Yorke’s Folly
Yorke's Folly is a historic folly in Bewerley, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The structure, more commonly known locally as Two Stoops, was erected in about 1820, for John Yorke, as part of the landscaping around the new Bewerley Hall.Photo: Xclucie, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bewerley Grange Chapel and Nidderdale Museum.
Bewerley Grange Chapel
Church
Photo: Gpwitteveen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bewerley Grange Chapel is a church, which is situated 4,000 feet north of Yorke’s Folly.
Nidderdale Museum
Museum
Photo: Immanuel Giel, CC BY 3.0.
Nidderdale Museum is a local and social history museum in the market town of Pateley Bridge in Nidderdale, one of the Yorkshire Dales, in North Yorkshire, England. Nidderdale Museum is situated 1½ miles north of Yorke’s Folly.
Pateley Playhouse
Theater building
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Pateley Playhouse is a small amateur-run theatre in the town of Pateley Bridge in Nidderdale, North Yorkshire, England. The building was initially a Primitive Methodist Chapel but was abandoned in the late 1930s. Pateley Playhouse is situated 1¼ miles north of Yorke’s Folly.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Glasshouses and Pateley Bridge.
Glasshouses
Village
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Glasshouses is a small village in Nidderdale, North Yorkshire, England. It lies 1 mile south-east of Pateley Bridge on the east side of Nidderdale and has a recently rebuilt river bridge across the River Nidd. In 2019 it had an estimated population of 536.
Pateley Bridge
Town
Photo: Cyberdemon007, Public domain.
Pateley Bridge is a market town in the civil parish of High and Low Bishopside, in Nidderdale, in the county and district of North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it lies on the River Nidd.
Wilsill
Hamlet
Photo: Malcolm Street, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wilsill is a village in Nidderdale in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is about 2 miles east of Pateley Bridge on the B6165 road between Pateley Bridge and Ripley. Wilsill is situated 1½ miles northeast of Yorke’s Folly.
Yorke’s Folly
- Type: Ruins
- Description: architectural structure in Bewerley, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, UK
- Categories: architectural structure and historic site
- Location: Bewerley, Harrogate District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.06749° or 54° 4′ 3″ northLongitude
-1.75909° or 1° 45′ 33″ westOpen location code
9C6W368R+X9OpenStreetMap ID
node 428524252OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q26482409
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In Other Languages
“Yorke’s Folly” goes by many names.
- Italian: “Yorke’s Folly”
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