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Arkengarthdale
Arkengarthdale is a dale, or valley, on the east side of the Pennines in North Yorkshire, England. Running roughly north-west to south-east, it is the valley of the Arkle Beck, and is the northernmost of the Yorkshire Dales. It is a subsidiary dale to Swaledale, which it joins at Reeth. The history of the dale, its people, and farming, lead mining, and local crafts is displayed and documented in the Swaledale Museum in Reeth. On its way up the dale from Reeth the unclassified road crosses many other small streams and their catchments, such as Great Punchard Gill, Roe Beck, Annaside Beck, and William Gill. It passes through several small settlements: Raw, Arkle Town, Langthwaite (where a narrow back road leads to Booze, North Yorkshire, Booze), Eskeleth and Whaw. At Eskeleth Bridge another unclassified road forks north-east (towards Barnard Castle); this also joins a minor road running along the northern side of the dale to Whaw. Beyond Whaw is the most sparsely populated upper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langthwaite
Langthwaite is one of the few villages in Arkengarthdale, North Yorkshire, England. It is north of Reeth and sits above sea level. It is the main settlement in the dale and is one of the most northerly settlements in the whole of Yorkshire Dales National Park. Langthwaite is one of two places in the dale that have houses clustered together closely in a traditional village set up; the rest of the settlements in the dale are populated by scattered buildings. It is home to a pub ('The Red Lion'), a shop and St Mary the Virgin's Church of 1818, Langthwaite is also home to the grade II* listed hexagonal Old Powder House, built in 1807 to store gunpowder used in the many mines dotted around the area. The 1851 census counted 48 houses in Langthwaite. The village was used for the filming of several scenes in the television series '' All Creatures Great and Small''. The Red Lion was featured in the episode "Every Dog Has His Day" but was made out to be in fictional Briston, while t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whaw
Whaw is a hamlet in Arkengarthdale in North Yorkshire, England. It is one of few settlements in the dale and is one of the smallest. Its name derives from the Old Norse of ''Kvi'' and ''Hagi'', which means the enclosure of the sheep. It is about north of Langthwaite and north west of Reeth. The adjacent Arkle Beck Meadows form a Site of Special Scientific Interest. The hillsides around Whaw are scarred with the remnants of lead mining and former hushes are still in evidence. During the 18th and 19th centuries, the hamlet was (and the whole of Arkengarthdale) were subject to a higher population because of the miners working in the hills. In 1840, a Wesleyan chapel was built in Whaw, this survives but no longer as a religious house. The 1851 census counted 18 houses in Whaw. In the 2011 census, Whaw was counted in Arkengarthdale Parish as having 231 residents overall. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Richmondshire, it is now administered by the unitary Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swaledale
Swaledale is a valley in North Yorkshire, England. It is one of the Yorkshire Dales, which are part of the Pennines, and within the Yorkshire Dales National Park. It is named after the River Swale, which runs through it. Swaledale is the most northerly of the major dales. Geographical overview Swaledale runs broadly from west to east, from the high moors on the Cumbria–Yorkshire boundary at the watershed of Northern England to the market town of Richmond, where the dale meets the lowlands. Nine Standards Rigg, the prominent ridge with nine ancient tall cairns, rises on the watershed at the head of Swaledale. To the south and east of the ridge a number of smaller dales ( Birkdale, Little Sleddale, Great Sleddale and Whitsundale) join to form the narrow valley of upper Swaledale at the small village of Keld. From there, the valley runs briefly south then turns east at Thwaite to broaden progressively as it passes Muker, Gunnerside, Low Row, Healaugh and Reeth. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arkle Beck
Arkle Beck is the stream running through the valley of Arkengarthdale in the Yorkshire Dales, England. It is a tributary of the River Swale, which it joins just past Reeth at Grinton Bridge. The beck Beck David Hansen (born Bek David Campbell; July 8, 1970), known mononymously as Beck, is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He rose to fame in the early 1990s with his Experimental music, experimental and Lo-fi mus ... itself has several tributaries which include: *Great Punchard Gill joins the beck just north of Whaw *William Gill drains a substantial area of West Moor into Beck Crooks, which is the first tributary after Arkle Beck's source *Annaside Beck joins just below Beck Crooks *Roe Beck joins at Shepherd's Lodge just above Great Punchard Gill In 1986, a section of the meadow alongside Arkle Beck at Whaw was designated as a site of special scientific interest (SSSI). References Rivers of North Yorkshire Arkengarthdale Beck wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Booze, North Yorkshire
Booze is a hamlet in Arkengarthdale, in North Yorkshire, England. It is about east of Langthwaite. There are 11 households in the hamlet. There is a riding school nearby. Name The earliest record of the name is from 1473, in the form ''Bowehous''. The name is derived from the Old English ''boga'' 'bow' and ''hus'' 'house', and thus means 'house by the bow or curve'. The reference is possibly to the curved hill above Slei Gill and Arkle Beck, on which the hamlet is situated. History The original community depended on hill farming and mining. The hamlet overlooks Slei Gill which contains several lead mining levels. Following the collapse of the lead mining industry in North Yorkshire at the end of the 19th century one of the mines, the Booze Wood Level, continued to be used as a slate mine until the beginning of the First World War. Chert was mined on Fremington Edge, south of Booze, until the beginning of the Second World War. The 1851 census counted 41 houses in Booze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eskeleth
