Carperby
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Coordinates: 54°18′08″N 1°59′35″W / 54.30227°N 1.99304°W
| Carperby | |
 Carperby
Carperby shown within North Yorkshire |
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| OS grid reference | SE005896 |
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| District | Richmondshire |
| Shire county | North Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire | |
Carperby is a village in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England, in the Yorkshire Dales. It lies about eight miles west of Leyburn.
[edit] Brief history
In the centre, a high-stepped cross dated 1674 tells of the time when Carperby had a market (granted in 1305). In the 17th century the village was an important Wensleydale centre of Quakerism, and its biggest building even today is the classically-styled Friends' Meeting House of 1864. The name of the Wheatsheaf Hotel suggests a corn-growing past, and the inn itself was where James Herriot and his bride spent their honeymoon in 1941.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ "James Herriot". The World of James Herriot. Hambleton District Council. http://www.worldofjamesherriot.org/jamesherriot.htm. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
[edit] External links
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