Grinton..St Andrews - a photo on Flickriver

            Grinton, sitting on the banks of the River Swale, is a chocolate box village that is a popular haunt for cyclists, walkers and fishing enthusiasts.

Located ten miles from Richmond, the village made up part of the first stage of the Tour De France in the summer of 2014, and is home to a delightful public house which hosts folk music nights with dogs and muddy boots always welcome.

The village's most famous building is St Andrew's Church. It is often referred to as 'The Cathedral of the Dales' because it was the main church for the entire Upper Swaledale region during the Middle Ages
Saint Andrew Grinton..Often called "The Cathedral of the Dales", Grinton church is dedicated to St Andrew and was for centuries the main church for the whole of upper Swaledale, with many burials coming from miles away.[7] The bodies were carried as much as 16 miles down the valley along the footpath from Keld, now known as the Corpse Way or corpse road, in wicker coffins. Several long stones, located at intervals along the path, traditionally called "coffin stones", are said to be where the coffin would have been set down while the pallbearers rested.[8]

Fragments of the old Norman church remain, including the font and the tower arch, which dates from the late 12th century.[9] Other parts of the building date from the late 13th or early 14th century, and the pulpit is Jacobean, but St Andrew's is now mainly a 15th-century rebuild

Taken in: UK / England / Richmondshire District / Grinton (show map)

Taken on: June 14, 2019

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