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Steeton, North Yorkshire
Steeton is a civil parish about 6 miles from York, in North Yorkshire, England. In 2001 the parish had a population of 27. The parish touches Appleton Roebuck, Bilbrough, Bolton Percy, Catterton, Colton, Oxton and Tadcaster. Landmarks There are 4 listed buildings in Steeton. History The name "Steeton" means 'Stub ton', 'Tree-stump farm/settlement'. Steeton was recorded in the Domesday Book as ''Stiueton''/''Stiuetone''/''Stiuetune''. Steeton is a deserted medieval village that was thought to have been depopulated except for the Fairfax family Members of the Fairfax Family were prominent as Australian media proprietors, especially in the area of newspaper publishing through the company John Fairfax and Sons (later known as Fairfax Media, although the Fairfax family no longe ... by about 1485. The remains of the centre of the village were destroyed in the early 16th century by the construction of a pond. Steeton was formerly a township in the parish of Bolton ...
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North Yorkshire (district)
North Yorkshire is a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, England. It covers seven former districts: Craven District, Craven, Hambleton District, Hambleton, Borough of Harrogate, Harrogate, Borough of Scarborough, Scarborough, Richmondshire, Ryedale and Selby District, Selby. The district has an area of , and, with the City of York and the boroughs of borough of Middlesbrough, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland and Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, Stockton-on-Tees (south of the River Tees), forms the North Yorkshire, ceremonial county of North Yorkshire. It is governed by North Yorkshire Council. History The district was created on 1 April 2023, following the merger of the above boroughs and districts as part of the 2019–2023 structural changes to local government in England. Geography The district has multiple hamlets and villages. Larger towns and settlements include Harrogate, Scarborou ...
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Tadcaster
Tadcaster is a market town and civil parish in the Selby district of North Yorkshire, England, east of the Great North Road, north-east of Leeds, and south-west of York. Its historical importance from Roman times onward was largely as the lowest road crossing-point on the River Wharfe until the construction of the A64 Tadcaster by-pass some to the south, in 1978. There are two rail crossings downstream of the town before the Wharfe joins the River Ouse near Cawood. Tadcaster is twinned with Saint-Chély-d'Apcher in France. The town was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974, but is now part of North Yorkshire. Thanks to its position on the banks of the River Wharfe parts of the town adjacent to the bridge are prone to flooding. History Roman The Romans built a settlement and named it ''Calcaria'' from the Latin word for ''lime'', reflecting the importance of the area's limestone geology as a natural resource for quarrying, an industry which continues and ...
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Civil Parishes In North Yorkshire
This is a list of civil parishes in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England, including Stockton-on-Tees (south of the river). There are 773 civil parishes, most of the county being parished. Unparished areas include the former Harrogate Municipal Borough, except for Pannal and Burn Bridge, parts of the former Teesside County Borough, part of the former Scarborough Municipal Borough and the former York County Borough. For the part of the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees north of the River Tees, see List of civil parishes in County Durham. Population figures are unavailable for some of the smallest parishes. See also * List of civil parishes in England References External links Office for National Statistics : Geographical Area Listings {{North Yorkshire North Yorkshire Civil parishes In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below d ...
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A Vision Of Britain Through Time
The Great Britain Historical GIS (or GBHGIS) is a spatially enabled database that documents and visualises the changing human geography of the British Isles, although is primarily focussed on the subdivisions of the United Kingdom mainly over the 200 years since the first census in 1801. The project is currently based at the University of Portsmouth, and is the provider of the website ''A Vision of Britain through Time''. NB: A "GIS" is a geographic information system, which combines map information with statistical data to produce a visual picture of the iterations or popularity of a particular set of statistics, overlaid on a map of the geographic area of interest. Original GB Historical GIS (1994–99) The first version of the GB Historical GIS was developed at Queen Mary, University of London between 1994 and 1999, although it was originally conceived simply as a mapping extension to the existing Labour Markets Database (LMDB). The system included digital boundaries fo ...
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Fairfax Family
Members of the Fairfax Family were prominent as Australian media proprietors, especially in the area of newspaper publishing through the company John Fairfax and Sons (later known as Fairfax Media, although the Fairfax family no longer control the eponymous company). Some members have also been prominent in Australian philanthropy and the arts. Six generations of the family are descended from Anglo-Celtic immigrants to Australia, patriarch John Fairfax, an English-born journalist, and his wife, Sarah (née Reading). Both were from the Barford area of Warwickshire, and emigrated to the Colony of New South Wales in 1838. Generational history First generation John Fairfax was born in Barford, Warwickshire, the second son of William Fairfax and his wife, Elizabeth ''née'' Jesson. In 1817, John Fairfax was apprenticed to William Perry, a bookseller and printer in Warwick. In 1825, Fairfax went to London where he worked as a compositor in a general ...
