Worton, North Yorkshire

Worton is a hamlet in Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. It lies 1-mile (1.6 km) east of Bainbridge on the A684 road,[1] 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Aysgarth and 1-mile (1.6 km) south east of Askrigg.[2] The hamlet is just south of the River Ure, the biggest river in Wensleydale. The hamlet is named in the Domesday Book[3] and its name derives from the Old English wyrt-tūn and means the (herb or vegetable) garden.[4]

Worton

Worton
Worton
Location within North Yorkshire
OS grid referenceSD955900
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
FireNorth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire

There are a number of listed buildings in the hamlet, including Worton Hall and the Victoria Arms public house[5][6][7][8][9] who had one of the longest serving landlords in British pub history.[10] Ralph Daykin was the publican at the Victoria Arms between 1956 and 2013.[11]

References
  1. "Bainbridge Parish Plan" (PDF). wensleydale.org. November 2005. p. 6. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  2. "Genuki: In 1822, the following places were in the Parish of Aysgarth:, Yorkshire (North Riding)". www.genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  3. Chrystal, Paul (2017). The Place Names of Yorkshire; Cities, Towns, Villages, Rivers and Dales, some Pubs too, in Praise of Yorkshire Ales (1 ed.). Catrine: Stenlake. p. 90. ISBN 9781840337532.
  4. Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 536. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.
  5. Historic England. "Worton Hall  (Grade II) (1316868)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  6. Historic England. "Victoria Arms Public House  (Grade II) (1132013)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  7. Historic England. "Manor House and railings  (Grade II) (1132014)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  8. Historic England. "Dale Farmhouse, cottage farm buildings and coach house  (Grade II) (1157824)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  9. Historic England. "Summer Tree House and attached outbuilding  (Grade II) (1132015)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  10. Belcher, Ian (10 April 2009). "Walking in the Yorkshire Dales: it'll all end in beers". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  11. Willis, Joe (30 September 2013). "Death of Dales landlord signals "end of era"". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 11 April 2018.



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