Memorial Of The Nidd Ferry Disater In Grounds To South Of Newby Hall

The following amendments should be made to the entry for the Memorial of the Nidd Ferry Disaster in grounds to south of Newby Hall (Item 1/44):-

Lines 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 of the list description should be amended to read:- 'side of the ferry, panicked and tipped the boat over. Six men were drowned, includ- -ing Sir Charles Slingsby, the heir to the estates in Knaresborough and Scriven, and Edmund Robinson (both members of the family of Newby Hall), Christopher Warriner, Newby Hall gardener, and his son James. Clare and Robert Vyner and Captain Henry Vyner were saved. It was a dramatic event which had a considerable impact on the history of estates in the area. The memorial originally stood in woodland to east of the kitchen gardens.

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NEWBY WITH MULWITH NEWBY PARK Memorial of the Nidd Ferry Disaster in grounds to south of Newby Hall

GV II

Memorial. c1869 possibly using earlier architectural remains. Ashlar and gritstone. Overall height approximately 3 metres. The square base has round-arched recess on each side. Clustered Corinthian columns above, strange grape decoration to inner columns. Ball and cushion finials to top. 4 mushroom-shaped finials flank the columns. The memorial has no obvious representation of the incident it is said to commemorate. On February 4th 1869 the York and Ainsty Hunt reached the banks of the River Ure which was swollen after heavy rain. Several members boarded the ferry to east of the kitchen garden but one of the horses became tangled in the chains on the side of the ferry, panicked and tipped the boat over. Six men were drowned, including Sir Charles Slingsby, the heir to the estates in Knaresborough and Scriven, Captain Henry Vyner and Edmund Robinson - members of the family of Newby Hall. Clare and Robert Vyner were saved. It was a dramatic event which had a considerable impact on the history of estates in the area. The memorial originally stood in woodland to east of the kitchen gardens.

Listing NGR: SE3476867264