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Deserted Medieval Village
In the United Kingdom, a deserted medieval village (DMV) is a former settlement which was abandoned during the Middle Ages, typically leaving no trace apart from earthworks or cropmarks. If there are fewer than three inhabited houses the convention is to regard the site as deserted; if there are more than three houses, it is regarded as a shrunken medieval village. There are estimated to be more than 3,000 DMVs in England alone. Other deserted settlements Not all sites are medieval: villages reduced in size or disappeared over a long period, from as early as Anglo-Saxon times to as late as the 1960s, due to numerous different causes. Reasons for desertion Over the centuries, settlements have been deserted as a result of natural events, such as rivers changing course or silting up, flooding (especially during the wet 13th and 14th centuries) as well as coastal and estuarine erosion or being overwhelmed by windblown sand. Many were thought to have been abandoned due to the ...
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Domesday Book
Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manuscript was originally known by the Latin name ''Liber de Wintonia'', meaning "Book of Winchester", where it was originally kept in the royal treasury. The '' Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' states that in 1085 the king sent his agents to survey every shire in England, to list his holdings and dues owed to him. Written in Medieval Latin, it was highly abbreviated and included some vernacular native terms without Latin equivalents. The survey's main purpose was to record the annual value of every piece of landed property to its lord, and the resources in land, manpower, and livestock from which the value derived. The name "Domesday Book" came into use in the 12th century. Richard FitzNeal wrote in the '' Dialogus de Scaccario'' ( 1179) that the bo ...
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Listed Buildings In Steeton, North Yorkshire
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Ordnance Survey
Ordnance Survey (OS) is the national mapping agency for Great Britain. The agency's name indicates its original military purpose (see ordnance and surveying), which was to map Scotland in the wake of the Jacobite rising of 1745. There was also a more general and nationwide need in light of the potential threat of invasion during the Napoleonic Wars. Since 1 April 2015 Ordnance Survey has operated as Ordnance Survey Ltd, a state-owned enterprise, government-owned company, 100% in public ownership. The Ordnance Survey Board remains accountable to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. It was also a member of the Public Data Group. Paper maps for walkers represent only 5% of the company's annual revenue. It produces digital map data, online route planning and sharing services and mobile apps, plus many other location-based products for business, government and consumers. Ordnance Survey mapping is usually classified as either "Scale (map), large-sc ...
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Oxton, North Yorkshire
Oxton is a village and civil parish in the Selby District of North Yorkshire, England, and about south-west from the county town and city of York. The parish touches Bolton Percy, Grimston, Kirkby Wharfe with North Milford, Steeton and Tadcaster. In 2001 the parish had a population of 20. The name "Oxton" means 'Ox farm/settlement', and was recorded in the ''Domesday Book'' as "Ositone". The lord of the manor in 1086 was Osbern D'Arques, who had received the manor of a 2 ploughlands area from the 1066 lord Alwin, and who was also tenant-in-chief to king William I. Also listed within Oxton is Ouston Farm, of 2 ploughlands and a meadow of , which was under the lordship of Toki, son of Auti in 1066, and which passed to Fulco, son of Rainfrid in 1086 under William de Percy, the tenant-in-chief to William. Within the parish is the deserted medieval village of Oulston. Oxton was formerly a township in the parish of Tadcaster, and in 1866 became a civil parish in its own right. ...
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North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire is the largest ceremonial county (lieutenancy area) in England, covering an area of . Around 40% of the county is covered by national parks, including most of the Yorkshire Dales and the North York Moors. It is one of four counties in England to hold the name Yorkshire; the three other counties are the East Riding of Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire. North Yorkshire may also refer to a non-metropolitan county, which covers most of the ceremonial county's area () and population (a mid-2016 estimate by the ONS of 602,300), and is administered by North Yorkshire County Council. The non-metropolitan county does not include four areas of the ceremonial county: the City of York, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland and the southern part of the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, which are all administered by unitary authorities. The non-metropolitan county and the City of York are within the Yorkshire and the Humber region. Middlesbrough, Redcar and ...
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Colton, North Yorkshire
Colton is a village in the Selby District of North Yorkshire, England, seven miles south-west of York. The closest town is Tadcaster. History In 1392, William son of William de Colton was pardoned on grounds of self-defense for killing Robert Mason in Colton.Calendar of Patent Rolls 1388-1392 p.376 for more details see British National Archives JUST 3/176 m.16 Amenities The village has one pub, Ye Olde Sun Inn. There is a wider selection of amenities in neighbouring Copmanthorpe. For amenities such as supermarkets it is necessary to travel to either Tadcaster or York. Transport The village is close to the A64 and the East Coast Main Line. Upon completion of High Speed 2 this will join the East Coast Main Line at Colton. Despite being situated on the East Coast Main Line, the closest railway station is Ulleskelf Ulleskelf is a village and civil parish in the Selby District of North Yorkshire, England, four miles from Tadcaster on the River Wharfe. Its name come ...
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