Pateley Bridge home to world's oldest sweet shop
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Pateley Bridge in North Yorkshire is home to the world's longest continuously trading sweet shop, founded in 1827.
Pateley Bridge, a market town nestled in Nidderdale in North Yorkshire, is home to the world's longest continuously trading sweet shop. Founded in 1827 and housed in a seventeenth-century building dating back to 1661, the shop appears in the Guinness World Records Book 2014 as verification of its record.
The town itself has a long heritage. Its earliest recorded mention dates from 1175, when it was known as Patleiagate. The name is believed to derive from Old English and Old Norse, possibly meaning 'woodland clearing of the paths', a reference to historic routes that converged in the area. In 1320, the Archbishop of York granted a charter for a market and fair in the town.
Pateley Bridge is located within the Nidderdale National Landscape, an official Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and sits on the River Nidd. The town has been named twice in The Sunday Times' Best Places to Live in northern England, in 2017 and 2018. The annual Nidderdale Show, held at the showground by the river, regularly draws more than 14,000 visitors and is the final Dales agricultural show of the year.
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- This charming town a day's trip from Cumbria is home to the world's oldest sweet shopThis charming market town found just outside the Yorkshire Dales National Park, is home to the oldest sweet shop in the world.NW Evening Mail · 10 Oct, 06:00
- This charming town a day's trip from Cumbria is home to the world's oldest sweet shopThis charming market town found just outside the Yorkshire Dales National Park, is home to the oldest sweet shop in the world.Westmorland Gazette · 10 Oct, 06:00
In this story: Pateley Bridge · North Yorkshire · Yorkshire Dales National Park · Nidderdale · River Nidd · Archbishop of York · Guinness World Records
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