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Here are the answers to the Vale of Pickering Backroads puzzle trail.

1.

Where's this?

The answer is 'Barton Le Street Parish Church'.

2.

Where's this?

The answer is 'Barton Le Street Parish Church' (yes, the same as question 1).

3.

A road sign, rearranged, becomes: 'NOLY LEG-VAIL TUB-CREW-KIT'.

The answer is 'Butterwick Village Only'.

4.

What is missing from the village green in Sinnington?

The answer is 'A stream under the bridge'. It has long gone, but the bridge remains.

5.

A sign by the road says 'STAB FOR RAM'.

The answer is 'Broats Farm', on the road from Normanby to Salton.

6.

When was Butterwick bridge strengthened?

The answer is '1942' (as shown on the engraving on the bridge itself).

7.

Where girls and boys come out to play and dance in circles in the month of May.

The answer is 'Slingsby', where a Maypole stands in front of the village school hall.

8.

What is over the gateway to Nunnington Hall?

The answer is ' A weather vane', with a cock on top.

9.

Where's this?

The answer is 'All Saints Church, Nunnington'.

10.

What is different and special about the church at Stonegrave?

The answer is 'its a Minster', as it was once attached to a monastery.

11.

Find the third word and you're the cat that's got the cream. 'Farm Cottage'.

The answer is 'Spring', as written on the three milk churns in Cawton Village.

12.

Where's this?

Its a bridge in 'the grounds of Hovingham Hall'.

13.

Not a Fairway, but its probably the 19th hole.

The answer is 'the Fairfax Arms' at Gilling East. Note the Golf Course sign close by.

14.

What commemorates the Queen's Silver Jubilee in Gilling?

The answer is 'a stone trough full of flowers' in front of The Church of the Holy Cross.

15.

Where is this signpost pointing to on the road from Gilling to Coulton?

The answer is 'The Howardian Hills'.

16.

When driving along this straight road, you will see a ruin on the brow of the hill above. At this junction, how far are you from York?

The answer is '11 miles'. The road is leading into Sheriff Hutton, 1 mile ahead.

17.

Who lives at Hovingham Hall?

The answer is 'The Worsley family'. The clue is in the name of the local pub, 'the Worsley Arms'.

18.

Where is this?

The answer is 'the Gatehouse, north of Castle Howard'.

19.

Dick's place?

The answer is 'The Highwayman Pub', at Sheriff Hutton. (the reference is to the famous highwayman, Dick Turpin.

20.

Many signs say the right way is Thornton Le Clay. What's the alternative?

The answer is 'High Stittenham', to the left. Between Sheriff Hutton and Bulmer there are many footpath signposts pointing to Thornton Le Clay to the right, High Stittenham to the left.

21.

Where can you get pies and cakes, groceries, crafts, gifts, tea room and gardens?

The answer is 'Bulmer Village Stores', as advertised on the rustic cart outside the shop in Bulmer.

22.

What modern settlement in the Vale of Pickering was called 'Derventio' by the Romans?

The answer is 'Malton'.

23.

This building got its name from the 3rd Earl of Carlisle. The land it was built on was previously called 'Henderskelfe'.

The answer is 'Castle Howard'.

24.

What's the pub called in Welburn?

The answer is 'The Crown and Cushion'.

25.

Where's this?

The answer is 'The Bulmer Beacon' memorial, between Bulmer and Welburn.

How did you do?

3.	A road sign, rearranged, becomes: 'NOLY LEG-VAIL TUB-CREW-KIT'.	The answer is 'Butterwick Village Only'.
4.	What is missing from the village green in Sinnington?	The answer is 'A stream under the bridge'. It has long gone, but the bridge remains.
5.	A sign by the road says 'STAB FOR RAM'.	The answer is 'Broats Farm', on the road from Normanby to Salton.
6.	When was Butterwick bridge strengthened?	The answer is '1942' (as shown on the engraving on the bridge itself).

11.	Find the third word and you're the cat that's got the cream. 'Farm Cottage'.	The answer is 'Spring', as written on the three milk churns in Cawton Village.
12.	Where's this?	Its a bridge in 'the grounds of Hovingham Hall'.

15.	Where is this signpost pointing to on the road from Gilling to Coulton?	The answer is 'The Howardian Hills'.
16.	When driving along this straight road, you will see a ruin on the brow of the hill above. At this junction, how far are you from York?	The answer is '11 miles'. The road is leading into Sheriff Hutton, 1 mile ahead.
17.	Who lives at Hovingham Hall?	The answer is 'The Worsley family'. The clue is in the name of the local pub, 'the Worsley Arms'.
18.	Where is this?	The answer is 'the Gatehouse, north of Castle Howard'.
19.	Dick's place?	The answer is 'The Highwayman Pub', at Sheriff Hutton. (the reference is to the famous highwayman, Dick Turpin.

20.	Many signs say the right way is Thornton Le Clay. What's the alternative?	The answer is 'High Stittenham', to the left. Between Sheriff Hutton and Bulmer there are many footpath signposts pointing to Thornton Le Clay to the right, High Stittenham to the left.
21.	Where can you get pies and cakes, groceries, crafts, gifts, tea room and gardens?	The answer is 'Bulmer Village Stores', as advertised on the rustic cart outside the shop in Bulmer.