Photographs of the attractive villages of West Burton and West Witton in Wensleydale, the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
The Village Green and the Obelisk, West Burton in Bishopdale, North Yorkshire.
The market cross, known as the Obelisk, was built in 1820 and restored in 1889.
The Obelisk and stocks, West Burton in Bishopdale, North Yorkshire.
The market cross, known as the Obelisk, was built hin 1820 and restored in 1889. Next to it lie the 17th or 18th century village stocks that were restored in 1977.
The Stocks, West Burton in Bishopdale, North Yorkshire.
The 17th/18th century stocks next to the market cross on West Burton village green were restored in 1977.
Cauldron Falls, West Burton in Bishopdale, North Yorkshire.
Walden Beck cascading over the lip of hard limestone has eroded the more brittle layer of shale beneath it to produce a large overhang.
Cauldron Falls, West Burton in Bishopdale, North Yorkshire.
Walden Beck cascading over the lip of hard limestone has eroded the more brittle layer of shale beneath it to produce a large overhang.
The Rocket Ship, West Burton in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire.
A folly, named in recent years because of its uncanny likeness to a spaceship. This is one of three follies built in the early 1800s by the owner of Sorrelsykes Park.
The Pepperpot, West Burton in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire. This is one of three follies built in the early 1800s by the owner of Sorrelsykes Park.
St. Bartholomew's Church, West Witton, Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire.
The church dates from Saxon times, but after major 19th century restoration work, only the Saxon north wall remains of the original building. The bell tower dates from the sixteenth century.
Saxon carved stone cross in St Bartholmew's Church, West Witton in the Yorkshire Dales.
The cross was discovered during the restoration work od 1875.
West Witton Village Hall in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire.
Built in 1868 as the Sunday School.
The alter, Penhill Preceptory: The House of the Knights Templars at Penhill, West Witton in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire.
A preceptory was a provincial community or religious house of the medieval Knights Templar (A military - religious order of knights founded in 1118 by the Crusaders to protect the pilgrimage routes to Jerusalem). Templar knights, in their distinctive white mantles with a red cross were among the most skilled fighting units of the Crusades. Although the Wensleydale community of Knights Templar was founded by Roger Mowbray in 1142, this present site was only in use from 1200 to 1310 when it was handed over to the Knights Hospitallers who soon abandoned it. The remains of the chapel were uncovered in 1840.
A Knights Templar coffin at the Penhill Preceptory, West Witton in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, UK.
This coffin is the largest of three at the chapel. First thoughts are that the small coffins were for children, but as the knights were celibate, it is thought that they may have been secret housings for ceremonial swords. This larger coffin is the only one with a drainage hole for bodily fluids.
Small stone coffin, Preceptory of the Knights Templar, Penhill, Wensleydale.
First thoughts are that the small coffins were for children, but as the knights were celibate, it is thought that they may have been secret housings for ceremonial swords.
Penhill Preceptory Boundary Marker at West Witton in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire.
One of three stones erected in the 19th century to replace the old medieval stones that used to mark routes to and from the Penhill Estate. Each stone bears a carved cross under a letter ‘T’.
The Wensleydale Heifer, West Witton in North Yorkshire, England, UK.
A 17th century inn.
The Fox and Hounds Inn at West Witton in Wensleysdale, North Yorkshire, England, UK. Built in the early 18th century as part of neighbouring Catheral Hall.
The former Wesleyan Methodist Church and Sunday School, West Witton in North Yorkshire, England, UK.
'Belvedere', the 18th century Temple Folly built for Swinithwaite Hall, West Witton, Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire.
Not open to the public.