Carperby Quaker Meeting House

Carperby Quaker Meeting House is a former place of worship in Carperby, a village in Wensleydale, in England. Wensleydale was an early centre of Quaker worship, with Richard Robinson preaching in Carperby in 1658 or 1659, and converting several families when he returned a few years later. A meeting in Carperby was licensed in 1689, immediately following the Toleration Act 1688. This was probably held in a private house, but in 1705, a dedicated building was acquired. The current building was constructed in 1864, becoming the meeting place also for Quakers in Aysgarth. The Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority describes it, in terms of its architecture, as "the most sophisticated building in the village". The meeting moved to Leyburn in 1984, and the building has since been converted into a house. The building is constructed of stone with a Westmorland slate roof. It has two storeys and fronts of three bays. The entrance front has a pedimented gable on a moulded string course. It contains a central doorway with chamfered rusticated quoins and a divided fanlight, and sash windows. In the tympanum of the pediment is an inscribed and dated panel. It has been Grade II listed since 1986.

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Carperby Market Cross

Carperby Market Cross is a historic structure in Carperby, a village in Wensleydale, in England. Carperby was granted a market charter in 1305, but it is believed that it ceased to hold markets around 1587, when nearby Aysgarth assumed greater importance. A market was restarted in the 17th century, and it is possible that the market cross was erected to commemorate this occasion. The cross was erected in the village centre in 1674, and restored in 1843. The Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority argues that the base may be of this later date. It was Grade II listed in 1952, and made a scheduled monument in 1995. The cross is constructed of sandstone, and has an octagonal tapering shaft on a base of seven square steps. On the arms of the cross are recessed square panels, and on the top is a panel containing initials. The date 1674 is on the east face of the arms, and 1843 on the west face, along with an inscription "RB". On the ends are face masks in bas-relief.

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Carperby

Carperby is a village in Wensleydale, one of the Yorkshire Dales in North Yorkshire, England. It lies 7 miles (11 km) west of Leyburn.

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Carperby-cum-Thoresby

Carperby-cum-Thoresby is a civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. The parish contains the village of Carperby and the hamlets of High and Low Thoresby. It is situated north of Aysgarth and the main village of Carperby is 22.8 miles (36.7 km) west of the County Town of Northallerton. The population at the 2011 Census by ONS was 200.

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Bear Park, North Yorkshire

Bear Park is a manor house and estate in Carperby, a village in Wensleydale in England. A house existed on the site in the Mediaeval period, when it was owned by Marrick Priory. It was sold in 1544, and by 1570 was owned by Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick. At the time, the estate had a stone hall and various outbuildings, surrounded on three sides by walls, and the other by the River Ure. The current building dates from the 17th century, although it may contain elements of the earlier house. It has been much altered, particularly in the 19th century. It was Grade II* listed in 1952. The house is built of stone and has a stone slate roof with coped gables. It has two storeys and an E-shaped plan. The south front has five bays, and contains a doorway with a fanlight, a Tudor arched head and a hood mould. The windows are mullioned and double-chamfered with hood moulds. At the ends, the gable of each cross-wing contains an oculus with a moulded surround and keystones. In the centre of the rear is a single-storey gabled porch containing a doorway with a quoined surround, a moulded arris and a Tudor arched head. To the right of the porch is a stone slab carved with the Arma Christi, said to have come from Coverham Abbey. Inside the house, the dining room has 17th-century panelling with a frieze and moulded beams and joists in the ceiling. The sitting room has a small fireplace which dates from the 17th century or perhaps earlier, and the old kitchen has a large 17th-century fireplace. Beside the kitchen fireplace is a stone spiral staircase, with a cavity below which may have been a priesthole. Next to the house is a garden, surrounded by a 19th-century stone wall, which has been extended to accommodate a tennis court. There is also a mid-19th century grotto, constructed of artificial stone.

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