Scawton to Sutton Bank Circular

The Battle of Old Byland (also known as the Battle of Byland Moor and Battle of Byland Abbey) was a significant encounter between Scots and English troops in Yorkshire in October 1322, forming part of the Wars of Scottish Independence. It was a victory for the Scots, the most significant since Bannockburn, though on a far smaller scale.

Cold Kirby is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. The population at the 2011 census (including Angram Grange) was 205. It is in the North York Moors, near Rievaulx Abbey and Sutton Bank, 5 miles west of Helmsley.

Hambleton is a hamlet on the A170 road between Thirsk and Pickering in North Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Hambleton Hills 1 mile east of Sutton Bank.The 1856 Ordnance Survey map shows the Hambleton Hotel (later the Hambleton Inn) at the location, but no hamlet. By 1893 the wider settlement had appeared.

Stocking Abbey was an abbey in the village of Oldstead, North Yorkshire, England.The abbey at Stocking was built in 1147, originally for Savigniac monks, but soon became Cistercian. It was meant to be a temporary establishment as no suitable site for a permanent settlement had been found yet. The monks that worshipped at Stocking moved to Byland Abbey 30 years later in 1177.

Oldstead is a village and a civil parish in Ryedale District, North Yorkshire, England, within the North York Moors National Park, off the A170 road between Thirsk and Helmsley, below the Hambleton Hills. Nearby villages include Wass, Kilburn and Coxwold. Oldstead shares a parish council with Byland with Wass.