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Page 96:-
[foot-passen]gers and the little cascade below, is a
pleasing feature at the entrance of the neat little town of
Hesket-New-Market, agreeably seated in the open vale. The
Old Hall, much modernized, stands on the right as you leave
the town for Caldbeck.
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Caldbeck
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This is a large straggling village; the houses seem to have
been dropped down without order or connexion over the wide
rambling valley at the foot of High Pike and Carrick. The
church, standing on the brink of the Caldbeck, is a very
ancient structure, dedicated to Saint Kentigern, and bearing
date 1ll2 (sic). On the stream which pours down from High
Pike through this village, is that striking curiosity,
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The Howk
River Caldew
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THE HOWK,
Which is a deep waterfall in the bed of the river, over
which is a natural bridge of limestone rock. Under this
bridge the stream rushes with great impetuosity, and dashing
along over rugged rocks, it empties itself into a basin
boiling in whirling eddies, covered with foam. The
intertwining branches of oak, ash, and hazel, intercepting
the sun's rays, throw a dense gloom over the recess even at
noon-day; whilst the long dark weeds and matted grass hang
over the wave-worn rock in rich festoons, interlaced with
bright green ferns. On one side is a deep excavation called
the Fairy's Kettle, the receptacle in time of floods of
another cascade that falls about twenty yards down
perpendicular rocks:
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-- "Fairy Kettle" -- Fairy Kettle
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-- "Old Hall, The" -- Hesket Hall
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-- "Hesket New Market" -- Hesket Newmarket
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-- "Howk, The" -- Howk, The
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-- "St Kentigern's Church" -- St Mungo's Church
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