Pickering
Pickering is an old market town as well as civil parish in the Ryedale area of North Yorkshire, England, on the border of the North York Moors National Park. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, it rests at the foot of the moors, ignoring the Vale of Pickering to the south. According to tale the community was founded by King Peredurus around 270 BC; however, the town as it exists today is of medieval origin. The legend has it that the king lost his ring and accused a young maiden of swiping it, but later on that day the ring was found in a pike captured in the River Costa for his dinner. The king was so pleased to discover his ring he wed the young maiden; the name Pike-ring changed throughout the years to Pickering. It is a wonderful tale told to fit the name, but it is not the beginning. Pickering is believed to be named after the fans of an Anglian man called Picer or some such personal name-- the Picer-ingas. The visitor venues of Pickering Parish Church, with its medieval wall paints, Pickering Castle, the North Yorkshire Moors Railway and also Beck Isle Museum have actually made Pickering popular with visitors. Nearby places consist of Malton, Norton-on-Derwent as well as Scarborough.
