Low Row

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Village in North Yorkshire, England

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::summary Village in North Yorkshire, England ::

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unitary_englandNorth Yorkshire
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regionYorkshire and the Humber
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Low Row is a village in Swaledale, in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England. It lies about 3 mi west of Reeth and is between Healaugh and Gunnerside. It is part of the civil parish of Melbecks. It is a linear village running along one road, the B6270. To the east, Low Row merges with the settlement of Feetham.

From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Richmondshire, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

A working farm, Hazel Brow Farm, is open to visitors and The Punch Bowl, a stone inn dated 1638, is by the main road.

History

The name Low Row comes from the Norse "The Wra" (a nook). The surname "Raw" is associated with the village. The village was raided by Jacobites in 1745, and bodies probably from that raid are buried at Holy Trinity Church, Melbecks, in Low Row.

On 5 July 2014, the Tour de France Stage 1 from Leeds to Harrogate passed through the village.

Smarber Chapel and Low Row United Reformed Church

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Church_ruin,Isles-geograph.org.uk-_1258285.jpg" caption="Protestant Dissenters]]’.Stell, Christopher ''An inventory of nonconformist chapels and meeting-houses in the north of England'' 1994 Page 215 He particularly had the needs of the local lead miners in mind."] ::

It was a small, simple building; the lower part of the dry-stone wall remains and shows evidence of plaster and the location of a window. At the east end, an adjoining barn still stands. This also shows traces of plaster and windows and is considered originally to have been a cottage attached to the chapel. It is known that Wharton bought land near Kirkby Stephen, the income from which was to support a minister at Smarber.

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/Low_Row_-geograph.org.uk-_1607702.jpg" caption="Low Row United Reformed Church, 2007]]In 1809 a new chapel was built, beside the road at the west end of Low Row, and the former building fell into disrepair. Having originally tended to favour the [[Presbyterian]] position, the chapel declared itself [[Congregational]] in 1867, during the 50-year ministry of John Boyd.The Christian World 27 August 1875 He also supervised a major rebuild in 1874. This cost over £300 and resulted in the building as seen today.''A Church Renewed'', Low Row United Reformed Church, 1974 Now part of the [[United Reformed Church]], an active congregation continues to worship in the chapel and ‘pilgrimages’ to the former building take place from time to time.Conran, Elizabeth, ''Dissent in the Two Dales 1662–2012'', 2012"] ::

References

References

  1. Smith, Roly. (2008). "Swaledale". Frances Lincoln Ltd.
  2. Fleming, Andrew. (1998). "Swaledale: valley of the wild river". Edinburgh University Press.
  3. (2004). "The Archaeology and Anthropology of Landscape: Shaping Your Landscape". Routledge.
  4. Scholes, Ron. (2006). "Yorkshire Dales". Hunter Publishing Inc..
  5. "Tour de France Stage 1".
  6. Wadsworth, K. W., Philip, ''Lord Wharton – Revolutionary Aristocrat?'' Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society Volume 4 No 8 May 1991(being the 1990 Annual Lecture of the Society)
  7. Stell, Christopher ''An inventory of nonconformist chapels and meeting-houses in the north of England'' 1994 Page 215
  8. {{cite PastScape
  9. Dale, Bryan, ''The Good Lord Wharton'', revised edition 1906
  10. Whitehead, T. ''History of the Dales Congregational Churches'', Keighley 1930. p.151.
  11. The Christian World 27 August 1875
  12. ''A Church Renewed'', Low Row United Reformed Church, 1974
  13. Conran, Elizabeth, ''Dissent in the Two Dales 1662–2012'', 2012

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