Dallowgill
| Dallowgill | |
| Yorkshire West Riding | |
|---|---|
 Dallow; part of Dallowgill | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SE185725 |
| Location: | 54°8’42"N, 1°42’58"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Ripon |
| Postcode: | HG4 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Yorkshire |
Dallowgill (historically also Dallaghill) is a village in Nidderdale, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It consists of a number of scattered settlements in the western part of the civil parish of Laverton.
History
Dallowgill takes its name from Dallow, now a small settlement in the south of the area. Dallow is derived from dæl haga, meaning "enclosure in the dale".[1] "Dallowgill" was originally applied to the ravine or gill of the River Laver below Dallow.
Anciently Dallowgill was accounted part of the parish of Kirkby Malzeard. It is a separate ecclesiastical parish, now part of the benefice of the Fountains Group of parishes.[2]
About the village
The parish church is St Peter's. It was built in 1842, but closed in 2011.[3] There is also a Methodist chapel.[4]
The Greygarth Monument (SE185723) commemorates Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897. At Carlesmoor in the north of the parish there is a sighting tower.
Dotted around Dallowgill are 22 mosaic panels depicting local scenes and wildlife. They were created and positioned in 1997 by local artists calling themselves the Crackpots.[5]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Dallowgill) |
References
- ↑ Smith, A. H. (1961). The Place-names of the West Riding of Yorkshire. 5. Cambridge University Press. p. 212.
- ↑ Diocese of Ripon and Leeds: the Fountains Group of parishes
- ↑ North Yorkshire News: 29 June 2011
- ↑ Genuki: Dallowgill Methodist Chapel
- ↑ "The Crackpots Mosaic Trail". Nidderdale AONB. https://nidderdaleaonb.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Crackpots-Mosaic-Walking-Trail-Nidderdale-AONB.pdf. Retrieved 21 December 2020.