Swaledale Folk Museum Case Study

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This walk begins with a gentle stroll along Arkle Beck and the river Swale. There is a good variety of habitats for flora and fauna. The views from Fremington Edge are stunning.
Before leaving Reeth, a visit to the Swaledale Folk Museum is worthwhile. The museum was founded in 1973 and is housed in the former Methodist Day School built in 1836. It is run by volunteers with the aim of making the local heritage of Swaledale and Arkengarthdale accessible to the public. Well laid out displays explain life in the dale: the growth and decline of the lead mines, hand knitting, farming and much more.
Reeth Bridge was built in 1773 to replace one destroyed by the great flood two years earlier. It was constructed by the architect and bridge master …show more content…

It was founded in the early twelfth century by the Augustinian Canons of Bridlington Priory. Most of the present church dates from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. It was restored in 1896. There is a lepers’ squint in the south chapel, where lepers were able to watch the church services. Grinton was one of the largest parishes in the country. Being the only consecrated ground in Upper Swaledale, all corpses had to be brought here for burial. Many were carried in wicker baskets along a route known as the Corpse …show more content…

He forded the Swale near to the priory. During his tour through Northern England, Turner made more than 400 drawings, capturing almost every village, castle, abbey and waterfall along the way. In his tireless search for subjects he often travelled twenty-five miles (40km) a day. A series of seats are placed at some of the places he visited, one is sited near the entrance to Steps Wood.
From the priory a flagged path known as the Nuns’ Causey, leads up through Steps Wood to Marrick. The Causey is reputed to have 375 steps, although many are rough and hard to distinguish. The wood is a haven for birds, both great spotted and green wood­peckers are well established. The nuthatch, willow warbler, wood warbler and spotted flycatcher also nest here. The nuthatch gets its name from its habit of wedging nuts in the bark of a tree and splitting them open with blows from its ‘hatchet’ bill. It is also the only British bird that regularly climbs down trees head

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