Ivelet

Ivelet
Ivelet  Ivelet shown within North Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SD935980
District	Richmondshire
Shire county	North Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	RICHMOND
Postcode district	DL11
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament	Richmond (Yorks)
List of places UK England Yorkshire

Coordinates: 54°22′39″N 2°06′01″W / 54.37762°N 2.10025°W

Ivelet is a hamlet in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England about a mile west of Gunnerside in Swaledale.

Ivelet Bridge, an ancient bridge over the River Swale, built originally for packhorses, but now used by the occasional vehicle

Ivelet Bridge crosses the River Swale near Ivelet.^[1] Dating from the late 16th century, the bridge has been designated a Grade II* listed structure.^[2]

A coffin stone is set into the verge on the north side of the bridge for pall bearers to rest with a coffin on their way from Muker to the church at Grinton. The coffin stone is itself a Grade II structure.^[3]

The bridge is featured in the British television series All Creatures Great and Small, in the episode "Call of the Wild".

References

1. "Ivelet Bridge". Gunnerside.info. Retrieved 9 April 2007.
2. Historic England. "IVELET BRIDGE (1179137)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
3. Historic England. "COFFIN STONE APPROXIMATELY 1 METRE NORTH-EAST OF IVELET BRIDGE (1131527)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 June 2015.

External links

Media related to Ivelet at Wikimedia Commons