Category: Pinchinthorpe
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Ornamental Gateposts, Pinchinthorpe Hall
Probably dating from the mid-17th-century when the hall old manor house was rebuilt. Since then it has been much extended and altered. In recent years Pinchinthorpe Hall has undergone many changes in use, from a country residence to a hotel and restaurant, a brewery, and another restaurant which is now closed but a reopening is…
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Course of the old Middlesbrough and Guisborough Railway
The Pinchinthorpe Walkway and Visitor Centre, on the route of the old Middlesbrough and Guisborough Railway. The carriage is not authentic and is a recent purchase for use as an outdoor classroom. The Middlesbrough and Guisborough Railway was built in 1853 to serve the ironstone mines at Codhill owned by Joseph Whitwell Pease, a leading…
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Guisborough Forest And Walkway Visitors Centre, Pinchinthorpe
I cycled the route of the old Middlesbrough and Guisborough Railway towards Nunthorpe in the hope of a nice photo of Roseberry from an unfamiliar angle but the dull weather dashed that idea. It was an out and back route along a well-maintained walkway. At the far end, a six-foot-high fence prevented all chance of…
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Moorhen and chick
I don’t normally linger at ponds and wetlands. Usually, I’m too anxious to gain height onto the moors and fells. But I did dally a while at the small pond today at the Pinchinthorpe Walkway and was amazed at the amount of life there. This moorhen had two chicks, this one being fed by its…
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Roseberry from Pinchinthorp
Another view of Roseberry Topping, this time from Pinchinthorp on the Great Ayton to Guisborough Road.Ā Pinchinthorp is an ancient township, the name deriving fromĀ Pincium, or Pinchun, a Norman family who held land here in the 12th century. To describeĀ Pinchinthorp today as a hamlet is a bit of an overstatement.
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Yorkshire Fog
A couple of months ago, in the summer, I heard an assessor telling theĀ Duke of Edinburgh group I was supervising that the grass that which grows inĀ profusionĀ on disturbed or burnt areasĀ on the moors is called ‘Yorkshire Haze’. An interesting snippet of a local plant nameĀ I thought and locked it away in my grey cells. I…
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Guisborough Forest & Walkway Visitors Centre
A bit of a mouth full, locals know it as just Pinchinthorpe. A very popular base for walking and mountain biking in the forestry of Guisborough and Hutton Lowcross. The photo is looking down on the visitor centre, which is just left of centre, with the Eston Hills as a backdrop. Right of centre is…