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Foxholes, North Yorkshire
Foxholes is a village in North Yorkshire, England, part of the civil parish of Foxholes with Butterwick. It lies where the B1249 road crosses the Great Wold Valley, south from Scarborough, north-west from Bridlington, and north-east from Sledmere. The course of the winterbourne stream the Gypsey Race passes to the south of the village. Until 1974, the village lay in the historic county boundaries of the East Riding of Yorkshire. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Ryedale district. St Mary's Church, Foxholes is a Grade II listed former Anglican church, an 1866 limestone and sandstone construction by George Fowler Jones ''Pevsner'' describes this neo- Norman church as: "one of the ugliest in the Riding... The north aisle piers are grotesque, with their undersized shafts on their over-high bases and their big square foliage capitals... FONT. Obtrusively Norman". He also notes several windows by Capronnier, and a 1720 cup by William Gamble. See also * Listed buildin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Kingdom Census 2011
A Census in the United Kingdom, census of the population of the United Kingdom is taken every ten years. The 2011 census was held in all countries of the UK on 27 March 2011. It was the first UK census which could be completed online via the Internet. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is responsible for the census in England and Wales, the General Register Office for Scotland (GROS) is responsible for the census in Scotland, and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) is responsible for the census in Northern Ireland. The Office for National Statistics is the executive office of the UK Statistics Authority, a non-ministerial department formed in 2008 and which reports directly to Parliament. ONS is the UK Government's single largest statistical producer of independent statistics on the UK's economy and society, used to assist the planning and allocation of resources, policy-making and decision-making. ONS designs, manages and runs the census in England an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Riding Of Yorkshire
The East Riding of Yorkshire, often abbreviated to the East Riding or East Yorkshire, is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire to the north and west, South Yorkshire to the south-west, and Lincolnshire to the south across the Humber Estuary. The city of Kingston upon Hull is the largest settlement. The county has an area of and a population of 600,259. Kingston upon Hull is by far the largest settlement, with population of 267,014, and is a major port and the county's economic and transport centre. The rest of the county is largely rural, and the next largest towns are the seaside resort of Bridlington (35,369) and the historic town of Beverley (30,351), which is also the county town. The county is governed by two unitary authorities, East Riding of Yorkshire Council and Hull City Council. It takes its name from the East Riding County Council, East Riding, a historic subdivision of York ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GENUKI
GENUKI is a genealogy web portal, run as a charitable trust. It "provides a virtual reference library of genealogical information of particular relevance to the UK and Ireland". It gives access to a large collection of information, with the emphasis on primary sources, or means to access them, rather than on existing genealogical research. Name The name derives from the phrase "Genealogy of the UK and Ireland", although its coverage is wider than this. From the GENUKI website: Structure The website has a well defined structure at four levels. * The first level is information that is common to all "the United Kingdom and Ireland". * The next level has information for each of England (see example) Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. * The third level has information on each pre-1974 county of England and Wales, each of the pre-1975 counties of Scotland, each of the 32 counties of Ireland and each island of the Channel Islands (e.g. Cheshire, County ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Listed Buildings In Foxholes, North Yorkshire
Foxholes, North Yorkshire, Foxholes is a Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It contains three Listed building#England and Wales, listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the villages of Foxholes and Butterwick, Foxholes, Butterwick and the surrounding countryside, and the listed buildings consist of two churches and a farmhouse. __NOTOC__ Key Buildings References Citations Sources * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Foxholes, North Yorkshire Lists of listed buildings in North Yorkshire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Baptiste Capronnier
Jean-Baptiste Capronnier (1 February 1814 – 31 July 1891) was a Belgium, Belgian stained glass painter. Born in Brussels in 1814, he had much to do with the modern revival of glass-painting, and first made his reputation by his study of the old methods of workmanship, and his clever restorations of old examples, and copies made for the Brussels archaeological museum. He carried out windows for various churches in Brussels (including the Église Royale Sainte-Marie), Bruges, Amsterdam, the UK and elsewhere, and his work was commissioned also for France, Italy and England. At the Exposition Universelle (1855), Paris Exhibition of 1855 he won the only medal given for glasspainting. He died in Schaerbeek in 1891. Capronnier was also an entomologist specialising in Lepidoptera and he became a Member of the Royal Belgian Entomological Society. Entomological titles (selection) *Capronnier, J.B. (1889): Liste des Lépidoptères capturés au Congo. ''Bulletin de la Société Entomologi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Architecture
