A honeypot during the summer months, Lealholm is located midway along the Esk valley between the villages of Glaisdale, to the east and Danby to the west.

[4] The origins of this community stretch back to a period when farming and the movement of stock was almost exclusively the main source of activity.

[5] At the time of the Domesday survey, the site of the current village was heavily wooded, but with five charcoal-hungry iron smelting furnaces operating at the manor by 1274 AD, the valley floor was cleared quickly of trees enabling drainage, cultivation and settlement of the land.

[6] Fulling mills, hostelries and other traders set up bases around this river crossing and thereby formed the nucleus of today's village centre.

As the mill was fed by the small Cow Beck, water could have been in short supply during dry summer months, and by 1709 it was demolished.

A Quaker, Thomas Whatson, built a new mill on the old site, constructing a long mill-race from Crunkly Ghyll through the village to join Cow Beck.

Also, "all persons that shall grind corn and grain at the mill" had the right "to sieve and sift on two parcels of ground called Adam Rigg and Ellergates".

An 1823 trade directory lists 17 farmers, four shoemakers, three corn millers, two blacksmiths, two butchers, two victuallers (one also a tallow chandler), a tailor, a wheelwright, and a "blue, brown, and shop paper manufacturer" in Lealholm.

[10] Despite Queen Elizabeth I's Penal laws, Catholicism flourished across many parts of Yorkshire and Lancashire during the 1600s, thanks to the support of local gentry[11] and priests such as Fr.

On Friday 27 April 1979, an USAF Phantom aircraft from Alconbury was performing low level tactical reconnaissance over the North York Moors when the engine stalled.

The aircraft banked left, striking the ground to the west of Lealholmside before cartwheeling in a fireball across fields for almost half a mile below the houses.

[16] Lealholm is in the Scarborough and Whitby parliamentary constituency, currently represented by Conservative Robert Goodwill, who won the seat from Labour in 2005.

At its head it formed a massive dam blocking the flow of water from above and creating a lake running back up the valley to Commondale.

[10] Despite having less than 50 houses within the boundaries of the main settlement, Lealholm has a selection of amenities, including a village shop, post office, petrol station and farm goods store.

Close to the chapel, between the River Esk and the mill race stands a Quaker Friends Burial Ground, donated by Thomas Whatson.

As part of the United Kingdom, the North York Moors area, in which Lealholm lies, generally has cool summers and relatively mild winters.

The latitude of the area means that it is influenced by predominantly westerly winds with depressions and their associated fronts, bringing with them unsettled and windy weather, particularly in winter.

For its latitude this area is mild in winter and cooler in summer due to the influence of the Gulf Stream in the northern Atlantic Ocean.

The two dominant influences on the climate of Lealholm are the shelter against the worst of the moist westerly winds provided by the higher ground and the proximity of the North Sea.

Onshore winds in spring and early summer bring mists or low stratus clouds (known locally as sea frets) to the area.

[25] Due to its proximity to the River Esk and its tributaries, flooding has long been a problem for some of the lower lying houses in the village.

[10] In the second half of twentieth century increasing mechanization of farming operations led to a rapid decline of employment opportunities in agriculture in the surrounding area.

[31] However, the rise in the ownership of cars brought tourism into the North York Moors area and the village is a tourist honeypot in the summer months.

Employment in tourism has risen rapidly and the village now has guest houses, holiday cottages, bed and breakfast accommodation and catering establishments providing jobs and income along with services and retailers.

[32] Lealholm had a typical NER goods shed and coal yard close to the railway station, which became a factory base when the company Lightspeed panels were set up in 1972.

Due to bad weather, the cricket pitch became waterlogged after weeks of heavy rain and a torrential downpour in the days leading up to the show.

[37] The show has over 200 exhibitions of crafts, wine making, fruit, vegetables and farm produce for competition including categories for children.

[38] Children's sports and a fancy dress parade are held on the cricket pitch and are always well supported, although there usually has to be a lot of persuasion for entries into the adult's "Twice round the field" competition.

[36] In the past few years the village show has been expanded to feature displays of steam engines, fire safety and brass band performances, demonstrations by St John Ambulance and a bouncy castle.