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  1. Codhill Heights — Celtic origins in Yorkshire’s landscape

    I read once that place-names split neatly into two groups: habitative names, describing the kind of settlement in question, and topographic names, painting a picture of the lay of the land — rivers, rocks, marshes, and hills. Among the ancient Celtic place-names that have trickled down to us, habitative names are not easy to find; it's mos ...

    fhithich.uk/?p=35052

    #CodhillHeights #HighcliffNab #NorthYorkMoors

  2. “The Glorious Twelfth” — A Tradition Under Scrutiny

    The moors were eerily silent in this morning, a stark departure from the cacophony of gunfire that might be expected to reverberate across the heather today. Not a single report echoed in the air, just an eerie silence that draped the landscape like a shroud. Even the normally noisy grouse seem to sense an awareness of th ...

    fhithich.uk/?p=32868

    #CodhillHeights #HuttonMoor #Kildale #NorthYorkMoors #GrouseShooting