Winterburn is a village in the county of

North Yorkshire North Yorkshire is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in Northern England.The Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority areas of City of York, York and North Yorkshire (district), North Yorkshire are in Yorkshire and t ...

, England. It is about south west of

Grassington Grassington is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. The population of the parish at the 2011 Census was 1,126. The village is situated in Wharfedale, about north-west from Bolton Abbey, and is surrou ...

Winterburn Reservoir Winterburn Reservoir is located near the village of Winterburn in Malhamdale, North Yorkshire, England. It was constructed between 1885 and 1893 by Leeds civil engineers Henry Rofe and Edward Filliter to help maintain levels on the Leeds and ...

is located about a mile from the village, which is situated on Winterburn Beck, the reservoir's outlet. Friars Head Hall lies in the village, on a site formerly occupied by a

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Furness Abbey Furness Abbey, or St. Mary of Furness, is a former monastery located to the north of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. The abbey dates back to 1123 and was once the second-wealthiest and most powerful Cistercian monastery in the country, behi ...

. Until 1974 it was part of the

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. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Craven, it is now administered by the unitary

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Winterburn history pages
Villages in North Yorkshire Craven, Yorkshire {{Craven-geo-stub

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