D-block GB-424000-465000
1986 HOUSING TOURISM
This area consists mainly of farmland for cattle and sheep.It is very near the great tourist attraction of Foun_ tains Abbey.Nearby are Grantley Hall and Sawley Hall.Some houses in the small village of Sawley are more than two hundred years old.The newest were built in 1984/85.The older houses once belonged either to Sawley Hall or the Fountains Estate.The tenants bought their properties when Sawley Hall and Fountains Estate were sold to raise money for death duties.There is a Parish Room,an inn, a Primary school,a village hall,a shop with a Post Office a village green with a water pump still in use within living memory,a Church and a Chapel.A library van calls weekly.Thurs.bus to Ripon market.Dr's surgery held at Kirkby Malzeard.Butcher's van twice_weekly from Pateley Bridge.
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Written accounts from this D-block
- Housing Tourism
- Education Village School
- Local History Sawley Hall
- Education School Concert
- School Sports Day
- Lifestyle My Family
- Lifestyle Sarah's Day
- Local History Lacon Hall
- Employment A Nurse
- Recreation Womens Institute
- Events Village Green
- Life Styles
- Recreation Village Hall
- Lifestyle Rachel's Day
- Farming Dairy And Beef
- Farming Sheep And Pigs
- Farming Machinery
- Local History. Farms
- A Dairy Farm
- Employment Sawley
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