Terrington
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Terrington is a large village and civil parish
in the Ryedale
district of North Yorkshire
, England
. It is situated in the Howardian Hills
, 4 miles west of Malton
.
For the visitor, the focal point of Terrington Parish is the Church of All Saints, perched a little above the village street. It looks along the Howardian ridge eastwards towards Castle Howard and Malton, west along the old ridge road towards Easingwold, north to the Vale of Pickering and south, beyond Sheriff Hutton, to York. A mile or two distant are the three Thorpes, which started as Anglo Saxon settlements looking towards Terrington village. Ganthorpe, now a hamlet, was once the centre of a bigger farming community. Mowthorpe has been a backwater, even in this parish, for four hundred years. Wiganthorpe, once a great Estate, pulling the community toward it in the way that Castle Howard still does in the other direction, now has just a remnant of the old Hall, a farm and a few houses.
The Church has been here far longer than any part of the village you can see. It has some Saxon remnants, and its site was probably a place of worship even earlier. The name Terrington is itself Saxon. Perhaps as the Oxford Dictionary of English Place Names thinks, it is from Tiefrung, a picture, hinting at an older history of a Roman villa and mosaic floors. Some have seen its origin in the Anglo-Saxon name for witchcraft. Or maybe it was prosaically named after a Saxon bigwig called Terry?
Today the parish is a pretty spot, but still the right side of chocolate-box perfection. Little, save the church, is much older than Victoria. It is probably home to more commuters than farmers. But its character is still shaped by its rural past.
History has its place in Terrington, but nothing big ever happened here. The interest is in the detail, and that is what these sketches are about.
The village is well served by the last village store in the Howardian Hills, it also boasts its own Art Cafe www.backotheshop.co.uk which is dedicated to supporting local artists as well as serving the best in locally sourced food.
It is home to a prep school, Terrington Hall Preparatory School, a medium-sized Christian school for boys and girls aged 3 to 13, with a mixture of boarders and day pupils.
It is also home to Yorkshire Lavender and Lavenderworld. A lavender farm and garden's on the edge of the village
It is also home to The Storyteller Brewery. A microbrewery based in The Bay Horse Inn. Robert Franklin started this business in September 2008.
Civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...
in the Ryedale
Ryedale
Ryedale is a non-metropolitan district of the shire county of North Yorkshire in England. Settlements include Helmsley, Kirkbymoorside, Malton, Norton-on-Derwent, Pickering, and Terrington.-Derivation of name:...
district of North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan or shire county located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial county primarily in that region but partly in North East England. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 it covers an area of , making it the largest...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It is situated in the Howardian Hills
Howardian Hills
The Howardian Hills form an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in North Yorkshire, England. located between the Yorkshire Wolds, the North York Moors National Park and the Vale of York. The AONB includes farmland, wooded rolling countryside, villages and historic houses with parkland...
, 4 miles west of Malton
Malton, North Yorkshire
Malton is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. The town is the location of the offices of Ryedale District Council and has a population of around 4,000 people....
.
For the visitor, the focal point of Terrington Parish is the Church of All Saints, perched a little above the village street. It looks along the Howardian ridge eastwards towards Castle Howard and Malton, west along the old ridge road towards Easingwold, north to the Vale of Pickering and south, beyond Sheriff Hutton, to York. A mile or two distant are the three Thorpes, which started as Anglo Saxon settlements looking towards Terrington village. Ganthorpe, now a hamlet, was once the centre of a bigger farming community. Mowthorpe has been a backwater, even in this parish, for four hundred years. Wiganthorpe, once a great Estate, pulling the community toward it in the way that Castle Howard still does in the other direction, now has just a remnant of the old Hall, a farm and a few houses.
The Church has been here far longer than any part of the village you can see. It has some Saxon remnants, and its site was probably a place of worship even earlier. The name Terrington is itself Saxon. Perhaps as the Oxford Dictionary of English Place Names thinks, it is from Tiefrung, a picture, hinting at an older history of a Roman villa and mosaic floors. Some have seen its origin in the Anglo-Saxon name for witchcraft. Or maybe it was prosaically named after a Saxon bigwig called Terry?
Today the parish is a pretty spot, but still the right side of chocolate-box perfection. Little, save the church, is much older than Victoria. It is probably home to more commuters than farmers. But its character is still shaped by its rural past.
History has its place in Terrington, but nothing big ever happened here. The interest is in the detail, and that is what these sketches are about.
The village is well served by the last village store in the Howardian Hills, it also boasts its own Art Cafe www.backotheshop.co.uk which is dedicated to supporting local artists as well as serving the best in locally sourced food.
It is home to a prep school, Terrington Hall Preparatory School, a medium-sized Christian school for boys and girls aged 3 to 13, with a mixture of boarders and day pupils.
It is also home to Yorkshire Lavender and Lavenderworld. A lavender farm and garden's on the edge of the village
It is also home to The Storyteller Brewery. A microbrewery based in The Bay Horse Inn. Robert Franklin started this business in September 2008.