Thwaite, North Yorkshire

Thwaite, North Yorkshire

infobox UK place
country = England
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static_image_caption = Thwaite and Swaledale
latitude = 54.3792
longitude = -2.16799
official_name = Thwaite
population =
shire_district= Richmondshire
shire_county = North Yorkshire
region = Yorkshire and the Humber
constituency_westminster =
post_town =
postcode_district =
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os_grid_reference = SD891982

Thwaite is a village in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England. Its name comes from the Viking (Norse) Clearance. It was the home and birthplace of Richard and Cherry Kearton, who were pioneers in wildlife photography at the end of the 19th century.

Thwaite in popular culture

Thwaite is probably the setting of Misselthwaite Manor in the book "The Secret Garden" by Frances Hodgson Burnett.


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