Egton House

Egton House in Langham Street in Central London was home to BBC Radio 1 for many years from 1985 until 1996.

Radio 1 moved to Yalding House on Great Portland Street in 1996, and Egton House was demolished in 2003 to make way for the new John Peel Wing of BBC Broadcasting House. Jo Whiley was the last presenter to broadcast from Egton House (12pm-2pm on Weds 9 October 1996).

Egton House was also home to the BBC Gramophone Library, a collection of over one million records and CDs. The 78 rpm collection was held in the basement of The Langham which is across the road and has now reverted to being a luxury hotel.

References

External links

Coordinates: 51°31′07″N 0°08′35″W / 51.5186°N 0.1431°W / 51.5186; -0.1431

Egton

Coordinates: 54°26′45″N 0°45′17″W / 54.445800°N 0.754800°W / 54.445800; -0.754800

Egton is a village and civil parish in the Scarborough local administration district of North Yorkshire county, England, about 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Whitby, and located within the North York Moors National Park. There is a nearby village called Egton Bridge, which is home to Egton railway station. The village was included in the Survey of English Dialects, published in various forms between 1962 and 1996. Unlike the other sites, a full book was written on the local dialect by Hans Tidholm. Being a very isolated village, its ways of speech were very unusual in Britain.

According to the 2011 UK census, Egton parish had a population of 448, a reduction on the 2001 UK census figure of 459.

Egton is home to the Egton Road Race or Gooseberry Run, an annual charity race around the village.

Egton is an important local centre for family history. Prior to 1880, many important Birth,Marriage and Death records were administered from Egton parish. The church in Egton holds detailed transcriptions of parish records. The cemetery is half a mile west, at the old church site. After 1870 many parishioners were buried at nearby Aislaby.