Farndale

{{Short description|Valley in North Yorkshire, England}} {{for|people named Farndale|Farndale (surname)}} {{Use British English|date=October 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | official_name = Farndale | static_image = Farndale April 2009.jpg | static_image_caption = Farndale | coordinates = {{coord|54|22|05|N|0|58|29|W|dim:5000|display=inline,title}} | civil_parish = Farndale East ''and'' Farndale West | population = 160 | population_ref = (2021 census)<ref name="2021 census"/><ref name="NYC"/> | unitary_england = North Yorkshire | lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire | region = Yorkshire and the Humber | constituency_westminster = Thirsk and Malton | post_town = YORK | postcode_district = YO62 7 | postcode_area = YO | dial_code = 01751 | os_grid_reference = SE673952 }}

thumb|right|Farndale in winter looking north

'''Farndale''' is a valley and community in North Yorkshire, England, which is known for the daffodils which flower each spring along a {{convert|7|mi|adj=on}} stretch of the River Dove.<ref>{{cite web |title=Farndale |url=https://www.northyorkmoors.org.uk/visiting/enjoy-outdoors/walking/our-walks/walking-routes/farndale |website=North York Moors |accessdate=16 October 2018 |archive-date=7 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907234201/http://www.northyorkmoors.org.uk/visiting/enjoy-outdoors/walking/our-walks/walking-routes/farndale |url-status=live }}</ref> The valley is in the North York Moors National Park, some {{convert|11|mi}} north of Kirkbymoorside, the nearest town. Pickering is some {{convert|17|mi}} to the south-east and Helmsley {{convert|17|mi}} to the south-west.

Farndale is an isolated, scattered agricultural community with traditional Yorkshire dry stone walls. The valley is popular with walkers due to its famous wild daffodils, which can be seen around Easter time all along the banks of the River Dove. To protect the daffodils the majority of Farndale north of Lowna was created a Local Nature Reserve in 1955.

Farndale is home to three hamlets; Church Houses at the top of the valley and Low Mill further down, with Lowna at the south. Low Mill is a tourist honeypot during daffodil season as this is where the famous daffodil walk begins. While near the northern end of the daffodil walk is at High Mill a cluster of houses a short distance down a lane from Church Houses. Lowna is on the Hutton-le-Hole to Gillamoor Road at the south where Farndale changes to Douthwaitedale, while within the Dale it is actually within Gillamoor parish.

==Etymology==

The name of Farndale has changed through history:<ref name="namehist">{{cite web|title=Survey of English place names|work=English place name society|accessdate=27 March 2024|url=http://epns.nottingham.ac.uk/browse/North+Riding+of+Yorkshire/Kirkby+Moorside/53286b32b47fc40bc6000503-Farndale|archive-date=27 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240327200335/http://epns.nottingham.ac.uk/browse/North+Riding+of+Yorkshire/Kirkby+Moorside/53286b32b47fc40bc6000503-Farndale|url-status=live}}</ref>

There is no mention of Farndale in Domesday Book.

It is recorded as:

• Farnedale in 1154<ref name="namehist"/>

• Farendale in the late 12th century<ref name="namehist"/>

• Farndal(e) in 1279<ref name="namehist"/>

Sources disagree on the origin of the name Farndale, although it is a combination of two parts "Farn" and "Dale".

There a four possible origins for "Farn" all of which do describe the dale although the most likely are Scandinavian or Celtic. It may be derived from the Celtic "Faren" meaning beautiful; alternatively it could be derived from the Scandinavian "får" meaning sheep<ref name="OSS">{{cite web|title=Wikionary|accessdate=31 May 2023|url=https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/f%C3%A5r|archive-date=31 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531134658/https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/f%C3%A5r|url-status=live}}</ref> or possibly from Old English "Fearn" meaning fern or ferny place<ref name="KEY">{{cite web |title=Key to English Place Names |work=Nottingham University |accessdate=16 October 2018 |url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Yorkshire%20NR/Farndale |archive-date=9 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009173559/http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Yorkshire%20NR/Farndale |url-status=live }}</ref> or from the Gaelic "Feàrna" which means alder tree of which there are many in Farndale.<ref name="OSG">{{cite web|title=Glossary of Gaelic origins of place names in Britain|work= Ordnance Survey|accessdate=16 October 2018 |url= https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/resources/historical-map-resources/gaelic-d-f.html}}</ref>

