Spennithorne
Spennithorne is a village and civil parish in lower Wensleydale in North Yorkshire, England. The village is situated 2 miles south-east of the market town Leyburn, on a slight elevation above the River Ure, which forms the southern boundary of the parish.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet with 223 residents
- Description: village in North Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Spennithorne, North Yorkshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Michael’s Church, Spennithorne and Middleham Castle.
St Michael’s Church, Spennithorne
Church
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St Michael's Church is the parish church of Spennithorne, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The church was originally built in about 1150, from which period the north arcade of the nave survives.
Middleham Castle
Middleham Castle is a ruined castle in Middleham in Wensleydale, in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It was built by Robert Fitzrandolph, 3rd Lord of Middleham and Spennithorne, commencing in 1190.Church of St Mary and St Alkelda
Church
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The Church of St Mary and St Alkelda is a Church of England parish church in Middleham, Richmondshire, North Yorkshire. The church is a grade I listed building, and it dates from the 13th century.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Middleham and Leyburn.
Middleham
Town
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Middleham is a market town and civil parish in the district and county of North Yorkshire, England. It lies in Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales, on the south side of the valley, upstream from the confluence of the River Ure and River Cover.
Leyburn
Town
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Leyburn is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, sitting above the northern bank of the River Ure in Wensleydale. Historically in the North Riding of Yorkshire, the name was derived from 'Ley' or 'Le', and 'burn', meaning clearing by the stream. Leyburn is situated 2 miles northwest of Spennithorne.
Garriston
Hamlet
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Garriston is a hamlet and civil parish north-east of Leyburn in North Yorkshire, England. In 2015, North Yorkshire County Council estimated the population at 20. Garriston is situated 2½ miles northeast of Spennithorne.
Spennithorne
- Categories: village, civil parish, and locality
- Location: Spennithorne, Richmondshire District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.29711° or 54° 17′ 50″ northLongitude
-1.79171° or 1° 47′ 30″ westPopulation
223Elevation
407 feet (124 metres)Open location code
9C6W76W5+R8OpenStreetMap ID
node 33808330OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
2637236Wikidata ID
Q2727697
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Spennithorne” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Spennithorne”
- Dutch: “Spennithorne”
- French: “Spennithorne”
- Irish: “Spennithorne”
- Ladin: “Spennithorne”
- Polish: “Spennithorne”
- Swedish: “Spennithorne”
- Turkish: “Spennithorne”
- “Spennithorne”
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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 “Spennithorne”. Photo: Tony Simms, CC BY-SA 2.0.