Leyburn, N Yorkshire - street, Black Swan Hotel - Bamforth postcard c.1970s

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• Picture / Image:  Leyburn, The Yorkshire Dales [North Yorkshire]
• Publisher: Bamfforth (ET 6404)
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Leyburn is a market town and civil parish in the district of Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, England, sitting above the northern bank of the River Ure in Wensleydale. Historically in the North Riding of Yorkshire, the name was derived from 'Ley' or 'Le' (clearing), and 'burn' (stream), meaning clearing by the stream. The town boasts two markets, several pubs, one bank with cash machine and the Co-op supermarket with a cash machine inside, and many small speciality stores. Market day is Friday. It is served by local buses that connect to Richmond, Hawes, Bedale and Northallerton.

Leyburn has been featured in the Tour de France and the 2012 Olympics torch relay. The cyclists in Stage 3 of the Tour de Yorkshire in May 2018 travelled through Leyburn.^[2]

Leyburn had a population of 1,844 at the 2001 census increasing to 2,183 at the 2011 Census.^[3] The estimated population in mid 2016 was 2,243.^[4] The number swells in summer with visitors to the Yorkshire Dales national park. Public services, with a primary school, a secondary school which serves the whole of Wensleydale, a police station and a medical centre. Several independently owned shops are situated around a market square with a number of pubs and bars. Shops include a small department store called Milners of Leyburn, Campbell's supermarket, a chocolate shop, a range of oriental takeaways, electrical stores and a hunting and sports shop. Leyburn is home to Tennants Auctioneers, the largest auction house in Europe which holds more than 80 sales each year and attracts buyers and sellers from around the world. In 2008 Tennants sold a rare Chinese vase for £2.6 million, a record price at the time. Adjacent to Tennants is The Garden Rooms, the largest multi-purpose events and exhibitions venue with a capacity for 640 people for weddings and concerts.

Leyburn has four Christian places of worship; the Evangelical church and the Catholic church of St Peter and St Paul are both on Richmond Road, the Methodist church is on Harmby road and just east of the town centre is the Anglicanchurch of St Matthew.^[5][6]

Although a small town, Leyburn has its own railway station on the re-opened Wensleydale Railway which offers tourist rides throughout the dale, mostly on diesel multiple units but occasionally on a steam train. The town also has a local market in the town centre every Friday and a farmers' market which specialises in local meats once a month.

Although a small town, Leyburn has its own railway station on the re-opened Wensleydale Railway which offers tourist rides throughout the dale, mostly on diesel multiple units but occasionally on a steam train. The town also has a local market in the town centre every Friday and a farmers' market which specialises in local meats once a month.

Leyburn has two hotels and several bed and breakfasts situated in or close to the town centre. The town is a centre for walking, cycling and general sight-seeing, especially the waterfalls for which Wensleydale is renowned. The town is famous for the Leyburn Shawl, an escarpment of about 1.5 miles in length which provides panoramic views of rolling Wensleydale. According to legend, Mary, Queen of Scots, upon fleeing captivity in nearby Bolton Castle, dropped her shawl en route to Leyburn. The Shawl is the start of several circular walks taking in the nearby village of Wensley, from where Wensleydale takes its name.^[7][8]

Leyburn Golf Club (now defunct) was founded in 1895. The club continued until the late 1950s.^[9]

The Tour de Yorkshire in May 2018 started in Richmond and finished in Scarborough. The cyclists travelled through Leyburn.^[10][11]