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BOLTON ABBEY ESTATE,
LOCATED IN
WHARFEDALE ON THE SOUTHERN EDGE
OF YORKSHIRE DALES NATIONAL PARK.
Photo
© HOME AT
FIRST
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Here is land for all creatures, great
and small. This part of northern England is a pleasant, rolling landscape dotted with
small villages and larger market towns. And it is in such towns that our cozy cottages are
located. Agriculture is the way of life here. In recent years Yorkshire's variety of short
and long-distance walking paths have brought the region new fame as a destination for
those seeking beauty and tranquility in the unspoiled out-of-doors.
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The many
castles are curiosities standing as mute witnesses to a much less peaceful history when
these valleys were rich prizes in ancient wars of conquest and independence, and pawns in
the hands of kings and noble families.
CASTLES OF ALL AGES, SIZES, STYLES, AND CONDITIONS ARE SCATTERED ACROSS
NORTH YORKSHIRE.
Photo
Credits: Bolton Abbey Castle, Clifford's Tower,
Middleham Castle, and Skipton Castle © HOME AT FIRST.
Castle Howard courtesy www.britainonview.com.
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The Yorkshire
Dales are about the serendipity of wandering. Whether you wander by car,
BY TRAIN,
by bike, or on
foot, exploring Yorkshire leads to the dιja vu discovery of places old and strange that
seem at once new and familiar. Escape from the 21st century? Easily done here.
REWARD YOURSELF: GET LOST IN NORTH YORKSHIRE.
Photo
Credits: Dales Hamlet under Big Sky and Sheep & Fells above Wensleydale © HOME
AT FIRST. Swaledale landscape, and Bolton Abbey Estate in Wharfedale courtesy
www.britainonview.com. Couple in the Ferns high up Ilkley Moor courtesy
britainonview - McCormick-McAdam.
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HOME AT FIRST's cottages are found in villages with characteristic Yorkshire
names like Bishop Monkton and Nidderdale. The names suggest accurately the quaint charm
and slow pace of the region.
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HOME AT FIRST COTTAGE,
BISHOP MONKTON, NORTH YORKSHIRE |
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HOME AT FIRST
COTTAGE LODGING IN NORTH YORKSHIRE:
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"Bishop Monkton
is
one of the most charming villages I've seen in four trips to England. I want to move there
and spend every afternoon at the Lamb & Flag pub nursing my pint and talking to the local
citizens."
G. D. Sutherland, New Hampshire
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IN BISHOP MONKTON, BETWEEN THE YORKSHIRE DALES AND NORTH YORK MOORS NATIONAL PARKS

THE SMITHY
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"Our
Yorkshire village of Bishop Monkton was charming. Everything comes to a
halt when Mother Duck and her family walk down the middle of the road.
These walks seemed rather frequent."
F.
Kirk, North Carolina
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