drax Priory in 1345. There was no Anglican place of worship in the village until 1908, when a mission church linked to St Mary the Virgin, Hemingbrough was constructed. It was a small wooden structure, but supported a service each Sunday. It was rebuilt in brick in 1985 and is now described by the Church of England as a "tranquil place for worship", which is also ideal for holding meetings.

The church of St Mary the Virgin, Hemingbrough is a Grade I listed building in Hemingbrough, district of Selby, North Yorkshire, England. It is also known as Hemingbrough Minster.

Menthorpe is a hamlet in the civil parish of North Duffield in North Yorkshire, England. It lies on the west bank of the River Derwent, 6 miles (10 km) east of Selby. Menthorpe Ings, north of the hamlet, is a flood meadow which is part of the Derwent Ings Site of Special Scientific Interest, internationally important for its concentration of water-fowl in winter.

Duffield Castle lay on the flood plain of the River Derwent in the parish of North Duffield in the English county of North Yorkshire. It was documented in 1320. Duffield Castle was owned by John Hussey, 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford, who was executed in 1537. It is uncertain when the castle was demolished, but all that remains today are earthworks marking the position of the mound and ditches. A farmhouse was later built on the site.

Ouse and Derwent was a wapentake of the historic East Riding of Yorkshire, England consisting of the westerly part of the county, between the River Ouse and the River Derwent. Established in medieval times, it ceased to have much significance in the 19th century when the wapentakes were superseded by other administrative divisions for most local government purposes. The area of the wapentake was transferred to North Yorkshire in 1974.