While Dale probably means Valley either derived from Scandinavion "Dalr"<ref name="OSS"/> or Anglian "Dæl"<ref name="KEY"/> although it could be derived from the Gaelic "Dail" meaning level field by a river.<ref name="OSG"/>

The name of the River Dove which flows through Farndale is almost definitely from either the Old British "Dubo"<ref>{{cite web|title=Cetic Place Names|work=Yorkshire Dialect|accessdate=16 October 2018|url=http://www.yorkshiredialect.com/celtpn.htm|archive-date=26 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826212841/http://www.yorkshiredialect.com/celtpn.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> meaning Black or from the Gaelic "Dubh"<ref name="OSG"/> also meaning black, hence Black (or Dark) River.

==Geography==

Farndale is a valley within the North York Moors, it is surrounded by some of the wildest moorland in England. The dale is sandwiched between Bransdale to the west, Rosedale to the east and Westerdale to the north. To the north-east sits Blakey Ridge at over {{convert|400|m|order=flip|0}} above sea level, and to the north-west, Cockayne Ridge reaching up to {{convert|454|m|order=flip|0}} above sea level is one of the highest points of the North York Moors. The southern boundary of the Farndale Parishes are along Harland Beck and Shortsha Beck (across Lowna Lund),<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ordnance Survey |title=Explorer OL26 Map |date=26 March 2024 |publisher=Ordnance Survey |isbn=978-0-319-23461-7 |pages=South Sheet |ref=SE693915}}</ref> although the Gillamoor to Hutton-le-Hole road is considered as the boundary for all other purposes, south of this the dale continues but changes its name to Douthwaitedale, though the Tabular Hills until it reaches Keldhome then Kirkby Mills just east of Kirkbymoorside.

The River Dove rises on Westerdale Moor North of Farndale, then flows through Farndale south-east past to Church Houses. Here it turns south and continues meandering past Low Mill to Lowna. At Gillamoor it heads south-east again past Hutton-le-Hole before returning southwards past Ravenswick and to the east of Kirkbymoorside. It continues past Keldholme and Kikrby Mills to Great Edstone. From there it flows south-south-east to where it joins the River Rye in the Vale of Pickering near the village of Salton. Several tributaries meet the Dove through Farndale.<ref>{{cite web |title=Farndale |url=http://www.yorkshiremoors.co.uk/gazetteer/farndale.html |website=Moors Knowledge |accessdate=12 October 2018 |archive-date=20 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320035311/http://www.yorkshiremoors.co.uk/gazetteer/farndale.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Population==

The combined population of the civil parishes of Farndale East and Farndale West at the time of the 2021 Census was 160.<ref name="2021 census">{{cite web|title=Census 2021|url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/visualisations/customprofiles/build/#E04007572|website=Office for National Statistics|access-date=26 March 2024|archive-date=17 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240317210319/https://www.ons.gov.uk/visualisations/customprofiles/build/#E04007572|url-status=live}}</ref> The census Figures are combined under Farndale West.

In recent years there has been a negative trend in the population as indicated by the following population estimate and censuses.

• 2015 the population had been estimated at 180.<ref name="NYC">{{cite web |title=2015 Population Estimates Parishes |url=https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/sites/default/files/fileroot/About%20the%20council/North%20Yorkshire%20statistics/Parish_mid-year_population_estimates_2015.pdf |website=northyorks.gov.uk |accessdate=16 October 2018 |page=16 |archive-date=4 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604015709/https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/sites/default/files/fileroot/About%20the%20council/North%20Yorkshire%20statistics/Parish_mid-year_population_estimates_2015.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

• 2011 Census showed the population as 207.<ref name="2011 census">{{NOMIS2011|id=1170217236|title=Farndale West Parish|accessdate=22 August 2018}}</ref>

• 2001 the Census recorded the population as 211.<ref name="2001 census">{{cite web|title=2001 Census key statistics farndale|url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/sources/census_2001_ks/report?compare=36UF033|website=NOMIS|access-date=27 March 2024|archive-date=27 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240327202830/https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/sources/census_2001_ks/report?compare=36UF033|url-status=live}}</ref>

