Memorial of the Nidd Ferry Disaster, Newby, North Yorkshire
This memorial was built in c1869. It commemorates those that died in the Nidd Ferry disaster of the 4th February 1869. The York and Ainsty Hunt had reached the banks of the River Ure which was swollen after heavy rain. Several members boarded the ferry but one of the horses became tangled in the chains on the side of the ferry, panicked and tipped the boat over. Six men were drowned, including Sir Charles Slingsby, the heir to the estates in Knaresborough and Scriven, Captain Henry Vyner and Edmund Robinson - members of the family of Newby Hall. Clare and Robert Vyner were saved. It was a dramatic event which had a considerable impact on the history of estates in the area.
