Thornton-le-Dale lies a couple of miles to the west of Pickering and is a serious contender for the title of prettiest village in Yorkshire, where thatched stone cottages stand next to a picturesque stream.
The village was named the prettiest in Yorkshire at the beginning of the Tourism era in the 1920' sand 30's, it was then decided to name it a more classy 'Thornton-le-Dale.
Further west is the village of Brompton where the poet William Wordsworth married Mary Hutchinson in 1802.
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