St John's Church, Langcliffe

St John's Church is the parish church of Langcliffe, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. Until the 19th century, Langcliffe lay in the parish of Church of St Alkelda, Giggleswick. A church school was established in the village in the early years of the century, and it was used as a Sunday school, and occasionally for worship. A purpose-built church was designed by James Mallinson and Thomas Healey and was completed in 1851. It was grade II listed in 1988. The church is built in stone with a slate roof. It consists of a nave, a south porch, and a chancel with a north vestry and boiler house. On the west gable end is an octagonal bell turret with a pyramidal head, and on the east gable is a cruciform finial. Inside, the timbers of the roof are visible, and wooden furnishings including the altar rail may be original.

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Langcliffe

Langcliffe is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, in England. It lies to the north of Settle and east of Giggleswick. The River Ribble runs along the west of the village. Langcliffe lies within one of eight regions covered by the Yorkshire Dales National Park, established in 1954. This covers an area of 680 square miles (1,762 km2) in the counties of North Yorkshire and Cumbria and straddles the central Pennines in the north of England. Until 1974 it was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Craven, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

Langcliffe High Mill

Langcliffe High Mill is a historic building in Langcliffe, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The watermill lies on the River Ribble. It was originally built in 1784 as a cotton mill, for George and William Clayton and R. Walshman, and in about 1786 it was extended to the right. It was later converted to become a paper mill, and continued to produce paper until it closed in 2006. In 2024, it was put up for sale for £1.25 million. The main building was grade II listed in 1977. The mill is built of stone with a stone slate roof. The right block has six storeys and nine bays, and contains a blocked round-headed entrance. The roof has gable coping and a kneeler on the right. The left block has five storeys and 14 bays, the middle six bays projecting slightly. The windows in both blocks are casements with plain surrounds.

Stackhouse, North Yorkshire

Stackhouse (sometimes written as Stack House), is a hamlet in the civil parish of Giggleswick on the western bank of the River Ribble in North Yorkshire, England.

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Settle rail crash

The Settle rail crash was a railway accident that occurred at Langcliffe near Settle, England, on the night of 21 January 1960 in which two trains collided, killing five people and injuring eight more.