OS grid reference SE005896 Sovereign state United Kingdom Fire North Yorkshire Shire county North Yorkshire | Country England Police North Yorkshire Local time Saturday 8:11 PM District Richmondshire | |
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Region Yorkshire and the Humber Weather 6°C, Wind S at 18 km/h, 88% Humidity | ||
Carperby is a village in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England, in the Yorkshire Dales. It lies about eight miles west of Leyburn.
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Map of Carperby, Leyburn, UK
Brief history
In the centre, a high-stepped cross dated 1674 tells of the time when Carperby had a market (granted in 1305). In the 17th century the village was an important Wensleydale centre of Quakerism, and its biggest building even today is the classically styled Friends' Meeting House of 1864. The name of the Wheatsheaf Hotel suggests a corn-growing past, and the inn itself was where James Herriot and his bride spent their honeymoon in 1941.
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Carperby Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA