English Heritage sites near Brompton Parish
SCARBOROUGH CASTLE
7 miles from Brompton 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.
PICKERING CASTLE
9 miles from Brompton Parish
This splendid 13th century castle was used as a royal hunting lodge, holiday home and stud farm by a succession of medieval kings.
WHEELDALE ROMAN ROAD
12 miles from Brompton 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.
WHARRAM PERCY DESERTED MEDIEVAL VILLAGE
13 miles from Brompton Parish
The most famous and intensively studied of Britain's 3,000 or so deserted medieval villages, Wharram Percy occupies a remote but attractive site in a beautiful Wolds valley.
BURTON AGNES MANOR HOUSE
16 miles from Brompton Parish
A medieval manor house interior, with a rare and well preserved Norman undercroft and a 15th-century roof, all encased in brick during the 17th and 18th centuries.
KIRKHAM PRIORY
17 miles from Brompton Parish
Beautifully placed between the city of York and the town of Malton, the riverside ruins of Kirkham Priory are set in the beautiful Derwent valley near the Yorkshire Wolds.
Churches in Brompton Parish
All Saints Parish Church
Church Lane
Brompton-by-Sawdon
Scarborough.
01723 859437
https://upperderwent.co.uk
All saints church is a large medieval church set in the beautiful village of Brompton by Sawdon, over looking the fishponds. The poet William Wordsworth was married to Mary Hutchinson her at All Saints Church in 1802. Mary Hutchinson and her family lived nearby at Gallows Hill. A copy of their wedding certificate can be seen in All Saints Church.
Brompton has been the seat of the Cayley family since the Middle Ages, and is known as ‘The Birthplace Of Aviation' owing to the long term residence of pioneering aeronautical engineer Sir George Cayley, known as "the father of aviation. Sir George Cayley was the first to build a manned gliding machine "the Cayley Flyer" and his ground breaking work on identifying the four principals of aerodynamics (weight, lift, drag and thrust) are still the founding principals of modern aviation design.
Brompton PCC
Pubs in Brompton Parish
Anvil Inn
Reopened after 2 years closure in October 2021. Full opening details yet to be updated but bar opening correct as of 19 Nov '21.
A heart-of-the-village pub, on the edge of the North York Moors National
Park, Dalby Forest and only 10 miles...
Cayley Arms
Prominent, attractive, friendly roadside village pub, originally a 19th century coaching inn built by Sir George Cayley, father of aeronautics. Popular with locals this pub has a small tap room in addition to the main lounge. A children's p...
Old Post Office Tavern
Opening in 2015 the Old Post Office Tavern is a welcome addition to the Scarborough CAMRA Branch rural pub scene. Located on the A170 Scarborough to Pickering road this former village post office has been converted into a cosy single-roomed...