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64-651: Reeth is a village 11 miles (18 km) west of Richmond in North Yorkshire , England, in the civil parish of Reeth, Fremington and Healaugh . Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire , it is the principal settlement of upper Swaledale . The origin of the name Reeth is unclear. It is possibly derived from the Germanic for 'place by the stream', although this claim can neither be confirmed nor refuted. Reeth could also have been derived from

128-488: A filming location for a number of television programmes and films including The Fast Show , Century Falls , Earthfasts , A Woman of Substance (1984) and All Creatures Great and Small . The official gallery of Middlesbrough born artist Mackenzie Thorpe is located in town, Richmond local Lucy Pittaway was also chosen as the official artist for the Tour de Yorkshire from 2016 to 2018. Richmondshire Concerts

192-989: A fundraiser concert for the Sunday School in Fremington. In 1981 Woolston ran an expanded series (ten events, most in St Andrew's Church, Grinton ) “as part of the Richmondshire Festival”. This included concerts by the Lindsay String Quartet and the Yorkshire Baroque Soloists, who would become regular visitors. There is no primary evidence that the concerts of 1980 and 81 took place under the Swaledale banner. However, there being no Richmondshire Festival in 1982, as Trevor Woolston wrote, "a Swaledale Festival

256-1007: A house in Richmond for the 12-month period ending February 2020 was £241,583 compared to £223,537 for North Yorkshire and the national average of £232,320. Richmond Castle in the town centre overlooks the River Swale and is a major tourist attraction, bringing in close to 40,000 visitors a year. Scolland's Hall is the gatehouse and was staffed by the Lords of Bedale , such as Bryan FitzAlan, Lord FitzAlan , and Miles Stapleton , Founder KG . Other staff residences were Constable Burton and Thornton Steward . Also, Richmond had an extended Wensleydale castlery initially consisting of Middleham Castle , Ravensworth and Snape ( Baron FitzHugh & Neville Baron Latymer ). The Conyers , Wyville , Gascoigne , Stapleton and Lovell families were all notable gentry. Within walking distance from

320-548: A new block providing services and access was added next to the original auditorium. The Richmond Meet is an annual fair taking place every Whit Monday , consisting of a parade and the arrival of amusement rides into the market place, in 2019 it ran for the 127th time, but was cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic . Swaledale Festival In 2011, the Festival was described by The Guardian as one of

384-455: A post she would hold until 2002; Trevor Woolston stepped down, though he would continue to appear at the Festival as a performer. Also in 1993, the Festival became a registered charity with a formalised constitution and a board. The first recorded chairman was the composer David Blake , a professor at York University and a resident in Askrigg; and the first board members included Katherine Carr,

448-466: A source of employment. The Gallowfields Trading Estate in the north of the town accommodates several builder's merchants, car garages and showrooms, a Royal Mail delivery office and a veterinarian surgery. A traditional market still operates every Saturday in one of the largest cobbled market places in England, as well as a week round indoor one in the town's 19th-century market hall. The origins of

512-606: Is Reeth Medical Centre, which serves more 1,600 patients over an area of 200 square miles (520 km). In 2021, the medical centre was rated as 24th in England for patient satisfaction, and in 2022, it was ranked as the second best in all of England. Reeth is home to the Reeth Dales Craft Centre, there are 12 units containing artists, an artisan cheese-maker, a shoemaker, metalworker and several fibre arts outlets supplying wool and yarn related products and accessories. The Craft Bakery has won several awards. Reeth

576-526: Is a classical music society that puts on six concerts a year, generally of chamber music, at the Influence Church. The society has an average of 250 annual subscribers from North Yorkshire and the North East. Richmond Live was an annual music festival held every August on a riverside venue known as "The Batts", notable headliners included The Lightning Seeds and The Hoosiers . The festival

640-474: Is a smaller, voluntary aided, joint Roman Catholic and Church of England School for boys and girls aged 11–16. There are also three non- sectarian primary schools : Trinity Academy (formerly Richmond C of E), Richmond Methodist School, and St Mary's Roman Catholic School. The town's football club, Richmond Town F.C. was founded in 1945 and they currently play in the Wearside League in level 7 of

