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Stories of the Past

West Scrafton
What secrets does blink-and-you’ll-miss-it West Scrafton hold? James Herriot links, one of the tiniest but most perfect village greens in the Dal…Read more
Phone boxes
Do you have a favourite phone box? Is it still a phone box? So many of them now have new uses, quite different to those days when we'd put 10p in…Read more
Grimwith
What has a thatched barn got to do with a reservoir? If you wander along the path fringing Grimwith (pronounced Grim’ath) Reservoir, you’ll come …Read more
Gargrave
The village of Gargrave near Skipton should be known as Greedy. It has not just one but three village greens, two sets of stepping stones across …Read more
‘Long Addingham’
Where can you find a suspension bridge, ski lift cable cars and a riddle attached to a church? There’s always something appealing about exploring…Read more
9 lovely ways to enjoy time in Swaledale!
9 lovely ways to enjoy time in Swaledale! James Herriot wrote about Swaledale: "on the empty moors, with the curlews crying, I have been ab…Read more
Curious names for places
Which place names make you smile? Whenever we’re heading over to Settle, my very tolerant husband has to put up with me gleefully snickering as I…Read more
Details of the Past
How much do you notice when you're wandering around? There are so many details we take for granted, that give so many clues to the past. Here are…Read more
Ghosts
You may have driven by this ancient, beautiful (& haunted - more on that below...) building without knowing - it's just off the A59 near Bolton A…Read more