Guisborough with Whitby deanery         comprises of 10  branches and is geographically set from Redcar all the way down to Whitby. Guisborough itself is a market town and was formerly part of the North Riding of Yorkshire. Gighesbore is recorded in the Domesday Book and the ruined Gisborough Priory dates to the 12th centrury.  The priory and Gisborough Hall  (16th century, demolished and rebuilt) are spelt without the first U. Some other old sites and names use that same spelling. Saltburn is a seaside resort with a  pier and the cliff lift is one of the world's oldest water powered lifts. Saltburn lists smugglers, Quakers, railways as part of its diverse history. Redcar and Coatham -a  holiday resort and Zetland lifeboat, the world's oldest surviving lifeboat Dormanstown - Named after and built by the Dorman Long iron & steelworks, the company that built the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Marske - Is mentioned in the Doomsday book. Marske Hall is now a Cheshire home and the village is also home to a museum named Winkies Castle which is not a castle but an old cruck house! Wilton - Near ICI, is a village noted for Wilton Castle which, in 1536, was confiscated by the Crown from Lord & lady Bulmer for their part in the Pilgrimage of Grace uprising. Boosbeck , New Marske and Loftus - Previously ironstone mining communities, farming and for Loftus Saxon princess relics. Whitby is such a well known English town and the link with Captain Cook is carried down from the north of this deanery down to Whitby where Cook spent his apprenticeship years - not forgetting Whitby jet, Abbess Hilda and Bram Stoker's novel, Dracula! All in all ..... A varied and interesting area which accounts for why tourists flock to this part of the country...so come and visit us! Dear God Guard our friendships: Encourage us that we may encourage one another; inspire us that we may inspire one another; Strengthen us that we may strengthen one another; Remember us that we may love and care for one another.