Gristhorpe is a village and

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in the

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district of

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, England. According to the

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, Gristhorpe parish had a population of 397, an increase on the

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figure of 386. Gristhorpe Cliff Tops on the Cleveland Way

The remains of Gristhorpe Man, now on display in the

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, Scarborough, were found buried in a

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in Gristhorpe in the 19th century.

Gristhorpe railway station Gristhorpe railway station was a minor railway station on the Yorkshire Coast Line from Scarborough to Hull, serving the villages of Gristhorpe and Lebberston, and was opened on 5 October 1846 by the York and North Midland Railway. It closed o ...

on the

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from Hull to

served the village until it closed on 16 February 1959. The village main street features a small privately owned church, constructed of corrugated steel sheeting and a village public house, named "The Bull Inn". The entrance to the village was previously dominated by Dale Power Solutions generator manufacturing plant. Established in 1935 by Leonard Dale, it provided standby power services and products for a wide range of applications. The plant was demolished in late 2019 and in early 2020 a new housing development was begun. (This is still in the early construction stage, May 2020)

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