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The Devil’s Leap
The Devil, it turns out, once lost an argument and dropped a boulder in a strop. That is the sort of local history we deserve more of.
Walk along to Roulston Scar and you are standing on a summit 1,246 feet above the level of the sea, with the Vale of York and the Vale of Mowbray spread before you, and the West Riding and the Cumberland Hills ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/2026/07/20/the-devils-leap/
#HoodHill #NorthYorkMoors #RoulstonScar #TabularHills #folklore
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The Devil’s Leap
The Devil, it turns out, once lost an argument and dropped a boulder in a strop. That is the sort of local history we deserve more of.
Walk along to Roulston Scar and you are standing on a summit 1,246 feet above the level of the sea, with the Vale of York and the Vale of Mowbray spread before you, and the West Riding and the Cumberland Hills ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/2026/07/20/the-devils-leap/
#HoodHill #NorthYorkMoors #RoulstonScar #TabularHills #folklore
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The Devil’s Leap
The Devil, it turns out, once lost an argument and dropped a boulder in a strop. That is the sort of local history we deserve more of.
Walk along to Roulston Scar and you are standing on a summit 1,246 feet above the level of the sea, with the Vale of York and the Vale of Mowbray spread before you, and the West Riding and the Cumberland Hills ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/2026/07/20/the-devils-leap/
#HoodHill #NorthYorkMoors #RoulstonScar #TabularHills #folklore
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The Devil’s Leap
The Devil, it turns out, once lost an argument and dropped a boulder in a strop. That is the sort of local history we deserve more of.
Walk along to Roulston Scar and you are standing on a summit 1,246 feet above the level of the sea, with the Vale of York and the Vale of Mowbray spread before you, and the West Riding and the Cumberland Hills ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/2026/07/20/the-devils-leap/
#HoodHill #NorthYorkMoors #RoulstonScar #TabularHills #folklore
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The Devil’s Leap
The Devil, it turns out, once lost an argument and dropped a boulder in a strop. That is the sort of local history we deserve more of.
Walk along to Roulston Scar and you are standing on a summit 1,246 feet above the level of the sea, with the Vale of York and the Vale of Mowbray spread before you, and the West Riding and the Cumberland Hills ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/2026/07/20/the-devils-leap/
#HoodHill #NorthYorkMoors #RoulstonScar #TabularHills #folklore
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Sutton Bank’s Finest Object Today
The “finest view in England” decided to play hard to get on our trudge from Sutton Bank, and anything else worth photographing was equally uncooperative. So this posting is very much for the faithful. Those nerds who slow down for roadside trivia and feel a small thrill at a lump of iron with numbers on it. Mileposts. Always ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/2026/01/17/sutton-banks-finest-object-today/
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Sutton Bank’s Finest Object Today
The “finest view in England” decided to play hard to get on our trudge from Sutton Bank, and anything else worth photographing was equally uncooperative. So this posting is very much for the faithful. Those nerds who slow down for roadside trivia and feel a small thrill at a lump of iron with numbers on it. Mileposts. Always ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/2026/01/17/sutton-banks-finest-object-today/
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Sutton Bank’s Finest Object Today
The “finest view in England” decided to play hard to get on our trudge from Sutton Bank, and anything else worth photographing was equally uncooperative. So this posting is very much for the faithful. Those nerds who slow down for roadside trivia and feel a small thrill at a lump of iron with numbers on it. Mileposts. Always ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/2026/01/17/sutton-banks-finest-object-today/
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Sutton Bank’s Finest Object Today
The “finest view in England” decided to play hard to get on our trudge from Sutton Bank, and anything else worth photographing was equally uncooperative. So this posting is very much for the faithful. Those nerds who slow down for roadside trivia and feel a small thrill at a lump of iron with numbers on it. Mileposts. Always ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/2026/01/17/sutton-banks-finest-object-today/
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Sutton Bank’s Finest Object Today
The “finest view in England” decided to play hard to get on our trudge from Sutton Bank, and anything else worth photographing was equally uncooperative. So this posting is very much for the faithful. Those nerds who slow down for roadside trivia and feel a small thrill at a lump of iron with numbers on it. Mileposts. Always ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/2026/01/17/sutton-banks-finest-object-today/
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Hobthrush Hall
High above the village of Over Silton, recent felling has exposed cliffs that rear up like the broken ramparts of some forgotten fortress, appropriately named The Scarrs. Here lies a cleft in the rock known as Hobthrush Hall. The locals call it a cave, though it feels more like the scar of something ancient and unsettled. Once, so they say, it was home to a gobli ...
