Out & About …

… on the North York Moors, or wherever I happen to be.

Tag: blacksmiths

  • Blacksmith's Forge, Chop Gate

    Blacksmith's Forge, Chop Gate

    A single storey sandstone building with date 0f 1826 on the door lintol. It underwent restoration in 2008 after a gable had collapsed in storms the previous year. It is unused but still contains the original functionality although the beehive-shaped firehood was destroyed by the collapse. The building contains element of an earlier construction indeed a 1781…

  • G. Ward & Son, Blacksmiths of Carlton

    G. Ward & Son, Blacksmiths of Carlton

    Took the road bike out today which gave me a chance for a more closer look at the villages of Cleveland than I can get from a car. Carlton has a pub and a school but no shop. But what it does have, and perhaps one of the last villages to do so, is a village blacksmith.…