Glasshouses, North Yorkshire

[1] Records about Glasshouses stretch as far back as 1386 and the name of the village is believed to have derived from the Old English Glas Hus, which translates as the place where glass was made.[4] When the railway was opened in the valley, it was used to transport coal into the millworks to provide additional power other than that made by the waterwheel.[6] The dam is not used to power a waterwheel anymore, but is used for recreational purposes; fishing, skating in winter and water sports in summer.[13][14] There is a public house, The Birch Tree Inn, on the main Harrogate to Pateley Bridge road just outside the village in the neighbouring hamlet of Wilsill.[15] May day is celebrated every year with traditional May Pole dancing and the crowning of the 'May Queen' on the village green.
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