Great Ayton
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- 7 photos on Great Ayton appear in 4 Frith books - View photos of Great Ayton
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Great Ayton memories
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My childhood memories
The first house in Waterfall Terrace is where my grandparents lived for many decades. John and Ann Scott. I love that place.
Contributed by Peter Parkland
Cleveland memories
My childhood memories
The first house in Waterfall Terrace is where my grandparents lived for many decades. John and Ann Scott. I love that place.
A memory of Great Ayton contributed by Peter Parkland
picnics on Roseberry Topping
In the 1960's we as a family nearly every year went for a day out getting the train from Hartlepool to the nearest station to Roseberry topping then there would be the climb to the top where we would have our picnic, we have photos of our picnics.
Anne Young
A memory of Roseberry Topping contributed by anne young
My Family
My name is Phillip Robinson. My parents Tom & Eileen lived in Priory View, East Harlsey, in the late 60's. My uncle Charles Derrick McGookin has a plaque inside the village church dedicated to him. My grandparents from Robinson and McGookin are buried in the churchyard.
I also remember the landlady from the Cat & Bagpipes, which I believe to be the only public house named this in the country!
I now live in Darlington, however often return to the village to visit the area and the church.
A memory of East Harlsey contributed by phillip robinson
Extracts From Great Ayton & Cleveland books
Great Ayton is one of Cleveland’s prettiest villages. It was the scene of the upbringing and education of Captain James Cook, the famous 18th-century round-the-world explorer. Brookside runs alongside the River Leven, where the young Cook may have played as a youth, and in the background is the Victorian spire of All Saints’ parish church.
An extract from from"North Yorkshire Living Memories".
The bridge in the
foreground of this
photograph leads over
the River Leven to a
car park designated
for the use of patrons
of Suggitts ice cream
parlour, something of
an institution in the
village, which remains
as popular today as
An extract from from"Guisborough Photographic Memories".
Great Ayton is one of Cleveland’s prettiest villages, and was the scene of the upbringing and education of Captain James Cook, the famous 18th-century world explorer. The High Street runs alongside the River Leven, where the young Cook must have played as a youth.
An extract from from"Yorkshire Living Memories".
Church Lane leads to the
entrance to Skelton
Castle and also to the old
church, which was
erected in 1785. After
closing in 1904, it stood
empty for many years,
but it has been lovingly
restored and is now back
in use.
An extract from from"Guisborough Photographic Memories".
Skelton Castle stands in beautiful grounds. Here we see the old moat, which was landscaped and, as shown here, included
an elaborate enclosed formal rose garden.
An extract from from"Guisborough Photographic Memories".