704-412: Is home to two churches. The current Reeth Methodist Chapel has been in use since 1822, although Methodists have been worshipping in the village since at least 1766. The Reeth Evangelical Congregational Church is located on the village green. Richmond, North Yorkshire Richmond is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire , England. It is located at the point where Swaledale ,

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768-722: Is one of a few settlements that was spared from being raided by the Scots during The Great Raid of 1322 by bribing them off. In 1453, the earldom was conferred on Edmund Tudor , and it was merged with the crown when Edmund's son became King Henry VII in 1485. During the Wars of the Three Kingdoms , the Covenanter Army led by David Leslie, Lord Newark , took over the castle, and conflict ensued between local Catholics and Scottish Presbyterians. In 1608, Robert Willance became

832-553: Is one of the most commonly re-used English place names: there are 56 other Richmonds around the world. Richmond Castle was completed in 1086 with a keep and walls encompassing the area now known as the Market Place. Richmond was part of the lands of the earldom of Richmond, which was intermittently held by the Dukes of Brittany until the 14th century. John V, Duke of Brittany , died in 1399, and Henry IV took possession. Richmond

896-449: Is owned by the Influence Church, and also houses a food bank serving the local area. The Georgian Theatre Royal in Richmond, built in 1788, is the UK's most complete 18th century theatre. A decline in the fortunes of theatre led to closure in 1848 and it was used as a warehouse until 1963 when the theatre was restored and reopened, with a museum added in 1979, after renovation in 2003,

960-497: Is served by Arriva North East buses to Darlington and Catterick Garrison , as well as links to Barnard Castle and Northallerton provided by Hodgsons and routes to Leyburn and Ripon by Dales & District , along with council run services that serve Richmond's residential areas. The Little White Bus connects Richmond with the villages of Swaledale as far west as Keld and is operated solely by volunteer drivers. Richmond has two four digit A-roads passing through it;

1024-695: Is served by two local newspapers, North Yorkshire editions of the daily Northern Echo and the weekly Darlington & Stockton Times both published by Newsquest . Local news and television programmes are by BBC North East and Cumbria and ITV Tyne Tees . Television signals are received from the Bilsdale TV transmitter. The town is served by both BBC Radio York on 104.3 FM and BBC Radio Tees 95.0 FM. Other radio stations including Greatest Hits Radio York and North Yorkshire on 103.5 FM, Nation Radio North East on 103.2 FM and Sun FM on 102.6 FM. Richmond has been used as

1088-482: Is the commitment to new commissions and recently composed works; commissioned pieces by Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, Michael Brough and Heather Fenoughty received their premières in 2012, and the 2013 Festival included premières of works by Sally Beamish, David Blake, Stephen Goss, Tim Garland, Roland Dyens and Graham Coatman. The early history of the Swaledale Festival is in several strands, which merged in

1152-648: Is the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom , Rishi Sunak of the Conservative Party , who has held the seat since 2015 when he succeeded former party leader and Foreign Secretary William Hague . In modern times it has been an ultra-safe seat for the Conservative Party with them having held it continually since 1910. Situated approximately 16 miles (26 km) north-west of the county town Northallerton , Richmond straddles

1216-582: Is the unusually named Richmond Out Moor. There are four extant churches within the town, the Church of England 's St Mary the Virgin , the Roman Catholic St Joseph and St Francis Xavier , Richmond Methodist Church and Influence Church, formed in 1950 as Richmond Pentecostal Church. Former religious buildings and structures include Holy Trinity Church, a grade I Listed building in

1280-442: The 2011 United Kingdom census , the parish of Richmond had a total resident population of 8,413, of which 4,374 females and 4,039 males. 95.8% of the population identified as white British , 1.4% as other white , 1.1% as Asian or Asian British , and 0.8% as black, Afro-Caribbean or black British . The place of birth of the town's residents was 93.8% United Kingdom, 3.3% from European Union countries, and 2.5% from elsewhere in

