Swinithwaite
Swinithwaite is a hamlet in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England. It lies on the A684 road, 2 miles miles east of Aysgarth. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Richmondshire, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in North Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Swinithwaite, North Yorkshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Old Hall and Swinithwaite Hall.
Swinithwaite Hall
Residential building
Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Swinithwaite Hall is a residential building.
Penhill Preceptory
Archaeological site
Photo: Tony Mercer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Penhill Preceptory was a priory on the northern flanks of Penhill in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, England, which functioned from about 1142 to 1308–12.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Witton and Castle Bolton.
West Witton
Village
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West Witton is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. Located in Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales it lies on the A684.
Castle Bolton
Hamlet
Photo: Cacolantern, Public domain.
Castle Bolton is a village in North Yorkshire, England. It is in Wensleydale, one of the Yorkshire Dales. The village takes its name from Bolton Castle, which overlooks the west end of the village green. Castle Bolton is situated 1½ miles north of Swinithwaite.
Penhill
Locality
Photo: Poolofthought, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Penhill is a prominent hill, 5.5 miles south west of Leyburn, in the Pennines, North Yorkshire, England. It forms a ridge that commands the southern side of Wensleydale and the northern side of Coverdale. Penhill is situated 2 miles south of Swinithwaite.
Swinithwaite
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: West Witton, Richmondshire District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.29892° or 54° 17′ 56″ northLongitude
-1.93301° or 1° 55′ 59″ westElevation
584 feet (178 metres)Open location code
9C6W73X8+HQOpenStreetMap ID
node 1098592436OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Polish—“Swinithwaite” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Swinithwaite”
- French: “Swinithwaite”
- Irish: “Swinithwaite”
- Polish: “Swinithwaite”
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