Local Area
Priory Cottages is uniquely hidden away from the traffic and hustle bustle of modern life. It is a truly relaxing place to stay and yet so convenient to a wealth of activities to make your holiday break one to remember. It takes very little time to find us once you have left the A1 (M1) which makes us a superb venue for a short break away. Enjoy a day out even if the weather is unkind knowing that each evening you will return to relax in your beautiful cottage by Syningthwaite Priory.
Wetherby is a market town and civil parish within the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds, in West Yorkshire, England. It stands on the River Wharfe, and has been for centuries a crossing place and staging post on the Great North Road, being mid-way between London and Edinburgh. It has a population of 11,155.
Historically a part of the Wapentake of Skyrack within the West Riding of Yorkshire, Wetherby is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Wedrebi, thought to derive from wether- or ram-farm or else meaning “settlement on the bend of a river”. Local folklore has it that when heavy snow storms hit the county, Wetherby does not get as much because the Weather Goes By.
Wetherby Bridge, which spans the River Wharfe, is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade II listed structure. As a result of its situation on the main road, a large number of coaching inns were established in Wetherby, and many are still used today by travellers. The Old Great North Road is still in place and “Toll Bar House” is still present today. It underwent refurbishment in the late 90′s but the main part of the house is unchanged apart from the two chimney pots being reversed during the refurbishment.
