u3a meeting Thursday 17-06-21 2pm #visit to Byland Abbey

Byland Abbey is the perfect place for our first u3a History & Heritage Group visit. We will be able to meet in groups of up to 30 outdoors.  

Once one of the greatest monasteries in England, Byland Abbey inspired the design of church buildings throughout the North. A truly outstanding example of early gothic architecture, it inspired the design of the famous York Minster rose window.

We will meet up 2pm outside the Abbey Inn & Tea Rooms. Then explore the layout of the precinct and take a short walk to Wass and the mill pond. 

If feeling energetic you might want to follow Frank Johnston-Banks latest scenic walk, Route 23 to Mount Snever Observatory & Oldstead. Otherwise we could finish up at the Tea Room.

Forest of Galtres Society #visit to Thornton Hall Gardens Wed 23 June 2021

Contact Helen Kirk if interested in joining Forest of Galtres Society's visit to Thornton Hall Gardens. 

She suggests getting there for 11am, but take your time for arriving and enjoy your visit. "It will be lovely to see our members again, in an outdoor environment, and catch up with you all in small groups!"

The cost is £7.50 per person per carload available, in cash, as you approach the carpark. This is the entry fee which the gardens require and this is shared between two local charities.

The postcode is DL2 2NB.  Routes to get there are all very different. The Gardens, on the Staindrop Road, are only three miles from the centre of Darlington, on the north side of the road.

History : Thornton Hall Gardens, Country House Gardens outside Darlington, County Durham

History : Thornton Hall Gardens, Country House Gardens outside Darlingto... History : Thornton Hall Gardens, Country House Gardens outside Darlington, County Durham

ps non-members welcome. Let me know who you are!

from helenmkirk@yahoo.co.uk Crawford House, Long Street Easingwold, York, YO61 3JB, UK

u3a History & Heritage Meeting 2pm Thursday 15th. April (Zoom)

We will focus on Easingwold, Hustwaite, Alne & Stillington parishes.

Contact history@easingwold-u3a.org.uk for Zoom Codes

Forest of Galtres Joint meeting 14/04/21 7.30pm (join from 7.15)

 

All members are welcome to a joint meeting with The Forest of Galtres Society on Wednesday 14^th April at 7.30pm. The meeting will run in a similar fashion to our monthly speaker meetings. 

The speaker is Frances H Smith-Golland who will be talking about Islamic Architecture in Spain. 

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Easingwold Railway - a short history

England's smallest independent railway ?

A short history by Frank Johnston-Banks

Presentation to Easingwold u3a History & Heritage Group on Thursday 18th March 2021

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Medieval Monastic Buildings: Their Design, Use and Location

This course will equip the student to understand the configuration and use of monastic buildings viewed as ruins in England with an introduction to some of the main surviving remains.

 Medieval Monastic Buildings: Their Design, Use and Location

Easingwold Railway - Zoom Meeting - Thursday 18th March 2.00pm

History & Heritage Meeting by Zoom - Easingwold Railway - Thursday 18th March 2.00pm

All members are welcome to the next History & Heritage Group meeting where Frank Johnston Banks will be leading the meeting about Easingwold Railway 1891-1957

The line served both passengers and freight, with agricultural traffic, sugar beet and incoming coal. Day-old chicks were once taken by rail to Alne, where they were transferred to main-line trains for delivery across the country.