Show on map Founded in 1158, the only intact remains of the Cistercian Priory (rather than an abbey) is a staircase in the church yard.
Although a look around the village suggests much of the stonework was probably reused
The motto above the church door is quite unusual, said to have been carved by a nun “Omnia Vanitas” (All is vanity)
Show on map The Wesleyen Chapel built in 1839 is next to the footpath which crosses the Esk via the stepping stones
If you look over the wall there next to the side door, there are a series of levels carved into the wall showing the heights of large floods.
The 1930 flood washed away bridges at Egton and Glasdale.
On the day I visited the Esk was swollen with melting snow and the stepping stones were covered, but the chapel is still 50m from the water which shows the extent of those floods.
Show on map The 8 bells from St Hildas are now located in central Middlesbrough.
 
They date from 1864 and were cast by Mears and Stainbeck, bells were donated by Bolckow and Vaughan, Thomas Vaughan, Cochrane and Company, Joseph Pease, Hopkins and Company, Gilkes Wilson Company, Clay Lane and South Bank Iron Companies and the local clergy.
 
 
After the demolition of the church in 1969 they were stored until 1975, then hung in a side street at the south side of All Saints Church, in 2005 they were moved to the current more prominent location.
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Show on map The chuch of St Hildas was demolished in 1969, all that remains is a brick block marking the position of the altar from which even the plaque has been stolen. The housing that replaced it is already being demolished.
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The area is surrounded with flattened gravestones which are now all virtually covered in grass,
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Show on map Black Hill Cross stand by the road that used to be called Yarlesgate. The scheduled ancient monument entry says the base is medieval while the upright is more modern.
The upright has a notch in the top, where you often find a few pennies left.
Show on map St Oswalds, Tin Tabernacle was erected for the miners of the Kirkleatham Ironstone Mine in 1913
Corrugated iron churches are become rarer, someone sought planning permission to demolish it in 2006 for housing but was fortunately turned down despite this unique building not being listed and in need of repairs.
Update December 2011 – A friend of mine kindly provided a 1977 photo from the Evening Gazette in which demolition of the church is discussed, its such a shame that over 30 years later its still looking just as unloved (but fortunately still intact)
There are also details of how the bell from the church is currently in Titoki on the Bay of Plenty, on the North Island of New Zealand,
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Currently the plaque says :-
“In the early nineteenth century Mr Joseph Brown piped water from this spring to a reservoir in the grounds of Whitby Abbey, to provide a clean and reliable water supply to the east side of Whitby”
Apparently a few years ago there was a different plaque. which read.
T’awd Abba Well
Also known as the old Boiling Well
Lang centuries aback
This wor’t awd Abba Well
Saint Hilda veiled i’ black
Lang centuries aback
Supped frey it an no lack
All t sisterhood as well
Lang centuries aback
This wor’t awd Abba Well
Not the best photos in the world, as I only had a mobile phone with me.
Update January 2009
Sheila Welch has kindly provided some slides of the well taken in the 1970s by her father George Towndrow, these show the original plaque still in place.
Show on map Built in the 12th century, the old church was used until 1875.
Only the tower and arches of the nave still survive.
Show on map The Lady Chapel was originally in the 15th century near a holy spring above the Carthusian priory of Mount Grace and continued to be a place of pilgrimage for centuries, it was a ruin until the late 1950s after which it was rebuilt.
Show on map Only the tower of St Germains remains, built in 1160. The church was rebuilt in 1821 but again demolished in 1950 with exception of the Tower.
 
Captain Cooks father is buried here, he died in 1779 six weeks after Cook himself, although never knew his sons death.
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The current headstone is erected in the memory of James Robinson who was lost as sea in 1904. The grave is also reputed to have been visited by Charles Dickens.
