Fountains Earth
Fountains Earth is a civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. The principal village in the parish is Lofthouse, and the parish also includes the hamlet of Bouthwaite and the northern part of the village of Wath.Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Locality with 182 residents
- Description: civil parish in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
- Also known as: “Fountains Earth (civil parish), North Yorkshire” and “Fountains Earth, North Yorkshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gouthwaite Reservoir and How Stean Gorge.
Gouthwaite Reservoir
Reservoir
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Gouthwaite Reservoir is in Nidderdale, North Yorkshire, England. It is one of many reservoirs in the area, others include Roundhill Reservoir and Angram Reservoir.
How Stean Gorge
How Stean Gorge is a limestone gorge in Nidderdale in North Yorkshire, England. It forms a unit of the Upper Nidderdale Site of Special Scientific Interest. How Stean Gorge is situated 2 miles west of Fountains Earth.Church of St Chad
Church
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The Church of St Chad is a grade II listed structure in the village of Middlesmoor, in Upper Nidderdale, North Yorkshire, England. The church was built in 1866 to replace an earlier chapel on the site, and prior to a burial ground being consecrated, funerals and burials had to take place at Kirkby Malzeard, under which ecclesiastical parish the church fell under. Church of St Chad is situated 2½ miles west of Fountains Earth.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lofthouse and Ramsgill.
Lofthouse
Village
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Lofthouse is a small village in Nidderdale in the county of North Yorkshire, England about a mile south of Middlesmoor. It is the principal settlement in the civil parish of Fountains Earth.
Ramsgill
Hamlet
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Ramsgill is a small village in Nidderdale, North Yorkshire, England, about 2 miles south-east of Lofthouse, located near Gouthwaite Reservoir. It is chiefly known for the Yorke Arms, formerly a Michelin-starred restaurant on the village green which takes its name from the lords of the manor, the Yorke family, who once lived in nearby Gouthwaite Hall.
Bouthwaite
Hamlet
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Bouthwaite is a hamlet in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated in Nidderdale, to the north of Pateley Bridge, close to the village of Ramsgill.
Fountains Earth
- Category: civil parish
- Location: Harrogate District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Fountains Earth” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Fountains Earth”
- French: “Fountains Earth”
- Irish: “Fountains Earth”
- Polish: “Fountains Earth”
- Swedish: “Fountains Earth”
- Turkish: “Fountains Earth”
- “Fountains Earth”
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