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Hobthrush Hall
High above the village of Over Silton, recent felling has exposed cliffs that rear up like the broken ramparts of some forgotten fortress, appropriately named The Scarrs. Here lies a cleft in the rock known as Hobthrush Hall. The locals call it a cave, though it feels more like the scar of something ancient and unsettled. Once, so they say, it was home to a gobli ...
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Hobthrush Hall
High above the village of Over Silton, recent felling has exposed cliffs that rear up like the broken ramparts of some forgotten fortress, appropriately named The Scarrs. Here lies a cleft in the rock known as Hobthrush Hall. The locals call it a cave, though it feels more like the scar of something ancient and unsettled. Once, so they say, it was home to a gobli ...
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Hobthrush Hall
High above the village of Over Silton, recent felling has exposed cliffs that rear up like the broken ramparts of some forgotten fortress, appropriately named The Scarrs. Here lies a cleft in the rock known as Hobthrush Hall. The locals call it a cave, though it feels more like the scar of something ancient and unsettled. Once, so they say, it was home to a gobli ...
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Hobthrush Hall
High above the village of Over Silton, recent felling has exposed cliffs that rear up like the broken ramparts of some forgotten fortress, appropriately named The Scarrs. Here lies a cleft in the rock known as Hobthrush Hall. The locals call it a cave, though it feels more like the scar of something ancient and unsettled. Once, so they say, it was home to a gobli ...
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Boltby Scar: The Quarry That Fetched Four Bob a Ton
A view along Boltby Scar, on the western edge of Hambleton Down, where the wind brushes across an Iron Age promontory fort and ancient round barrows. Beneath them lies a long-abandoned limestone quarry, silent now, but once echoing with the clang of hammers and the groan of wagons. Nearly a centu ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/2025/10/19/boltby-scar-the-quarry-that-fetched-four-bob-a-ton/
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Boltby Scar: The Quarry That Fetched Four Bob a Ton
A view along Boltby Scar, on the western edge of Hambleton Down, where the wind brushes across an Iron Age promontory fort and ancient round barrows. Beneath them lies a long-abandoned limestone quarry, silent now, but once echoing with the clang of hammers and the groan of wagons. Nearly a centu ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/2025/10/19/boltby-scar-the-quarry-that-fetched-four-bob-a-ton/
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Boltby Scar: The Quarry That Fetched Four Bob a Ton
A view along Boltby Scar, on the western edge of Hambleton Down, where the wind brushes across an Iron Age promontory fort and ancient round barrows. Beneath them lies a long-abandoned limestone quarry, silent now, but once echoing with the clang of hammers and the groan of wagons. Nearly a centu ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/2025/10/19/boltby-scar-the-quarry-that-fetched-four-bob-a-ton/
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Boltby Scar: The Quarry That Fetched Four Bob a Ton
A view along Boltby Scar, on the western edge of Hambleton Down, where the wind brushes across an Iron Age promontory fort and ancient round barrows. Beneath them lies a long-abandoned limestone quarry, silent now, but once echoing with the clang of hammers and the groan of wagons. Nearly a centu ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/2025/10/19/boltby-scar-the-quarry-that-fetched-four-bob-a-ton/
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Boltby Scar: The Quarry That Fetched Four Bob a Ton
A view along Boltby Scar, on the western edge of Hambleton Down, where the wind brushes across an Iron Age promontory fort and ancient round barrows. Beneath them lies a long-abandoned limestone quarry, silent now, but once echoing with the clang of hammers and the groan of wagons. Nearly a centu ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/2025/10/19/boltby-scar-the-quarry-that-fetched-four-bob-a-ton/
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Gower Dale: Where a Railway Never Came
This is Gower Dale in the Hambleton Hills. On the far left stands the ruined shell of Gowerdale House. Rising in the centre distance is Hawnby Hill. A tranquil landscape, untouched by the grime and noise of industry. It could have been very different, had Victorian ambition not faltered.
