St Mary's Church, Long Preston

St Mary's Church is the parish church of Long Preston, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. There was a church in Long Preston at the time of the Domesday Book, but the current church was probably built in the late 14th century. The chancel was largely rebuilt from 1867 to 1868, to a design by Thomas Healey. The building was grade I listed in 1958.

The church is built of stone, with millstone grit dressings, and a stone slate roof. It consists of a nave, north and south aisles, a south porch, a chancel, north and south chapels, and a west tower. The tower has three stages, diagonal buttresses, a clock face on the west, two-light bell openings, and crocketed corner finials. The porch is gabled, and has a moulded entrance surround, a segmental pointed arch, a hood mould and a trefoil cross on the apex. Inside, there is a late-17th century pulpit, a Romanesque font with a canopy dating from 1726, Minton tiles in the chancel, and some stained glass by Jean-Baptiste Capronnier.

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Long Preston

Long Preston is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England, in the Yorkshire Dales. It lies along the A65 road, and is 12 miles (19 km) from Skipton and 4 miles (6 km) from Settle. The population of Long Preston in 2001 was 680, increasing to 742 at the 2011 Census. 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.

Long Preston railway station

Long Preston is a railway station on the Bentham Line, which runs between Leeds and Morecambe via Skipton. The station, situated 37+1⁄2 miles (60 km) north-west of Leeds, serves the village of Long Preston in North Yorkshire. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains. Heading west, it is the last station before the Bentham Line and Settle and Carlisle Line diverge at Settle Junction, situated to the north of the village.

Cow Bridge

Cow Bridge is a historic bridge in Long Preston, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The bridge crosses the River Ribble, carrying the B6478 road and the Pennine Bridleway. A bridge on the site was first recorded in 1639, when it was reported as being ruinous, and it was again reported as being in poor condition in 1752. The current bridge is probably late 18th century, while the parapet was rebuilt in the 19th century. It was grade II listed in 1987. It is in stone, and consists of a single segmental arch over the river, and three smaller flanking segmental arches on each side. Between the arches are pilasters, above them is a string course, and the parapet is raked. There are many mason's marks and other symbols carved into the stones.

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Hellifield engine shed

Hellifield Engine Shed was a railway locomotive depot adjacent to Hellifield railway station in North Yorkshire, England. The depot opened in 1880 and was closed in 1963. Its main function was to house engines for use on the Settle-Carlisle line. Hellifield was coded as 30A, 20G, 23B, and 24H and was a sub-shed of first Skipton depot, and latterly under Accrington depot.