With the population having decreased greatly from the 668 that is recorded in "A Topographical Dictionary of Yorkshire" by Thomas Lansdale published in 1822 when farndale East side had a population of 455 and Farndale West Side had a Population of 213.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Topographical Dictionary of Yorkshire|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GRaRF5_iaoYC|website=Google Books |access-date=27 March 2024 | last1=Langdale | first1=Thomas | date=26 April 2024 }}</ref>

==Local nature reserve==

Farndale Daffodils|thumb|left

The Farndale Local Nature Reserve constitutes the majority of Farndale, which is a dale within the North York Moors National Park. It was created in 1955 to protect the wild daffodils (narcissus pseudonarcissus), for which the dale is famed. The Local Nature reserve comprises the larger part of the Farndale Site of Special Scientific Interest which comprises {{convert|157|ha|order=flip}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1001487.pdf |title=Farndale SSSI |access-date=13 June 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001519/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1001487.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016 }}</ref>

Over 40,000 people visit the dale in the springtime to walk along the River Dove and see the daffodils.<ref>{{cite news |title=Spring walks in the UK: readers' travel tips |url=https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2013/apr/15/spring-walks-uk-readers-travel-tips |accessdate=5 March 2019 |work=The Guardian |date=15 April 2013}}</ref> The variety of daffodil that grows wild in the valley, has shorter stems than the cultivated variety<ref>{{cite news |title=Weekend Walk: Farndale Daffodils Walk |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/lifestyle/walks-and-cycling/weekend-walk-farndale-daffodils-walk-1-7852991 |accessdate=5 March 2019 |work=The Yorkshire Post |date=20 April 2016 |archive-date=28 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328043106/https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/lifestyle/walks-and-cycling/weekend-walk-farndale-daffodils-walk-1-7852991 |url-status=live }}</ref> and are believed to have been planted by monks in medieval times.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Don |first1=Monty |title=Monty Don |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2002/mar/10/gardens |accessdate=5 March 2019 |work=The Guardian |date=10 March 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Maureen |title=Walks: See Farndale's daffodils in all their glory |url=https://www.thescarboroughnews.co.uk/lifestyle/outdoors/walks-see-farndale-s-daffodils-in-all-their-glory-1-9124390 |accessdate=5 March 2019 |work=The Scarborough News |date=20 April 2018}}</ref> The daffodils are also known as ''Lent Lilies'' in Farndale and they usually appear around Lent.<ref>{{cite web |title=Farndale, North Yorkshire |url=https://www.countryfile.com/go-outdoors/walks/farndale-north-yorkshire/ |website=Countryfile.com |accessdate=5 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Hughes-Games |first1=Martin |title=Seven wonders of British springtime – and where to see them |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/united-kingdom/articles/britain-in-spring/ |accessdate=5 March 2019 |work=The Telegraph |date=8 March 2018 |archive-date=6 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306044425/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/united-kingdom/articles/britain-in-spring/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Long distance footpaths== Around the north of Farndale, between Bloworth Crossing and Blakey is the track bed of the old Rosedale Ironstone Railway (Rosedale Branch) which forms part of three Long Distance Footpaths these being Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk, the Lyke Wake Walk and the Esk Valley Walk.

==Governance==

Farndale was historically divided between three ancient parishes. Farndale Eastside was a township in the parish of Lastingham.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/yorks/north/vol1/pp524-529 |title=Lastingham |editor-first=William |editor-last=Page |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |date=1914 |work=Victoria County History. A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 1 |accessdate=2 July 2019 |archive-date=2 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702143224/https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/yorks/north/vol1/pp524-529 |url-status=live }}</ref> The township of Farndale High Quarter and Bransdale Eastside (also known as Farndale Westside) and the township of Farndale Low Quarter (also known as Low Farndale) were in the parish of Kirkbymoorside.<ref>{{Genuki|county=NRY|Kirkbymoorside}}</ref>

In 1873 Farndale Hiqh Quarter and Farndale Westside joined to become a single parish.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/NRY/Lastingham |title=Lastingham |publisher=GENUKI |date=2017 |accessdate=2 July 2019 |archive-date=2 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702174323/https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/NRY/Lastingham |url-status=live }}</ref> The Farndale parishes were subsequently realigned to Farndale East and Farndale West.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10404551/relationships |title=Vision of Britain website |access-date=2 July 2019 |archive-date=2 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702143210/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10404551/relationships |url-status=live }}</ref> The dividing line between the two Farndale civil parishes is along the course of the River Dove. Until 2018 Farndale East had a Parish Council responsible for the eastern side including Church Houses and Farndale West had a Parish Meeting looking after the western side including Low Mill.

