17-659: Fylingthorpe is a village in the Fylingdales civil parish of North Yorkshire , England. Fylingthorpe is located about 1.1 miles (1.8 km) inland from the coast of the North Sea, and about 0.7 mi (1.1 km) from Robin Hood's Bay , the larger of the two settlements within Fylingdales Parish, between 180 ft (55 m) and 656 ft (200 m) above sea level. The country rises sharply west of
34-443: A doorway with alternating block jambs , a patterned fanlight , a keystone , a frieze and a hood mould . The windows are sashes with flat heads and keystones. In the right return are mullioned windows with hood moulds, the window in the upper floor is larger with a transom , and in the attic is an oculus . There is a wall round three sides of the garden to the east with wrought iron gates. The inside has been altered, but
51-540: A prolonged period of heavy rain across England in September 2024, Fylingdales saw its September monthly average of 81 millimetres (3.2 in) of rain falling in just two days. The Tri-Partite site known as RAF Fylingdales is named after the place but is not actually in the parish. Originally planned to be built on a site at Grouse Hill within Fylingdales, the site was moved due to coastal erosion concerns, and
68-606: Is in Fylingthorpe not far from the Fyling Beck and was leased by the abbey in 1539. It is built in sandstone with a slate roof and mullioned windows. Sir Hugh Cholmley sold Fyling Hall in 1634 to Sir John Hotham whose descendants held the estate including the hall and mill until the 18th century. The moor within the parishes of Fylingdales and Hawsker-cum-Stainsacre is managed by the ancient Manor of Fyling Court Leet . Courts Leet can be traced to Norman times, and
85-427: The 2011 UK census , Fylingdales parish had a population of 1,346, a reduction on the 2001 UK census figure of 1,485. Now similar to Fyllingsdalen , Fylingdales was recorded as Figclinge in the 11th century, Figelinge, Figelingam and Fielinge in the 11th and 12th centuries and possibly as Saxeby in the 12th century. The name derives from Fygla's people. It was a parochial chapelry south of Whitby and contained
102-457: The 13th century as Prestethorpe . The Fawside family, who originated in Scotland and accompanied King James I , had Thorpe Hall mansion built in 1680. They later changed their name into Farsyde and, as lords of Fylingdales Manor, were involved in various conflicts of political, religious, and military nature. They were also involved in shipping and smuggling. Fyling Hall railway station on
119-696: The Esk Valley Evening League and a junior section that compete in the Derwent Valley Junior Cricket League. Fyling Old Hall 54°24′43.114″N 0°32′51.583″W / 54.41197611°N 0.54766194°W / 54.41197611; -0.54766194 Fyling Old Hall is a historic building in Fylingthorpe, a hamlet in North Yorkshire , in England. The house was originally built in
136-530: The Lower Oolite . The height varies from 75 feet (23 m) to 100 feet (30 m) above the ordnance datum on the cliffs to 775 feet (236 m) on the moors. Alum was worked at Stoupe Brow and Peak. There were brick and tile-works at High Normanby and at Quarry Hill, Raw. The moorland has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and is managed by the Manor Court. During
153-619: The Manor of Fyling Court Leet was mentioned and recognised in the Administration of Justices Act 1977 to continue to transact the "Management of the Commons in the Manor". The area of Fylingdales is 13,325 acres (5,392 ha) of land and inland water. The chief crops grown were barley and oats but most of the land was in pasture or moorland . The cliffs are Upper Lias shale capped by Dogger and False Bedded Sandstones and shales of
170-463: The Mediaeval period, and was recorded in 1539 when it was leased by Whitby Abbey . In 1629, it was largely rebuilt by Hugh Cholmeley . In 1634, Cholmeley sold the house to John Hotham , and although Hotham was executed for treason in 1645, the house remained in his family into the 18th century. In the 1820s, the hall was converted into a farmhouse , with the east front being refaced, and most of
187-408: The home of Fyling Hall School, replaced an earlier hall where in 1632 the politician Sir Hugh Cholmeley was born. St Stephen's Old Church north of the village, a chapel of ease which contains memorials for shipwrecked sailors, was built in 1821 as a preaching church, replacing a predecessor. It is a Grade I listed building. The "Pigsty" is an architectural folly south of Fyling Hall, built in
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#1732787005433204-602: The late 19th century as pig stables in a neoclassical style by John Barry, a shipowner and resident of the mansion, and is now rented out as holiday accommodation by the Landmark Trust. Fylingdales Fylingdales is a civil parish in North Yorkshire , England situated south of Whitby , within the North York Moors National Park . It contains the villages of Robin Hood's Bay and Fylingthorpe and Fyling Hall School. According to
221-569: The name was not changed as it was preferable to being called RAF Snod Hill (Snod Hill is where it is actually located) and it sits at the western edge of Fylingdales Moor. Fylingdales Cricket Club is in Middlewood Lane, about one kilometre south east of Fylingthorpe village. The club have two senior teams: a Saturday 1st XI that compete in the Scarborough Beckett Cricket League , a Midweek Senior XI in
238-574: The now defunct Scarborough and Whitby Railway served the nearby school from 1885 to 1965, but the village was nearer to the station at Robin Hood's Bay . In 1923, the boarding school of Fyling Hall was founded in a Georgian country house near the village. It is still in operation. Thorpe Hall , an Elizabethan mansion built by the Fawside family in 1680 and extended twice in the 19th century, now serves as bed and breakfast accommodation. The Georgian country house of Fyling Hall, built in 1810 and now
255-481: The village itself towards Fyling Hall school by about 100 m in 1 km. The underlying geology is boulder clay. Fylingthorpe, then an agglomeration-type settlement, is reported in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "waste" and non-populated. It came under the jurisdiction of William de Percy who between 1091 and 1096 granted it to Whitby Abbey . The village was originally only known as Thorpe and in
272-411: The villages of Robin Hood's Bay and Thorpe, or Fylingthorpe (which was recorded as Prestethorpe in the 13th century) and the hamlets of Normanby, Parkgate, Ramsdale , Raw (Fyling Rawe, 16th century) and Stoupe Brow. The church, dedicated to St Stephen replaced an ancient chapel which had Saxon origins and was demolished in about 1821 and was a dependent chapel of Whitby Abbey . Fyling Old Hall
289-417: The windows replaced. The building was grade II listed in 1969. The building is constructed of stone, mainly pebbledashed, on a plinth with quoins and some chamfered coping . The roof is in tile with stone copings and kneelers. The house has two storeys and attics, a main front of three bays and a stair tower with a pyramidal roof and a ball finial . The garden front has four bays, and contains
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