1344-540: The A6108 is the main entry route from the A1(M) junction at Scotch Corner , and continues west towards Leyburn and then Ripon . The A6136 connects to nearby Catterick Garrison across Mercury Bridge that spans the River Swale . Mercury Bridge is grade II listed , and as its original name of Station Bridge suggests, it was built to give vehicular access to the railway station. In June 2000, heavy flooding resulted in

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1408-700: The Cumbric rith (cf. ryd in Modern Welsh , rys in Cornish ), meaning ' Ford '. Either would make sense as Reeth is located near two shallow rivers. In Saxon times, Reeth was only a settlement on the forest edge, but by the time of the Norman conquest it had grown sufficiently in importance to be noted in the Domesday Book . Later it became a centre for hand- knitting and the local lead industry

1472-685: The Delmé Quartet who were then resident in the Upper Swaledale village of Muker , in September 1972. By July 1973 the Festival was essentially a chamber-music event with a summer-school component. A surviving Swaledale Festival concert programme from June 1978 makes no mention of the Delmé Quartet, though Delmé cellist Joy Hall was among the performers. In 1979, the violinist Trevor Woolston moved to Swaledale. In 1980 he ran

1536-511: The Duke of Cumberland's at the Battle of Culloden , after falling into disrepair it was restored in 1981 and now is used a holiday let. Another small folly is Oliver Duckett on the northern outskirts of the town, a rounded bastion tower, built from the same stone as Richmond Castle and now lying on public land. Swale House on Frenchgate, built around 1750, was home to the headmaster and students of

1600-589: The Earls of Richmond (or comtes de Richemont ), a dignity also held by the Duke of Brittany from 1136 to 1399. Richmond was founded in 1071 by Alan Rufus , a Breton nobleman, on lands granted to him by William the Conqueror , though it was called Hindrelag initially. The name derives from Old French "Riche and Monte", meaning "Strong Hill", which was also the name of a village in Normandy . Richmond

1664-743: The King's Arms ), a caravan and camp site, a village shop and post office, two bakeries, a cafe, eleven guest houses variously bed and breakfast or self-catering, two hotels ( The Burgoyne Hotel ), a community centre, the Evangelical Congregational Church, Reeth Memorial Hall and the Swaledale Museum . One of five National Park Centres for the Yorkshire Dales is located in Reeth. The local health establishment

1728-485: The Local Government Act 1972 by a merger of the municipal borough of Richmond with the rural districts of Richmond, Aysgarth, Leyburn, Reeth, and part of Croft. The town itself is split between three local government wards, Richmond East, Richmond North, and Richmond West, however the most southerly residential areas including Holly Hill and the area surrounding the former railway station are covered by

1792-638: The Melos Ensemble , with Gervase de Peyer , Cecil Aronowitz and Emanuel Hurwitz , and a concert at the County Modern School by the Northern Sinfonia Orchestra, as it was then known. There were also performances by local school, amateur and scratch groups, tea-dances, talent contests, and military bands beating the retreat. The 1967 Richmondshire Festival programme lists Arthur Bull as the "Hon. Organiser", and

1856-671: The National League System with their games being held at the Earl's Orchard ground, the pavilion was officially opened in March 1975 by then Middlesbrough F.C. manager Jack Charlton . Richmond is also home to Richmondshire Rugby Union Football club, currently playing in Durham/Northumberland 3 . Richmondshire Cricket Club play in the North Yorkshire and South Durham Cricket League , where they have won

1920-654: The Richmond (Yorks) parliamentary constituency, which has been represented since 2015 by Conservative Rishi Sunak , who took over from retiring fellow Conservative William Hague . It also lies within the Upper Dales electoral division of North Yorkshire County Council and the Reeth and Arkengarthdale ward of the Upper Dales Area Partnership. Reeth is located on the B6270 road that crosses

1984-520: The 10 best classical music festivals, and by the Daily Telegraph as one of the 25 opera and classical festivals of the season. The Guardian again featured the Festival in its 2012 and 2013 Festival Guides, in a short list which included Aldeburgh, the BBC Proms, Bath, Cheltenham and Glyndebourne. The Festival attracts around 7,000 visitors a year. A key feature of the Swaledale Festival

