Firby

Firby is a small village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It lies 1-mile south of Bedale. The population of the parish was estimated at 30 in 2015.

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Type: Hamlet with 31 residents
Description: village and civil parish in Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England, UK
Also known as: “Firby, Bedale”, “Firby, Hambleton”, and “Firby, North Yorkshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Thorp Perrow Arboretum and Snape Castle.

Thorp Perrow Arboretum

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Thorp Perrow Arboretum is an 85-acre woodland garden arboretum near Bedale in North Yorkshire, England.

Snape Castle

Castle

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Snape Castle is a semi-fortified manor house in the village of Snape, North Yorkshire, England. The castle is 3 miles south of Bedale and 10 miles north of Ripon.

This late Georgian Bedale Leech House in Bedale, North Yorkshire, England, is a unique example of a building constructed to keep live medicinal leeches healthy prior to their sale by the local apothecary to doctors and private individuals for the purpose of blood letting as a medical procedure to cure or prevent a variety of illnesses and diseases.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bedale and Aiskew.

Bedale

Town

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Bedale, is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. Bedale Beck is a tributary of the River Swale, which forms one of the Yorkshire Dales.

Aiskew

Village

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Aiskew is a village in the civil parish of Aiskew and Leeming Bar, in North Yorkshire, England. The village is situated to the immediate north-east of Bedale and separated from it by Bedale Beck.