Wensley, North Yorkshire
| Wensley | |
|---|---|
 Holy Trinity Church, Wensley | |
  Wensley | |
| Wensley shown within North Yorkshire | |
| Population | 151 (2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SE092895 |
| • London | 200 mi (320 km) SSE |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | DL8 |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Wensley is a small village and civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the A684 road and approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) south-west from Leyburn. The River Ure passes through the village.
Wensley gives its name to the dale Wensleydale.
For a century after its charter in 1202, Wensley had the only market in the dale and this continued into the 16th century. Plague struck Wensley in 1563,[2] some surviving villagers fled to Leyburn, but the village recovered a century later when Charles Paulet built Bolton Hall in 1678 and became Duke of Bolton.[3] The present Bolton Hall is a rebuild after a fire in 1902.[4]
Wensley's Holy Trinity Church dates to 1300 and is a Grade I listed building.[5] It is featured as the wedding venue of James and Helen Herriot in the British television series All Creatures Great and Small, in the episode "The Last Furlong".[6]
Wensley's railway station is now closed. It was situated 1 mile to the north between Wensley and Preston-under-Scar, on the Wensleydale Railway line which still passes the village.
References
- ↑ "Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
- ↑ Hogg, Chris (2013). Wensleydale & Coverdale through time. Stroud: Amberley. p. 72. ISBN 978-1-4456-1941-5.
- ↑ Speight, Harry (1897). "XXXVII: Bolton Hall, Redmire and Preston-under-Scar". Romantic Richmondshire. London: Elliot Stock. p. 394. OCLC 500106879.
- ↑ "Bolton Hall Destroyed", The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 – 1931), 17 October 1902. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 3 February 2012
- ↑ Historic England. "Church of Hoy Trinity (1130879)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ↑ "All Creatures Great and Small – Filming Locations". IMDB. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
External links
Media related to Wensley at Wikimedia Commons- Historic England. "Holy Trinity Church (321832)". Images of England.
- Wensley in the Domesday Book