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The Farmers Arms, Scorton
Cosy village pub looking out over the green.
Image: © Gordon Hatton
Taken: 14 Feb 2009
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The Farmer's Arms, Scorton
The last pub on the green. The other one is now a bar and restaurant.
Image: © Christine Johnstone
Taken: 14 Dec 2010
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Mill House, Scorton
This looks like two houses knocked into one as the right hand side looks older than the left. Could it be early 18th century? A nice sundial on the wall facing out over the green.
Image: © Gordon Hatton
Taken: 14 Feb 2009
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Scorton old Grammar School clock from Back Lane
Dusktime lighting of the clock tower on the building that used to be part of the Grammar School, which closed in 1991 and is now houses.
More at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorton_Grammar_School
Image: © Nick W
Taken: 23 Nov 2021
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Scorton
Headed west for a change. A cycling foray into the flat farmlands of the Vale of Mowbray.
Sir Nikolaus Pevsner (1902-1983), the renowned architectural writer, described Scorton as having “a rather large, somewhat shapeless green”. But it is an unusual green in the fact that it is raised higher than the rest of the village. There are only two such other raised village greens in the whole of England (but another source does say there are actually three). The green was at one time the village rubbish tip before it was levelled and the wall built around it. It is surrounded by a one way system of the B1263 but is used regularly for cricket and football. Just don’t score a six or kick the ball out of touch.
The name Scorton is Anglo-Saxon. It was referred to as Scoretone in the Domesday Book. The ‘ton’ suffix is from the Old English tun for a farm or settlement. Opinion is divided about the origin of the scor element. One thought is that it meant short, as opposed the nearby village of Langton or ‘Long Tun’. Alternately it could come from the Old Norse word skor, meaning a rift in the rock or ravine. This hybridisation of Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian names is not unusual. There are several examples in North Yorkshire. But I can not see where the ravine is around here.
The village was at one time home to two well known institutions. The Hospital of St John of God was founded in 1880 on the grounds of the former convent of St Clare. The current building was built in 1912/13. The chimneys can be seen in the photo on the skyline just left of the two trees. It is now a care home.
Image: © Mick Garratt
Taken: 28 May 2016
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Cottages in Scorton
Row of traditional cottages in Scorton, the majority of brick construction, but the nearer one of stone rubble with dressed stone quoins.
Image: © Gordon Hatton
Taken: 14 Feb 2009
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Sign for the Farmers Arms, Scorton
Image: © JThomas
Taken: 14 Nov 2015
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The Farmers Arms, Scorton
Image: © JThomas
Taken: 14 Nov 2015
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Outbuildings, Farmers Arms
These quite charming outbuildings lie behind the Farmers Arms. They are mainly unused following a fire on Christmas Eve several years ago.
Image: © Tony Simms
Taken: 26 Apr 2015
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Bus stop facing Scorton Village Green
Sheltered seating with loose cushions
Image: © Peter Robinson
Taken: 8 Sep 2013
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