IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Main Street, WHITBY, YO21 2BD

Introduction

This page details the photographs taken nearby to Main Street, YO21 2BD by members of the Geograph project.

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Image Listing (81 Images Found)

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Westerdale village from Back Lane
Image: © Colin Grice Taken: 4 Jun 2015
0.01 miles
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Westerdale over the wall
The roof of the former Methodist chapel can be seen on the left.
Image: © Jonathan Thacker Taken: 15 Oct 2011
0.02 miles
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The Wesleyan Chapel
Hidden in a narrow lane off the village street, the Chapel is still used several times a year. (in use when photo was taken, it has since been sold with a house close by, it would seem it was built in their paddock and ownership by anyone else was not provable, no deeds).
Image: © Colin Grice Taken: 4 Jun 2008
0.02 miles
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The Wesleyan Chapel
Seen from Christygate road.
Image: © Colin Grice Taken: 4 Jun 2008
0.02 miles
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Westerdale
The village of Westerdale takes its name from the upper reaches of the River Esk which for some reason lost in history is not referred to as Eskdale, that name seeming to start at Castleton. It's a quiet village, with a population of just 149 at the last count in 25 houses. It wasn't always so. At one time it had two inns, The Horseshoe and The Crown, two shoemakers, two blacksmiths, a wheelwright and a grammar school. Of course in living memory it also had a youth hostel at Westerdale Hall but that is now too a private residence. Perhaps the most interesting residents were the Knights Templar (see http://www.geograph.org.uk/snippet/12820 ), a military monastic order established in the 12th century to protect pilgrims en route to Holy places. Sort of mediaeval bodyguards. One theory claims that the Knights Templar are the direct descendants of modern freemasons. But of course that'll be a secret. In the 16th century the Knights Templar lands were handed over to the Knights Hospitallers. This order was founded originally to provide care for sick, poor or injured pilgrims going to the Holy Land. There is archaeological evidence to suggest that their main site was at Westerdale Hall but that building dates from the 1840s when it was built as a shooting lodge for the Feversham Estate. The Knights Hospitallers were otherwise known as the Order of St John and are still in existence today, better known as the St. John Ambulance Brigade.
Image: © Mick Garratt Taken: 22 Feb 2016
0.02 miles
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The Old Vicarage
Lovely substantial house opposite the church. It was built in the early 20th Century to replace an earlier vicarage in the corner of the churchyard which had structural problems.
Image: © Colin Grice Taken: 4 Jun 2008
0.02 miles
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Cottages in Westerdale
Image: © Colin Grice Taken: 4 Jun 2008
0.02 miles
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Rooftops of Westerdale
This is the view from Christy Gate Road.
Image: © Bill Boaden Taken: 30 Jul 2010
0.02 miles
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Inglenook
Village house with particularly flowery garden in early June.
Image: © Colin Grice Taken: 4 Jun 2008
0.03 miles
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Pheasant, Christ Church, Westerdale
The cock pheasant is standing on the wall to the churchyard. Pheasants, first recorded in England in 1059, are now widespread throughout Britain and Ireland. One theory is that they were introduced by the Romans from Asia. The common pheasant derives from the Chinese ring-necked, black-necked and Mongolian breeds, and accordingly varies in plumage. This has produced two forms - those with a white neck-ring and those without. Pheasants are ground dwelling birds, vulnerable to foxes, stoats, weasels and other predators. Due to the efforts of gamekeepers, who also supply winter feeding, pheasants survive in larger numbers than would be possible if they were left to fend for themselves.
Image: © Maigheach-gheal Taken: 4 Apr 2011
0.04 miles
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