Portal:Yorkshire/Did you know . . ./8

• ... that Cliffe, Richmondshire, where the "clock stopped, never to go again", is surrounded by archaeological features including barrows, a Roman road (pictured) and an English Civil War battleground?
• ... that Gordon Brown's independent advisor on ministerial conduct, Sir Philip Mawer who was given a knighthood in 2002, has also been a dame?
• ... that residents of Castleford, England, were incensed when their council tried to eliminate Tickle Cock?
• ... that Holy Cross Church, Gilling, was at one time referred to as Saint Helena's after the Roman Empress whom legend says discovered the True Cross?