Low Row
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- Not to be confused with the village near Brampton, Carlisle, Cumbria, or with the road in Cwmpennar.
Coordinates: 54°22′33″N 2°01′51″W / 54.37593°N 2.03088°W
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| OS grid reference | SD980978 |
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| District | Richmondshire |
| Shire county | North Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | RICHMOND |
| Postcode district | DL11 |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire | |
Low Row is a village in Swaledale, in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England. It lies about 3 miles west of Reeth and is between Healaugh and Gunnerside. It is part of the Richmondshire parish Melbecks. It is a linear village running along one road, the B6270.[1]
A working farm, Hazel Brow Farm, is open to visitors, and a seventeenth century stone inn called The Punch Bowl is by the main road.[2]
[edit] History
The name Low Row comes from the Norse "The Wra" (a nook).[3] The surname "Raw" is associated with the village.[4] The village was raided by Jacobites in 1745, and bodies probably from that raid are buried at the church in Low Row.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Smith, Roly (2008). Swaledale. Frances Lincoln Ltd. p. 49. ISBN 0711226369. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Xvpv0gM1tqsC&pg=PA49.
- ^ a b Scholes, Ron (2006). Yorkshire Dales. Landmark Visitor Guide. Hunter Publishing Inc.. p. 145. ISBN 1843062097. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=tKK1tnLhInQC&pg=PA145.
- ^ Fleming, Andrew (1998). Swaledale: valley of the wild river. Edinburgh University Press. p. 47. ISBN 1853311979.
- ^ Ucko, Peter J.; Layton, Robert (2004). The Archaeology and Anthropology of Landscape: Shaping Your Landscape. Routledge. p. 0203202449. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=EeOGSi8x_04C&pg=PA69.
[edit] External links
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