The bomb hailed from a 'Whitley Mark V Bomber', of the No. 102 Squadron RAF, based at RAF Linton-on-Ouse which crash landed on October 27, 1940, with all personnel having bailed out and survived.
Ebberston railway station was situated on the North Eastern Railway's Pickering to Seamer branch line.
In the 17th and 18th centuries wealthy landowners created fine buildings and estates such as those at Wykeham Abbey estate, Nunnington Hall and Ebberston Hall.