{{Short description|Arboretum in North Yorkshire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}} {{Use British English|date=June 2019}} {{Infobox park | name = | image = Thorp Perrow Arboretum - geograph.org.uk - 32368.jpg | image_size = | image_alt = | image_caption = Thorp Perrow Arboretum | map = North Yorkshire | map_size = | type = [[Arboretum]] | location = [[Bedale]], [[North Yorkshire]] | nearest_city = | coordinates = {{coord|54.265267|-1.598546|type:landmark_region:GB|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | area = {{cvt|100|acre}} | created = 1931 | operator = Thorp Perrow Estate | visitation_num = | status = | designation = | open = }} '''Thorp Perrow Arboretum''' is an {{convert|85|acre|ha|adj=on}} [[woodland garden]] [[arboretum]] near [[Bedale]] in [[North Yorkshire]], [[England]].
==History== [[Thorp]] is a common place-name of [[Old Norse]] origin meaning [[Hamlet (place)|hamlet]] or small [[village]]. In the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086 Thorp was a possession of [[Count Alan of Brittany]]. Perrow derives from the lords of the manor of [[Pirnhow]] (also written Pirhou or Pirho) in [[Norfolk]], who were the earliest known tenants here. In 1286-87 Helewise de Perrow was a tenant.<ref name=vch>{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/yorks/north/vol1/pp348-355|work=[[Victoria County History]]|title=Parishes: Well |publisher=British History|accessdate=15 May 2016}}</ref>
There is no surviving record of a village at Thorp Perrow.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dmv.hull.ac.uk/dmvDetail.cfm?dbkey=5108&search=Thorpe%20perrow|publisher=University of Hull|work=Beresford's Lost Villages|title=Thorpe Perrow|accessdate=27 October 2019}}{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> A park called Thorpe Park went with the manor of Thorp Perrow in the 16th and 17th centuries.<ref name=vch /> Spring Wood was planted in the 16th century, and survives to this day.<ref name=tpwebsite /> [[Thorp Perrow Hall]] was built in the early 18th century.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1190139|accessdate=27 October 2019}}</ref> Ornamental gardens and lakes were laid out around 1800, and a collection of exotic conifers called Milbank Pinetum was planted between 1840 and 1870 by Lady Augusta Milbank.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.parksandgardens.org/places/thorp-perrow|publisher=Parks & Gardens|title=Thorp Perrow|accessdate=27 October 2019}}</ref>
The Arboretum was originally created by Colonel [[Sir Leonard Ropner]] (1895–1977)<ref name="Telegraph">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/gardenstovisit/8869272/Gardens-to-visit-Thorp-Perrow-Arboretum-North-Yorks.html|title=Gardens to visit: Thorp Perrow Arboretum, North Yorks|date=4 November 2011|work=The Telegraph|accessdate=14 December 2011}}</ref> in 1931. Leonard Ropner also founded several gardens in the park.<ref name=tpwebsite>{{cite web |url=http://www.thorpperrow.com/gardens.html |title=Garden Information |publisher=www.thorpperrow.com |accessdate=15 May 2016 |archive-date=10 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160510185327/http://www.thorpperrow.com/gardens.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Today the Thorp Perrow estate is considered to be one of the finest [[arboreta]] in the [[United Kingdom]]; ''[[The Times]]'' listed it as one of the top ten.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Anderton |first1=Stephen |title=10 top arboretums |work=The Times |issue=((72,916)) |date=3 August 2019 |location=Weekend |page=5|issn=0140-0460}}</ref>
In July 2006 the gardens celebrated their 75th anniversary by planting the 1,750th tree.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ripongazette.co.uk/news/ripon/arboretum_plants_1_750th_tree_to_mark_its_75th_anniversary_1_2698731|title=Arboretum plants 1,750th tree to mark its 75th anniversary|date=6 April 2006|work=Ripon Gazette|accessdate=14 December 2011|archive-date=12 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512033427/http://www.ripongazette.co.uk/news/ripon/arboretum_plants_1_750th_tree_to_mark_its_75th_anniversary_1_2698731|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==The arboretum today==
Thorp Perrow is now open to the public. It holds five National Plant Collections: [[Tilia]] (Lime), [[Fraxinus]] (Ash), [[Cotinus]] (Smoke Bush), [[Laburnum]] and [[Juglans]] (Walnut),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thorpperrow.com/national-collections/|title=Notable Plant Collections Bedale, North Yorkshire|website=Thorp Perrow|accessdate=9 May 2019|archive-date=9 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509173808/https://www.thorpperrow.com/national-collections/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and has 48 [[Champion Tree]]s in its collection.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.treeregister.org/map/site?s=778|title=The Tree Register|website=www.treeregister.org|accessdate=15 October 2020}}</ref> It also contains a [[Birds of Prey]] Centre, with regular flying demonstrations.
==See also== * [[Snape, North Yorkshire#Thorp Perrow|Snape, North Yorkshire § Thorp Perrow]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category-inline|Thorp Perrow Arboretum}} * [https://thorpperrow.com/arboretum/ Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220330054440/https://thorpperrow.com/arboretum/ |date=30 March 2022 }}
[[Category:Gardens in North Yorkshire]] [[Category:Botanical gardens in Yorkshire]] [[Category:Wensleydale]] [[Category:Arboreta in England]] [[Category:Woodland gardens]]