Bainbridge is a small village about 4 miles from Hawes it has a large green with ancient stocks at its centre. It is a beautiful village with charming residences dotted around in the dapple shade of the large trees (the remnants of the great forest that used to cover Wensleydale). Bainbridge is overlooked by the unexcavated roman fort of Virosidvm that was built on a large drumlin at Nearby Brough Hill and is also home to the river Bain, the shortest river in England at only 3 miles long.
The Rose and Crown Hotel (known locally as the pride of Wensleydale) is home to a horn that was used to guide foresters home and is said to be century’s old. The remembrance of the Forest was still preserved at Bainbridge by the custom of blowing a horn at ten o'clock every night from Holyrood (Sept. 27th) to Shrovetide (the day before Ash Wednesday) but has sadly not been for a number of years.
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