On Thursday, 19 May ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/2025/08/08/gower-dale-where-a-railway-never-came/
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Gower Dale: Where a Railway Never Came
This is Gower Dale in the Hambleton Hills. On the far left stands the ruined shell of Gowerdale House. Rising in the centre distance is Hawnby Hill. A tranquil landscape, untouched by the grime and noise of industry. It could have been very different, had Victorian ambition not faltered.
On Thursday, 19 May ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/2025/08/08/gower-dale-where-a-railway-never-came/
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Gower Dale: Where a Railway Never Came
This is Gower Dale in the Hambleton Hills. On the far left stands the ruined shell of Gowerdale House. Rising in the centre distance is Hawnby Hill. A tranquil landscape, untouched by the grime and noise of industry. It could have been very different, had Victorian ambition not faltered.
On Thursday, 19 May ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/2025/08/08/gower-dale-where-a-railway-never-came/
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Gower Dale: Where a Railway Never Came
This is Gower Dale in the Hambleton Hills. On the far left stands the ruined shell of Gowerdale House. Rising in the centre distance is Hawnby Hill. A tranquil landscape, untouched by the grime and noise of industry. It could have been very different, had Victorian ambition not faltered.
On Thursday, 19 May ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/2025/08/08/gower-dale-where-a-railway-never-came/
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Gower Dale: Where a Railway Never Came
This is Gower Dale in the Hambleton Hills. On the far left stands the ruined shell of Gowerdale House. Rising in the centre distance is Hawnby Hill. A tranquil landscape, untouched by the grime and noise of industry. It could have been very different, had Victorian ambition not faltered.
On Thursday, 19 May ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/2025/08/08/gower-dale-where-a-railway-never-came/
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Turtle Doves and the Dew Pond of Newton-on-Rawcliffe
As we pedalled merrily through the village of Newton-on-Rawcliffe, we stumbled upon this delightful little dew pond. It was instantly recognisable from the photographs we’d seen in the Birds on the Edge exhibition at the Danby Lodge National Park Centre. This pond, restored by the North York Moors Trust, is now a haven for wildlife, especially the Turtle Doves. ...
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Turtle Doves and the Dew Pond of Newton-on-Rawcliffe
As we pedalled merrily through the village of Newton-on-Rawcliffe, we stumbled upon this delightful little dew pond. It was instantly recognisable from the photographs we’d seen in the Birds on the Edge exhibition at the Danby Lodge National Park Centre. This pond, restored by the North York Moors Trust, is now a haven for wildlife, especially the Turtle Doves. ...
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Turtle Doves and the Dew Pond of Newton-on-Rawcliffe
As we pedalled merrily through the village of Newton-on-Rawcliffe, we stumbled upon this delightful little dew pond. It was instantly recognisable from the photographs we’d seen in the Birds on the Edge exhibition at the Danby Lodge National Park Centre. This pond, restored by the North York Moors Trust, is now a haven for wildlife, especially the Turtle Doves. ...
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Turtle Doves and the Dew Pond of Newton-on-Rawcliffe
As we pedalled merrily through the village of Newton-on-Rawcliffe, we stumbled upon this delightful little dew pond. It was instantly recognisable from the photographs we’d seen in the Birds on the Edge exhibition at the Danby Lodge National Park Centre. This pond, restored by the North York Moors Trust, is now a haven for wildlife, especially the Turtle Doves. ...
