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Spennithorne
Spennithorne est un village et une paroisse civile du Yorkshire du Nord, en Angleterre.
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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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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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Spennithorne railway station
Spennithorne railway station was on the Wensleydale Railway, in North Yorkshire, England.
The station was opened by the Bedale and Leyburn Railway on 19 May 1856, and served the village of Spennithorne. It closed temporarily on 1 March 1917, before reopening on 18 September 1920. It closed permanently on 26 April 1954.
The station consisted of a two-storey station master's house and a single-storey building for the station office and waiting room. There were no sidings or goods facilities. Mr Francis Johnson was the station master for three years prior to 1908 after which he moved to Scruton railway station. He had a reputation for beautifying the stations under his charge.
The station was 1 mile (1.6 km) northeast of Spennithorne, just within the civil parish of Constable Burton. Business was always likely to be small at this remote location, and in the 30 years to 1914 the station averaged 2,616 passengers a year, with receipts of £289.
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Wensleydale Hotel
The Wensleydale Hotel is a historic building in Middleham, a town in North Yorkshire, in England.
The hotel was built around 1800 as an inn named The White Swan. The building was grade II listed in 1985. In 2019, new owners renamed it after Wensleydale, and created a restaurant, the Tack Room. In 2025 it was put for sale for £800,000, at which time it had 17 bedrooms, a restaurant, private dining room, and bar.
The hotel is rendered and has a stone slate roof. It has three storeys and is three bays wide. In the centre is a projecting Doric portico, and to its left is a 20th-century three-light window. The windows on the upper floors are sashes in stone surrounds.
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Church of St Mary and St Alkelda, Middleham
The Church of St Mary and St Alkelda is a Church of England parish church in Middleham, Richmondshire, North Yorkshire. The church is a grade I listed building, and it dates from the 13th century.