River Wharfe

The River Wharfe is a river in , England originating within the . For much of its middle course it is the county boundary between and .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Nun Appleton Priory and Cawood Castle.

Historic house
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was a priory near , , . It was founded as a nunnery c. 1150, by Eustace de Merch and his wife. It was dissolved by 1539, when the nuns were receiving pensions.

Castle
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is a grade I listed building in , a village in , . The surviving fifteenth-century structures formed part of a fortified medieval palace belonging to the Archbishops of York, which was dismantled in the aftermath of the English Civil War.

Church
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St John's Church is an Anglican church in , a village south of , in England. Until 1850, Acaster Selby fell within the parish of , with a church on the opposite side of the River Ouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cawood and Ryther.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England that is notable as the location of the sword. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, belonged to the Liberty of , Wistow and Otley.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the county of , England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 305 in 115 households, reducing marginally to 304 at the 2011 census. is situated 2½ miles west of River Wharfe.

River Wharfe

Latitude
53.85° or 53° 51′ north
Longitude
-1.13333° or 1° 8′ west
Elevation
36 feet (11 metres)
Open location code
9C5WRVX8+XM
Geo­Names ID
2634186
Wiki­data ID
Q1538073
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“River Wharfe” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Ríu Wharfe”
  • Cebuano: “River Wharfe”
  • Chinese: “Wharfe河”
  • Czech: “Wharfe”
  • Dutch: “Wharfe”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نهر وارف”
  • French: “rivière Wharfe”
  • French: “Wharfe”
  • German: “River Wharfe”
  • Hebrew: “נהר ווארף”
  • Indonesian: “Sungai Wharfe”
  • Irish: “Abhainn Wharfe”
  • Japanese: “ホウォーフ川”
  • Japanese: “ワーフ川”
  • Korean: “워프강”
  • Lithuanian: “Vorfas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Wharfe”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wharfe”
  • Norwegian: “Wharfe”
  • Polish: “Wharfe”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Wharfe”
  • Russian: “Уорф”
  • Serbian: “Ворф”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Wharfe”
  • Spanish: “Río Wharfe”
  • Swahili: “Mto Wharfe”
  • Swedish: “Wharfe”
  • Turkish: “Wharfe Nehri”
  • Welsh: “Afon Wharfe”

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Nun Appleton and Acaster Selby.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ryther Castle and RAF Church Fenton.

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