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Boulby	Boulby is a village in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England, located within the North York Moors National Park. Boulby was in the North Riding of Yorkshire until 1964, followed by the county of Cleveland until 1996. It is located just off the A174 near Easington, and 1 mile west of Staithes. The village was the site of alum mining activity in years past, and is currently the site of Boulby mine, a site run by Cleveland Potash Limited which produces half of the UK's output of potash.
Boulby	The estate of Easington and Boulby came to a branch of the family of Conyers by the mid-15th century, who for several generations, were seated at mansion at Boulby. By the early 19th century the mansion was converted into a farm house, which over the door on a square stone bore the arms of the Conyers. The family were sole proprietors until about 1664, when Nicholas Conyers passed the estate to the sons of his second wife, who all died without male heirs. Nicholas Conyers kept possession of the alum works at Boulby, which was founded in 1615. By 1890 Boulby was described as a "straggling and ruinous village".
Boulby	Boulby is an old Scandinavian place name meaning ""Bolli's Farm"", constructed from the male personal name "Bolli" + -by, an Old Scandinavian element meaning "farmstead, village or settlement". Examples of Bolli from the 10th century are the Norse Bolli Thorleiksson and his son Bolli Bollason from the Icelandic Sagas, although neither were recorded as coming to England.
Boulby	Just north of the village are some of the highest cliffs in England, at above sea level. Boulby Cliff was mined for alum and in "A Picturesque History of Yorkshire" (1901) the face of the headland is described as being "dotted" with alum-works and miners cottages. This mineral was used as a mordant to improve the strength and permanency of colour when dyeing cloth. This mining was relatively short lived as a cheaper method was developed soon after the boom in alum mining. The ruined remnants of the mines can still be seen from the cliff top when walking the Cleveland Way between Staithes and Skinningrove. To the north-west of the village is Boulby Quarries a Site of Special Scientific Interest designated due to its geological interest.
Boulby	Boulby is also home to Cleveland Potash at Boulby mine - Europe's second-deepest mine, where potash and rock salt is mined underground. Boulby used to be served by the Whitby Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway (WRMU) which ran along the coastline to Whitby Town station where it met the Scarborough & Whitby Railway. However the WRMU was closed in 1958. Today the railway line from Saltburn has been reopened for goods as far as the mine, and is used for the transportation of potash and rock salt.
Boulby	In the "Domesday Book" of 1086, Boulby is given as "Bolebi" or "Bollebi", and appears within the soke of Loftus, held in the William the Conqueror’s time by High d'Avranches, Earl of Chester. It states ""In Bolebi, Chiluert had 1 carucate of land, sufficient for 1 plough, valued at 8 shillings."" Chiluert held the manor before the conquest. Some time afterwards Boulby, along with Easington, passed to the de Brus family, Lords of Skelton.
Boulby	The large number of villages and farmsteads containing a personal name and -by are believed to have been settled by Scandinavian conquerors breaking up the English church and secular estates from the late 9th century. There are high density pockets in parts of Yorkshire corresponding to the Norse Kingdom of Jorvik and the subsequent Anglo-Danish Earldom of Northumbria from 954.
Boulby Quarries	In England SSSIs are designated by Natural England and Boulby Quarries is one 18 SSSIs in the Cleveland area of search. The site is identified as being of national importance in the Geological Conservation Review.
Boulby Quarries	The fossil content of Boulby Quarry is particularly important with two plesiosaur species ("Eretmosaurus macroptera" and "Thaumatosaurus zetlandicus"), an ichthyosaur "Ichthyosaurus crassimonus" and the only Upper Lias pterosaur known in Britain, Parapsicephalus being found at the site. The fossil are found in the "bifrons" zone, and although not abundant, it is very different from surrounding fossil sites.
Boulby Mine	At deep, it is the second deepest mine of any kind in Europe, and has a network of underground roads extending under the North Sea, totalling in length.