Middleham North Yorkshire
The Dales town of Middleham is situated in Wensleydale North Yorkshire, it is most famous for 'Mddleham Castle the childhood home of King Richard III & its many Horse Racing Stables'.
Richard III is in turn famous for being the last King of England killed in battle & for being responsible for locking up the two Princes in a tower, whom were never seen again.
Early mornings horses are exercised around the town & at 'High Moor'
Le Tour De France the worlds greatest cycle race visits Middleham in 2014 on Stage 1 or le grand departe on its route from Leeds to Harrogate, with a 70km sprint finish to Harrogate.
My French Translation; La ville de Middleham Dales est situé dans Wensleydale North Yorkshire, il est plus célèbre pour 'Mddleham Château de la maison d'enfance du roi Richard III et ses nombreuses écuries de courses hippiques.
Richard III est à son tour célèbre pour être le dernier roi d'Angleterre, qui a été tué dans la bataille et d'être responsables de blocage des deux princes dans une tour, qui n'ont jamais été revus.
Les premiers chevaux sont exercés le matin autour de la ville et à 'Hautes Fagnes'
Le Tour de France de la course mondes plus grand cycle de visites Middleham en 2014 sur l'étape 1 ou le grand Departe sur sa route de Leeds à Harrogate, avec une finition 70 km sprint à Harrogate.
Guide to the Yorkshire Dales
Covering over 600 square miles and the great 'dales', river valleys of the Wharfe, Ribble, Swale and Ure. This film, narrated by Geoff Druett, starts with an extended look at the Bolton Abbey area (Wharfedale) before heading around the rest of the dales. It includes: Grassington, Malham, Skipton, Settle, Hawes (Wensleydale), Hardraw, Swaledale, Wensley, Leyburn and Middleham.
Places to see in ( Leyburn - UK )
Places to see in ( Leyburn - UK )
Leyburn is a market town and civil parish in the district of Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, England, sitting above the northern bank of the River Ure in Wensleydale. . Historically in the North Riding of Yorkshire, the name was derived from 'Ley' or 'Le' (clearing), and 'burn' (stream), meaning clearing by the stream. The town boasts two markets, several pubs, two banks with cash machines, and many small speciality stores. Market day is Friday. It is served by local buses that connect to Richmond, Hawes, Bedale and Northallerton. Leyburn has been featured in the Tour de France and the 2012 Olympics torch relay.
Public services, with a primary school, a secondary school which serves the whole of Wensleydale, a police station and a medical centre. Several independently owned shops are situated around a market square with a number of pubs and bars. Shops include a small department store called Milners of Leyburn, Campbell's supermarket, a chocolate shop, a range of oriental takeaways, electrical stores and a hunting and sports shop. Leyburn is home to Tennants Auctioneers, the largest auction house in Europe which holds more than 80 sales each year and attracts buyers and sellers from around the world. In 2008 Tennants sold a rare Chinese vase for £2.6 million, a record price at the time. Adjacent to Tennants is The Garden Rooms, the largest multi-purpose events and exhibitions venue with a capacity for 640 people for weddings and concerts.
Although a small town, Leyburn has its own railway station on the re-opened Wensleydale Railway which offers tourist rides throughout the dale, mostly on diesel multiple units but occasionally on a steam train. The town of Leyburn has a 6,000-square-foot (560 m2) antiques centre on Harmby Road. The town also has a local market in the town centre every Friday and a farmers' market which specialises in local meats once a month. Leyburn has appeared in various television programmes including The Department Store: Milner's, on BBC Four in 2008, and the 1960s-set drama series, Heartbeat.
Leyburn has two hotels and several bed and breakfasts situated in or close to the town centre. The town is a centre for walking, cycling and general sight-seeing, especially the waterfalls for which Wensleydale is renowned. The town is famous for the Leyburn Shawl, an escarpment of about 1.5 miles in length which provides panoramic views of rolling Wensleydale. According to legend, Mary, Queen of Scots, upon fleeing captivity in nearby Bolton Castle, dropped her shawl en route to Leyburn. The Shawl is the start of several circular walks taking in the nearby village of Wensley, from where Wensleydale takes its name. Leyburn Golf Club (now defunct) was founded in 1895. The club continued until the late 1950s.
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Yorkshire Dales & Middleham
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Places to see in ( Yorkshire - UK ) Rievaulx Abbey
Places to see in ( Yorkshire - UK ) Rievaulx Abbey
Rievaulx Abbey ree-VOH is a former Cistercian abbey in Rievaulx, near Helmsley in the North York Moors National Park, North Yorkshire, England. Headed by the Abbot of Rievaulx, it was one of the wealthiest abbeys in England until it was dissolved by Henry VIII of England in 1538. Its ruins are a tourist attraction, owned and maintained by English Heritage.
Rievaulx Abbey was founded in 1132 by twelve monks from Clairvaux Abbey as a mission for the colonisation of the north of England and Scotland. The first abbot, St William I, started construction in the 1130s. During the 1150s, Abbot Aelred expanded the buildings. It was the first Cistercian abbey in the north of England. With time it became one of the great Cistercian abbeys of Yorkshire, second only to Fountains Abbey in fame.
The abbey lies in a wooded dale by the River Rye, sheltered by hills. The monks diverted part of the river several yards to the west in order to have enough flat land to build on. They altered the river's course twice more during the 12th century. The old course is visible in the abbey's grounds. This is an illustration of the technical ingenuity of the monks, who over time built up a profitable business mining lead and iron, rearing sheep and selling wool to buyers from all over Europe. Rievaulx Abbey became one of the greatest and wealthiest in England, with 140 monks and many more lay brothers. It received grants of land totalling 6,000 acres (24 km²) and established daughter houses in England and Scotland.
By the end of the 13th century the abbey had incurred debts on its building projects and lost revenue due to an epidemic of sheep scab (psoroptic mange). The ill fortune was compounded by raiders from Scotland in the early 14th century. The great reduction in population caused by the Black Death in the mid-14th century made it difficult to recruit new lay brothers for manual labour. As a result, the abbey was forced to lease much of its land. By 1381 there were only fourteen choir monks, three lay brothers and the abbot left at Rievaulx, and some buildings were reduced in size.
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The Yorkshire Dales - When are you coming?
The Yorkshire Dales is home to outstanding scenery, a rich cultural heritage and a breathtakingly peaceful atmosphere. At its heart are three very special Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty - the Yorkshire Dales National Park, the Forest of Bowland and scenic Nidderdale.
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Middleham Castle, Yorkshire Dales, England
See where a king-in-the-making spent his childhood.
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Yorkshire: Wayfarers Walks & Talks No 7
Yorkshire is described as England's Green and Pleasant Land, with good reason. It's a fascinating and beautiful county. Walk with The Wayfarers, and you will experience Yorkshire with our walk leader Alan Pinkney, who grew up here. In fact, the walk passes a few hundred yards from his front door!
We walk in a land that time has passed by, with intricate networks of drystone walls creating a patchwork of enclosures across the valleys, and stone field barns in old-fashioned hay meadows.
Sights to take in during the walk include Bolton Abbey, Middleham Castle and the famous Aysgarth Falls, painted by the English landscape paint J.M.W. Turner.
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