West Scrafton
West Scrafton is a village and civil parish in Coverdale in the Yorkshire Dales, England. It is located 4 miles south west of Leyburn. The population was estimated at 70 in 2013.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 62 residents
- Description: village in North Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “West Scrafton, North Yorkshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Foresters Arms and Forbidden Corner.
Foresters Arms
Pub
Photo: Steve Partridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Foresters Arms is a historic pub in Carlton, a village in Coverdale, North Yorkshire, in England. The building was constructed in the 17th century, as a single-roomed farmhouse.
Forbidden Corner
Theme park
Photo: WhaleyTim, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Forbidden Corner is a folly garden located in the Tupgill Park Estate, at Coverham in Coverdale, in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, England. It is open to the public. Forbidden Corner is situated 2½ miles northeast of West Scrafton.
St Botolph’s Church, Horsehouse
Church
Photo: Anthony Harrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Botolph's Church is an Anglican church in Horsehouse, a village in Coverdale in North Yorkshire, in England. The first chapel in the village was built in about 1530, and was served by the canons of Coverham Abbey. St Botolph’s Church, Horsehouse is situated 2 miles southwest of West Scrafton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carlton and Gammersgill.
Carlton
Village
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Carlton is a village in the civil parish of Carlton Town in the county of North Yorkshire, England. According to the 2011 Census it had a population of 232.
Gammersgill
Hamlet
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Gammersgill is a hamlet in Coverdale in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England. It is about 7 miles south-west of Leyburn. The toponym is of Old Norse origin, from Gamall, a personal name, and skali 'hut', so means 'hut of a man named Gamel'.
Caldbergh
Hamlet
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Caldbergh is a hamlet within the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England. It lies about four miles south of Leyburn. East Scrafton and Coverham are nearby. Caldbergh is situated 1½ miles northeast of West Scrafton.
West Scrafton
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: West Scrafton, Richmondshire District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.24838° or 54° 14′ 54″ northLongitude
-1.88975° or 1° 53′ 23″ westPopulation
62Elevation
820 feet (250 metres)Open location code
9C6W64X6+94OpenStreetMap ID
node 243352156OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2634270Wikidata ID
Q7986447
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“West Scrafton” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “West Scrafton”
- Dutch: “West Scrafton”
- French: “West Scrafton”
- German: “West Scrafton”
- Irish: “West Scrafton”
- Ladin: “West Scrafton”
- Polish: “West Scrafton”
- Swedish: “West Scrafton”
- Turkish: “West Scrafton”
- “West Scrafton”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “West Scrafton”. Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.