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2048-480: The 1980s. The biennial Richmondshire Festival was founded in 1965 by Dr A J Bull, the retired music organiser for the North Riding of Yorkshire . A week of music and drama in and around Richmond, it was initially scheduled for September in order to attract motorists on their way south from the Edinburgh Festival. Musical highlights of the first Richmondshire Festival included a recital at Aske Hall by

2112-612: The Festival gained an 'Autumn Encore', half a dozen events in October and November. Performers that year included the Fitzwilliam Quartet , which would become a Festival regular. By 1991, part-time staff and volunteers had been recruited to look after administration and publicity, and the Woolstons were preparing to retire. The last Autumn Encore took place in 1992. In 1993 Elizabeth Carter was appointed artistic director,

2176-567: The Hipswell ward, and as a result these residents are not able to elect members of the town council. The town council consists of 15 councillors elected from the three Richmond wards, a new town mayor is elected by the council members each February and taking office in May; meetings are held at Richmond Town Hall . The serving member for Richmond and Northallerton constituency in Westminster

2240-533: The Marquess of Zetland as Patron. There are no known records for the next decade. In 1969 the Richmondshire Festival moved to a May date, and by 1978 Dr Bull had started to look for a successor. Early records of the Swaledale Festival are patchy, and as recently as 2012 it was still believed that the Festival had been established in 1980. It now appears that the Festival was started by members of

2304-614: The Richmond parish area between 1801 and 2011. As a gateway town to the Yorkshire Dales , tourism is important to the local economy, but the single largest influence is the Catterick Garrison army base, which is rapidly becoming the largest population centre in Richmondshire. National chain retailers such as Lidl , WHSmith , Boots , and the Co-op , as well as local independent shops, restaurants and pubs, also provide

2368-469: The Second World War. May Sinclair features Hill House in her novel, The Three Sisters , as the home of Miss Kendal. The "Swaledale Walk 5 May Sinclair's Reeth", is a short walk that takes you around and above Reeth to discover pivotal places featured in two of her novels. On 5 July 2014, the Tour de France Stage 1 from Leeds to Harrogate passed through the village. The village lies within

2432-576: The bridge suffering considerable structural damage to one side, repairs were made at a cost of approximately £500,000 and the bridge re-opened to traffic in December of the same year. The closest airport is Teesside International Airport just to the east of Darlington approximately 18 miles (29 km) north-east. The town is home to two secondary schools : Richmond School , a large school and sixth form with specialisms in performing arts, science, and mathematics, and St Francis Xavier School , which

2496-688: The centre for wapentakes in the Honour of Richmond for the North Riding of Yorkshire . Between 1974 and 2023 the town was the administrative centre of the Richmondshire district of the North Yorkshire non-metropolitan county . Richmond is located near the eastern boundary of the Yorkshire Dales National Park , for which it has become a tourist centre. Richmond in North Yorkshire was the Honour of Richmond of

2560-475: The centre of the market place, no longer conducting regular services, the 15th century bell tower of the former friary of Greyfriars , stands over an area of public green space, known as the Friary Gardens, and a former United Reformed Church building on Dundas Street. Richmond Railway Station opened in 1846 and closed in 1968, a year before the branch line itself was taken out of service. After

2624-406: The drums ceased suddenly and the boy was never seen or located since, a stone marker stands at the point at which the boy's drumming stopped, on a footpath between the town and Easby. The tall market cross or "obelisk" was built in 1771 to replace the medieval cross that stood before it. On the south-west side of the town stands the folly of Culloden Tower , originally built in 1746 to commemorate

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2688-601: The east. Reeth is situated at the meeting point of the two most northerly of the Yorkshire Dales: Swaledale and Arkengarthdale . It is also near to Reeth that Arkle Beck from the north joins the River Swale . The village is overlooked by the surrounding fells of Harkerside Moor, Fremington Edge and Calver Hill . Alfred Wainwright 's Coast to Coast Walk , a popular long-distance footpath from Saint Bees to Robin Hood's Bay , passes through Reeth. For

