Carperby
Coordinates: 54°18′08″N 1°59′35″W / 54.30227°N 1.99304°W
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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Carperby market cross
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.[1]
References
- ↑ "James Herriot". The World of James Herriot. Hambleton District Council. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
External links
Media related to Carperby at Wikimedia Commons