Ingleby Greenhow
Ingleby Greenhow, nestled in the alcove of the Cleveland Hills, has a history of habitation of over three and a half thousand years. The Bronze Age people buried their dead in Greenhow around 1550 BC. Later, Norsemen such as Ingialldr and Bothvar inhabited the area. Ingleby was valued at no more than 40/- in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it occurs as Englebi, Badresbi and Camisdale (Greenhow), in the soke of Stokesley.
The manor was owned by Kings Thegns, Malgrin and Siward Barn, but Guy de Balliol was later granted the barony by William I. The Knights Templar held land around 1120. In 1151, Ingleby Church and mill were given by Adam de Aengelby, son of Veil, to Whitby Abbey for free and perpetual alms. Bernard de Balliol confirmed this gift between 1155 and 1175.
At the beginning of the thirteenth century, Hugh de Balliol again confirmed this gift and the monks later leased them back to him. Hugh’s daughter, Ada was Aunt to the King of Scotland, John de Balliol, and married John de Fitz Robert Lord Eure in 1220. Wilks de Wrelton was incumbent of the parish in 1292, but was imprisoned in Durham Castle by Order of Bishop Bek. His effigy can still be seen in St Andrew’s Church.
The church is of Saxon or Norman origin and the Chancel was added in the thirteenth century. The fourteenth century saw the installation of the bells, which are still rung today. In 1536, Thomas Lord D’Arcy, the proprietor of Greenhow, was beheaded on Tower Hill for his involvement in the Pilgrimage of Grace and his estate was forfeited to the crown. Three years later, the parish registers of Ingleby began. Henry, 8th Earl of Northumberland, died in 1585, still in possession of lands at Battersby and the Eure family later owned the land.
Ingleby Manor, which can boast of being the oldest in the area, was built around this time. In 1603, James I came to the throne. He brought Scottish courtiers such as David Foulis, whom he created a knight. Six years later, Ralph Lord Eure sold his manors of Ingleby, Greenhow and Battersby, along with the church and the deer parks, to Sir David Foulis. Thereafter, the three Townships became one parish. A lime avenue to the manor was planted. Sir David Foulis was created a baronet by James I in 1619.
However, during the Civil War of 1642 – 46, Sir David Foulis and Henry, his son, having harboured grievances over alum patents and led opposition against forced Knighthoods, joined Parliamentary forces against Charles I.
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In 1729, William Parkingson was the last man to be hanged in Ingleby at Turkey Nab, for murder. Sir William Foulis thereafter removed the gallows. St Andrew’s church was restored in 1741 and Commandment and Prayer boards installed, which still greet congregations every Sunday. |
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Ingleby School was begun by prescription in 1757. Sir William Foulis, 8th Baronet, died in 1845, leaving the estate to his only child Mary, who married Phillip Sidney, 2nd Lord De L’Isle and Dudley in 1850. Ingleby had two inns, ‘The Fox and Hounds’ and ‘The Shoulder of Mutton’, which was renamed ‘The Dudley Arms’ and remains today. The ‘lock up’ still exists next to the Butcher’s shop. The Village School and master’s house was built in 1846, with money from the parishioners and Sir William Foulis.
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In 1858, North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway Company took over Ingleby Ironstone and Freestone Mining Company’s private railway line and laid a line from Ingleby to Stokesley. In April, they opened the line to Burton Head in Greenhow and extended the line to Kildale. In 1861, Ingleby’s Incline was created (see picture right), transporting iron ore from Rosedale. |
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In the 1870s, Ingleby Cricket Club was formed. In 1872, choir stalls replaced box pews in St Andrew’s church, the ‘Monkey Stand’ was built on the site of the village pump (and is still there today) and The Great Landslip occurred in Greenhow, due to jet mining, which raised much controversy over rebuilding the road up Clay Bank. A year later, Ingleby Incline reached its peak year, with half a million tons of iron ore from Rosedale. In 1875, NER built thirty-seven houses and an engine shed at Battersby Junction, which was initially called Ingleby Junction. Houses were built at the foot and top of the Incline and Ingleby School was enlarged.
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Queen Victoria’s Jubilee in 1887 was celebrated by renewing the windows of St Andrew’s church, which was renovated in 1906. They found extinct wild ox bones under the floor and removed the plaster from the walls.
In 1920, the War Memorial was dedicated to the fallen of The Great War. The last engine came down the Incline in January 1929. The Second World War saw the RAF occupy the Manor, evacuees from Newcastle, POWs and a home guard. The first English plane to be shot down by the Luftwaffe over England came down on Greenhow moor, 1940. In 1950, the manor was sold after death duties proved too much – “Villagers have three landlords within a week,” the newspapers stated. 360 acres of woodland was bought by a timber company, who cut down the lime avenue.
In 1954, Ingleby Station closed. The last miller of Ingleby, Joseph Garbutt, died in 1965, the same year Ingleby Village Hall was built. New lime avenues were planted in Ingleby and Greenhow.
Ingleby School moved to its present position in 1972, choosing as its logo the local landmark of ‘Howe Hill’. The Post Office, which had existed for over a hundred years, closed in 1996 after forty-seven years in the same family. From September 1998 to April 1999, Parishioners and friends wove the ‘2000 Tapestry’, celebrating the life and history of the village. The Village Hall was rebuilt in 1999, finishing in time for Ingleby to celebrate the Millennium.
Rachael Marsay 2006
