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Loy House

This house , no longer there, stood in the middle of a field quite a way up Loy Lane, occupied at one time by the Armsby family, the water was taken from a well in the field.

Sheila Dwyer tells us: “Loy House was the first place I lived in when I came home from hospital in June 1948. This was the home of my Great Grandparents Armsby, her name was Minnie. I’m not certain but I think his name was Albert.My mother’s maiden name is Violet Marshall. Her mother was Sarah Elizabeth Armsby from Staithes and then Loftus. I think there are Armsby’s still living in Loftus?”

Marc Armsby also tells us:” William and Minnie were my Grandparents. My Dad, Herbert, was the youngest of their 9 children.
Sarah Elizabeth b1905, Hilda b 1907, Florence b1909, William Henry b1911 (Died in January 1945 in Burma), Charles b1914, Eva b1916, John b1919 (I think he died in Sicily), Ernest b1921, Herbert b1924

Billy Parkin advises us:”There were other children to William and Minnie Armsby, Hilda, Florrie and Herbert.”

Has anyone any more information on this house or it’s occupants?

Thanks to Sheila Dwyer, Marc Armsbyand Billy Parkin for the updates.

Grinkle Hall

A view of the entrance to Grinkle Hall that was posted in 1904. The shapes at either side in the foreground look like gravestones. Are they in the pet cemetery amongst the trees, near the hall?

Image courtesy of Beryl Morris.

Grinkle Hall

A beautiful building once owned by the Palmer family, now owned by a brewery and serves as a hotel, the pets graveyard is a place children love to visit to see where the dogs, ducks and other pets were buried.

(This view of Grinkle Park, probably during the times before it became the sporting hotel it is now, shows the glazed sun lounge to good effect. – John G)

Grinkle Woods

It says ’Mally Harbutts Tree’ on the card, but now known to be an incorrect spelling. Molly Harbutt, a Scots lady, was the witch of the woods who lived in this tree beside the bridge over Greenhowe Beck, near Scaling Mill. She was an early equivalent of a homeopathist, preparing potions and reading fortunes. According to legend she was able to change her shape to a large brown hare, finally being shot by a hunter and subsequently found dying in human form in the branches of this tree. The tree is marked on maps dating from 1856! Hence all sign of the tree are now long gone.

Thanks to Cody McKay for the update.

But we would still like to know who or why is the man in the tree.

Twizziegill Culvert

Well I have been informed that it is Twizziegill culvert and the digging of the railway and this has now been confirmed by David Richardson.
(photo courtesy of Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum and thanks to David for the confirmation)

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