2752-515: The eastern border of the Yorkshire Dales National Park , at the edge of a valley or dale known as Swaledale , which takes its name from the river that flows through the town, said to be one of the fastest flowing in England. The nearest official Met Office weather station to Richmond is Leeming, about 12 mi (19 km) to the south-east. Temperature extremes have ranged from 33.5 °C (92.3 °F) during August 1990, down to −17.9 °C (−0.2 °F) during December 2010. According to

2816-502: The entirety of Swaledale, linking Richmond with Kirkby Stephen in Cumbria. Historically, Grinton was the most important settlement in the Upper Swaledale area as it had a church, but Reeth is now the largest and principal settlement. Nearby settlements to Reeth include the fellow parish villages of Fremington 0.5 miles (0.8 km) east and Healaugh 1.4 miles (2.3 km) to the west, as well as Grinton , 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to

2880-593: The final Wednesday of August the Reeth Show, an agricultural event, is held. In 2012 it celebrated its centenary. Reeth is also home to the Swaledale Museum , which covers rural history including life and work in the local area of Swaledale and Arkengarthdale within the Yorkshire Dales National Park . Village amenities include three public houses (the Black Bull Hotel , the Buck Hotel and

2944-431: The first alderman of Richmond, two years prior in 1606, whilst hunting on the nearby Whitcliffe Scar, the horse Willance was riding became nervous when thick mist descended, bolting over the edge and falling over 200 feet (61 m) to the valley floor, Willance survived this fall with a broken leg and erected a monument on top of the cliff as a show of gratitude for his survival. Willance died in 1616. The prosperity of

3008-522: The form of a Celtic cross and is dedicated to the losses suffered by the Green Howards regiment during both the First and Second World Wars, the other monument commissioned is located in the friary gardens and commemorates all of the victims of the two World Wars who resided in Richmond. Richmond Falls are a short walk from the town centre and to the west of the town, on the road to Marske ,

3072-576: The league title a total of five times and the ECB National Club Cricket Championship once, in 2018. Richmond was also the starting point for the third stage of the 2018 Tour de Yorkshire road cycling race. The town's racecourse opened in 1765 and closed in 1891, but the site is still used for horse training and by the public for walking. The poor condition of the grandstand led it to appear on Historic England's Heritage at Risk register in 2019. The town

3136-542: The markets date back as far as 1093 when they were authorised by the Earls, and the first known royal charter was granted in 1155. According to the 2011 United Kingdom census , the economic activity of residents aged 16–74 was 37.6% in full-time employment, 15.5% in part-time employment, 10.4% self-employed, 3.4% unemployed, 2.4% students with jobs, 3.6% students without jobs, 20% retired, 2.9% looking after home or family, 2.8% permanently sick or disabled, and 1.4% economically inactive for other reasons. The average price of

3200-437: The medieval town and centre of the Swaledale wool industry greatly increased in the late 17th and 18th centuries with the burgeoning lead mining industry in nearby Arkengarthdale . It is from this period that the town's Georgian architecture originates, the most notable examples of which are to be found on Newbiggin and in Frenchgate. One of Europe's first gas works was built in the town in 1830. A permanent military presence

3264-455: The nearby grammar school, before being used as a hospital for wounded officers in the First World War. For many years, it was the headquarters of Richmondshire District Council, before being closed and sold off in 2013. Millgate House bed & breakfast has received mentions in several national publications for its accompanying gardens. There are two war memorials sited in Richmond, the Gallowgate Memorial stands overlooking Frenchgate, taking

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3328-494: The parish of Reeth, Fremington and Healaugh : Primary education is provided by Reeth Community Primary School , which is engaged in a confederation with nearby Gunnerside Methodist Primary School . Pupils then receive secondary education at Richmond School & Sixth Form College . In May and June every year Reeth becomes the hub of the Swaledale Festival , a two-week celebration of music and guided walks. This had to be cancelled in 2020 owing to Coronavirus. Additionally on

