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Keld Hole is an attractive waterfall falling over much the same geology as the nearly one at Roxby Mill
It probably doesnt get many visitors as its below the footpath and difficult to approach.
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Scaling Dam is unmissable, it was built in 1958 and apparently decomission in 1995 (which was news to me)
A short distance away in Scaling is the Filter House, which still looked like it was maintained by Northumbria Water despite being a little tatty.An aerial view shows a number of overgrown settling ponds to the west.
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This folly carved from a single sandstone boulder can be found in the woods between Littlebeck and Falling Foss
The GC 1790 inscription above the entrance relates to George Chubb
The interior has also been heavily inscribed over the years.
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The mill race started at a pair of breached dams to the west of the viaduct.
It runs along the north bank of the beck, alongside the modern footpath. There appear to be some remains here relating to a time water still flowed.
The ditch that remains continues east towards the mill site where there are some markers for a long forgotten Marske Mill trail.
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Founded in 1897 with £20,000 from the will of brewer John Henry Fox of Norton
They are still almshouses today, run the Hospital of God in Greatham.
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Norton Board School was opened in 1872, only this archway and lodge remain as the school itself was demolished around 1982
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I’m back, after a few technical gremlins with the site.
An old hand-painted sign for a local surveyors office can be found on the corner of Knights restaurant on Fountain Street
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This little gem is hidden away in nettles at the top of Lawns Gill, the spring was the water supply for Skelton Castle. Old OS maps call it Spring Head.
The inscription reads :-
Leap from thy cavern’d mossy bed,
Hither thy prattling waters bring
Blandusia’s Muse shall crown thy head
And make thee too a sacred spring
Some attribute the words to John Hall Stevenson eccentric playboy owner of Skelton Castle, it is said the “Crazy Castle” in his “Crazy Tales” is Skelton. The are numerous tales of his exploits such as not getting out of bed when the wind was blowing from the east and racing roman chariots on Saltburn beach. His group of friends knows as the “Demoniacs” sounds like an interesting bunch with names such as Rev. “Panty” Lascelles and Zachary Moore
Other attribute the words directly to Stevensons friend and fellow “Demoniac” Laurence Sterne, author of Tristram Shandy in the 1760s. There are other Sterne links as just to the North East of Skelton Castle are areas known as Sterne’s Seat and Mount Shandy.
“Blandusia” is a corruption of Bandusia which was an ancient Roman spring
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I’ve not been able to find out much about this concrete structure on Wileycat Beck
Its been suggested to me it was used to pump water to Guisborough during shortages, although I would be keen to hear any further details anyone may have.
Its been a long time since I added any new features, but I thought an alphabetic list of all the posts on the site might be useful rather than having to navigate through all the posts chronologically or by category.
http://www.hidden-teesside.co.uk/sitemap/
