Editing Reeth (section)

==History==
In [[Anglo-Saxons|Saxon]] times, Reeth was only a settlement on the forest edge, but by the time of the [[Norman conquest of England|Norman conquest]] it had grown sufficiently in importance to be noted in the ''[[Domesday Book]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hartley |first1=Marie |last2=Ingilby |first2=Joan |title=textsThe Yorkshire Dales |date=1991 |orig-date=1959 |publisher=Smith Settle |location=Otley |isbn=1870071727 |page=251}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Reeth {{!}} Domesday Book |url=https://opendomesday.org/place/SE0399/reeth/ |website=opendomesday.org |access-date=23 July 2023}}</ref> Later it became a centre for hand-[[knitting]] and the local lead industry was controlled from here, but it was always a market centre for the local farming community.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hartley |first1=Marie |last2=Ingilby |first2=Joan |title=textsThe Yorkshire Dales |date=1991 |orig-date=1959 |publisher=Smith Settle |location=Otley |isbn=1870071727 |page=252}}</ref>

Built in 1783, The Burgoyne (named after Mrs Burgoyne Johnson) stands on Reeth's idyllic green, the late Georgian county house hotel is full of history and elegant charm with many of its original features. The hotel previously known as Hill House, was made into guest accommodation and then a hotel after the Second World War. [[May Sinclair]] features Hill House in her novel, ''The Three Sisters'', as the home of Miss Kendal.  The "Swaledale Walk 5 May Sinclair's Reeth", is a short walk that takes you around and above Reeth to discover pivotal places featured in two of her novels.<ref>{{cite web |title=Swaledale Walk {{!}} May Sinclair's Reeth |url=http://swaledalemuseum.org/may-sinclairs-reeth-walk.html |website=swaledalemuseum.org |access-date=23 July 2023}}</ref>

On 5 July 2014, the [[Tour de France]] Stage 1 from Leeds to Harrogate passed through the village.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2014/us/stage-1.html|title=Tour de France Stage 1|accessdate=15 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140725103624/http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2014/us/stage-1.html|archivedate=25 July 2014|url-status=dead }}</ref>