[4] In the 1840s, Allerton Mauleverer was described as "The parish is wholly the property of Lord Stourton; and comprises 2170 acres, of which 1180 are arable, 820 meadow and pasture, and 170 woodland and plantations.

[8] A church dedicated to Saint Martin was first built on the site by a member of the Mauleverer family in the late 12th or early 13th century.

[9] The present church was remodelled in 1745–46 by Richard Arundell, heir to the Mauleverers and MP for Knaresborough, adopting a neo-Norman style.

[10] St Martin's Church, Allerton Mauleverer was declared redundant on 1 December 1971, and was vested in the Trust on 27 July 1973.

The Temple of Victory is a folly gazebo in a prominent position - on a hill in the parish of Flaxby, now close to the A1 road.

The main entrance is on the southwest side and is approached by two flights of steps with wrought iron railings, and it has a shouldered architrave and a triangular pediment on consoles, all in a round-headed arch.

[14][15][16] A local legend claims that its construction atop a hill inspired the nursery rhyme, "The Grand Old Duke of York".

One reasons is due to the growth of industrial districts in Lancashire and the North-East in the mid 19th century, where cotton textiles were produced.

[18] This caused the majority of small parishes in North Yorkshire to see a decline in residents because citizens moved to the industrial areas to look for a better life.

The bedrock contains mostly sandstone formed in the Triassic and Permian periods, when the local environment was previously dominated by rivers.

Built by The Lord Mowbray, the premier Baron of England as a monumental statement of his position within the English aristocracy.

Since the 1990s, Allerton Castle has been the location for many film and television productions including The Secret Garden and Sherlock Holmes – The Sign of Four.