Towthorpe
Towthorpe is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Fimber, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated in the Yorkshire Wolds just north of the B1248 road, approximately 8 miles north-west of Driffield and 2 miles south-west of Sledmere.Photo: Stephen Horncastle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in East Riding of Yorkshire, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Towthorpe, East Riding of Yorkshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sledmere House and Church of St Mary, Sledmere.
Sledmere House
Photo: Andy Beecroft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sledmere House is a Grade I listed Georgian country house, containing Chippendale, Sheraton and French furnishings and many fine pictures, set within a park designed by Capability Brown. Sledmere House is situated 2 miles northeast of Towthorpe.
Church of St Mary, Sledmere
Church
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Mary, Sledmere is situated 2 miles northeast of Towthorpe.
Eleanor Cross
Monument
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
A replica Eleanor Cross was erected in Sledmere, East Riding of Yorkshire, in 1896–98. The tall stone structure was constructed by the Sykes family of Sledmere. Eleanor Cross is situated 2 miles northeast of Towthorpe.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fimber and Sledmere.
Fimber
Village
Photo: Alison Stamp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fimber is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 8 miles north-west of Driffield town centre and 3 miles south-west of the village of Sledmere.
Sledmere
Village
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sledmere is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, about 7 miles north-west of Driffield on the B1253 road. The village lies in a civil parish which is also officially called "Sledmere" by the Office for National Statistics, although the county council and parish council refer to it as Sledmere and Croome, as the parish also includes the nearby hamlet of Croome. Sledmere is situated 2 miles northeast of Towthorpe.
Wharram Percy
Locality
Photo: Nyh, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wharram Percy is a deserted medieval village and former civil parish near Wharram-le-Street, now in the parish of Wharram, on the western edge of the chalk Wolds of North Yorkshire, England. Wharram Percy is situated 3 miles west of Towthorpe.
Towthorpe
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Fimber, East Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.05386° or 54° 3′ 14″ northLongitude
-0.62546° or 0° 37′ 32″ westOpen location code
9C6X393F+GROpenStreetMap ID
node 166935010OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletWikidata ID
Q586039
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Swedish—“Towthorpe” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Towthorpe, East Riding of Yorkshire”
- French: “Towthorpe”
- Irish: “Towthorpe”
- Polish: “Towthorpe”
- Swedish: “Towthorpe, Fimber”
- Swedish: “Towthorpe”
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Localities in the Area
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