Thwaite, North Yorkshire

Thwaite
Thwaite
	Thwaite and Swaledale
OS grid reference	SD8998
Civil parish	Muker;
District	Richmondshire;
Shire county	North Yorkshire;
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	RICHMOND
Postcode district	DL11
Dialling code	01748
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Richmond;
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Thwaite is a small village in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England. It is in the district of Richmondshire and the civil parish of Muker. The village was the home and birthplace of Richard and Cherry Kearton, who were pioneers in wildlife photography at the end of the 19th century. The Kearton name lives on in the Kearton tea rooms and guesthouse in the centre of the village.

The name "Thwaite" comes from the Old Norse word þveit, meaning 'clearing, meadow or paddock'.^[1]

Thwaite in popular culture

Thwaite is probably the setting of Misselthwaite Manor in the book The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett.

References

^ 'Oxford Dictionary of British Place-Names', A.D. Mills, Oxford University Press.

External links

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[1] 'Oxford Dictionary of British Place-Names', A.D. Mills, Oxford University Press.

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