Nunnington

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Nunnington from the air in 2005

Nunnington is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. The River Rye runs through. Its population, including Stonegrave, taken at the 2011 census was 361.[1] It is rich in listed historic buildings.

History[]

Nunnington Hall is a Grade I listed mansion owned by the National Trust and open to the public. The village has 28 other houses and features listed Grade II, including an early 18th-century bridge over the river.[2]

Church[]

The parish church dedicated to All Saints and St James is a Grade I listed building. The nave and chancel date from the late 13th century and the tower from 1672. The tower, porch and vestry were rebuilt in 1883–1884. There is a fine 17th-century pulpit.[3][4]

There is a tomb in the church said to belong to a man named Peter Loschy, who slew a dragon in Loschy Wood. In fact, the tomb belongs to Sir Walter de Teyes of Stonegrave Manor.[5]

Notable residents[]

Former residents of Nunnington have included the writers Annie Keary (1825–1879) and Eliza Harriett Keary (1827–1918) in the 1840s, while their father William Keary (died 1859) was rector.[6] Annie Keary's children's book Mia and Charlie; or a Week's Holiday at Ryedale Rectory (London/Winchester, 1855) recounts the story of a Proud Lady of "Nunningham", who haunts the hall.[7]

Sir Herbert Read, the anarchist poet and critic, was born at nearby Muscoates in 1893 and lived at Muscoates Grange Farm.[8]

Amenities[]

School[]

The nearest schools are at Kirkbymoorside and Malton.[9] Nunnington Church of England School dwindled and closed seemingly before the Second World War.[10]

Public transport[]

Nunnington railway station lay 1 mile (1.6 km) west of the village. It closed to passengers in 1953.[11] The nearest railway station is at Malton (10.2 miles, 16.4 km). There are no public bus services for the village at present.[12]

Gallery[]

  • All Saints' and St. James' Church

  • Nunnington Hall

  • Looking to the River Rye from West Ness

  • Nunnington Bridge

References[]

  1. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Nunnington Parish (1170217276)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  2. ^ English Heritage Retrieved 22 October 2010
  3. ^ Listing document
  4. ^ Further church history detail
  5. ^ "All Saints Church, Nunnington and the Dragon of Loschy Wood – Mysterious Britain & Ireland". Mysterious Britain & Ireland. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  6. ^ Lusting, Jodi (May 2006) [2004]. "Keary, Eliza Harriett (baptised 1827, died 1918)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. Retrieved 22 October 2010. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  7. ^ A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 1 (1914) Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  8. ^ 1901 Census.
  9. ^ Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  10. ^ Photographs. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  11. ^ Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  12. ^ Retrieved 9 May 2019.

External links[]

Media related to Nunnington at Wikimedia Commons

Coordinates: 54°12′N 0°59′W / 54.200°N 0.983°W / 54.200; -0.983

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