Eskeleth is a hamlet in Arkengarthdale in North Yorkshire, England. It is in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Eskeleth sits from the village of Reeth. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Richmondshire, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. As with all places in Arkengarthdale, there is no record for the location in the Domesday Book, however, in 1280, it was recorded as ''Exherlede''. The origin of the name is uncertain. The first element in the name seems difficult to trace, but the second element is likely to be Old English Old English ( or , or ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages. It developed from the languages brought to Great Britain by Anglo-S ... or Old Norse ''hlið'' 'slope'. References Villages in North Yorkshire Arkengarthdale {{Richmondshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reeth
Reeth is a village west of Richmond, North Yorkshire, Richmond in North Yorkshire, England, in the civil parish of Reeth, Fremington and Healaugh. Historic counties of England, Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, it is the principal settlement of upper Swaledale. Etymology The origin of the name ''Reeth'' is unclear. It is possibly derived from the Germanic for 'place by the stream', although this claim can neither be confirmed nor refuted. Reeth could also have been derived from the Cumbric ''rith'' (cf. ''ryd'' in Modern Welsh, ''rys'' in Cornish language, Cornish ), meaning 'Ford (crossing), Ford'. Either would make sense as Reeth is located near two shallow rivers. History In Anglo-Saxons, Saxon times, Reeth was only a settlement on the forest edge, but by the time of the Norman conquest of England, Norman conquest it had grown sufficiently in importance to be noted in the ''Domesday Book''. Later it became a centre for hand-knitting and the local lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swaledale Museum
Swaledale Museum is a local museum in the village of Reeth, near Richmond, North Yorkshire, Richmond in North Yorkshire, England. It covers rural history including life and work in the local area of Swaledale and Arkengarthdale within the Yorkshire Dales Yorkshire Dales National Park, National Park. History The museum is in the former Methodist school room near ''The Green'' in Reeth. The school was built in 1836 on the site of two cottages that dated from the late 17th or early 18th century. After the Quaker school was built in Reeth in 1862, the building became a Sunday School. During the Second World War, the building was used to billet troops who attended the Battle Training Camp at Catterick Garrison, Catterick. After the Second World War, the building was used as a recreation hall. In 1974, the building was bought from the Methodist Church and opened as a privately owned museum, the Swaledale Folk Museum. In 2004 there was a change of ownership, but the museum rema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arkle Town
Arkle Town is a hamlet in Arkengarthdale in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated to the south of Langthwaite and north-west of Reeth. History "Arkel" is a Norse personal name and probably arrived with settlers during the tenth century. Formerly it had a parish church, inn and workhouse, the only evidence of these buildings that remains is a small number of gravestones at the site of the former St. Mary's Church, which was relocated further up the dale in 1816. The 1851 census counted 41 houses in Arkle Town.Batty. p 14. Governance The hamlet is within the Richmond and Northallerton parliamentary constituency, which is under the control of the Conservative Party. The current Member of Parliament, since the 2015 general election, is Rishi Sunak. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Richmondshire, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council North Yorkshire Council, known between 1974 and 2023 as North Yorkshire Cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yorkshire Dales
The Yorkshire Dales are a series of valleys, or Dale (landform), dales, in the Pennines, an Highland, upland range in England. They are mostly located in the Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, but extend into Cumbria and Lancashire; they are entirely within the Historic counties of England, historic boundaries of Yorkshire. The majority of the dales are within the Yorkshire Dales National Park, created in 1954. The exception is the area around Nidderdale, which forms the separate Nidderdale AONB, Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The landscape of the Yorkshire Dales consists of sheltered glacial valleys separated by exposed moorland. The predominant rock is Carboniferous Limestone, which is particularly visible in the south-west in features such as Malham Cove. It is overlain in many areas by the Yoredale Series of alternating weak shales and hard limestones and sandstones, which give the dales their characteristic 'stepped' appeara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richmond, North Yorkshire
Richmond is a market town and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is located at the point where Swaledale, the upper valley of the River Swale, opens into the Vale of Mowbray. The town's population at the 2011 United Kingdom census, 2011 census was 8,413. The town is north-west of Northallerton, the county town, and north-west of York. In the Domesday Book of 1086 the area was collected under Yorkshire and the town was in the Gilling Wapentake. After the book it became the centre for wapentakes in the Honour of Richmond for the North Riding of Yorkshire. Between 1974 and 2023 the town was the administrative centre of the Richmondshire district of the North Yorkshire non-metropolitan county. Richmond is located near the eastern boundary of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, for which it has become a tourist centre. History Richmond in North Yorkshire was the Honour of Richmond of the Earl of Richmond, Earls of Richmond (or ''comtes de Richem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Museum
The British Museum is a Museum, public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is the largest in the world. It documents the story of human culture from its beginnings to the present.Among the national museums in London, sculpture and decorative art, decorative and applied art are in the Victoria and Albert Museum; the British Museum houses earlier art, non-Western art, prints and drawings. The National Gallery holds the national collection of Western European art to about 1900, while art of the 20th century on is at Tate Modern. Tate Britain holds British Art from 1500 onwards. Books, manuscripts and many works on paper are in the British Library. There are significant overlaps between the coverage of the various collections. Established in 1753, the British Museum was the first public national museum. In 2023, the museum received 5,820,860 visitors, 42% more than the previous y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