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Turtle Doves and the Dew Pond of Newton-on-Rawcliffe
As we pedalled merrily through the village of Newton-on-Rawcliffe, we stumbled upon this delightful little dew pond. It was instantly recognisable from the photographs we’d seen in the Birds on the Edge exhibition at the Danby Lodge National Park Centre. This pond, restored by the North York Moors Trust, is now a haven for wildlife, especially the Turtle Doves. ...
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High Bride Stone Dyke, Bridestones
On a pleasant morning at Bridestone Moor, near Dalby Forest, soaking in the apricity, and enjoying the azure sky. Regrettably, clouds gathered post-lunch. However, an opportunity presented itself to inspect an ancient dyke delineating the boundary between National Trust property and the Forestry Commission.
Over several winters, we en ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=33440
#Bridestones #NorthYorkMoors #TabularHills #BronzeAge #IronAge #prehistoric
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High Bride Stone Dyke, Bridestones
On a pleasant morning at Bridestone Moor, near Dalby Forest, soaking in the apricity, and enjoying the azure sky. Regrettably, clouds gathered post-lunch. However, an opportunity presented itself to inspect an ancient dyke delineating the boundary between National Trust property and the Forestry Commission.
Over several winters, we en ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=33440
#Bridestones #NorthYorkMoors #TabularHills #BronzeAge #IronAge #prehistoric
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High Bride Stone Dyke, Bridestones
On a pleasant morning at Bridestone Moor, near Dalby Forest, soaking in the apricity, and enjoying the azure sky. Regrettably, clouds gathered post-lunch. However, an opportunity presented itself to inspect an ancient dyke delineating the boundary between National Trust property and the Forestry Commission.
Over several winters, we en ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=33440
#Bridestones #NorthYorkMoors #TabularHills #BronzeAge #IronAge #prehistoric
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High Bride Stone Dyke, Bridestones
On a pleasant morning at Bridestone Moor, near Dalby Forest, soaking in the apricity, and enjoying the azure sky. Regrettably, clouds gathered post-lunch. However, an opportunity presented itself to inspect an ancient dyke delineating the boundary between National Trust property and the Forestry Commission.
Over several winters, we en ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=33440
#Bridestones #NorthYorkMoors #TabularHills #BronzeAge #IronAge #prehistoric
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High Bride Stone Dyke, Bridestones
On a pleasant morning at Bridestone Moor, near Dalby Forest, soaking in the apricity, and enjoying the azure sky. Regrettably, clouds gathered post-lunch. However, an opportunity presented itself to inspect an ancient dyke delineating the boundary between National Trust property and the Forestry Commission.
Over several winters, we en ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=33440
#Bridestones #NorthYorkMoors #TabularHills #BronzeAge #IronAge #prehistoric
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Lime Kilns of the Tabular Hills
One of the many limekilns that can be seen dotted around the Tabular Hills.
These were used to produce agricultural lime to be spread across the fields as a sweetening agent and to replenish losses, a traditional method in the 18th and 19th centuries for improving the fertility of acidic soils.
Limestone, extracted from nearby quarries, was burnt in such kilns, fuelled ...
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Lime Kilns of the Tabular Hills
One of the many limekilns that can be seen dotted around the Tabular Hills.
These were used to produce agricultural lime to be spread across the fields as a sweetening agent and to replenish losses, a traditional method in the 18th and 19th centuries for improving the fertility of acidic soils.
Limestone, extracted from nearby quarries, was burnt in such kilns, fuelled ...
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Lime Kilns of the Tabular Hills
One of the many limekilns that can be seen dotted around the Tabular Hills.
These were used to produce agricultural lime to be spread across the fields as a sweetening agent and to replenish losses, a traditional method in the 18th and 19th centuries for improving the fertility of acidic soils.
