Pickering
Pickering is an ancient market town as well as civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England, on the border of the North York Moors National Forest. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, it sits at the foot of the moors, overlooking the Vale of Pickering to the south. According to legend the community was founded by King Peredurus around 270 BC; however, the community as it exists today is of middle ages beginning. The legend has it that the king lost his ring as well as accused a young maiden of stealing it, however later that day the ring was discovered in a pike caught in the River Costa for his supper. The king was so delighted to discover his ring he married the young maiden; the name Pike-ring altered throughout the years to Pickering. It is a wonderful story told to fit the name, yet it is not the origin. Pickering is believed to be named after the fans of an Anglian man called Picer or some such personal name-- the Picer-ingas. The vacationer venues of Pickering Parish Church, with its middle ages wall paints, Pickering Castle, the North Yorkshire Moors Railway and Beck Isle Museum have actually made Pickering prominent with site visitors. Close-by areas consist of Malton, Norton-on-Derwent and Scarborough.