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Job Title: Grounds person Responsible to: Head of Grounds Maintenance Bolton Abbey, the Yorkshire Estate of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, situated in Wharfedale near Skipton, is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the Yorkshire Dales, with an estimated half a million visitors per year. As part of the Maintenance Department there is a requirement to look after extensive visitor access areas, nature trails, car parks and public facilities, together with the care and maintenance of the grounds of The Devonshire Arms Country House Hotel group. Duties: • Grass cutting • Strimming • Hedge cutting • Hoeing • Turfing & Grass Seeding • Tractor Driving • Propagation of Plants • Digging • Planting • Fence Construction & Footpath Maintenance • Any other duties as required by other departments when available to do so. • To participate in appropriate training. Personal Specification • Polite, friendly and courteous attitude. • Ability to work well within a team, supporting colleagues. • Experienced and have an aptitude and interest in horticulture and general grounds maintenance. • Reliable. • Clean driving licence. • A flexible approach to work. • The ability to embrace change. • The ability to research information relevant to this post. • A desire to continually update and improve own knowledge. • A smart appearance at all times, complying with the requirements of the dress code. • Vigilant observation on all matters concerning safety and security. • A good understanding of Bolton Abbey and the countryside in general. • An awareness of the need to maintain confidentiality and discretion. Estate Office, Bolton Abbey, Skipton, North Yorkshire BD23 6EX Tel: 01756 718000 Fax: 01756 710535 www.boltonabbey.com e-mail: [email protected] .

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294 HISTORY OF CRAVEN. PARISH OF SKIPTON* HAVE reserved for this parish, the most interesting part of my subject, a place in Wharfdale, in order to deduce the honour and fee of Skipton from Bolton, to which it originally belonged. In the later Saxon times Bodeltone, or Botltunef (the town of the principal mansion), was the property of Earl Edwin, whose large possessions in the North were among the last estates in the kingdom which, after the Conquest, were permitted to remain in the hands of their former owners. This nobleman was son of Leofwine, and brother of Leofric, Earls of Mercia.J It is somewhat remarkable that after the forfeiture the posterity of this family, in the second generation, became possessed of these estates again by the marriage of William de Meschines with Cecilia de Romille. This will be proved by the following table:— •——————————;——————————iLeofwine Earl of Mercia§=j=......... Leofric §=Godiva Norman. Edwin, the Edwinus Comes of Ermenilda=Ricardus de Abrineis cognom. Domesday. Goz. I———— Matilda=.. —————— I Ranulph de Meschines, Earl of Chester, William de Meschines=Cecilia, daughter and heir of Robert Romille, ob. 1129. Lord of Skipton. But it was before the Domesday Survey that this nobleman had incurred the forfeiture; and his lands in Craven are accordingly surveyed under the head of TERRA REGIS. All these, consisting of LXXVII carucates, lay waste, having never recovered from the Danish ravages. Of these-— [* The parish is situated partly in the wapontake of Staincliffe and partly in Claro, and comprises the townships of Skipton, Barden, Beamsley, Bolton Abbey, Draughton, Embsay-with-Eastby, Haltoneast-with-Bolton, and Hazlewood- with-Storithes ; and contains an area of 24,7893.
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