English Heritage sites near Grosmont Parish
WHEELDALE ROMAN ROAD
5 miles from Grosmont Parish
A mile-long stretch of enigmatic ancient road - probably Roman but possibly later or earlier - amid wild and beautiful moorland, still with its hard core and drainage ditches.
WHITBY ABBEY
6 miles from Grosmont Parish
The inspiration for Bram Stoker's Dracula, Whitby Abbey sits high on a cliff overlooking the picturesque Yorkshire seaside town.
PICKERING CASTLE
13 miles from Grosmont Parish
This splendid 13th century castle was used as a royal hunting lodge, holiday home and stud farm by a succession of medieval kings.
GISBOROUGH PRIORY
15 miles from Grosmont Parish
The ruins of an Augustinian priory founded by the Bruce family, afterwards Kings of Scotland. They are dominated by the dramatic skeleton of the 14th-century church's east end.
SCARBOROUGH CASTLE
17 miles from Grosmont Parish
With its 3,000 year history, stunning location and panoramic views over the Yorkshire coastline, Scarborough Castle is one of the finest tourist attractions in the North.
HELMSLEY ARCHAEOLOGY STORE
19 miles from Grosmont Parish
Helmsley Archaeology Store holds the extensive archaeological collections and paper based archives from English Heritage guardianship sites from the North of England including the counties of Northumberland, County Durham, Cumbria, Lancashire, Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire, Cheshire.
Churches in Grosmont Parish
St Matthew's Grosmont
St. Matthew's Church, Grosmont, is one of five churches in the United Benefice of Middle Esk Moor. The other churches in the Benefice are at Egton, Goathland, Glaisdale and Lealholm. At this stage of the Covid pandemic and as we currently have no incumbent, our services, in general, are combined benefice services rotating around the benefice.
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St. Matthew's Church was built between 1873 and 1875 and was consecrated on August 6th 1875 by William Thompson, Archbishop of York. It replaced an earlier church which opened in 1842. The earlier building became too small for the large increase in the population of the village with the development of ironstone mining and the opening of the Whitby-Pickering railway in 1836. St. Matthew's Church has recently received Grade II listed status from English Heritage.
The population of Grosmont was over 1,800 by 1881, but after the end of the mining and closure of the iron works early in the twentieth century, the population quickly declined. Today the population is around 300, but numbers are swelled during holiday periods as we are located in the heart of the North York Moors National Park.
Grosmont is also well known as the northern terminus of the North York Moors Railway, one of Britain's premier heritage railways. The approach to the church is next to the level crossing at the NYMR station and parallels the railway track.
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Pubs in Grosmont Parish
Crossing Club
Co-operative Building, Front Street, Grosmont, YO22 5QE
07766 197744
Station Tavern
Grosmont, YO22 5PA
(01947) 895060
stationtavern-grosmont.co.uk