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Harmby
Harmby est un village et une paroisse civile du Yorkshire du Nord, en Angleterre.
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Harmby
Harmby is a village and civil parish in Lower Wensleydale, one mile south-east of Leyburn, in North Yorkshire, England. It is located roughly three miles east of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Harmby has close links with Spennithorne, a village half a mile to the south-east. The two villages have a joint sports association.
The name Harmby derives from the Old Norse Hjarnibȳ meaning 'Hjarni's village'.
Harmby Waterfall, over which Harmby Beck flows, is located in a wooded gorge on the east side of the village. It can be accessed via two footpaths from the main road, near the top of Harmby Bank, across from the Pheasant Inn. The beck is crossed by a footbridge just downstream of the falls. Harmby Beck meets Spennithorne Beck before flowing into the River Ure.
Edward Baines, in his 1823 directory, lists the village as Harnby and gives the population as 194. In 2011, the population of Harmby was 371.
This small community has few businesses; the largest are the Pheasant Inn and the Lower Wensleydale Caravan and Motorhome Club Site (caravan park).
Harmby has a village hall, behind which are the grounds used by the sports association.
The A684, between Kendal and Ellerbeck, runs past the village. Harmby is served by one public bus route, the 155, operated by Hodgsons Coaches. There is another bus service that operates for schoolchildren attending Spennithorne School or Wensleydale School.
The village was historically in the North Riding of Yorkshire, and from 1974 was part of the Richmondshire district in the newly-established county of North Yorkshire. Until 2023 it was governed by North Yorkshire County Council and Richmondshire District Council; in 2023, North Yorkshire Council restructured into a unitary authority, abolishing the district councils.
Harmby lies in the constituency of Richmond and Northallerton. The member of parliament is Rishi Sunak.
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Tennants
Tennants is an auction house based at Leyburn in North Yorkshire, England. It claims to be the largest family-owned fine art auctioneers in the United Kingdom. The firm holds some 80 auctions a year and attracts buyers and sellers from around the world. It has twenty-seven specialist departments. Tennants premises include the Garden Rooms, a multi-purpose events and concert venue with a capacity for 640 people.
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Spennithorne
Spennithorne is a village and civil parish in lower Wensleydale in North Yorkshire, England. The village is situated 2 miles (3.2 km) south-east of the market town Leyburn, on a slight elevation above the River Ure, which forms the southern boundary of the parish. The village is overlooked by the steeple of St Michael and All Angels Church.
Spennithorne is approximately 4 miles (6 km) east from Yorkshire Dales National Park containing a range of wildlife habitats.
The village was historically in the North Riding of Yorkshire until 1974. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Richmondshire, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.
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Middleham Bridge
Middleham Bridge is a historic structure connecting Middleham and Leyburn in North Yorkshire, in England.
The bridge, across the River Ure, was constructed in 1830, to a design by Joseph Hansom and Edward Welch. It was originally a suspension bridge, but was soon damaged by cattle crossing in step. It was repaired and a toll was introduced to pay for its upkeep. In 1865 it was converted into a girder bridge, the work conducted by Head, Ashby and Co. The bridge was grade II listed in 1985. It carries what is now the A6108 road.
At each end of the bridge is a pair of stone pylons with a rectangular plan, buttresses, and embattled parapets on corbels. They are joined by a four-centred arch carrying a stone wall, each with shield and panels, some with inscriptions. The bridge deck is in cast and wrought iron, on two cast iron columns into the river bed, with wrought iron parapets and inscribed panels.
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Leyburn railway station
Leyburn railway station is on the Wensleydale Railway, a seasonal, heritage service and serves the town of Leyburn in North Yorkshire, England. During the summer months it is served by at least three trains per day; at other times of the year the service is mainly at weekends and public holidays.
The Leyburn branch of the Wensleydale Railway Association (which incorporates the Friends of Leyburn Station-FOLS) meets monthly at the station.
The station postal address is Leyburn Station, Harmby Road, Leyburn, North Yorkshire, DL8 5ET.