Limestone, extracted from nearby quarries, was burnt in such kilns, fuelled ...
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Lime Kilns of the Tabular Hills
One of the many limekilns that can be seen dotted around the Tabular Hills.
These were used to produce agricultural lime to be spread across the fields as a sweetening agent and to replenish losses, a traditional method in the 18th and 19th centuries for improving the fertility of acidic soils.
Limestone, extracted from nearby quarries, was burnt in such kilns, fuelled ...
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Lime Kilns of the Tabular Hills
One of the many limekilns that can be seen dotted around the Tabular Hills.
These were used to produce agricultural lime to be spread across the fields as a sweetening agent and to replenish losses, a traditional method in the 18th and 19th centuries for improving the fertility of acidic soils.
Limestone, extracted from nearby quarries, was burnt in such kilns, fuelled ...
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The Tragedy of Snaper House
The upper reaches of the River Riccal, one of several valleys draining the southern moors through the Tabular Hills. Downstream, Riccalldale hides behind its wooded, narrow dale entrance. Head up a bit, and the catchment broadens and becomes shallower, going by the name of Cowhouse Beck. It's mostly a mix of meadow and pasture intakes, which probably tells you something about ...
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The Tragedy of Snaper House
The upper reaches of the River Riccal, one of several valleys draining the southern moors through the Tabular Hills. Downstream, Riccalldale hides behind its wooded, narrow dale entrance. Head up a bit, and the catchment broadens and becomes shallower, going by the name of Cowhouse Beck. It's mostly a mix of meadow and pasture intakes, which probably tells you something about ...
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The Tragedy of Snaper House
The upper reaches of the River Riccal, one of several valleys draining the southern moors through the Tabular Hills. Downstream, Riccalldale hides behind its wooded, narrow dale entrance. Head up a bit, and the catchment broadens and becomes shallower, going by the name of Cowhouse Beck. It's mostly a mix of meadow and pasture intakes, which probably tells you something about ...
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The Tragedy of Snaper House
The upper reaches of the River Riccal, one of several valleys draining the southern moors through the Tabular Hills. Downstream, Riccalldale hides behind its wooded, narrow dale entrance. Head up a bit, and the catchment broadens and becomes shallower, going by the name of Cowhouse Beck. It's mostly a mix of meadow and pasture intakes, which probably tells you something about ...
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The Tragedy of Snaper House
The upper reaches of the River Riccal, one of several valleys draining the southern moors through the Tabular Hills. Downstream, Riccalldale hides behind its wooded, narrow dale entrance. Head up a bit, and the catchment broadens and becomes shallower, going by the name of Cowhouse Beck. It's mostly a mix of meadow and pasture intakes, which probably tells you something about ...
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Joseph Foord: The Man Who Brought Water to Fadmoor and Gillamoor
This is Sleighthome Dale, which is drained by Hodge Beck. Bransdale is upstream and Kirkdale is downstream, but it's unclear where one dale ends and the other begins.
Across the dale, there's a limestone plateau called Boon Hill, with the twin villages of Fadmoor and Gillamoor. In the 18th century, both villag ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=31948
#NorthYorkMoors #SleightholmeDale #TabularHills #18th-century #history
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Joseph Foord: The Man Who Brought Water to Fadmoor and Gillamoor
This is Sleighthome Dale, which is drained by Hodge Beck. Bransdale is upstream and Kirkdale is downstream, but it's unclear where one dale ends and the other begins.
Across the dale, there's a limestone plateau called Boon Hill, with the twin villages of Fadmoor and Gillamoor. In the 18th century, both villag ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=31948
#NorthYorkMoors #SleightholmeDale #TabularHills #18th-century #history
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Joseph Foord: The Man Who Brought Water to Fadmoor and Gillamoor
This is Sleighthome Dale, which is drained by Hodge Beck. Bransdale is upstream and Kirkdale is downstream, but it's unclear where one dale ends and the other begins.
