The railway line from York to Scarborough passes the foot of the Yorkshire Wolds on the outskirts of Sherburn.
The level crossing on the Sherburn to Brompton By Sawdon road has a signal box which controls the rather splendid semaphore signals.
The box displays the name Weaverthorpe, which is a village some 4 miles away in the Wolds.
Not sure why the signal box isn't christened Sherburn as that is the nearest place.
Unless, of course, the railway came before the village and, when it was constructed, Weaverthorpe was the nearest location to it?
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