Satron

Satron

Looking from Gunnerside across the River Swale to Satron
Satron
Satron shown within North Yorkshire
OS grid reference SD940977
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town RICHMOND
Postcode district DL11
Dialling code 01748
Police North Yorkshire
Fire North Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament

Satron is a hamlet in Swaledale, North Yorkshire, England. It lies 0.6 miles (1 km) south west of Gunnerside[1] on the opposite bank of the River Swale. It is in the civil parish of Muker,[2] but used to be in the ancient parish of Grinton.[3]

The hamlet is on the south Bank of the River Swale and nestles on the northern edge of the B6270, the Kirkby Stephen to Downholme road through Swaledale.[1][4]

The name of the village derives from Old Norse 'saetr' (summer pasture)[5] from when Upper Swaledale was settled by the Norse peoples to graze cattle and sheep.[6]

South of the hamlet is Satron Moor, which used to be worked for minerals as with much of the Upper Swaledale area. The waters were collected on the moor and used to 'hush' the minerals out. The water was then allowed to flow into Oxnop Beck. Mining ceased about 1870.[7] Satron Moor is designated as a SSSI.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 "OL 30" (Map). Yorkshire Dales - Northern & Central Area. 1:50,000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. 2016. ISBN 9780319263358.
  2. ↑ "Area: Muker (Parish)". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. 14 April 2008. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "GENUKI: Grinton Supplementary". www.genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "OL 19" (Map). Howgill Fells and Upper Eden Valley. 1:50,000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. 2016. ISBN 9780319263341.
  5. ↑ "Satron". gunnerside.info. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  6. ↑ Simpson, Barclay (2013). "A guide to Richmond, North Yorkshire history". Richmonds of the world. Paragon Publishing. p. 156. ISBN 978-1-78222-108-1.
  7. ↑ Scholes, Ron (2006). Yorkshire Dales (2 ed.). Ashbourne, Derbyshire: Landmark. p. 142. ISBN 1843062097.
  8. ↑ "Lovely Seat - Stainton Moor SSSI - SATRON MOOR (027)". naturalengland.org.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2017.


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