Bedale Leech House, Bedale

Name: Bedale Leech House
Address: Bridge Street, Bedale, United Kingdom

#4 among attractions in Bedale

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This late Georgian Bedale Leech House in Bedale, North Yorkshire, England, is a unique example of a building constructed to keep live medicinal leeches healthy prior to their sale by the local apothecary to doctors and private individuals for the purpose of blood letting as a medical procedure to cure or prevent a variety of illnesses and diseases. ()

Completed: XIX centuryCoordinates: 54°17'21"N, 1°35'23"W

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Bridge StreetBedale United Kingdom

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Bedale Leech House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Nosterfield, Thorp Perrow Arboretum, Swinton Park, St Radegund's Church.

4.9 miS
Nightlife
Nosterfield, Bedale
124 min walk • Nosterfield is a hamlet within the civil parish of West Tanfield in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England formerly used for quarrying.
1.7 miS
Garden, Park, Historic walking areas
Thorp Perrow Arboretum, Bedale
43 min walk • Thorp Perrow Arboretum is an 85-acre woodland garden arboretum near Bedale in North Yorkshire, England.
6.4 miSW
Park, Gothic Revival architecture
Swinton Park, Ripon
163 min walk • The Swinton Estate is a large privately owned estate in North Yorkshire, England. It comprises some 20,000 acres of countryside in the Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, extending 10 miles west from the River Ure near Masham.
3.3 miNE
Church
St Radegund's Church
85 min walk • St Radegund's Church, Scruton is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Scruton, North Yorkshire.
4.8 miNE
Church
St Helens
122 min walk • St Helen's Church, Ainderby Steeple is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Ainderby Steeple, North Yorkshire.
~1080 ftNW
Park
Bedale Hall, Bedale
6 min walk • Bedale Hall is a Grade I listed Palladian-style country house in the town of Bedale, North Yorkshire, England. It is a large two-storey house constructed of brick and ashlar with a stone slate roof.
4.3 miNW
Forts and castles
Hornby Castle, North Yorkshire
110 min walk • Hornby Castle is a grade I listed fortified manor house on the edge of Wensleydale between Bedale and Leyburn, in the county of North Yorkshire, England. Originally 14th century, it has been remodelled in the 15th, 18th and 20th centuries. It is constructed of coursed sandstone rubble with lead and stone slate roofs.
6.1 miNE
Church
All Saints Church
156 min walk • All Saints’ Church, Yafforth, is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Yafforth, North Yorkshire.
5.4 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Thornton Steward Reservoir
137 min walk • Thornton Steward Reservoir is a reservoir north of the village of Thornton Steward in North Yorkshire, England. It is owned by Yorkshire Water, and supplies drinking water to Swaledale, Wensleydale, Northallerton, and Thirsk.