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Countersett
Countersett is the largest of the three settlements in Raydale, around Semerwater in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is in the Yorkshire Dales to the north of the lake. The Boar East and West were once one farm, and before that a pub called The Boar Inn. The date 1667 was above the door, along with a Latin inscription which translated as "Now mine, once thine, but whose afterwards I do not know" (ref. Wensleydale, by Ella Pontefract, Dent & Sons, 1936) Countersett Hall dates back to the twelfth century. In 1650 Richard Robinson, the first Quaker in Wensleydale purchased the hall and extended it. It is a stone built Manor House with Richard Robinson's and his wife's initials and date of purchase, 1650, inscribed in stone above the front door. Illicit Quaker meetings were held in the Hall before the establishment of the nearby Meeting House. George Fox, a founder of the Society of Friends, stayed at Countersett Hall in 1652 and 1677. There is a local legend that Mary, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Countersett Quaker Meeting House
Countersett Quaker Meeting House is a historic building in Countersett, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. Quakers met in Countersett Hall from the 1650s, initially illegally. From 1710, they instead met in a nearby barn which perhaps dated from the late 16th century. It was altered to make it suitable for worship, and was again altered in 1778, when it passed into the ownership of the Quakers. They used it until 1872, when they moved to a purpose-built structure. The meeting house was purchased by the Primitive Methodists, who used it until the 1970s. In the 1980s, the Quakers again began meeting in their old building, which they restored in the 1990s. In 2011, a small outbuilding was converted to provide a kitchen and toilet. The building was Grade II listed in 1986. The single-storey building is constructed of rubble, with a stone slate roof. It has three 12-pane sash windows, all on the main front, and dating from 1778. The entrance is to the right, and has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Countersett Hall
Countersett Hall is a Grade II* listed historic building in Countersett, a hamlet in North Yorkshire, in England. The house dates back to the twelfth century in parts – artefacts were discovered during renovations in the 1980s. Richard Robinson purchased the freehold and extended the hall in 1650 – his initials are inscribed above the front door. Robinson became the first Quaker in Wensleydale and held meetings illegally in the house. George Fox George Fox (July 1624 Old Style and New Style dates, O.S. – 13 January 1691 Old Style and New Style dates, O.S.) was an English Dissenters, English Dissenter, who was a founder of the Quakers, Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as t ... stayed in the house in 1652 and again in 1677. There is a local legend that Mary Queen of Scots stayed at the hall on her way to Bolton Castle. See also * Listed buildings in Bainbridge, North Yorkshire References External links {{coord, 54.28675, -2.12580, format=dms, type:landm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bainbridge, North Yorkshire
Bainbridge is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 480. The village is situated in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, near the confluence of the River Bain (England's shortest river) with the River Ure. It is west of Northallerton, the county town. The civil parish includes Raydale, and a large area of moorland south of the village. It also includes the hamlets of Worton, and Cubeck east of the village. History The Roman name for Bainbridge was '' Virosidum'' and the remains of a Roman Fort are located just east of Bainbridge, on the other side of the river, on Brough Hill, where various Roman remains have been found. Early excavations included those directed by Brian Hartley in the 1950s and 1960s. These have been designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument. Nearby is Cam High Road, which follows the line of a Roman Road. At the time of the Norman invasion there was no village, and hence no entry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raydale
Raydale (also known as ''Raydaleside'') is a dale on the south side of Wensleydale in North Yorkshire, England. The northern part of the dale is the valley of the River Bain, which flows out of Semerwater, one of very few lakes in the Yorkshire Dales. Above the lake the dale is drained by smaller becks, and is joined by two smaller dales, Cragdale on the east and Bardale on the west. There are three hamlets in the dale, Countersett, Marsett and Stalling Busk. The village of Bainbridge lies at the mouth of the dale. The dale is a broad, flat-bottomed U-shaped valley U-shaped valleys, also called trough valleys or glacial troughs, are formed by the process of Glacial period, glaciation. They are characteristic of mountain glaciation in particular. They have a characteristic U shape in cross-section, with s ..., with a significant woodland cover around Semerwater and the other water courses. References External links Bainbridge, North Yorkshire Wensleyd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Semerwater
Semerwater () is the second largest natural lake in North Yorkshire, England, after Malham Tarn. It is half a mile (800 m) long, covers and lies in Raydale, opposite the River Bain, North Yorkshire, River Bain. A private pay and display parking area is at the foot of the lake. Semerwater attracts canoers, windsurfers, yachtsmen and fishermen. There are three small settlements nearby: *Stalling Busk *Countersett *Marsett Semerwater was the subject of a number of sketches and paintings by the artist J. M. W. Turner. Semerwater is a Pleonasm, pleonastic place name. The name, first recorded in 1153, derives from the Old English elements ''sæ'' 'lake', ''mere'' 'lake' and ''water''. The form "Lake Semerwater" introduces a fourth element with the same meaning. The lake is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, first notified in 1975. Legend According to an old legend, Semerwater was once occupied by a prosperous city. One night an old man (or in some versions, an angel in dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Creatures Great And Small (1978 TV Series)