3392-428: The planning of which was commissioned by Lord Baden Powell during his residence at the town's barracks. In 1916, a group of "absolutist" conscientious objectors known as the Richmond Sixteen were held at the castle after refusing to undertake even non-combatant military duties. After being transported to France , they were court-martialled and formally sentenced to be executed by firing squad , but this sentence

3456-403: The station closed, the building was used for many years as a garden centre. It has now been renovated by the Richmondshire Building Preservation Trust and opened in late 2007, now titled "The Station", a mixed-use space for community and commercial activities. The nearest main line station to Richmond is now Darlington on the East Coast Main Line , 13 miles (21 km) north-east. The town

3520-407: The town centre are the ruins of the premonstratensian Easby Abbey , managed by English Heritage , and adjacent Easby Hall , built in 1729. A popular town legend tells the story of the Little Drummer Boy, a young member of an 18th-century regiment who was sent by soldiers to investigate a tunnel leading away from the castle towards Easby, playing his drum to guide the soldiers above ground, however

3584-400: The upper valley of the River Swale , opens into the Vale of Mowbray . The town's population at the 2011 census was 8,413. The town is 13 miles (21 km) north-west of Northallerton , the county town, and 41 miles (66 km) north-west of York . In the Domesday Book of 1086 the area was collected under Yorkshire and the town was in the Gilling Wapentake . After the book it became

3648-402: The world. 71.7% said they had religious beliefs; 70.4% of those were Christian , 1.3% is made up of all other religions, the largest being Buddhism at 0.8%, 21.4% said they had no religion. A quirk of the demographics in the town is that 2% of the population was born in Germany. This is a result of the nearby Catterick Garrison . The following table shows historic population changes in

3712-406: Was added, with performers from Bolivia and Finland. In 1988 the Swaledale Festival expanded its geographical coverage again, with concerts in Wensleydale. By 1989 the Festival was active from Keld in Upper Swaledale to Bedale in Lower Wensleydale, and Trevor Woolston joked about changing the Festival's name to "The Festival of the Upper Dales, Richmondshire and the Teesside Hinterland". Also in 1989

3776-454: Was annual, and went no further down-dale than Marrick. In 1984 drama and crafts were added to the Swaledale Festival. In 1985 the two Festivals again ran in parallel. In 1986 the Swaledale Festival Friends were formed. The Richmondshire Festival folded in 1987, and the Swaledale Festival "took over" several Richmondshire Festival artists, including Northern Sinfonia , and expanded down-dale into Richmond. Also in 1987, an international element

3840-436: Was arranged". It now seems clear that over the span of three years Woolston translated his programming across to an already established venture. In 1983, the Richmondshire and Swaledale Festivals ran in partnership over three full weeks. As far as can be inferred from the available programmes, there was strict demarcation between the two: Richmondshire limited itself to odd years and to the immediate area of Richmond; Swaledale

3904-399: Was cancelled permanently by the organisers following the 2019 event due to a lack of sustainability. Richmond has a two-screen cinema that opened in 2007 in the former railway station the town was also home to the one screen Zetland Cinema, between from 1937 until its closure in 1983, the building was then sold to become a religious centre for the local Pentecostal Church , as of 2020 it

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3968-399: Was controlled from here, but it was always a market centre for the local farming community. Built in 1783, The Burgoyne (named after Mrs Burgoyne Johnson) stands on Reeth's idyllic green, the late Georgian county house hotel is full of history and elegant charm with many of its original features. The hotel previously known as Hill House, was made into guest accommodation and then a hotel after

4032-412: Was established in the town with the completion of Richmond Barracks in 1877. During the First World War , Richmond's own Green Howards Regiment raised 24 battalions for the war effort, the castle assumed a role as a barracks and training camp for new recruits and members of the Non-Combatant Corps , in 1915, the first troops occupied the area south of Richmond in what was to become Catterick Camp ,

4096-438: Was immediately commuted to ten years' penal servitude , and the men were eventually released in 1919. Richmond Castle's 19th-century cell block continued to be used to house prisoners into the Second World War . In June 1927, Richmond was a centre line of totality during a solar eclipse, the event is marked with a plaque at the top of Reeth Road. Richmond is located in the eponymous district of Richmondshire , created under

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