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Ponden Hall is a farmhouse near Stanbury in West Yorkshire, England.It is famous for reputedly being the inspiration for Thrushcross Grange, the home of the Linton family, Edgar, Isabella, and Cathy, in Emily Brontë's novel Wuthering Heights since Bronte was a frequent visitor.
[1] [58] Yorkshire includes the North York Moors and Yorkshire Dales National Parks, and part of the Peak District National Park. Nidderdale and the Howardian Hills are designated Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, [59] as is the North Pennines (a part of which lies within the county).
Middleham (/ ˈ m ɪ d əl ə m / MID-əl-əm; [2] meaning "middle ham", i.e. "middle village") is a market town and civil parish [3] in the district and county of North Yorkshire, England. It lies in Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales, on the south side of the valley, upstream from the junction of the River Ure and River Cover.
Yorkshire 54°02′13″N 1°55′18″W / 54.03694°N 1.92167°W / 54.03694; -1 Appletreewick is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire , England, 6.5 miles (10.5 km) north-east of Skipton , 7 miles (11 km) from Skipton railway station and 16 miles (25.7 km) from Leeds Bradford International Airport .
King George V and Queen Mary visited south Yorkshire from 8 to 12 July 1912 and stayed at Wentworth Woodhouse for four days. The house party consisted of a large number of guests, including: Dr Cosmo Gordon Lang, the then-Archbishop of York; the Earl of Harewood and his Countess; the Marchioness of Londonderry; the Marquess of Zetland and Lady Zetland; the Earl of Scarborough and Lady ...
The area was designated a national park on 9 May 1951, a month after the Peak District, the first UK national park. It retained its original boundaries until 2016, when it was extended by 3% to the east, in the direction of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, to incorporate areas land of high landscape value around the Lune Valley. [9]
Kirkham Priory ruin with Cherry tree in Blossom, 1971. The ruins of Kirkham Priory are situated on the banks of the River Derwent, at Kirkham, North Yorkshire, England.The Augustinian priory was founded in the 1120s by Walter l'Espec, lord of nearby Helmsley, who also built Rievaulx Abbey.
Rievaulx Abbey (/ ˈ r iː v oʊ / REE-voh) was a Cistercian abbey in Rievaulx, near Helmsley, in the North York Moors National Park, North Yorkshire, England.It was one of the great abbeys in England until it was seized in 1538 under Henry VIII during the Dissolution of the Monasteries.