Weather warning: high winds

Please note that the arboretum will be closed on Thursday 29th November due to expected high winds. This includes members’ opening 8 am-10 am. The cafe will be open from 10 am, and Willow Wreaths workshops will be taking place in the Visitor Centre 10 am-12 pm and 1:30 pm-3:30 pm for those booked to attend.
We apologise for any inconvenience.

We have been to Castle Howard several Christmases to view their special displays, but there is no doubt that this year’s display is by far the most stunning.

Professional designers Charlotte Lloyd Webber and Bretta Gereke have worked with the theme ‘The 12 Days of Christmas’ (you know the song – seven swans a swimming , six geese a laying etc.) to produce a stunning array of flamboyant displays and installations to surprise and delight visitors of all ages. Younger visitors can enjoy a bit of virtual reality by indulging in a little elf boxing, decorate a virtual Christmas tree and see Santa flying over the rooftops!

Open fires, candle light and live music evoke all that we love about this special time of year, with the iconic 25 foot traditional Christmas tree adorned with over 3000 baubles providing a breath-taking highlight in the Great Hall. It took two days to decorate this tree alone! The long gallery uses evocative lighting and stunning detail suspended overhead, showing the lords leaping, pipers playing, ladies dancing etc.

For the first time this year the house will be open between Christmas and New Year. Check the castle website for details and remember – if you book online you will receive 10% off admission.

Photographs and words courtesy of David Thornley

“The Harrying of the North”
By Professor Gillian Waters
University of York

In 1066, William Duke of Normandy won the Battle of Hastings, but this was only the beginning of the Norman conquest of England. In 1069 the Anglo-Scandinavian North rose in rebellion and ravaged York in conjunction with a fleet of Danish Vikings. William the Conqueror retaliated viciously, Harrying the North, slaughtering livestock and burning seed corn. It is said that recorded that no village remained inhabited between York and Durham and that the countryside remained empty and uncultivated for three generations. This talk examines the events leading up to the Harrying of the North and the impact of this event on the North of England.

The Library, Malton School, Middlecave Road, Malton, YO17 7NH
Time: 7.30

Admission: Friends FOC, Visitors, are very welcome, £3.00.

Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, Author: Richard Croft.

Monday 19 November 2018, 7pm, Slingsby Village Hall – Parish Council Meeting

This is a regular meeting of the Parish Council, to which members of the public are invited as usual. The AGENDA follows.

AGENDA

1.            APOLOGIES

                To receive apologies for absence and to approve reasons for absence

2.            DECLARATIONS OF DISCLOSABLE PECUNIARY AND OTHER INTERESTS

3.            PUBLIC PARTICIPATION SESSION

                To receive questions, comments and suggestions for items for further consideration by the Parish Council from members of the public.

4.             PARISH COUNCIL MEETINGS

                To receive and confirm the minutes of the meeting of the Parish Council held on 24 September 2018

5.            PLANNING APPLICATIONS               

18/01152/CAT :   To fell Ash Tree at Birch Cottage, The Lawns, Slingsby

18/01155/CAT:   To Crown reduce 5 Cherry Trees at West Cottage, High Street, Slingsby

6.            CEMETERY FEES

7.            FINANCIAL MATTERS

                (a)           To receive and approve current financial Statement

                (b)           To note and approve payments

                (c)           To agree the precept

8.            COMMUNITY LED HOUSING

9.            PARISH MATTERS

• Street Lights
• Highways Issues
• Dog Fouling
• Speeding
• Footpaths near the chapel
• 30mph signs
• Septic tank & small sewage treatment works regulations

10.          CORRESPONDENCE

11.          ITEMS FOR THE AGENDA OF THE NEXT MEETING

                To agree on items to be included on the agenda of the next meeting of the Council

12.          DATE OF NEXT MEETING   

Gail Cook

Clerk/Responsible Financial Officer to Slingsby, Fryton & South Holme Parish Council

Angel House, Swinton, Malton, North Yorkshire, YO17 6SR, Tel: 01653 693898 E-mail: [email protected]