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The Grange was once the Raindale New Inn, When the
railway opened in 1836 it was a useful place to pause and have a drink
on the 2 hour journey between Pickering and Grosmont, For the first nine
years, the railway relied on horses to pull the carriages and it was
here that a new pair of horses was put into the harness to haul the
train up to the summit, On the down hill trip to Pickering, the horses
had an easier time, They were unhitched and put in a 'Dandy Cart' behind
the carriage and the train free wheeled down towards Pickering, with the
horses no doubt enjoying the rest and the passengers hoping that the
brake man had his wits about him!
The principle of putting the horse in a cart behind the carriages
was first proposed by Stephenson l0 years earlier and, by giving the
horses a rest, increased the amount of work they could do each day.
Raindale Water Mill stood here. Its fourteen foot (4.25m) waterwheel
providing the power to grind local grown wheat into flour. In 1915,
the stream changed course and the mill was forced to stop. The entire
mill was later removed to the Castle Museum in York where it can now
be seen once again milling flour. |
