Slingsby Castle | Photograph by Steve Allen

Tuesday 21st November at 7.30 pm in the Village Hall Committee Room. Local History Group meeting. Members Kate Giles (buildings archaeologist) and Margaret Mackinder will talk about Slingsby Castle in mediaeval times. This will cover the time before the “Castle” we see today was built. All are welcome – cost £1.

Friends of Malton Museum lecture on Wednesday 15th November at 7.30 pm in the Library, East Wing, Malton School, Middlecave Road, Malton

Marcus Jecock (Senior Investigator, Historic Places Investigation Team, North Research Group) will give a talk on the Hanging Grimston Community Archaeology Project.

Admission is free to Friends, others are welcome at a charge of £3.

The Friends say:-

The Hanging Grimston Community Archaeology Project was set up to investigate the earthwork remains of the deserted medieval village of Hanging Grimston, situated on the western edge of the Yorkshire Wolds, near Kirby Underdale. The general plan of the medieval village is known from the earthworks, but geophysical survey and to date three seasons of excavation are revealing much more detail of the site’s history. We now know that Hanging Grimston started life as a late Iron Age/Romano-British ‘ladder settlement’ and ended up as a Tudor mansion belonging to the Bourchier family of Beningborough Hall. The project is a joint venture of the High Wolds Heritage Group and the Scarborough Archaeological and Historical Society.

Slingsby Chapel Schoolroom invite everyone to an open morning on Saturday 18th November from 10am to 12noon. Coffee, tea and cakes will be served and there will be an opportunity to see the new kitchen and re-decorated schoolroom.

All Saint’s Church in Slingsby | Photo by Steve Allen

Saturday 18th November from 10am to 11 am. Leaf clear at All Saints’ Church Slingsby. Please will you help?

The magnificent sycamore tree at the Lawns corner of All Saints’ Churchyard (pictured) is much admired. Stand near it in spring or early summer and listen to the many birds and insects. Come late October, along with other large trees surrounding the churchyard, it drops huge volumes of leaves, particularly onto the paths where they become slippery.

Please could you spare an hour to help clear them in time for the last brown bin collection of the year? Refreshments will be provided. Please bring a brush, rake and/or gloves!