The term Norman architecture is used to categorise styles of Romanesque architecture developed by the Normans in the various lands under their dominion or influence in the 11th and 12th centuries. In particular the term is traditionally used for English Romanesque architecture. The Normans introduced large numbers of castles and fortifications including Norman keeps, and at the same time monastery, monasteries, abbeys, churches and cathedrals, in a style characterised by the usual Romanesque rounded arches (particularly over windows and doorways) and especially massive proportions compared to other regional variations of the style. Origins These Romanesque architecture, Romanesque styles originated in Normandy and became widespread in northwestern Europe, particularly in England, which contributed considerable development and where the largest number of examples survived. At about the same time, Hauteville family, a Norman dynasty that ruled in Sicily produced a distinctive va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Fowler Jones
George Fowler Jones (25 January 1818 – 1 March 1905) was an architect and early amateur photographer who was born in Scotland but based for most of his working life in York. Biography and work Jones was born in Inverness in 1818. He studied under architect William Wilkins, the designer of Yorkshire Museum and the National Gallery, assisting him with the plates for his work on Vitruvius; then in around 1839 in London under Sir Sydney Smirke. When Smirke undertook repairs to the fire-damaged York Minster in the early 1840s, including revolutionary iron roof trusses, he sent Jones to take measurements. Jones liked York enough to move there shortly after. A few years later Jones designed similar iron roof trusses for one of his early commissions, Castle Oliver in Ireland. Jones was elected Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) on 17 February 1868, proposed by Decimus Burton, Sydney Smirke and Ewan Christian. He married firstly Anne, in 1848, the 3rd daughte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglican
Anglicanism, also known as Episcopalianism in some countries, is a Western Christianity, Western Christian tradition which developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of the largest branches of Christianity, with around 110 million adherents worldwide . Most are members of national or regional Ecclesiastical province#Anglican Communion, ecclesiastical provinces of the international Anglican Communion, one of the largest Christian bodies in the world, and the world's third-largest Christian communion. When united and uniting churches, united churches in the Anglican Communion and the breakaway Continuing Anglican movement were not counted, there were an estimated 97.4 million Anglicans worldwide in 2020. Adherents of Anglicanism are called ''Anglicans''; they are also called ''Episcopalians'' in some countries. The provinces within the Anglican ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Listed Building
In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Historic Environment Division of the Department for Communities in Northern Ireland. The classification schemes differ between England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland (see sections below). The term has also been used in the Republic of Ireland, where buildings are protected under the Planning and Development Act 2000, although the statutory term in Ireland is "Record of Protected Structures, protected structure". A listed building may not be demolished, extended, or altered without permission from the local planning authority, which typically consults the relevant central government agency. In England and Wales, a national amenity society must be notified of any work to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Mary's Church, Foxholes
St Mary's Church is a closed Anglican church in Foxholes, North Yorkshire, a village in England. A church was built in Foxholes in the Norman period. It was restored or rebuilt in about 1777. In 1848, it was described as "an ancient structure, consisting of a nave and chancel separated by a fine Norman arch". In 1866, the church was entirely rebuilt by George Fowler Jones, in the Neo-Norman style. It was grade II listed in 1966. The church is built of sandstone with limestone dressings, some Mansfield stone, and a slate roof. It consists of a nave, a north aisle, an apsidal chancel, a vestry, and a southwest tower. The tower has four stages, string courses, lancet windows and roundels, and round-headed bell openings, above which is a scalloped cornice and a pyramidal roof with a weathercock. The porch is gabled, and contains a round arch with nailhead moulding, shafts with stiff-leaf capitals, an impost band and a hood mould. The stained glass in the windows of the ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foxholes St Marys Church June 2009 (Nigel Coates)
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Ryedale
Ryedale was a non-metropolitan district in North Yorkshire, England. It was in the Vale of Pickering, a low-lying flat area of land drained by the River Derwent, Yorkshire, River Derwent. The Vale's landscape is rural with scattered villages and towns. It has been inhabited continuously from the Mesolithic period. The economy was largely agricultural with light industry and tourism playing an increasing role. Towns included Helmsley, Kirkbymoorside, Malton, North Yorkshire, Malton, Norton-on-Derwent, and Pickering, North Yorkshire, Pickering. Part of Ryedale lies within the North York Moors National Park. The A64 road (England), A64 passed through Ryedale and villages such as Rillington. In the 2011 Census, the population of this primarily rural area of 150,659 hectares, the largest district in North Yorkshire, was 51,700. Derivation of name The name refers to the River Rye, Yorkshire, River Rye and was previously used for the Ryedale wapentake of Yorkshire, which covered r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
