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Low Row
Entering Low Row
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CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townRICHMOND
Postcode districtDL11
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Low Row is a village in Swaledale, in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England. It lies about 3 miles west of Reeth and is between Healaugh and Gunnerside. It is a linear village running along one road.[1]

A working farm, Hazel Brow Farm, is open to visitors, and a seventeenth century stone inn called The Punch Bowl is by the main road.[2]

History

The name Low Row comes from the Norse "The Wra" (a nook).[3] The surname "Raw" is associated with the village.[4] The village was raided by Jacobites in 1745, and bodies probably from that raid are buried at the church in Low Row.[2]

References

  1. ^ Smith, Roly (2008). Swaledale. Frances Lincoln Ltd. p. 49. ISBN 0711226369.
  2. ^ a b Scholes, Ron (2006). Yorkshire Dales. Landmark Visitor Guide. Hunter Publishing Inc. p. 145. ISBN 1843062097.
  3. ^ Fleming, Andrew (1998). Swaledale: valley of the wild river. Edinburgh University Press. p. 47. ISBN 1853311979.
  4. ^ Ucko, Peter J.; Layton, Robert (2004). The Archaeology and Anthropology of Landscape: Shaping Your Landscape. Routledge. p. 0203202449.