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4 unusual facts about Masham


Brian Boshier

He was born at Leicester and died on 2 September 2009 at the age of 77 at Masham, Yorkshire.

Ellenborough Park Hotel

Ellenborough Park won the accolade "Best Luxury Hotel in the Country" at TripAdvisor's 2013 Travellers' Choice Hotel Awards, and was ranked among hotels such as Rudding Park Hotel in Harrogate; The Milestone Hotel, London; Casa Hotel, Chesterfield; Corinthia Hotel, London; Buckingham Gate, Taj Suites and Residences, London; Swinton Park, Masham; Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton-on-Sea; The Green Park Hotel, Pitlochry and Staybridge Suites in London.

Masham

The Black Sheep Brewery sponsors popular annual folk festivals; previous performers have included Hugh Cornwell (of The Stranglers).

William Jackson of Masham

William Jackson (born 9 January 1815 in Masham, Yorkshire, England; died 15 April 1866 in Bradford, England) was an English organist and composer.


Abigail Masham, Baroness Masham

Mistress Masham's Repose by T H White (published in 1946) makes specific reference to Abigail, Baroness Masham.

Christopher Danby

Sir Christopher Danby (1503-1571), of Farnley, Masham and Thorpe Perrow, Yorkshire; St Paul's Cray, Kent; Kettleby, Lincolnshire and Nayland, Suffolk, was an English politician.

Colsterdale towers

The narrow-gauge Colsterdale Waterworks Light Railway built in 1901 as a supply line from Masham to Roundhill Reservoir closed in 1926 and was removed in 1932 (after being used during World War I for troop transport to the Leeds Pals camp at Breary Banks just north of Leighton) but is still evident on the south side of the dale.

Samuel Lister, 1st Baron Masham

Samuel Cunliffe Lister, 1st Baron Masham, (1 January 1815 in Calverley Old Hall, Yorkshire – 2 February 1906 in Swinton Park, Yorkshire) was an English inventor and industrialist, notable for inventing the Lister nip comb.

Thornton Watlass Hall

Thornton Watlass Hall is a large Grade I listed Georgian country house in Thornton Watlass, North Yorkshire, England, some 3 miles (5 km) north of Masham.


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