''All Creatures Great and Small'' is a British television series made by the BBC and based on the books of the British veterinary surgeon Alf Wight, who wrote under the pseudonym James Herriot. Set in the Yorkshire Dales and beginning in the mid-1930s, it stars Christopher Timothy as Herriot, Robert Hardy as Siegfried Farnon (based on Donald Sinclair), the proprietor of the Skeldale House surgery, and Peter Davison as Siegfried's "little brother", Tristan (based on Brian Sinclair). Herriot's wife, Helen (based on Joan Wight), was initially played by Carol Drinkwater and in the later series by Lynda Bellingham. The series had two runs: the original (1978 to 1980, based directly on Herriot's books) was for three series; the second (1988 to 1990, filmed with original scripts but generally regarded as a continuation of the 1978 series) for four. The supporting cast, both recurring and one-offs, numbers over 600, most of whom appear as farmers or clients of the surgery. The series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burtersett
Burtersett is a small village in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England. It lies approximately east from Hawes and Gayle. The village is known for its former quarrying industry and being the seat of the Hillary family, with one strand of the family emigrating to New Zealand and raising Sir Edmund Hillary, the famous mountaineer. History Whilst the village is not mentioned in the Domesday Book, its name is recorded as far back as 1280 as ''Beutresate''. The village has also been called ''Birtresatte'' and ''Butterside'', with the derivation being ''Shieling near the alder tree''. It was known that the area surrounding Burtersett was a Royal Forest during the reign of Edward I, but gradually the local industry gave way to sheep farming, then later quarrying and dairy produce. Other industries included knitted products and a candles. The candle factory, a four-story building, still exists today, but the operation is believed to have stopped in the early 20th century. Qu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marsett
Marsett is one of three settlements in around Semer Water in Raydale, a small side dale off Wensleydale in North Yorkshire, England. Marsett is only a hamlet and lies to the south-west of the lake, at a point where a smaller side dale, Bardale, joins Raydale. The hamlet consists of two farms and ten permanent dwellings, together with a number of holiday cottages. There is also a Methodist chapel, built in 1897. The name, first recorded in 1283 as ''Mouressate'', is from the Old Norse ''Maures sætr'', meaning 'the shieling of a man named Maurr' (a nickname meaning 'ant'). In 2016, Marsett's red telephone box was scheduled to be demolished, but following a successful campaign where local councillors pointed out that there is no mobile phone reception in the area, it was renovated instead. The phone box has also been earmarked as a possible location for a defibrillator unit. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Richmondshire, it is now administered by the unitary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stalling Busk
Stalling Busk is one of three settlements around Semer Water in the county of North Yorkshire in the small dale of Raydale just off from Wensleydale, England. The village lies to the immediate south of the lake, at above sea level. The name of the settlement derives from a combination of Old French (''estalon'') and Old Norse (''buskr''), which means ''the stallion's bush''. The village was also known as ''Stallen Busk'', and is commonly referred to by locals as just ''Busk''. Although the village is not mentioned in the Domesday Book, archaeological evidence points to the area being inhabited during the Iron Age, Iron and Bronze Age, Bronze ages. As well as the Grade II listed building, listed St Matthew's Church, Stalling Busk, St Matthew's Church, Stalling Busk has the ruined Old St Matthew's Church, Stalling Busk, Old St Matthew's Church, that is also Grade II listed, which can be found on a short walk towards Semer Water. In St Matthew's Church graveyard, is a Commonwealth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Yorkshire Council
North Yorkshire Council, known between 1974 and 2023 as North Yorkshire County Council, is the local authority for the non-metropolitan county of North Yorkshire, England. Since 2023 the council has been a unitary authority, being a county council which also performs the functions of a district council. The council is based at County Hall, Northallerton, and consists of 90 councillors. It is a member of the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority. The council has been under no overall control since 2023, having initially been under Conservative Party control following the 2022 North Yorkshire Council election. The council was previously under Conservative control from 1974 to 1993 and from 2003 to 2023. Between 1993 and 2003 it was under no overall control. The leader of the council is Conservative councillor Carl Les, appointed in 2021, and the Chief Executive is Richard Flinton. The council was created in 1974, when local government in England was reformed and the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richmondshire
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Wensleydale
Wensleydale is a valley in North Yorkshire, England. It is one of the Yorkshire Dales, which are part of the Pennines. The Dale (landform), dale is named after the village of Wensley, North Yorkshire, Wensley, formerly the valley's market town. The principal river of the valley is the River Ure, Ure, which is the source of the alternative name Yoredale. The majority of the dale is within the Yorkshire Dales National Park; the part below East Witton is within the National Landscape, national landscape of Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Nidderdale. Addlebrough, at , dominates the landscape of the upper dale, and Penhill, at , is prominent in the lower dale. The dale lends its name to the Yoredale Series, Yoredale Group of Carboniferous rocks. The dale is famous for Wensleydale cheese, its cheese, with the main commercial production at Hawes. History At the time of the Domesday Book in 1086, Wensley included two berewicks [a portion of farmland], "one of 4 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