In April 2018 a joint Farndale Parish Council was formed under a grouping order and it now represents the interests of all residents in Farndale.<ref name=grouping>{{cite web |last1=Farndale Parish Council |title=Farndale East and West Grouping Order |url=https://www.farndale.community/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/34646-Grouping-Order-Farndale-East-and-West..pdf |website=Farndale Community / Parish Council |accessdate=3 July 2019 |archive-date=3 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703104827/https://www.farndale.community/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/34646-Grouping-Order-Farndale-East-and-West..pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

Between 1974 and 2023 the area was part of the Ryedale district. It is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

Farndale is part of the Thirsk and Malton UK Parliament constituency and formerly the Yorkshire and the Humber European Parliamentary constituency.

==Religious sites==

Farndale originally had a parish church and mission room and two Methodist chapels but now has only St Mary's parish church.<ref>{{cite web |title=Welcome to Whitby – Towns and villages around Whitby – Farndale |url=http://www.visitoruk.com/Whitby/farndale-C592-V24436.html |website=Visitor UK |access-date=4 October 2022}}</ref>

===Church of England===

St Mary's Church, Farndale is a Grade II listed, built in 1831 by William Stonehouse and restored and extended in 1907–14 by Temple Moore.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1296492|desc=Church Houses Church of St Mary, Mackeridge Lane|access-date=3 October 2022}}</ref> Originally a chapel of ease in Lastingham parish,<ref>{{cite web |title=Lastingham |url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/NRY/Lastingham |website=Genuki |access-date=26 March 2024}}</ref> it is now within the Kirkbymoorside benefice.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kirkbymoorside Parish |url=https://www.kirkbymoorsideparish.org.uk/ |website=Kirkbymoorside all Saints |access-date=26 March 2024 |archive-date=27 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240327201631/https://www.kirkbymoorsideparish.org.uk/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Farndale War memorial commemorating the men of Farndale lost in the First World War is near the church entrance; those named are: William Breckon, Charles Duncombe, Earl Of Feversham, Joseph Garbutt, Albert Handley, Joseph Handley, Percival Maw, Frederick Mortimer, Thomas Bertie Mortimer, Joseph Ward, Joseph Watson, and Alfred Percy Wilson.<ref>{{cite web |title=war memorial – Farndale |url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/29917 |website=Imperial war Museum |access-date=4 October 2022 |archive-date=4 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004150200/https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/29917 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Methodist===

Both Low Mill Methodist Chapel closed and was converted to residential dwelling around 1984<ref>{{cite web |title=Low Mill Methodist Chapel |url=http://www.hidden-teesside.co.uk/2014/12/04/low-farndale-methodist-chapel/ |website=Hidden Teesside |date=4 December 2014 |access-date=4 October 2022 |archive-date=4 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004151703/http://www.hidden-teesside.co.uk/2014/12/04/low-farndale-methodist-chapel/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and High Farndale Methodist chapels closed in 2018.

===Quakers===

At the south of the dale is the Lowna Quaker burial ground used between 1675 and 1854 where 114 Quakers are laid to rest.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lowna Quaker Burial Ground |url=http://www.hidden-teesside.co.uk/2014/06/25/lowna-quaker-burial-ground/ |website=Hidden Teesside |date=25 June 2014 |access-date=4 October 2022 |archive-date=4 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004151706/http://www.hidden-teesside.co.uk/2014/06/25/lowna-quaker-burial-ground/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Catholic Church===

Farndale used to be part of the giant Blackamoor parish of Nicholas Postgate fame. Today the nearest catholic church is in KIrkbymoorside.

