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Colsterdale Waterworks Light Railway
Colsterdale is the valley of the River Burn, a tributary of the River Ure, in the Yorkshire Dales in North Yorkshire, England. It gives its name to a hamlet and civil parish in the upper part of the dale, about west of Masham. The population of the civil parish was estimated at 20 in 2010. The lower part of the dale around the hamlet of Gollinglith Foot is in the civil parish of Healey. The area is in Harrogate district. Although Colsterdale is not in Nidderdale, it lies within the Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Colsterdale is part of the privately owned Swinton Estate. The Colsterdale towers are towers built between 1895 and 1911 to conduct surveys. History The name, first recorded in 1281, means "coalman valley". There was a coal mine here in the 14th century. Colsterdale was historically divided between the parishes of East Witton and Masham in the North Riding of Yorkshire. The upper part of the inhabited dale, above Gollinglith Foot, was a detac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harrogate (borough)
The Borough of Harrogate is a local government district with borough status in North Yorkshire, England. Its population at the census of 2011 was 157,869. Its council is based in the town of Harrogate, but it also includes surrounding towns and villages. This includes the cathedral city of Ripon and almost all of the Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the Masham and Wath rural districts, and part of Thirsk, from the North Riding of Yorkshire, along with the boroughs of Harrogate and the city of Ripon, the Knaresborough urban district, Nidderdale Rural District, Ripon and Pateley Bridge Rural District, part of Wetherby Rural District and part of Wharfedale Rural District, all in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The district is part of the Leeds City Region, and borders seven other areas; the Craven, Richmondshire, Hambleton, Selby and York districts in North Yorkshire and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Witton
East Witton is a village and civil parish in Wensleydale in North Yorkshire, England. It lies south of Leyburn, in the Richmondshire district. Richard Whiteley is buried there; he and his partner, Kathryn Apanowicz, lived in the village. The village lies at the mouth of Coverdale. The River Cover and the River Ure are on the northern boundary of the parish. The parish also includes Jervaulx Abbey, east of the village, and Braithwaite Hall, a 17th-century manor house owned by the National Trust, west of the village. The western part of the parish is in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Most of the eastern part is in the Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. History East Witton was originally known simply as Witton, and was mentioned (as ''Witun'') in the Doomsday Book. The name is Old English, from ''widu'' and ''tūn'', meaning "wood settlement", suggesting a place where wood was felled or worked. By the late 12th century the village became known as East ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villages In North Yorkshire
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Though villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighborhoods. Villages are normally permanent, with fixed dwellings; however, transient villages can occur. Further, the dwellings of a village are fairly close to one another, not scattered broadly over the landscape, as a dispersed settlement. In the past, villages were a usual form of community for societies that practice subsistence agriculture, and also for some non-agricultural societies. In Great Britain, a hamlet earned the right to be called a village when it built a church. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilton Cum Pott
Ilton is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated south-east of Taunton, and north of Ilminster in the South Somerset district. The village has a population of 854. The parish includes the hamlets of Ilford and Cad Green with its 16th-century almshouses. History "The settlement on the River Isle" was one of the possessions of Athelney Abbey until the dissolution of the monasteries. The current hamstone Ilford Bridge probably dates from the early 18th century when it was on the Curry Rivel to Chard turnpike road. The current A303 is just south of the village. Historic estates Merryfield About 1 mile west-north-west of the parish church, situated between the disused railway line and the disused Chard Canal, is a moated site which is all that remains of the medieval fortified manor house of Merryfield (or Muryfield), which was the seat of the ancient Wadham family. The last of the family in the direct male line was Nicholas Wadham who, with his wife Dorot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fearby
Fearby is a village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. It is located in the valley of the River Burn west of Masham. Nearby settlements include Healey, High Ellington and Swinton. The population of the parish was estimated at 130 in 2013. History The village is first mentioned, as ''Federbi'', in the Domesday Book which records a population of eight villagers and one smallholder. The toponym is of uncertain derivation. The element ''-by'' is of Old Norse origin, meaning "village", and the name could mean either "four villages" or "feather village". Fearby was historically a township in the large ancient parish of Masham in the North Riding of Yorkshire. It became part of the new ecclesiastical parish of Healey in 1849. The civil parish of Fearby was formed in 1866. Governance Until 1974 Fearby was part of Masham Rural District (before 1934 Masham Urban District) in the North Riding of Yorkshire. It is now part of the Borough o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellingstring
Ellingstring is a village and civil parish in Wensleydale in North Yorkshire, England, about south-east of Leyburn. It lies within the Harrogate district. The population of the parish was estimated at 80 in 2012. The parish now shares a grouped parish council, known as Fearby, Healey and District Parish Council, with Colsterdale, Fearby, Healey and Ilton cum Pott Ilton is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated south-east of Taunton, and north of Ilminster in the South Somerset district. The village has a population of 854. The parish includes the hamlets of Ilford and Cad Green wi .... References External links Villages in North Yorkshire Civil parishes in North Yorkshire Wensleydale {{harrogate-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
