Rosedale Rosedale Abbey is a small village of about 300 people nestling in the North York Moors National Park, but 150 years ago it was a thriving mining village with a much larger population. Medieval Rosedale had a priory but only a staircase is left of the abbey in the village today. Modern Rosedale has a hotel, two pubs, a school, a church, a camping and caravan site, and numerous bed and breakfast facilities. It is a popular tourist destination for walkers, cyclists and caravaners. Contributers include, Duncan Herd, Rosedale Abbey CP school, Alan Myers, Janet Dring, Ian Thompson, Nicola Johnson, Bill Hebron, Linda Blackburne, Diane Hughes, Dave Seller, Colin Westwood, Jen Foster, Hannah Watson, Stephen Gillies and Simon Tyrell.
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The kilns in Rosedale are on the west side of the valley. The calcine in the iron ore was burnt off before loading on the railway to be sent to Teesside.
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