Ellerton-on-Swale
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Ellerton-on-Swale or Ellerton (historically known as Ellerton-upon-Swale)
The village sits just south of the B6271 road between Richmond and Northallerton,[5] and has a large lake used for diving between the settlement and the River Swale to the south. Another lake to the west, Bolton-on-Swale Lake, is a former sand and gravel quarry and is now a Yorkshire Wildlife Trust sponsored nature reserve.[6]
The village has an entry in the
Henry Jenkins, who died in 1670 and is reported to have lived to an incredible age of 169 years.[8] In 1743, a memorial obelisk was placed over his grave in the nearby churchyard of Bolton-on-Swale.[9]
References
- ^ 2011 census, the population of the parish was included with Bolton-on-Swale) and not counted separately.
- OCLC 7241488.
- ^ "History of Ellerton upon Swale, in Richmondshire and North Riding | Map and description". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- ISBN 9780319245569.
- ^ "Bolton-on-Swale Lake Nature Reserve". Yorkshire Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- ^ "Ellerton [on Swale] | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- Newsquest Media Group. 2 February 2001. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
- ^ Lloyd, Chris (7 December 2018). "10 secrets of Richmond & Swaledale". Darlington and Stockton Times. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
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