Walden Stubbs Walden Stubbs Walden Stubbs is a small, rural village and civil parish in the Selby district of North Yorkshire, England. At the 2011 Census the population was less than 100. Details are included in the civil parish of Womersley. Situated close to the border with South Yorkshire, and north of Doncaster. It lies close to the River Went, which starts at Featherstone. The Askern Branch Line runs through this village, which has two level crossings. This rail line now carries freight to and from the three power stations of Ferrybridge, Eggborough and Drax and passenger trains from London Kings Cross
Drax Priory Drax Priory Drax Priory was an Augustinian priory at Drax in North Yorkshire, England, founded between 1130 and 1139 by William Paynel. The Priory has sometimes been called an abbey, though this is judged to be incorrect. Permission was given to crenellate the priory in 1362. The Priory was run down in 1535 with the Dissolution of the Monasteries and the land was leased to Sir Marmaduke Constable to be used as a farm. In 1997, a geophysical survey and aerial imaging was undertaken which revealed wall lines of buried buildings and former ponds. The monks at Drax owned lands