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A6108 Road
The A6108 road is an A roads in Great Britain, A road in North Yorkshire, England. It runs from the south of Scotch Corner to Ripon going via Richmond, North Yorkshire, Richmond and Leyburn across the moors and the valleys of Swaledale and Wensleydale. The road is long, but through traffic between the two destinations will find a shorter route of by going south on the A1 road (Great Britain), A1. The route is single carriageway for its entire length. The route was closed for traffic on 5 July 2014 between Leyburn and Ripon to accommodate Stage One of the Tour de France, Tour De France. Description of route The road starts south of Scotch Corner, heading south then south-west over Skeeby Beck on a 17th and 18th century bridge through Skeeby and into Richmond. In Richmond town there is a junction with the A6136 road, A6136 road to Catterick Garrison and Catterick Bridge. The road takes the northern flank of the town and heads west, out alongside the River Swale crossing the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walburn
Walburn is a hamlet and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. It is located in lower Swaledale, south-west of Richmond, North Yorkshire, Richmond. The population of the parish was estimated at 10 in 2016. The army training camp of Wathgill is in the parish. History The toponym is derived from the Old English ''wala'' "Britons or Welshmen" and ''burna'' "stream", indicating the presence of Celtic Britons, Britons in the area when the English arrived. Walburn was historically a Township (England), township in the parish of Downholme in the wapentake of Hang West in the North Riding of Yorkshire. From 1286 Walburn was held of the manor of Thornton Steward, whose Mesne lord, lords were mesne tenants of the honour of Richmond. Walburn became a separate civil parish in 1866. In 1974 it was transferred to the new county of North Yorkshire. Walburn Hall Walburn Hall is a fortified house probably dating from the 12th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
