Carperby

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Carperby is a village in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire in the Yorkshire Dales. It lies about 4 miles west of Leyburn.

[edit] 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 an important Wensleydale centre of Quakerism, and its biggest building today is the classically-styled Friends' Meeting house of 1864. The name of the Wheatsheaf Hotel suggests a corn-growing agriculture in the past, while the inn itself was where James Herriot and his bride spent their honeymoon in the 1930's.

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Coordinates: 54°18′N 1°59′W

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