Looking down the River Cover from St Simon's Bridge, next to the ruined chapel of ease of St Simon and St Jude, by East Scrafton

East Scrafton is a hamlet in the Yorkshire Dales in North Yorkshire, England. The River Cover is a river in the Yorkshire Dales in North Yorkshire, England. A chapel of ease (sometimes 'chapel-of-ease' is a church building other than the main church (the Parish church) of a Parish. The Yorkshire Dales (also known as The Dales) is the name given to an upland area in Northern England. North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan or shire county located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial county in England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland It is about 3 miles south west of Leyburn. Leyburn is a small market town in Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, England. There is also a larger West Scrafton to the south. West Scrafton is a village within the Yorkshire Dales in North Yorkshire, England.