==Farndale show==

The annual Farndale Show is an agricultural show<ref>{{cite web|title=Farndale Show|accessdate=16 October 2018| url= https://www.farndaleshow.co.uk/ }}</ref> which is held on the Summer Bank Holiday Monday in late August and is a popular local event. The 100th Show was held in 2006.<ref>{{cite news|title=Centenary show is the biggest and best yet |work= Gazette & Herald|date=31 August 2006|accessdate=12 December 2012| url= http://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/901284.centenary_show_is_the_biggest_and_best_yet/ }}</ref>

The first Farndale Show was held in August 1896, the exhibits were confined to Farndale, Brandale and Rosedale and held near Church Houses.<ref>{{cite news |title=Farndale Show |url=https://search.findmypast.co.uk/bna/viewarticle?id=bl%2f0000500%2f18960822%2f148&stringtohighlight=farndale%20show |access-date=6 October 2022 |work=York Herald |date=22 August 1896}}</ref>

By 1898 the show had become known by the name Farndale, Bransdale and Rosedale Show having apparently merged or superseded the triennial Bransdale Show first held in 1880<ref>{{cite news |title=Bransdale Show |url=https://search.findmypast.co.uk/bna/viewarticle?id=bl%2f0000266%2f18801009%2f052&stringtohighlight=bransdale%20show |access-date=6 October 2022 |work=Yorkshire Gazette |publisher=Yorkshire Gazette |date=9 October 1880}}</ref> until 1895<ref>{{cite news |title=Bransdale Agricultural Show |url=https://search.findmypast.co.uk/bna/viewarticle?id=bl%2f0000500%2f18950819%2f040&stringtohighlight=bransdale%20show |access-date=6 October 2022 |work=York Herald |issue=19 August 1895 }}</ref> and the Rosedale Show first held in 1871<ref>{{cite news |title=Rosedale and Hartoft Agricultural Show and Gala |url=https://search.findmypast.co.uk/bna/viewarticle?id=bl%2f0000499%2f18710819%2f005&stringtohighlight=bosedale |access-date=6 October 2022 |issue= |work=York Herald |date=19 August 1871}}</ref> until at least 1878.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rosedale Agricultural Show |url=https://search.findmypast.co.uk/bna/viewarticle?id=bl%2f0000499%2f18710819%2f005&stringtohighlight=bosedale |work=York Herald |date=24 August 1878}}</ref> This name continued to be used as the formal name for the show until the First World War.<ref>{{cite news |title=Farndale Show |url=https://search.findmypast.co.uk/bna/viewarticle?id=bl%2f0000687%2f19140817%2f096&stringtohighlight=farndale |access-date=6 October 2022 |work=Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer |publisher=Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer |date=17 August 1914}}</ref>

In 1900 the Farndale, Bransdale and Rosedale show was held in Rosedale Abbey<ref>{{cite news |title=Rosedale Abbey Show |url=https://search.findmypast.co.uk/bna/viewarticle?id=bl%2f0000687%2f19010819%2f135&stringtohighlight=rosedale%20show |access-date=6 October 2022 |work=Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer |publisher=Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer |date=19 August 1901}}</ref> this proved to be great success with the result in 1901 a new Rosedale and Hartoft Show was formed.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rosedale and Hartoft show |url=https://search.findmypast.co.uk/bna/viewarticle?id=bl%2f0001103%2f19020919%2f120&stringtohighlight=rosedale%20show |access-date=6 October 2022 |work=Whitby Gazette |publisher=Whitby Gazette |date=19 September 1902}}</ref> By 1911 the Rosedale show had become known as the Rosedale, Hartoft and Farndale Show<ref>{{cite news |title=Coming Events |url=https://search.findmypast.co.uk/bna/viewarticle?id=bl%2f0001103%2f19110721%2f053&stringtohighlight=rosedale%2c%20hartoft%20and%20farndale |access-date=6 October 2022 |work=Whitby Gazette |publisher=Whitby gazette |date=21 July 1911}}</ref> meaning two agricultural shows included the name Farndale this continued until around 1923.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rosedale and Farndale |url=https://search.findmypast.co.uk/bna/viewarticle?id=bl%2f0000687%2f19230820%2f292&stringtohighlight=farndale%20show |access-date=6 October 2022 |work=Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer |publisher=Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer |date=20 August 1923}}</ref>

