Mills in Hinderwell Parish

Two group members recently attended a two day WEA Special Day School on Mills and their Development.  The course covered topics such as the nature of grain and how man overcame the problem of extracting its nutritional components, the start of arable farming, the development of querns, harnessing water power and development of water mills, overcoming the problems associated with windmills, the role of the millwright, and the impact of the roller mill.  The second day was spent visiting Bilsdale Mill where a complete restoration is planned, and the working Tocketts Mill at Guisborough.

Royal George Mill, Hinderwell
Built by Isacc Moon in 1820, also miller at Dalehouse Water Mill.
Seven storeys high, powered by four sails, later by steam engine in 1870.
Machinery dismantled in 1915, stone removed from site in 1960's.

 

Dalehouse Water Mill
Two millstones were powered by water carried across a wooden aqueduct (race)
from Newton and Roxby becks.  Used as a flour mill and for grinding meal.
Ceased working in 1927.

Horse drinking from Dalehouse Mill race.

Foreshore Walk, Staithes

As part of this term's project on Oceans, Seton School pupils, accompanied by John Buglass, Kevin Cale and group members, enjoyed an informative walk along the foreshore at Staithes in search of relics relating to the fishing and ironstone industries, and as well as looking at marine life, fossils and the geology of the cliffs.

Fossils from millions of years ago

Man-made feature - a Hully - used for storing live bait for the next day's fishing

Pupils stand in the post holes of the old Staithes Dock, to show it's length and direction

Exploring an old ironstone mining location







Heritage Walk, Roxby - 5th July 2011

This was the fourth heritage walk round villages in the Mulgrave Ward.  Previously the group has visited Mickleby, Hinderwell and Dalehouse.  It is proving to be a very popular and well attended activity, which also encourages different people to get involved.

Outside St.Nicholas' Church

All that remains of Roxby Manor

Turton Cottages - workshops and cottages built especially for the estate's blacksmith, carpenter and stonemason

Nineteen people attended in Roxby, which included Clive Welford who has lived in the village all his life.  He passed on his extensive historical knowledge and anecdotal stories about the village.

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Railway Lecture

East Row Viaduct, Sandsend

On Friday 20th May, Dr. Michael Williams gave a lecture in Hinderwell Village Hall, on the Whitby, Redcar & Middlesbrough Union Railway.
Over 90 people attended, with some people travelling from as far away as Leeds, which shows the amount of interest that still exists in this historic line, which passed through the MulgraveWard between Staithes and Sandsend.
Dr Williams has gathered together new information for his dissertation in Railway Studies, and also showed a short video clip of a journey on a steam train between Sandsend and Loftus.  Only one member of the audience had seen this previously.
The MCRP group will publish Dr Willaims' work before the end of 2011.

Hinderwell Station



Viaduct at the bottom of Lythe Bank
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Village Heritage Walks

In April members organised a visit to Mickleby to have a walk round the village and take a closer look at the architecture of old buildings and other points of historical interest.  A similar event was organised in Hinderwell in May.
There were fifteen people at each event.  This type of activity is attracting interest from different people who can pass on their local knowledge to residents from other villages.


Our next Heritage Walk will be in Dalehouse on Tuesday 7th June - meet 6pm near the Bridge.
Please come along - it's good fun!

If you would like to join in our activities, please contact us through our website www.mcrp.org.uk