Gardens · Yorkshire & the Humber
Bedale Leech House
Bedale Leech House — a garden in england-yorkshire, United Kingdom.
Roger Templeman — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Bedale Leech House is a garden of interest in england-yorkshire, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
This late Georgian Bedale Leech House in Bedale, North Yorkshire, England, is a unique example of a building constructed to keep live medicinal leeches (Hirudo medicinalis) 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.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
Description
The 'Leechery' is a small brick castellated structure, measuring 3.25 m by 3.07 m, which stands on the east bank of the Bedale Beck. It was restored by the Bedale District Heritage Trust in 1985 and sits in a quarter of an acre of gardens known as the 'Bedale Renaissance Park' with an information board that explains its history and significance. It was built by an apothecary on the estate of the Beresford-Peirse family of Bedale Hall in the late 18th or early 19th century and was used for storing leeches until the early 1900s.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 54.2892, -1.5896
- District
- North Yorkshire
- Parish
- Aiskew and Leeming Bar
- Postcode
- DL8 1AN
- Parliamentary constituency
- Thirsk and Malton
- Official site
- www.bigsheeplittlecow.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q28035340 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Bedale Leech House (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Bedale Leech House?
- Bedale Leech House is in Yorkshire, United Kingdom (postcode DL8 1AN), in the parish of Aiskew and Leeming Bar.
- Who owns Bedale Leech House?
- Bedale Leech House is owned by Bedale Heritage Trust.
- How do I get to Bedale Leech House?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode DL8 1AN. It sits within the Thirsk and Malton parliamentary constituency.