Slingsby Aircraft
Slingsby may refer to: People * Slingsby (surname) * Slingsby Baronets Places * Slingsby, North Yorkshire * Slingsby Channel, a strait in the Queen Charlotte Strait region of the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada Other uses * Slingsby Aviation Slingsby Aviation was a British aircraft manufacturer based in Kirkbymoorside, North Yorkshire, England. The company was founded to design and build glider (sailplane), gliders and sailplanes. From the early 1930s to around 1970 it built over 5 ...

Slingsby (surname)
Slingsby is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Francis Slingsby (1569–1651), Anglo-Irish soldier of the late sixteenth century * Fred Slingsby, founder of Slingsby Sailplanes Ltd * Guildford Slingsby (1610–1643), Irish politician * Guylford Slingsby (1565–1631), administrator who went on to be Comptroller of the Navy * Henry Slingsby (other), several people * John Francis Waller (1810–1894), writer publishing magazine articles under the pseudonym of ''Jonathan Freke Slingsby'' * John Slingsby (1788–1826), English amateur cricketer * Mary Slingsby (fl. 1670–1685), English actress * Slingsby Bethel (1617–1697), Member of Parliament with republican sympathies, during the period of the English Civil War * Tom Slingsby (born 1984), Australian sailor * William Cecil Slingsby (1849–1929), English mountain climber and alpine explorer {{surname, Slingsby ...
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Slingsby, North Yorkshire
Slingsby is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, west of Malton, North Yorkshire, Malton on the B1257 road. At the 2001 Census, it had a population of 634, increasing to 665 at the 2011 Census. History The village is mentioned in the ''Domesday Book'' as "Selungesbi" in the "Maneshou hundred". It was part of the Hovingham manor, but some land was owned by ''Orm, son of Gamul'' at the time of the Norman invasion. Afterwards land around the manor were split between ''Hugh, son of Baldric'' and Robert of Mortain, Count Robert of Mortain. The manor passed to the ''Mowbray'' family until 1322, when John de Mowbray, 2nd Baron Mowbray, John de Mowbray was beheaded for rising against the Crown. The ''Wyville'' family held land under the Mowbrays. The ''Hastings'' family held the manor until 1595 when it was purchased by Charles Cavendish (1553–1617), Sir Charles Cavendish (d. 1617). He planned to build a new mansion, employing the architect Robert Smythson, but th ...
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Slingsby Channel
Slingsby Channel is a strait on the north side of Bramham Island in the Queen Charlotte Strait region of the Central Coast of British Columbia. It is one of only two entrances to Seymour Inlet and the associated maze of waterways inland, which lie to the northeast of Bramham. The other entrance is Schooner Channel, formerly Schooner Passage, on the east side of that island. The Fox Islands, which lie in its entrance, Bramham Island and the channel itself, plus Slingsby Rock and Slingsby Point, are named in association with Bramham Park, the Yorkshire Yorkshire ( ) is an area of Northern England which was History of Yorkshire, historically a county. Despite no longer being used for administration, Yorkshire retains a strong regional identity. The county was named after its county town, the ... home of George Lane-Fox. Through the Slingsby Channel flows the world's strongest current, the Nakwakto Rapids, that has been measured at speeds up to 18.4 miles per hour. Th ...
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