The official name of the Farndale show is the Farndale Agricultural, Horticultural and Industrial Society annual exhibition, in 1988 the society became a Charitable organization.<ref>{{cite web |title=Farndale Agricultural, Horticultural and Industrial Society |url=https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/519616/governance |website=Charity Commission for England and Wales |access-date=6 October 2022 |archive-date=6 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006122424/https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/519616/governance |url-status=live }}</ref>

While the show was not held during the two world wars and had previously been cancelled due to Foot-and-mouth disease, the 2009 show was the only time in the history of the show it was cancelled due to the weather.<ref>{{cite web |title=Farndale Show Called off |url=https://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/3610783.farndale-show-called-off/ |website=Gazette and Herald |date=21 August 2008 |publisher=Newsquest Media Groupltd |access-date=6 October 2022 |archive-date=6 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006133222/https://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/3610783.farndale-show-called-off/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The show was again cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19 and returned in 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Farndale show to return in August |url=https://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/20514826.farndale-show-return-august/ |website=Gazette and Herald |date=25 July 2022 |publisher=Newsquest Media Group ltd. |access-date=6 October 2022 |archive-date=6 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006133223/https://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/20514826.farndale-show-return-august/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Farndale hunt==

The Farndale Hunt may have been one of the oldest in the country. It is known that George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham stayed with a tenant in Kirkbymoorside and hunted in the area. However the first documented reference states "it dated from 1835", although it is likely to have existed long before this date.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fairfax-Blakeborough |first1=J. |title=England's oldest hunt : being chapters of the history of the Bilsdale, Farndale and Sinnington Hunts, collected during several years |date=1907 |publisher=Author, Fox House, Cleveland, Jordison, Northallerton, Middlesbrough |page=143 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/62599#page/7/mode/1up |access-date=3 October 2022}}</ref>

The hunt was disbanded in 2015<ref>{{cite web |title=Farndale Hunt Disbanded |url=https://www.wildlifeguardian.co.uk/hunts/farndale-hunt/ |website=Wildlife Guardian |access-date=3 October 2022 |archive-date=3 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003102040/https://www.wildlifeguardian.co.uk/hunts/farndale-hunt/ |url-status=live }}</ref> although their Facebook page remains active.<ref>{{cite web |title=Farndale Hunt Facebook Page |url=https://www.facebook.com/farndalehunt/ |website=Facebook |publisher=Farndale Hunt |access-date=3 October 2022}}</ref>

The Second World War hunt-class destroyer HMS ''Farndale'' was named after the hunt. The ship's bell, still bearing evidence of enemy action, is in the bar of the Feversham Arms Inn, Farndale.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowUserReviews-g7146112-d2334028-r340955106-Feversham_Arms_Inn-Church_Houses_North_York_Moors_National_Park_North_Yorkshire.html |website=Tripadvisor |access-date=3 October 2022 |title=Feversham Arms |date=18 January 2016 |archive-date=3 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003111943/https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowUserReviews-g7146112-d2334028-r340955106-Feversham_Arms_Inn-Church_Houses_North_York_Moors_National_Park_North_Yorkshire.html |url-status=live }}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=October 2022}}

==Farndale reservoir scheme==

In 1932 the Kingston upon Hull Corporation bought a large area of land in Upper Farndale in the North York Moor, c. 2,000 hectares. The Corporation had a plan to create a large reservoir behind a constructed earth embankment at Church Houses, and then using gravitation through a series of pipes/aqueducts bring a safe and reliable water supply down to Hull (c. 50 miles away). The plans also involved a second stage with weirs constructed in the neighbouring dales of Rosedale and Bransdale (and possibly Westerdale?) – with the collected water piped through the dividing hills into the Farndale Reservoir, if and when demand required it.<ref>{{cite web |title=farndale Out and About|url=http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=26016|website=fhithich| date=2 July 2021 |access-date=28 March 2024}}</ref><ref name = "farnres1">{{cite book |last1=Eccleston |first1=Bernie |title=Farndale Reservoir Twice Derailed |date=21 August 2020 |publisher=Bernie Eccleston |isbn=9780957329645}}</ref>

