Iburndale Beck
Sleights is a village in North Yorkshire, England. Located in the Esk Valley in the postal region of Whitby, the village is part of the civil parish of Eskdaleside cum Ugglebarnby and the borough of Scarborough (borough), Scarborough. Sleights lies along the steep main A169 road that runs north to south between Whitby and Malton, North Yorkshire, Malton via Pickering, North Yorkshire, Pickering across the North York Moors. At the bottom of the village, the road crosses the Esk Valley Line, Esk Valley Railway, allowing access to Sleights railway station. The road crosses the River Esk, North Yorkshire, River Esk on a high bridge, opened on 26 January 1937. The road continues up the hill to reach the A171 road, A171 Whitby, North Yorkshire, Whitby to Middlesbrough trunk road. At the top of the village is Blue Bank. Due east of the village is the hamlet of Iburndale. Due to road accidents, Blue Bank, with a gradient of 1 in 4 (25%), has an Runaway truck ramp, escape lane of soft sa ...
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Eskdaleside Cum Ugglebarnby
Eskdaleside cum Ugglebarnby is a civil parish in the Scarborough district of North Yorkshire, England, comprising the two villages of Sleights and Ugglebarnby. According to the 2011 UK census, Eskdaleside cum Ugglebarnby parish had a population of 2,238, a reduction on the 2001 UK census figure of 2,252. The village has a church dedicated to All Saints. Eskdaleside murder (1841) In 1841 the murder of Mrs Jane Robinson (née Wilson 1777) was one of the first cases in which an officer from Scotland Yard was sent to investigate a serious crime in the provinces. A miller, William Hill, had been charged with the murder and acquitted, but Nicholas Pearce traced a Thomas Redhead who had almost certainly committed the offence, but had died of smallpox shortly before Pearce traced him. Jane Robinson (née Wilson) was the daughter of John Wilson of Eskdalegate (1725–1794) and Mary Hall (1743–1832). She was murdered at Eskdalegate. Venerable Nicholas Postgate's arr ...
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