15 Mar
Building work | Damp Proofing
Pickering - YO18
Enquiry from: Jacqueline A
Start Date: Immediate
Damp proofing along fron wall of terraced property
Pickering
Pickering is an old market town as well as civil parish in the Ryedale area of North Yorkshire, England, on the boundary of the North York Moors National Forest. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, it sits at the foot of the moors, forgeting the Vale of Pickering to the south. According to legend the town was founded by King Peredurus around 270 BC; however, the community as it exists today is of middle ages origin. The legend has it that the king lost his ring and also charged a young maiden of stealing it, however later that day the ring was located in a pike captured in the River Costa for his dinner. The king was so satisfied to discover his ring he married the young maiden; the name Pike-ring changed over 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 called after the fans of an Anglian man named Picer or some such personal name-- the Picer-ingas. The traveler locations of Pickering Parish Church, with its middle ages wall surface paintings, Pickering Castle, the North Yorkshire Moors Railway and Beck Isle Museum have actually made Pickering popular with site visitors. Close-by areas consist of Malton, Norton-on-Derwent as well as Scarborough.
