Grinton

Grinton is a locality in Richmondshire District, North Yorkshire, England. Grinton is situated nearby to the neighborhood Feetham, as well as near the village Low Row.

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Highlights include Maiden Castle and Holy Trinity Church, Melbecks.

Maiden Castle

Archaeological site

Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Maiden Castle is a settlement in Grinton, North Yorkshire which probably dates from the Iron Age. It is listed as a scheduled monument. The name Maiden Castle is not unique to the site and occurs in several other places in Britain and probably means a "fortification that looks impregnable" or one that has never been taken in battle.

Holy Trinity Church, Melbecks

Church

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Holy Trinity Church is the parish church of Melbecks, an area of Swaledale in North Yorkshire, in England. Until the mid 19th century, the Melbecks area fell within the parish of the Church of St Andrew, Grinton.

The Punch Bowl

Hotel

Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Punch Bowl is a historic pub in Low Row, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The pub is dates 1638, and may partly date from that period, but is mostly mid 18th century.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Reeth and Crackpot.

Reeth

Village

Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Reeth is a village 11 miles west of Richmond in North Yorkshire, England, in the civil parish of Reeth, Fremington and Healaugh. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, it is the principal settlement of upper Swaledale. Reeth is situated 3 miles northeast of Grinton.