Ruswarp, High Street c.1955
Photo ref:
R74005
Photo ref:
R74005
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Ruswarp, standing at the tidal limit of the River Esk, was at one time as important a port as neighbouring Whitby, and a mill was mentioned here in the Domesday Book. This photograph was taken looking up the steep High Street which leads up from the river, with the footpath to nearby Whitby leading off to the right.
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The large building on the left edge of the photograph is Ruswarp Mill. A mill has been here since Saxon times and the first written record of this mill appears in the Domesday book. The name Ruswarp may have originated from the mill. The mill was water powered and the river would have been dammed to make a mill race. Dams in this area are known as 'scarps' and if the dam was made of wood, the brushwood was called ...see more
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