This scheme did not get off the ground and then the Second World War intervened.<ref name="farnres1"/><ref name = "farnres2">{{cite web|title=Farndale's Close Shave with the Mother of all Reservoirs|url=https://www.thebandroom.co.uk/gig-detail.php?ID=farndales-close-shave-with-the-mother-of-all-reservoirs-by-bernie-eccleston-2018-05-18|website=the Band Room|access-date=28 March 2024|archive-date=28 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240328142854/https://www.thebandroom.co.uk/gig-detail.php?ID=farndales-close-shave-with-the-mother-of-all-reservoirs-by-bernie-eccleston-2018-05-18|url-status=live}}</ref> The project was revived in 1965 and a revised plan was produced in 1969. The reservoir was to be 2½ miles long, cover a total of 400 acres and hold 8,000 million gallons of water.<ref name="farnres1"/><ref name="farnres2"/> Finally, after five years of work, Parliament rejected the bill to create the reservoir. The Farndale scheme was postponed, then formally laid to rest in 1988.<ref name="farnres1"/>

==Notable people==

Henry Harwood Flintoff who lived in Farndale at the time, was awarded the Edward Medal later exchanged for a George Cross for an act of heroism where he went to the assistance of farmer John Atkinson of Olive House, Farndale and saved him from a bull.<ref>{{cite web |title=Henry Harwood Flintoff GC |url=https://vcgca.org/our-people/profile/10/henry-harwood-flintoff |website=VC and GC Association |access-date=3 October 2022 |archive-date=3 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003111041/https://vcgca.org/our-people/profile/10/henry-harwood-flintoff |url-status=live }}</ref>

Angus Ashworth, auctioneer and presenter of the Yorkshire Auction House on the UK Discovery Channel<ref>{{cite web |title=The Yorkshire Auction House |url=https://www.discoveryplus.com/gb/show/the-yorkshire-auction-house |website=Discovery Plus |access-date=3 October 2022 |archive-date=3 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003111039/https://www.discoveryplus.com/gb/show/the-yorkshire-auction-house |url-status=live }}</ref> and expert on the BBC ''Antiques Road Trip'' <ref>{{cite web |title=About the Yorkshire Auctioneer |url=https://www.theyorkshireauctioneer.com/ |website=The Yorkshire Auctioneer |access-date=3 October 2022 |archive-date=30 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730145856/https://www.theyorkshireauctioneer.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> grew up in Farndale.<ref>{{cite web |title=@AngusAshworth |url=https://twitter.com/angusashworth/status/1141770223600775170 |website=Twitter |access-date=3 October 2022}}</ref>

==In popular culture==

Farndale has been used as a location for a number of film and TV locations including:

===Film===

The 2020 Film adaption of ''The Secret Garden'' includes moorland scenes filmed around Farndale.<ref>{{cite web|title=NYMNP, TV and Film Locations, A Secret Garden.|url=https://www.northyorkmoors.org.uk/visiting/see-and-do/tv-and-film-locations|website=NYMNP|accessdate=24 August 2020|archive-date=21 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200821195858/https://www.northyorkmoors.org.uk/visiting/see-and-do/tv-and-film-locations|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The 1975 Film, ''All Creatures Great and Small'' starring Simon Ward and Anthony Hopkins, included locations in Farndale.<ref>{{cite web |title=All Creatures Great and Small 1974 Remembered |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CspsHY9gdx4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/CspsHY9gdx4 |archive-date=21 December 2021 |url-status=live|website=YouTube|accessdate=16 October 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

===Television===

In 2019 an episode of the BBC series ''Walking With...'' featured Monica Galetti walking between Rosedale and Farndale.<ref>{{cite web |title=Monia Galletti – Filmography |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3617905/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 |website=IMDB |access-date=5 October 2022 |archive-date=5 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005155121/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3617905/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 |url-status=live }}</ref>

BBC Documentary: ''A Wild Year, The North York Moors''<ref>{{cite web|title=A wild Year, Series 1, The North York Moors|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000kxy7|website=BBC|accessdate=24 August 2020|archive-date=26 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926102149/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000kxy7|url-status=live}}</ref> was partly filmed in and around Farndale,<ref>{{cite web|title=The North York Moors, Wild Year|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/mg4y2y/a-wild-year--s1-e3-the-north-york-moors-a-wild-year/|website=RadioTimes|accessdate=24 August 2020}}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and featured the wild daffodils.