Across the dale, there's a limestone plateau called Boon Hill, with the twin villages of Fadmoor and Gillamoor. In the 18th century, both villag ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=31948
#NorthYorkMoors #SleightholmeDale #TabularHills #18th-century #history
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Joseph Foord: The Man Who Brought Water to Fadmoor and Gillamoor
This is Sleighthome Dale, which is drained by Hodge Beck. Bransdale is upstream and Kirkdale is downstream, but it's unclear where one dale ends and the other begins.
Across the dale, there's a limestone plateau called Boon Hill, with the twin villages of Fadmoor and Gillamoor. In the 18th century, both villag ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=31948
#NorthYorkMoors #SleightholmeDale #TabularHills #18th-century #history
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Old Byland, a pretty little village in the Tabular Hills
When you enter the village of Old Byland, you'll be greeted by charming pale yellow-grey cottages made of ooidal limestone surrounding a spacious village green. Getting there is a bit of a journey — we climbed up the long, dry valley of High Gill. But the effort was worth it, as it felt like a step back in time.
In fact, Old Byland has a ...
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Old Byland, a pretty little village in the Tabular Hills
When you enter the village of Old Byland, you'll be greeted by charming pale yellow-grey cottages made of ooidal limestone surrounding a spacious village green. Getting there is a bit of a journey — we climbed up the long, dry valley of High Gill. But the effort was worth it, as it felt like a step back in time.
In fact, Old Byland has a ...
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Old Byland, a pretty little village in the Tabular Hills
When you enter the village of Old Byland, you'll be greeted by charming pale yellow-grey cottages made of ooidal limestone surrounding a spacious village green. Getting there is a bit of a journey — we climbed up the long, dry valley of High Gill. But the effort was worth it, as it felt like a step back in time.
In fact, Old Byland has a ...
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Old Byland, a pretty little village in the Tabular Hills
When you enter the village of Old Byland, you'll be greeted by charming pale yellow-grey cottages made of ooidal limestone surrounding a spacious village green. Getting there is a bit of a journey — we climbed up the long, dry valley of High Gill. But the effort was worth it, as it felt like a step back in time.
In fact, Old Byland has a ...
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Black Hambleton
The glooming mass of the flat-topped Black Hambleton, the northern end of the calcareous Tabular Hills that range from Roulston Scar in the south.
Climbing up to its right is Hambleton Street, part of the drover’s road that once extended from Scotland along which cattle were driven to be sold at the markets of York, Malton and beyond. The trade was established i ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=31592
#BlackHambleton #NorthYorkMoors #TabularHills #folklore #mediaeval
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Black Hambleton
The glooming mass of the flat-topped Black Hambleton, the northern end of the calcareous Tabular Hills that range from Roulston Scar in the south.
Climbing up to its right is Hambleton Street, part of the drover’s road that once extended from Scotland along which cattle were driven to be sold at the markets of York, Malton and beyond. The trade was established i ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=31592
#BlackHambleton #NorthYorkMoors #TabularHills #folklore #mediaeval
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Black Hambleton
The glooming mass of the flat-topped Black Hambleton, the northern end of the calcareous Tabular Hills that range from Roulston Scar in the south.
Climbing up to its right is Hambleton Street, part of the drover’s road that once extended from Scotland along which cattle were driven to be sold at the markets of York, Malton and beyond. The trade was established i ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=31592
#BlackHambleton #NorthYorkMoors #TabularHills #folklore #mediaeval
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Black Hambleton
The glooming mass of the flat-topped Black Hambleton, the northern end of the calcareous Tabular Hills that range from Roulston Scar in the south.
Climbing up to its right is Hambleton Street, part of the drover’s road that once extended from Scotland along which cattle were driven to be sold at the markets of York, Malton and beyond. The trade was established i ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=31592
#BlackHambleton #NorthYorkMoors #TabularHills #folklore #mediaeval