Coordinates: 54°03′39″N 2°00′20″W / 54.060743°N 2.005693°W
| Linton | |
  Linton
Linton shown within North Yorkshire |
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| OS grid reference | |
|---|---|
| Parish | Linton |
| District | Craven |
| Shire county | North Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SKIPTON |
| Postcode district | BD23 |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire | |
Linton is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. It is to the immediate south, and across the River Wharfe, from Grassington, near Threshfield and eight miles north of the market town Skipton. The green of this small, picturesque village is set among a fine Vanbrugh almshouse, a pub and three stone bridges over its beck. Not far to its northeast, Linton makes a second impressive appearance, where Linton Beck runs down to the River Wharfe at the limestone Linton Falls, there bridged for walkers on a path up the Wharfe's north bank to Grassington. Amidst the group of cottages close by the Falls is a charming, 14th Century, packhorse, 'Little Emily's Bridge', a few minutes' walk from the church of Saint Michael and All Saints. Dating from the 12th Century, Linton Church (as it is usually called) spreads an apron of churchyard, decorated with buttercups and fine gravestones, upon a small river plain bounded by a bend to its east of the Wharfe, as it flows from the Falls toward Burnsall, along the Dalesway. Except at high water, the river is crossed near that churchyard by a much-photographed, ancient course of stepping-stones, below an old (now renovated) mill house. For a convenient map of the above, further descriptions and a walking tour of the area, see the Dalesman's walking guide near Linton Falls:[1]
Linton Falls
On 30 October 2008, the Daily Mail reported that the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority intends to redevelop the 99 year old water gate at Linton Falls as a hydroelectric plant.[2]
Picture gallery
 Fountaine almshouses, back view, summer 2008 |
 Two stone arch bridges in the village green |
 17th C. structure, across Linton Falls footbridge |
 Upper falls, summer spate |
 Lower falls, summer spate |
 Winter view of Linton Falls from north bank |
 Little Emily's Bridge |
 Linton Church of St Michael and All Saints |
 Sample story gravestone, Linton Churchyard |
 SE view of churchyard beside river and old mill site |
 Stepping-stones course, low water, from east |
 Dalesway walker's view of stepping-stones across Wharfe, toward Linton Church |
References
- ^ "Yorkshire Walks – Linton Falls". Dalesman. http://www.dalesman.co.uk/walks/lintonfalls.htm. Retrieved 2008-10-31.
- ^ "Eureka-How-Archimedes-2-000-year-old-invention". Mail Online. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1081824. Retrieved 2008-10-31.
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