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Nunnington is a small village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. The river Rye runs through the village. The population of the village taken at the 2011 census was 361.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Parish population 2011 )〕 Nunnington Hall is a Grade I listed mansion owned by the National Trust and open to the public. The parish church, dedicated to All Saints and St James, is also a Grade I listed building. The nave and chancel date from the late 13th century and the tower from 1672, but the tower, porch and vestry were rebuilt in 1883-4. There is a fine 17th-century pulpit. The village has 28 other houses and other objects listed Grade II, including the early 18th-century bridge over the river.〔English Heritage (Retrieved 22 October 2010 )〕 Nunnington railway station lay west of the village. It closed to passengers in 1953.〔(Retrieved 22 October 2010. )〕 Former residents of Nunnington have included the writers Annie Keary (1825–1879) and Eliza Harriett Keary (1827–1918) in the 1840s, while their father William Keary (died 1859) was rector.〔Jodi Lustig: Keary, Eliza... In: ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford: OUP, 2004; online e.May 2006). (Retrieved 22 October 2010. )〕 Annie Keary's children's book ''Mia and Charlie; or a Week's Holiday at Ryedale Rectory'' (London/Winchester, 1855) recounts the story of the Proud Lady of Nunningham, who haunts the hall.〔''A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 1'' (1914) ( Retrieved 22 October 2010. )〕 A tomb in Nunnington church is said to belong to a man named Peter Loschy, who slew a dragon in Loschy Wood. In fact, the tomb belongs to Sir Walter de Teyes of Stonegrave Manor. Sir Herbert Read, the anarchist poet and critic, was born at nearby Muscoates in 1893 and lived at Muscoates Grange Farm.〔1901 Census〕 File:All Saints and St James' Church , Nunnington - geograph.org.uk - 1079692.jpg|All Saints and St. James' Church File:Nunnington Hall - geograph.org.uk - 83366.jpg|Nunnington Hall File:Looking to the River Rye from West Ness - geograph.org.uk - 144805.jpg|Looking to the River Rye from West Ness ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nunnington」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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