Pickering
Pickering is an old market community and civil parish in the Ryedale district 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, neglecting the Vale of Pickering to the south. According to tale the town was founded by King Peredurus around 270 BC; nonetheless, the town as it exists today is of medieval beginning. The legend has it that the king lost his ring and accused a young maiden of swiping it, but later that day the ring was located 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 changed over the years to Pickering. It is a great tale told to fit the name, but it is not the origin. Pickering is thought to be called after the followers of an Anglian man named Picer or some such personal name-- the Picer-ingas. The tourist 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 preferred with site visitors. Close-by locations include Malton, Norton-on-Derwent and also Scarborough.