''Bad Move'', an ITV sitcom written by Jack Dee and Pete Sinclair and starring Jack Dee was partly filmed in Farndale.<ref>{{cite news |title=Jack Dee comedy filmed in Rosedale and Farndale has TV debut |url=https://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/NEWS/15557881.Jack_Dee_comedy_filmed_in_dales_has_TV_debut/ |newspaper=Gazette and Herald |date=27 September 2017|accessdate=16 October 2018}}</ref> The location of Rawlings' new home is near Low Mill.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bad Move series 2 location: Where Bad Move filmed? Where's the Jack Dee sitcom set? |url=https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1019653/Bad-Move-series-2-location-filmed-setting-Jack-Dee-North-Yorkshire-ITV |newspaper=Daily Express |date=19 September 2018 |accessdate=16 October 2018 |archive-date=16 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181016165454/https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1019653/Bad-Move-series-2-location-filmed-setting-Jack-Dee-North-Yorkshire-ITV |url-status=live }}</ref>

''Accidental Farmer'', a pilot for BBC TV starring Ashley Jensen was partly filmed in Farndale, June / July 2010.<ref>{{cite web |title=Credits |url=http://www.donlocations.tv/CV.html |website=Alistair Don Locations |accessdate=16 October 2018 |archive-date=16 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181016165443/http://www.donlocations.tv/CV.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

''BBC Inside Out'' covered Heavy Snow in Farndale in November 2010.<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC Inside Out Yorkshire |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nhuw--2waL4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/Nhuw--2waL4 |archive-date=21 December 2021 |url-status=live|website=You Tube | date=10 February 2011 |publisher=BeebFilms |accessdate=16 November 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

A 1991 Tyne Tees television programme "Kirkby's Kingdom" featured the Farndale show.<ref>{{cite web|title=BFI 323225|url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150372457|website=British film Institute|access-date=26 March 2024|archive-date=26 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326191152/https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150372457|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Music===

Alan Ridout wrote a work called Farndale Dances for solo Piccolo in 1992 consisting 5 Movements: Down the Dale, Sylvio the Pheasant, Whistling Walker, The Stream and Up the Hill.<ref>Scott, Robert P. (1997). ''Alan Ridout, the Complete Catalogue.'' Ampleforth: Emerson Wind Publications. {{ISBN|0-9506209-5-5}}</ref>

Songwriter Graham Miles<ref>{{cite web|title=Graham miles official Website|url=https://www.graememiles.com/|website=Graham Miles|access-date=4 October 2023|archive-date=22 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922121834/https://www.graememiles.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> wrote a folk song called Farndale Daffodils.<ref>{{cite web |title= Martin Wyndham-Reed Website|url=https://dandadesign.co.uk/farndale-daffodils-by-graeme-miles/ |access-date=4 October 2023}}</ref>

A Hymn Tune: Farndale was written by local resident Harold Dobson.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kirkbymoorside Town Band, News Past 2020|url=http://www.ryedale.co.uk/Kirkbyband/News%20Past2.htm#2020|website=Kirkbymoorside Town Brass Band|access-date=26 March 2024|archive-date=26 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326125656/http://www.ryedale.co.uk/Kirkbyband/News%20Past2.htm#2020|url-status=live}}</ref>

==See also== *Listed buildings in Farndale East *Listed buildings in Farndale West *River Dove, North Yorkshire *Church Houses *Farndale Local Nature Reserve

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category|Farndale}} * [https://www.farndaleshow.org.uk/ Farndale Show] * [https://farndalevillagehall.org.uk/ Farndale Village Hall] * [https://www.farndale.community/parish-council/ Farndale Parish Council] * {{cite news | url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_6540000/newsid_6546700/6546707.stm?bw=bb&mp=rm&news=1&nol_storyid=6546707&bbcws=1 | author=BBC Look North | title=Yorkshire A-Z: Farndale | format=video | date=11 April 2007 | access-date=4 January 2010 | work=BBC News}} * {{cite news | url=https://discover.bbcrewind.co.uk/asset/60d2aef470c9c1001f8ad41c | author=BBC Look North | title=Look North: Farndale – Daffodil walk | format=video | date=1968 | accessdate=13 October 2022| work=BBC Rewind}}

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