Old Byland Research Paper
The following towns and villages are not on the actual route of the Cleveland Way. However, they are within reach and may assist with the planning of your journey. The shortest walking distances from the trail are for one way only.
Abbreviations used: CW - Cleveland Way;
RF - refreshments; AC - accommodation;
PC - toilets; T – telephone.
Scawton is of Norse origin, and its name means ‘farm in the hollow’. In medieval times the road through the village was the main highway, it provided a quick route between the monasteries of Byland and Rievaulx. Tradition suggests that the monks also built the Hare Inn during the twelfth century to refresh travellers on this ancient road, although much of the inn’s present structure dates from the eighteenth century.
Old Byland, as its name implies, is one of the former sites chosen by the monks of Byland Abbey in 1143. However, its proximity to Rievaulx, already well established, caused much distress to both monasteries. Each abbey could hear the other’s bells at all hours of day and night, this was ‘not fitting and could by no means be endured’. As the later arrivals, the Byland monks gave way, and in 1147 they moved to Oldstead. Hidden behind the cottages stands All Saints Church. The church is small but very interesting with both Norman and Saxon fragments. …show more content…
The village is Danish in origin, the name meaning ‘Bolt’s farm’. At the time of the Domesday Survey, Boltby was the property of Hugh, the son of Baldric. Later the village fell into the possession of a family who took their surname from it. One owner was Odo de Boltby, who gave land and was a benefactor to the Preceptory of Mount St John. Moreover, he built a castle in the valley, near the road leading over Hambleton, sited on the farm called Low Paradise. At one time the village had a Post Office, a shop, two inns and a school; all have long since
Abbreviations used: CW - Cleveland Way;
RF - refreshments; AC - accommodation;
PC - toilets; T – telephone.
Scawton is of Norse origin, and its name means ‘farm in the hollow’. In medieval times the road through the village was the main highway, it provided a quick route between the monasteries of Byland and Rievaulx. Tradition suggests that the monks also built the Hare Inn during the twelfth century to refresh travellers on this ancient road, although much of the inn’s present structure dates from the eighteenth century.
Old Byland, as its name implies, is one of the former sites chosen by the monks of Byland Abbey in 1143. However, its proximity to Rievaulx, already well established, caused much distress to both monasteries. Each abbey could hear the other’s bells at all hours of day and night, this was ‘not fitting and could by no means be endured’. As the later arrivals, the Byland monks gave way, and in 1147 they moved to Oldstead. Hidden behind the cottages stands All Saints Church. The church is small but very interesting with both Norman and Saxon fragments. …show more content…
The village is Danish in origin, the name meaning ‘Bolt’s farm’. At the time of the Domesday Survey, Boltby was the property of Hugh, the son of Baldric. Later the village fell into the possession of a family who took their surname from it. One owner was Odo de Boltby, who gave land and was a benefactor to the Preceptory of Mount St John. Moreover, he built a castle in the valley, near the road leading over Hambleton, sited on the farm called Low Paradise. At one time the village had a Post Office, a shop, two inns and a school; all have long since