Langthwaite

{{Short description|Village in North Yorkshire, England}}

{{about||the archaeological site in South Yorkshire|Langthwaite Castle|the reservoir above Lancaster|Langthwaite Reservoir}}

{{Use British English|date=November 2018}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| static_image = Langthwaite.jpg

| static_image_width = 250px

| static_image_caption = Langthwaite

| coordinates = {{coord|54.41792|-1.99533|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Langthwaite

| population =

| unitary_england = North Yorkshire

| lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire

| region = Yorkshire and the Humber

| constituency_westminster = Richmond and Northallerton

| post_town = RICHMOND

| postcode_district = DL11

| postcode_area = DL

| dial_code =

| os_grid_reference = NZ004024

}}

Langthwaite is one of the few villages in Arkengarthdale, North Yorkshire, England. It is {{convert|3.5|mi}} north of Reeth and sits {{convert|870|ft}} above sea level.{{cite web |title=Genuki: In 1822, the following places were in the Parish of Arkengarthdale:, Yorkshire (North Riding) |url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/NRY/Arkengarthdale/more |website=www.genuki.org.uk |accessdate=21 November 2018}}{{cite book |last1=Speight |first1=Harry |title=Romantic Richmondshire |url=https://archive.org/details/romanticrichmon00speigoog |date=1897 |publisher=E Stock |location=London |page=[https://archive.org/details/romanticrichmon00speigoog/page/n33 21]|oclc=252008733}} It is the main settlement in the dale and is one of the most northerly settlements in the whole of Yorkshire Dales National Park.{{cite news |last1=Gilmour |first1=Alistair |title=Booze, fine ales and a sheep flipped on its back |work=The Northern Echo |date=18 December 2004|id={{ProQuest|350756524}} }} Langthwaite is one of two places in the dale that have houses clustered together closely in a traditional village set up; the rest of the settlements in the dale are populated by scattered buildings.{{cite web |title=Swaledale and Arkengarthdale |url=http://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/about-the-dales/landscape/landscapecharacterassessment/lca_swaledale-arkengarthdale.pdf |website=yorkshiredales.org.uk |accessdate=21 November 2018 |page=12 }}

It is home to a pub ('The Red Lion'),{{cite news |title=Pub review: The Red Lion, Langthwaite, Richmond |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/pub-review-the-red-lion-langthwaite-richmond-1-8545590 |accessdate=21 November 2018 |work=The Yorkshire Post |date=20 May 2017}} a shop and St Mary the Virgin's Church of 1818,{{NHLE|desc=Church of St Mary the Virgin|num=1318615|grade=II|accessdate=21 November 2018}} Langthwaite is also home to the grade II* listed hexagonal Old Powder House, built in 1807 to store gunpowder used in the many mines dotted around the area.{{NHLE|desc=Old Powder Magazine|num=1130838|grade=II*|accessdate=21 November 2018}}

The 1851 census counted 48 houses in Langthwaite.{{cite book|last=Batty|first=Margaret|title=A View of Akengarthdale|year=1982|publisher= Teesdale Mercury Press|page=14|oclc=866235870}}

The village was used for the filming of several scenes in the television series All Creatures Great and Small.{{cite news |last1=Behrens |first1=David |title='It came in like a waterfall...I went under up to my chin' |work=The Daily Telegraph |issue=51,072 |date=1 August 2019 |page=5|issn=0307-1235}} The Red Lion was featured in the episode "Every Dog Has His Day" but was made out to be in fictional Briston, while the frontage of the fictional J. R. Stubbs provisions store and the bridge which Siegfried Farnon and James Herriot drive over, featured in the opening credits of the later series, are also in the village.{{cite book |last1=Mitchell |first1=W. R. |title=The story of the Yorkshire Dales |date=1999 |publisher=Phillimore |location=Chichester |isbn=1860770886|page=93}} Another TV series, Century Falls, also featured Langthwaite. The 1976 Disney film Escape from the Dark was partly filmed in Langthwaite and around Arkengarthdale.{{cite news |last1=Gilmour |first1=Alistair |title=It's just Booze walking |work=The Northern Echo |date=13 April 1999|id={{ProQuest|328822084}} }}

The name of the village is Old Norse in origin and means 'the long meadow' or 'the long clearing'.{{cite book |last1=Ekwall |first1=Eilert |author-link=Eilert Ekwall |title=The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names |date=1960 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |oclc=1228215388 |page=287 |edition=4}}