Lord’s Moor Plantation

Lord’s Moor Plantation is a forest in Exelby, Leeming and Londonderry, Hambleton, England. Lord’s Moor Plantation is situated nearby to the village Exelby, as well as near the hamlet Firby.

Places of Interest

Highlights include RAF Leeming and Bedale Leech House.

RAF Leeming

Aerodrome

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Royal Air Force Leeming or more simply RAF Leeming is a Royal Air Force station located near Leeming, North Yorkshire, England. It was opened in 1940 and was jointly used by the RAF and the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Bedale Leech House

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This late Georgian Bedale Leech House in Bedale, North Yorkshire, England, is a unique example of a building constructed to keep live medicinal leeches healthy prior to their sale by the local apothecary to doctors and private individuals for the purpose of blood letting as a medical procedure to cure or prevent a variety of illnesses and diseases.

Bedale railway station

Railway station

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Bedale railway station is on the Wensleydale Railway and serves the town of Bedale in North Yorkshire, England. The station was opened in 1855, and closed under British Railways in 1954. It was re-opened as part of the heritage Wensleydale Railway in 2004.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bedale and Aiskew.

Bedale

Town

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Bedale, is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. Bedale Beck is a tributary of the River Swale, which forms one of the Yorkshire Dales.

Aiskew

Village

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Aiskew is a village in the civil parish of Aiskew and Leeming Bar, in North Yorkshire, England. The village is situated to the immediate north-east of Bedale and separated from it by Bedale Beck.