Darley, North Yorkshire
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Darley is a linear village in
Amenities
Darley has two churches, Christ Church (Anglican) and Darley Methodist Church. There are three community halls (Darley Memorial Hall, Christ Church Community Centre and Hookstone Memorial Hall), a playing field, and a combined village store and post office that became a locally run concern in 2016.[3]
At the western end of the village is the Darley Mill Centre, a mill shop and restaurant in a
Darley used to have a railway station on the Nidd Valley Railway, but this was closed in 1951.[7] The village is served by hourly buses of Harrogate Bus Company (route 24) between Harrogate and Pateley Bridge.[8]
Civil parish
Darley is the only village in the
The parish of Menwith with Darley was historically a township in the parish of Hampsthwaite, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It became a separate civil parish in 1866.[11] It was transferred to the new county of North Yorkshire in 1974.[12]
References
- ^ Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- ^ Darley village website: Darley in Bloom
- ^ Russell, Jo Haywood Photographs by Joan. "The village shop in Darley that's run by the local community". yorkshirelife.co.uk. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- ^ Historic England. "Darley Mill with attached chimney (Grade II) (1251391)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- ^ Fitzpatrick, Finola (18 January 2018). "Plans to give new lease of life to Darley Mill rejected over impact on Nidderdale AONB". Harrogate Advertiser. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- ^ Smith, Jonathan (14 July 2018). "A riverside walk on the Lower Nidd". York Press. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- ISBN 978-1-85306-918-5.
- ^ "24 Towards Pateley Bridge" (PDF). harrogatebus.co.uk. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- ISBN 0-19-869103-3.
- ^ Smith, A. H. (1961). The Place-names of the West Riding of Yorkshire. Vol. 5. Cambridge University Press. p. 135.
- ^ Vision of Britain website
- ^ Langston, Brett. "Claro Registration District". www.ukbmd.org.uk. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
External links
- Village website Archived 16 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- Darley Christ Church
- Darley Mill - a restored watermill in the village
- Days out North Yorkshire
- Map sources for Darley, North Yorkshire