Linton, North Yorkshire

Linton
Linton  Linton shown within North Yorkshire
Population	176
OS grid reference	SD997627
Civil parish	Linton
District	Craven
Shire county	North Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SKIPTON
Postcode district	BD23
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
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Coordinates: 54°03′39″N 2°00′20″W / 54.060743°N 2.005693°W

Linton is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. The population at the 2011 census was 176.^[1] It is to the immediate south, and across the River Wharfe, from Grassington, near Threshfield and eight miles north of the market town Skipton. The green of this small, picturesque village is set among a fine Vanbrugh almshouse, a pub and three stone bridges over its beck. Not far to its north-east, Linton makes a second impressive appearance, where Linton Beck runs down to the River Wharfe at the limestone Linton Falls, there bridged for walkers on a path up the Wharfe's north bank to Grassington.

Amidst the group of cottages close by the Falls is a charming, 14th century, packhorse bridge, 'Little Emily's Bridge', a few minutes' walk from the church of Saint Michael and All Saints. Dating from the 12th century, Linton Church (as it is usually called) spreads an apron of churchyard, decorated with buttercups and fine gravestones, upon a small river plain bounded by a bend to its east of the Wharfe, as it flows from the Falls toward Burnsall, along the Dales Way. Except at high water, the river is crossed near the churchyard by a much-photographed, ancient course of stepping-stones, below an old (now renovated) mill house. For a convenient map of the above, further descriptions and a walking tour of the area, see the Dalesman's walking guide near Linton Falls:^[2]

Fountaine Hospital, an almshouse designed by Sir John Vanbrugh, funded by a bequest from Richard Fountaine

History

Linton was historically a parish in Staincliffe Wapentake in the West Riding of Yorkshire.^[3] The ancient parish included the townships of Grassington, Hebden and Threshfield, all of which became separate civil parishes in 1866.^[4] Linton was transferred to North Yorkshire in 1974.

Linton Falls

On 30 October 2008, the Daily Mail reported that the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority intends to redevelop the 99-year-old water gate at Linton Falls as a hydroelectric plant.^[5]

Picture gallery

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  Fountaine almshouses, back view, summer 2008
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  Two stone arch bridges in the village green
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  17th century structure, across Linton Falls footbridge
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  Upper falls, summer spate
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  Lower falls, summer spate
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  Winter view of Linton Falls from north bank
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  Little Emily's Bridge
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  Linton Church of St Michael and All Saints
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  Sample story gravestone, Linton Churchyard
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  SE view of churchyard beside river and old mill site
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  Stepping-stones course, low water, from east
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  Dalesway walker's view of stepping-stones across Wharfe, toward Linton Church

References

1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
2. "Yorkshire Walks – Linton Falls". Dalesman. Retrieved 2008-10-31.
3. Genuki website
4. Vision of Britain website
5. Brooke, Chris (2008-10-30). "Eureka-How-Archimedes-2-000-year-old-invention". London: Mail Online. Retrieved 2008-10-31.

External links

Media related to Linton, North Yorkshire at Wikimedia Commons