The above photograph, taken from the north, shows the sleepy village of
Staithes, North Yorkshire. The watercourse, entering the picture from top
right, is Roxby (or Staithes) Beck, and is the boundary between the aforementioned
county to the left and ‘Redcar and Cleveland’ to the right. In other words, the
bulky promontory on right of picture is the very last piece of ‘North-East
England’ for the purposes of this blog.
It’s known as Cowbar Nab, sheltering, as it does, the tiny hamlet of Cowbar on the ‘North-East side’ of the beck (hidden from view). There is little to trouble the historians hereabouts, though the buildings are old enough (there’s a splendid picture here) – though it seems to have been the site of the local lifeboat station in its various incarnations for nigh on 150 years (and, indeed, still is – see here).
It’s known as Cowbar Nab, sheltering, as it does, the tiny hamlet of Cowbar on the ‘North-East side’ of the beck (hidden from view). There is little to trouble the historians hereabouts, though the buildings are old enough (there’s a splendid picture here) – though it seems to have been the site of the local lifeboat station in its various incarnations for nigh on 150 years (and, indeed, still is – see here).
What a beautiful spot at which to about-turn and head back into the rest of
the region…
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